Gravity in Mason & Dixon

[da kid]

Oh it's a line in Mason and Dixon. Emerson is Dixon's tutor.
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From: Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 5, 2017 11:28:19 PM
To: da kid
Cc: Mark Kohut; pynchon -l
Subject: Re: Gravity in Mason & Dixon

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

On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 10:23 AM, da kid <peterock86 at live.com<mailto:peterock86 at live.com>> wrote:
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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Sent: Sunday, November 5, 2017 5:27:50 AM
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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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