From: david buchanan (dmbuchanan@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun Nov 06 2005 - 01:36:46 GMT
Rebecca said:
This is an idea that's been haunting me for a while; perhaps it's my
>penchant for drawing obtuse connections. But there seem to be relationships
>between {God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit} and {Quality,
>Static Quality, Dynamic Quality}. Not between the physical (or spiritual)
>things but between the philosophical conceptions - the ideas that I have of
>them.
dmb says:
I don't get it. Sam Norton presented a similar idea and I didn't get it then
either. I'm sure it would help if you'd describe the "philosophical
conceptions" you associate with the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Then it
might be possible to see how that connects with the MOQ.
I'm skeptical about that, but there are definately Christian themes in ZAMM.
In the scene where he just about to go insane he invokes an old church hynm
about "crossing to that yonder shore". And then there is Chris's abandonment
issues near the end. The "Why hast thou forsaken me" theme is below the
surface, but Pirsig still gives credit to that theme for supplying lots of
added power to the scene. If I recall rightly, Pirsig did this unconsciously
and only noticed the theme after it was written. Maybe even after it was
published. The details can be found in Pirsig's letter to Redford, which is
reprinted in The Guidebook.
dmb
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