GR Interpretation 3rd Arc

[J Tracy]

I like these thematic observations James has outlined.. I’m wondering about the 3 arcs’  unique qualities. The first arc mentioned is the downward side of the arc of life but it is odd in being a herded process. No one sees themselves as herded into life, though one could argue about a herded society, how many wars result from herding people by those with dihonorable motives, does PP see himself in his deeper subconscious as among those herded into darkness? I see a very basic question of identity here: made, owned, controlled  by the state vs made, owned, ( controlled or freed?) by creator/evolution/free choice.  1) so one arc is the arc of animal life,  but that is also a reproductive cycle with evolutionary  possibility.   2)The arcs of nature/cosmos: While some theorize entropy having the final say that is not so much a downward arc as a dissolution, an expansion followed by a contraction. Our earthly experience is mostly one of cycles, orbits,  mostly organized in interconnected spheres, waves  and circles but full of fractal and linear patterns and irregularities.  3) The pursuit of escape from death( limits, earth) through the uncovering of hidden knowledge and technology  that mostly focuses on the projection and control of who dies and who lives and how their life energies are used.  

3 continued) WW2 is part of an ongoing battle to control  and mechanize the enormous compaction of energy in fossil fuels into an invincible rise to power of those destined for mastery.. The V2  implies the control of that chemical and mechanical expertise with the unleashing of the concentration of energy in atomic mass.  It has a parabolic rather than a circular arc and ends in destruction  but it also holds a promise of escape from planetary limits.  

The density of GR is daunting and I do not know how much I can contribute to this discussion but it offers much and spares no one.






> On Jan 26, 2025, at 11:13 PM, J K Van Nort via Pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:
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> He sees the third arc, the arc of the rocket, begin and fantasizes its travel from launch to ‘Brennschloss’ to peak, descent and ultimately strike on the top of his skull.. This second death vision is an individual idea of death: kinetic, pre-destined and seeking. The soldier imagines the bullet with his name on it. Pirate’s arc of life/day surrounded by two fantasized visions of death. These two visions will be held by various characters as the book progresses.
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