Re: MD Pirsig's conception of ritual

From: Elizaphanian (elizaphanian@tiscali.co.uk)
Date: Sat Feb 08 2003 - 22:53:34 GMT

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    Hi David,

    > If I had to guess what you're getting at, what you're trying to imply, I'd
    > say no way. Attending mass does not make you free. It is not likely to
    > precipitate a DQ experience. The institutional religions of the West seem
    > hell bent on preventing evolution and transcendence. I'm sure Pirsig is
    not
    > suggesting we Westerners become church goers again. Enough for now.

    I know you might find it hard to believe, but I'm not trying to grind an axe
    with this. I can honestly say that I didn't think about the Mass once when I
    was writing it - I just went to the end of chapter 30 and tried to summarise
    it in my own words.

    Now, would you like to come back with specific amendments to those five
    points, rather than worrying about an agenda that I may or may not have?

    Sam

    "I am not altogether on anybody's side, because nobody is altogether on my
    side, if you understand me... And there are some things, of course, whose
    side I'm altogether not on; I am against them altogether." -- Treebeard

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