Gravity in Mason & Dixon

[Mark Kohut]

Pynchon blows this idea around in M &D, where I got the quote.....

On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 4:13 AM, Elisabeth Romberg <
elisabethromberg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there not something in the original text in the opening of the bible
> that The Wind moves above the Waters, which is meant to be the feminine
> principle i.e. The Holy Ghost? Something that hasen’t really translated
> well to English, apparently? I think I read about this concept in The White
> Goddess/Robert Graves.
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> 6. nov. 2017 kl. 05.28 skrev Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>:
>
> Having just read Eugene Thacker's In The Dust of This Planet, which has a
> section on the occult hermeneutics of oil/petroleum (as best exemplified
> lately in Reza Negarestani's novel/discourse Cyclonopedia), I am very
> intrigued by what you say about Emerson's thoughts on the mystical nature
> of coal. Any idea where I might find that?
>
> Also, has anyone else read In The Dust of This Planet?
>
> Jerky
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> On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 10:23 AM, da kid <peterock86 at live.com> wrote:
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>> I had to Google that to catch the reference. Old back to front. Nice. I
>> don't know why that never stood out for me because I've often quizzed with
>> myself over what the significance of wind is in Pynchon's books. This may
>> be some kinda clue. (If light is Jesus then wind is the holy ghost? )
>>    I am a fan of Emerson's thoughts about the mystical nature of coal
>> myself.
>>
>> -Pete
>> (Tried to change it from "da kid" bit it switched back)
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>> *From:* owner-pynchon-l at waste.org <owner-pynchon-l at waste.org> on behalf
>> of Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Sunday, November 5, 2017 5:27:50 AM
>> *To:* pynchon -l
>> *Subject:* Gravity in Mason & Dixon
>>
>> "Winds are imagined to be forms of Gravity, acting not vertically but
>> laterally, along the globe's surface..."
>>
>> "Gravity, the Pulse of Time..."
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