I'm nearly at the end of the zodiac book now, it turns out kobek published an academic paper about the code that was used.
And I've become interested in a reference earlier on in the book to Richard Shaver, prompted by my friend mentioning his upcoming visit to Mount Shasta in the summer. He's going cos he's interested in Gary Snyder.
Good Sinny piece on Snyder here
Obviously lots of relevances to the nature turn going on all over the shop right now (including tao lin ofc).
But yes, back to Shaver, here's the relevant quote
You can read the main Shaver/Palmer story, I remember Lemuria, here:
I Remember Lemuria, by Richard S. Shaver, [1948], full text etext at sacred-texts.com
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And I don't know if there's a connection, but Burroughs also had a thing about Lemuria, as this sort of Atlantic timeslip place, which was then picked up by Land/CCRU...
The creation of the Universe is attributed to the five-stage action taken by the Absolute One to defend itself against “the many enemies”, who are “judged and punished from the beginning of time”. …
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I dunno if that's a different Lemuria though. I've not read the Shaver story yet, but I like the idea.
I was in a zoom call yesterday and someone said something along the lines of a protester at a march falling asleep, locked to a railing, and he had a dream that he was melting into the soil through the concrete.