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"I am That Which I Am"
Exodus 3:14
And God saith unto Moses, `I AM THAT WHICH I AM;'
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as above, so below
This is a repeated, therefore deeply thematic, key phrase in M & D and Against the Day.
The phrase "as above, so below" is from an alchemical text called the
"Emerald Tablet of Hermes".
See, also, the Great Chain of Being, p. 417, Chapter 41, which, according to Wikipedia, could only be broken by alchemy or God (as demonstrated by the fall of Lucifer).
America had been kept hidden, as are certain bodies of knowledge
as [immediately] above, so here.....see Gnosticism.....see Pynchon's whole oeuvre.
the Secret was safe until the choice was made to reveal it
The ending of The Crying of Lot 49?....Pynchon's whole oeuvre, so to speak?
Annotation Index
One:
Latitudes and Departures
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1: 5-11,
2: 12-13,
3: 14-29,
4: 30-41,
5: 42-46,
6: 47-57,
7: 58-76,
8: 77-86,
9: 87-93,
10: 94-104,
11: 105-115,
12: 116-124,
13: 125-145,
14: 146-157,
15: 158-166,
16: 167-174,
17: 175-182,
18: 183-189,
19: 190-198,
20: 199-206,
21: 207-214,
22: 215-227,
23: 228-237,
24: 238-245,
25: 245-253
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Two:
America
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26: 257-265,
27: 266-274,
28: 275-288,
29: 289-295,
30: 296-301,
31: 302-314,
32: 315-326,
33: 327-340,
34: 341-348,
35: 349-361,
36: 362-370,
37: 371-381,
38: 382-390,
39: 391-398,
40: 399-409,
41: 410-421,
42: 422-435,
43: 436-439,
44: 440-447,
45: 448-451,
46: 452-459,
47: 460-465,
48: 466-475,
49: 476-483,
50: 484-490,
51: 491-498,
52: 499-510,
53: 511-524,
54: 525-541,
55: 542-553,
56: 554-561,
57: 562-569,
58: 570-574,
59: 575-584,
60: 585-596,
61: 597-607,
62: 608-617,
63: 618-622,
64: 623-628,
65: 629-632,
66: 633-645,
67: 646-657,
68: 658-664,
69: 665-677,
70: 678-686,
71: 687-693,
72: 694-705,
73: 706-713
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Three:
Last Transit
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74: 717-732,
75: 733-743,
76: 744-748,
77: 749-757,
78: 758-773
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