Fwd: 49 days in the Bardo

[J Tracy]

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> From: J Tracy <brook7 at sover.net>
> Subject: 49 days in the Bardo
> Date: September 8, 2024 at 2:07:14 PM EDT
> To: pynchon-l-owner at waste.org
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> I recently was reminded that the period in the Bardo covered by the Tibetan Book of the Dead is 49 days.  Since the COL 49 begins with the death of Pierce Inverarity, this could be helpful in understanding the novel. Timothy  Leary’s interpretation of the psychedelic experience modeled on the Book of the Dead was published in 1964.
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> Laurie Anderson, who practices Buddhism, does a reading of the text of the  Tibetan Book of the Dead with gongs, flute and other music in a recent release. I found it moving.