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[Mark Kohut]

Two fathers and son Thoth's living to 91 totals living 182 years in
America....182 years ago in 1966 was 1784...
The Articles of Confederation ruled this America, which wasn't yet these
United States....


   - April 23 – The Land Ordinance of 1784
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Ordinance_of_1784> resolves that the
   territory ceded to the United States by the Treaty of Paris, or by
   individual states, and that already purchased or to be purchased from the
   Indian inhabitants, will be offered for sale by Congress and divided into
   future states.


On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 1:36 PM J K Van Nort via Pynchon-l <
pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:

> Why is the Egyptian god of writing, wisdom, magic the namesake of an old
> man who watches tv constantly and has trouble remembering anything? Also,
> as Michael points out, he's actually young Mr. Thoth, at the ripe old age
> of 91.
>
> The muted horn. Meant to be a silence of sound? The muted horn in jazz had
> created some amazing, subtle sounds from Miles Davis and others around the
> time Pynchon worked on this book. Could this be describing how the Tristero
> works: subtle and muted, not for all but for the aware?
>
> Pynchon reduces his reliability by making this an old man's memories of
> hearing an old man share his memories to a child/grandson. Yet the signet
> ring seems to yield credibility. This level of detachment from the actual
> event reinforces Pynchon's paranoid, conspiratorial world.
>
> In solidarity,
> James
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
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