TIe OvIiling SeIJ Beenlv FvoIIens oJ lIe Tvanscending SeIJ, ov WI Il Is TIal Avlisls and

Wvilevs, Sone TecInoIogisls, and Indeed Mosl FeopIe Have So MucI TvouIIe Living in lIe
Ovdinav WovId
AulIov|s) WaIIev Fevc
Souvce TIe Oeovgia Beviev, VoI. 55/56, VoI. 55, no. 4/VoI. 56, no. 1 |Winlev 2001 / Spving
2002), pp. 102-115
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WaIIev
Fevc
TIe
OvIiling
SeIJ
Beenlv
FvoIIens
oJ
lIe
Tvanscending SeIJ,
ov
WI
Il
Is TIal Avlisls and
Wvilevs,
Sone
TecInoIogisls,
and
Indeed Mosl
FeopIe
Have So MucI T vouIIe
Living
in lIe
Ovdinav
WovId
IN nol.
lIe
So
age
lIal
oJ
even
science,
lIougI
scienlisls
IolI scienlisls
ave lIe
pvinces
and avlisls
oJ lIe
acIieve
age.
Avlisls
lvanscend-
ave
nol. So lIal even
lIougI
IolI scienlisls and avlisls acIieve lvanscend-
ence ovev lIe
ovdinav
vovId in lIeiv science and
avl,
onI
lIe scienlisl
is suslained in Iis lvanscendence
I
lIe exaIlalion oJ lIe
lviunpIanl
spivil
oJ science and
I
lIe
connunil
oJ scienlisls.
Il is
pevIaps
no accidenl lIal al lIe
IigI
lide oJ
pIsics
in lIe nine-
leenlI and
eavI
lvenlielI
cenluvies,
lIe
gveal vevoIulionav pIsicisls-
e.g., Favada,
MaxveII, BoIv,
Einslein- veve aIso nen oJ venavIaIIe
inlegvil
and exuIlanl vIoIeness oJ
cIavaclev,
oJ
genevosil
and Ie-
nignil. Conpave
lIe Iives and cIavaclevs oJ lIe
conpavaII gveal
in
Iilevaluve al lIe sane line
BosloevsIi, BaudeIaive, KaJIa,
Joce,
Lav-
vence,
Heningva.
WilI lIe
disappeavance
oJ lIe oId
cosnoIogicaI nlIs
and lIe de-
cIine oJ
Judaeo-CIvislianil
and lIe vise oJ lIe aulononous
seIJ,
science
and avl
|one
lIe
slud
oJ
secondav
causes,
lIe olIev lIe ovnanenlaI
Iandnaiden oJ vile and
veIigion)
veve seized
upon
and eIevaled lo
voaI
IigIvoads
oJ lvanscendence in lIeiv ovn
vigIl.
SucI lvanscendence vas
avaiIaIIe nol
onI
lo lIe scienlisls and avlisls lIenseIves Iul lo a con-
nunil
oJ JeIIov scienlisls and
sludenls,
and lo lIe veadevs and Iislenevs
and vievevs lo vIicI lIe slalenenls oJ
avl, nusic,
and Iilevaluve veve
addvessed.
Excevpled
Jvon Losl in lIe Cosnos
I
WaIIev
Fevc. Bepvinled I pevnission
oJ
Favvav,
Slvaus and Oivoux.
CopvigIl
1983 I
WaIIev
Fevc.
[102]
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WALKEB FEBCY
IO3
Bul vIal is nol
genevaII vecognized
is lIal lIe successJuI IauncI
oJ seIJ inlo lIe ovIil oJ lvanscendence is
necessaviI
allended
I pvoI-
Iens oJ
veenlv.
WIal
goes up
nusl cone dovn. TIe Iesl JiIn oJ lIe
eav
ends al nine o'cIocI. WIal lo do al len? WIal did FauIInev do
aJlev
vviling
lIe Iasl senlence oJ TIe Sound and lIe
Fuv
? Oel dvunI
Jov a veeI. WIal did BosloevsIi do aJlev
JinisIing
TIe Idiol ?
Spend
lIvee
das
and
nigIls
al lIe vouIelle laIIe. WIal does lIe veadev do aJlev
JinisIing
eilIev IooI? FIov
Iong
does Iis exaIlalion Iasl?
TIe
onI exceplion
lo lIis
pscIic
Iav oJ
gvavil
seens lo Ie nol
neveI
lIe
gveal pIsicisls
al lIe
IigI
lide oJ nodevn
pIsics
Iul
an
scienlisl aIsovIed in Iis science vIen lIe exaIlalion oJ science suslains
one in a nove ov Iess
pevnanenl
ovIil oJ lvanscendence- ov
pevIaps
lIe
vave ScIuIevl vIo even
duving
neaIs vvole Iiedev on lIe laIIecIolI ov
lIe Ficasso in a veslauvanl vIo inslead oJ
ealing
Ivead noIded il inlo
slaluelles.
Bul lIe nosl
speclacuIav pvoIIens
oJ
veenlv
seen lo Ie
expevienced
I
avlisls and vvilevs.
TIe, especiaII
lIe
Iallev,
seen
suIjecl
nove
lIan nosl
peopIe
lo
eslvangenenl
Jvon lIe
sociel
avound
lIen,
lo
neuvosis,
pscIosis,
aIcoIoIisn,
dvug
addiclion,
epiIeps,
JIovid sexuaI
IeIaviov, soIilaviness,
depvession,
vioIence,
and suicide.
Queslion
Is lIis lIe case Iecause
|a)
Oenius is cIose lo nadness
|FIalo)
?
|
I
)
Modevn
sociel, especiaII
Anevican,
is
cvass, naleviaIislic,
none-gvuIIing,
and
slalus-seeIing,
a nalion oJ YaIoos and
BaIIills,
and lIe avlisl vIo is in
puvsuil
oJ lvulI and
Ieaul
is enlilIed lo Ie
aIienaled
|Oauguin,
FIauIevl, Levis,
el
aI.)
?
|c)
Avl is an
expvession
oJ suIIinaled IiIidinaI
enevgies
|Fveud)?
Since lIe avlisl is
pvesunaII
eilIev
ovevsuppIied
vilI sucI
enevgies
ov
ovevI vepvessed,
il is
onI
lo Ie
expecled
lIal Ie ov sIe
nigIl
aIso Ie
suIjecl
lo lIe vavious naIadies allendanl
upon vepvessed sexuaIil.
|d) Avl,
unIiIe
science,
is a Iind oJ
pIa |Beve)?
TIeveJove,
avlisls ave
expecled
lo IeIave IiIe cIiIdven.
|e)
BolI avl and science ave
vas
oJ
Inoving
and as sucI ave lIe
gvealesl pIeasuves
oJ vIicI nan is
capaIIe
|AvislolIe,
Aquinas)
? So
gveal,
in
Jacl,
lIal lIe
ovdinav puvsuils
oJ IiJe ave
spoiIed I
conlvasl and so
lIe avlisl nusl
go
lo Ievoic
IenglIs
lo vendev IiJe loIevaIIe oulside Iis
avl. WIal Einslein said oJ science
nigIl
Ie said oJ avl I venl inlo science
lo
escape
lIe inloIevaIIe dveaviness oJ
evevda
IiJe.
|cIecI one)
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THE OEOBOIA BEVIEW
Avl,
IiIe
science,
enlaiIs a cevlain aIslvaclion Jvon ils
suIjecl
nallev,
aIIeil a diJJevenl ovdev oJ aIslvaclion. And lIe Iellev lIe
avlisl,
lIe
gvealev
lIe dislance oJ aIslvaclion.
TIus,
vvilevs IiIe
Sidne
SIeIdon
and HavoId BoIIins ave as nucI in lIe
navIelpIace
as
an
olIev
pvo-
ducev ov seIIev. Bul vvilevs IiIe
Joce,
FauIInev,
Fvousl ave aIIe lo vvile
aIoul lIe
navIelpIace
and
sociel onI
in lIe
degvee
lIal
lIe
dislance
lIenseIves Jvon il- vIelIev
I
exiIe, aIcoIoI,
ov vilIdvavaI lo a covI-
Iined voon.
LiIe
scienlisls,
avlisls naIe
genevaI
slalenenls aIoul lIe
vovId,
nol
aIoul Jovns oJ
enevg excIange
Iul vIal il is IiIe lo Iive in lIe vovId-
slalenenls vIicI veadev ov vievev conJivns
I
Iis assenl and
pIeasuve
|vIeve
eIse does lIe veadev's
pIeasuve
cone Jvon Iul lIe veadev's
vecog-
nilion oJ and idenliJicalion vilI lIe avlisl's
vovI?),
jusl
as lIe scienlisl
conJivns scienliJic slalenenls
I
lesls and
veading poinlevs.
AIlIougI
science and avl ave
genevaII
laIen lo Ie nol
neveI
diJ-
Jevenl Iul even
poIav opposiles-
lIe one
IogicaI,
IeJl-Ivained,
uneno-
lionaI,
ApoIIonian, anaIlicaI,
discuvsive, aIslvacl:
lIe olIev
inluilive,
pIaJuI,
concvele,
Bionsian,
enolionaI- lIe Jacl is lIal IolI ave
pvac-
liced al a IeveI oJ
aIslvaclion,
IolI enlaiI lvansaclions vilI
snIoIs
and slalenenls aIoul lIe
vovId,
IolI ave
suIjecl
lo conJivnalion ov dis-
conJivnalion. TIe
pIeasuve
oJ
veading
BosloevsIi devives Jvon a vec-
ognilion
and a conJivnalion. TIe
disna
oJ
IooIing
al a Iad
painling
ov
veading
a Iad
poen
is a disconJivnalion.
Fov a vvilev lo veenlev lIe vovId Ie Ias vvillen aIoul is no snaII
Jeal. Al lIe Ieasl il is a
pecuIiav
exevcise,
even
uncann-
IiIe KievIe-
gaavd going
oul inlo lIe slveel
evev
IaIJ Iouv
duving
vovI and
IIinIing
al lIe
sIopIeepevs.
Al lIe
vovsl,
il
pvoves inpossiIIe, issuing
in lIe
JaniIiav
calaslvopIes
lo vIicI vvilevs JaII
pve.
TIougIl Expevinenl
A
deduclive-enpivicaI
exevcise,
sonelIing
IiIe
MendeIeev's
pvojecl
oJ
deducing
lIe
peviodic
laIIe oJ lIe
eIenenls,
lIen
IooIing
avound lo see iJ lIeve ave acluaI eIenenls vIicI Jil in lIe
laIIe.
TIis
enjoaIIe
exevcise is lIe deduclion oJ lIe vavious
possiIIe
veen-
lv
nodes oJ lIe avlisl-vvilev Jvon lIe seniolic
oplions lIeovelicaII
avaiIaIIe lo
an pevson
so aIslvacled Jvon lIe vovId.
TIe
expevinenl
Slavl vilI lIe
vovId,
lIal
is,
lIe sane sonevIal
devanged pIace
vIicI
evevone expeviences
in nove ov Iess lIe sane
degvee.
TIe vovId is lIe
aggvegale
oJ
ouv pevceived
envivonnenl olIev
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105
peopIe, JaniI,
Iouse,
navIelpIace,
cuIluve,
nlI,
lv,
pasl,
Juluve,
and
Ood as nove ov Iess veaI
depending
on vIelIev
ou
ave an unIeIievev ov
a
IeIievev,
and even iJ lIe
Iallev,
lIen Ood as nove ov Iess
pvoIIenalicaI.
Nexl,
lIeve is lIe
seIJ,
lIe individuaI conscious avlisl-vvilev
seIJ,
lIe
novaIIe
piece
in lIe
vovId,
IiIe a loIen in a
MonopoI gane.
TIe
pvoIIen
Jov lIe novaIIe
piece
Hov do
ou go
aIoul
Iiving
in lIe vovId vIen
ou
ave nol
vovIing
al
ouv
avl,
el
sliII Jind
ouvseIJ
Iaving
lo
gel lIvougI
a
Wednesda
aJlevnoon?
Nole TIis
gane
can Ie
pIaed I
avlisls and vvilevs ov
I
non-
avlisls and
nonvvilevs,
in Jacl
I an pevson
in lIe cuIluve vIo JeeIs
IinseIJ
ovIiling
lIe
vovId,
oul oJ lIe
Ieve-and-nov,
oul oJ IiJe in a
pIace
and a
line,
and
expeviencing diJJicuIl
vilI
veenlv
inlo sucI a IiJe.
In ovdev lo undevsland lIe
puvpose
oJ lIe exevcise and Ie inslvucled
I
il,
Iel us naIe lIe
JoIIoving assunplions
vIicI ave
pvoIaII
nove
lvue lIan JaIse Iul vIicI al
an
vale I viII nol laIe lIe lvouIIe lo deJend
lIal lIe
pvesenl
vovId is in sone sense
devanged,
lIe cenlev is nol IoId-
ing,
and lIe
pIigIl
oJ lIe seIJ oJ lIe avlisl-vvilev is al Ieasl in
pavl
a
IislovicaI
pIenonenon
and nol an essenliaI
pvopevl
oJ
Ieing
an avlisl-
vvilev:
lIal lIeve
na
Iave Ieen olIev lines and olIev
pIaces,
vIelIev
one visIes lo caII lIen an
age
oJ JailI ov an
age
oJ
nlI,
in vIicI nen
pevceived
a
saving veIalionsIip
lo
Ood,
lIe
Cosnos,
lIe
vovId,
and eacI
olIev. In sucI lines lIe seIJ did nol JeeI
dispIaced,
ov iJ il
did,
il undev-
slood ils
dispIacenenl.
TIe avlisl-vvilev did
nol,
pvesunaII,
JeeI lIe
sane
conpuIsion
lo assevl Iis individuaI
genius-seIJ
as vouId lIe avlisl
loda.
Il did
nol,
pvesunaII,
occuv lo lIe CIavlves
scuIplov
lo
sign
Iis
nane on lIe loe oJ an
aposlIe
Ie Iad JinisIed on lIe Wesl FovlaI.
TIougI
Ie vas a sinJuI nan IiIe olIev nen and
suIjecl
lo cevlain vIins and
anlics,
Ie vouId
nol,
pvesunaII,
Iave undevslood lIe
nineleenlI-cenluv
EngIisI poel
vIo ullevs a
cv
O vovId! O IiJe! O line! and saiIs oul
in lIe
Ba
oJ
NapIes
lo a suicide
I dvovning.
Ov lIe
lvenlielI-cenluv
Anevican noveIisl
viding
lvains
lIvougI
lIe Iaunled lovns oJ Anevica
and
vviling
O
Iosl,
and
I
lIe vind
gvieved, gIosl,
cone IacI
again.
Oplions
oJ
veenlv
inlo sucI a vovId ave
|1)
veenlv
unevenlJuI
and
inlacl, |2)
veenlv acconpIisIed lIvougI
aneslIesia, |3) veenlv
acconpIisIed I
lvaveI
|geogvapIicaI), |4) veenlv acconpIisIed I
lvaveI
|sexuaI),
|5) veenlv I
veluvn, |6)
veenlv I disguise, |7)
ve-
enlv I
Easlevn
vindov, |8)
veenlv
veJused,
exilus inlo
deep space
|suicide), |9) veenlv
deJevved, |10)
veenlv I sponsovsIip,
|11)
ve-
enlv I
assauIl.
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IO 6 THE OEOBOIA BEVIEW
OIjecl
oJ
expevinenl
lo discovev
Jivsl,
vIicI
oplion ou pveJev,
and
second,
vIicI
oplion
is in Jacl
open
lo
ou.
ExpIanalion
oJ
Oplions
|1) SuccessJuI
and
unevenlJuI veenlv , seIJ
inlacl .
TIeovelicaII,
il is
possiIIe
Jov lIe aIslvacled seIJ lo veenlev lIe vovId as
easiI
as a doc-
lov
Ieaving
Iis oJJice Jov
Wednesda
aJlevnoon
goIJ
ov lIe CIavlves
scuIplov going
Ione lo
sup
vilI Iis
JaniI.
Was lIis nol in Jacl lIe case vilI WiIIian
FauIInev,
doing
a novn-
ing's
vovI,
lIen
slvoIIing
in lIe lovn
squave
lo laII lo lIe Javnevs and
Iave a CoIe al Beed's
dvugslove?
Nol
quile. TIougI
FauIInev venl lo
IenglIs
lo
pass
IinseIJ oJJ as a Javnev
anong
Javnevs,
Javnev Ie vas nol.
A cIavade vas
Ieing pIaed.
Was il nol lIe case vilI
S0ven
KievIegaavd,
vIo,
evev
Iouv,
vouId
junp up
Jvon Iis
desI,
vusI oul inlo lIe slveels oJ
CopenIagen,
and
pass
lIe line vilI
sIopIeepevs?
No, Iecause,
I
Iis ovn
adnission,
Ie vas
pIaing
lIe
gane
oJ
Ieing
laIen Jov an idIev al lIe
vev
line Ie vas
vviling
len IooIs a
eav.
OnI
one
exanpIe
cones lo nind oJ a vvilev
vIo,
lIougI pevJovn-
ing
al a
vev IigI
IeveI oJ
lvenlielI-cenluv
avl,
nevevlIeIess
nanages
lo
Iive on one oJ lIe Jev
venaining
isIands oJ a nove ov Iess inlacl
cuIluve,
in lIe
vev
Iouse vIeve sIe vas
Iovn,
lo enlev inlo an inlevcouvse vilI
lIe
sociel
avound Iev as
naluvaII
as lIe CIavlves
scuIplov,
lo
appeav
as
IevseIJ,
Iev
seIJ,
lIe sane
seIJ,
IolI lo JeIIov vvilev and lo JeIIov lovns-
nan Eudova
WeIl. FevIaps
aIso WiIIian CavIos WiIIians.
IJ
ou
do nol lIinI lIis
venavIaIIe,
inagine
lIal
ou
Iave Iived
ouv
enlive IiJe in lIe Iouse vIeve
ou
veve Iovn. Fov an
Anevican,
an
uncann,
even an
unsellIing Janlas.
|2) Beenlv acconpIisIed lIvougI
aneslIesia. One can
sinpI
ven-
dev lIe inloIevaIIe loIevaIIe
I
a cIenicaI assauIl on lIe covlex oJ lIe
Ivain,
genevaII I
aIcoIoI,
and
genevaII I
vvilevs. Il Ias Ieen oI-
sevved lIal avlisls Iive
Iongev
and dvinI Iess lIan vvilevs.
FevIaps lIe
ave vescued Jvon lIe
gIoslIiness
oJ seIJ
I
lIe
lIings
and lIe
doings
oJ
lIeiv avl. TIe
painlev
and lIe
scuIplov
ave lIe CalIoIics oJ
avl,
lIe vvilev
is lIe Fvoleslanl. TIe Jovnev Iave lIe
sacvanenlais,
lIe concvele inlev-
nediavies Ielveen lIenseIves and cvealion- lIe
painl,
lIe
IvusIes,
lIe
Jvuil,
lIe
IovI,
lIe
laIIe,
lIe
nodeI,
lIe
nounlain,
lIe
IandIing
and
nuscIing
oJ
cIa.
TIe vvilev is lIe Fvoleslanl. He vovIs aIone in a voon
as Iave as a
QuaIev
neelingIouse
vilI
nolIing
Ielveen Iin and Iis
avl Iul a
Scviplo penciI,
IiIe Ood's
Jingev loucIing
Adan. Il is Iavdev on
lIe nevves.
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IO7
WI
a Wvilev BvinIs
He is navooned in Iis covlex. TIeveJove il is Iis covlex Ie nusl assauIl.
Wovse,
acluaII.
He,
Iis
seIJ,
is navooned in Iis IeJl
covlex,
Iocus oJ
consciousness
accovding
lo EccIes. Yel Iis
vovI,
iJ Ie is
an good,
cones
Jvon
Iislening
lo Iis
vigIl
Ivain,
Iocus oJ lIe unconscious
InovIedge
oJ
lIe Jil and Jovn oJ
lIings.
So,
unIiIe lIe avlisl vIo can JooI and
cajoIe
Iis
vigIl
Ivain and
gel
il
going I nessing
in
painls
and
cIa
and
slone,
lIe naluvaI
pIagvound
oJ lIe
dveaning
cIiId
seIJ,
lIeve sils lIe
poov
vvilev,
vigid
as a
slicI,
penciI poised,
vilI no cIoice Iul lo vail in Jeav
and
lvenIIing
unliI lIe
spavI junps
lIe connissuve. Hence Iis nolovious
pencIanl
Jov
supevslilion*
and snaII oIsessive and
conpuIsive
acls sucI
as
Iining up papev exaclI Jouvsquave
vilI desI.
TIen,
JaiIing
in lIese
Jvanlic invocalions and aJlev lIe
vigIl
Ivain JaIIs as siIenl as lIe
spIinx-
vIal eIse can il do?-
nolIing
venains,
iJ lIe
vigIl
von'l
laII,
Iul lo as-
sauIl lIe IeJl vilI
aIcoIoI,
vIicI oJ couvse is a
depvessanl
and vIicI does
oJ couvse InocI oul lIal
gvin angeI guavding
lIe
gale
oJ Favadise and
Iel lIe
poov
IaIJ-Ivained vvilev in and a
good
deaI eIse Iesides. Bul
I
nov lIe vvilev is
dvunI,
Iis
pvesiding
IeJl-Ivained cvaJlsnan-conscious-
ness Iaid oul
JIal,
lvanpIed I
lIe
vanpanl inagev
Jvon lIe
vigIl
and a
Iovde oJ
vepliIian
denons Jvon IeIov.
|3) Beenlv acconpIisIed I
lvaveI
|geogvapIicaI).
TIe seIJ Ieaves
Ione Iecause Ione Ias Ieen
evacualed,
nol IonIed
oul,
Iul
enplied
oul
I
lIe seIJ ilseIJ. TIal
is, Ione,
JaniI, neigIIovIood,
and lovn
Iave Ieen
enguIJed I
lIe vacuoIe oJ
seIJ,
ingesled
and vendeved excvela.
WIal vvilev can
sla
in OaI
FavI,
IIIinois? One Ieaves Jov anolIev
pIace,
Iul soon il loo is
ingesled
and
digesled.
One
Ieeps noving
Jvon IIIinois
lo Minnesola lo Favis lo
IlaI
lo Favis lo
Spain
lo Favis lo AJvica lo Favis
lo
Ke
Wesl lo CuIa lo IdaIo. Fvon
NollingIansIive
lo AuslvaIia lo
Mexico lo Taos lo
IlaI.
IJ one can
Ieep noving
and iJ lIe
pIaces
velain
suJJicienl Jovn and
decov,
lIe
pIaces na
nol vun oul IeJove one's IiJe
vuns oul.
Heningva
van oul oJ
pIaces.
Lavvence did nol.
An exlvene case oJ a Jvanlic and JaiIed
allenpl
lo enlev a IaIilaIIe
vovId,
onI
lo consune il and nove
on,
is Kevouac in On lIe Boad. In
lIe couvse oJ one IooI Ie caveens IacI and JovlI Ielveen Nev YovI
and CaIiJovnia six lines- vilI one Mexican delouv.

OvaIan
Oveene,
aIIeil a
CIvislian, vas oIsevved
I EveIn WaugI
lo
pevJovn
a
cuvious vile IeJove Ie couId
gel
lo vovI. He venl oul lo lIe slveel and valcIed lIe
slvean oJ lvaJJic. WIen asIed vIal Ie vas
doing,
Ie
vepIied
lIal Ie vas
vailing
Jov a
pavlicuIav
conIinalion oJ nunIevs lo luvn
up
on a Iicense
pIale- 777.
WIen il
did,
Ie
venl
cIeevJuII
lo Iis
vviling
desI.
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Io8 THE OEOBOIA BEVIEW
TIe voad is Iellev lIan lIe
inn,
Cevvanles said.
Tvue,
Iul Ie did nol
vecIon vilI lvaveIevs IiIe lIe
FIing
BulcInan.
Nole, Iovevev,
lIal
veenlv I
lvaveI and aIso exiIe
|see IeIov)
neavI aIvas
laIes
pIace
in a nolion Jvon a novlIevn
pIace
lo a soulIevn
pIace, genevaII
a Medilevvanean ov
Hispanic
Anevican
pIace,
Jvon a
Fvoleslanl ov
posl-Fvoleslanl pIace slvipped I veIigion
oJ sacvanenl and
slvipped I
lIe seIJ oJ aII
eIse,
lo a CalIoIic ov
CalIoIic-pagan pIace,
a
cuIluve exolic Iul nol loo exolic
|BaIi
vouIdn'l
vovI),
vividI
inJovned
I
vile, Jiesla,
cevenon, quainl
cuslon, nannevs,
and lIe IiIe. TIis is
I
no neans a Counlev-BeJovnalion
viclov
Iecause lIe allvaclion is
nol lIe CalIoIic JailI- vIicI is
aIsoIuleI
lIe Iasl
lIing
lIe aulononous
seIJ vanls- Iul lIe decov and avliJacl oJ CalIoIic IeIieJ lIe
FanpIona
JeslivaI,
lIe Taxco
calIedvaI,
Mavdi
Ovas,
and sucI.
TIe allvaclion Ielveen lIe
nougIled
seIJ and lIe Jiesla
|quile
Iil-
evaII
a Jeasl Jov lIe slavved vacuoIe oJ
seIJ)
exisls on a conlinuun oJ
aJJinilies al one
end,
sa,
lIe sevious
el JinaII IopeIess noslaIgia
oJ
Henv
Adans al
Monl-Sl-MicIeI,
al lIe olIev lIe nove
connonpIace
deIeclalion
oJ,
sa, OppenIeinev
and Lavvence al a FueIIo JeslivaI in
Nev Mexico
vIicI,
vilI ils oulIandisI adnixluve oJ CalIoIic and
pagan
viles,
aIIovs lIe seIJ lIe
Iesl,
il
lIinIs,
oJ IolI vovIds lo
Ieep
ils dislance
and al lIe sane line savov lIe aeslIelic oJ lIe
speclacIe.*
|4) Beenlv I
lvaveI
|sexuaI).
One Ias a succession oJ Iovevs oJ
lIe
opposile
sex,
lIe sane
sex,
ov IolI. Il is diJJicuIl lo
inagine
lIe seIJ
oJ lIe aulononous avlisl in Iis
singuIav
and
godIiIe
aIslvaclion Jvon lIe
#
Il is a nice
anIiguil
lIal CalIoIics Iave lIe Ieasl use Jov lIe
vev lIing,
iJ nol lIe
onI lIing,
Jov vIicI
lIe
ave
adnived,
lIe
avliJacls,
lIe
accidenlaIs,
oJ
CalIoIicisn,
e.g.,
lIe
IuiIdings, JoIIvas,
nusic,
and so on.
TIus,
a lviviaI
Ipvoducl
oJ Nev OvIeans
CalIoIicisn,
Mavdi
Ovas,
Ias Ieen seized on
I
louvisls,
appvopvialed I
IocaI
Fvoleslanls,
pvonoled I
lIe CIanIev oJ
Connevce,
as lIe
najov
cuIluvaI allvaclion. Nice
anIiguil,
I
sa,
Iecause eacI
pavl
is conlenl lo Iave il so.
NoIod
is oJJended.
TIe CalIoIic is conlenl lo
pvaclice
Iis JailI in a
dunp
cIuvcI in
YovI,
vIiIe lIe
louvisls
gape
al lIe
gveal
nacveous
piIe
oJ lIe YovI
ninslev,
an avliJacl oJ a Jovnev
CalIoIic
cuIluve,
as IeauliJuI as lIe sIeII oJ a cIanIeved nauliIus and as
enpl.
Il is nol
avgunenlalive,
I
lIinI,
lo nole lIe niceness oJ lIe
anIiguil
Iecause,
iJ lIe CalIoIic
is conlenl lo Iave il
so,
so is lIe unIeIievev.
TIus,
lIe aeslIelic
deIigIl
oJ,
sa, Hening-
va,
in lIe CalIoIic decov oJ
FanpIona
vouId
pevIaps
Ie nalcIed
I
Iis
conlenpl
Jov acluaI CalIoIic
pvaclice
in OaI
FavI,
IIIinois. Il is an
anIiguil
Iecause il can Ie
given
lvo
equaII pIausiIIe inlevpvelalions,
CalIoIic and non-CalIoIic. TIe CalIoIic
vIal nallevs lo ne is JailI and
pvaclice:
lIe calIedvaIs and Jieslas ave incidenlaI. TIe
non-CalIoIic vIal is allvaclive lo ne is lIe CalIoIic
decov, calIedvaIs,
and
Jieslas:
vIal
I vanl no
pavl
oJ is lIe IeIieJ and
pvaclice,
vIicI is oJlen in Iad
lasle,
iJ nol
vuIgav.
BolI ave
vigIl.
CalIoIic
pvaclice
is oJlen dvaI ov
oulIandisI,
dvaI in OaI
FavI, IIIinois,
oulIandisI in
CIicIicaslanango.
And
el
lIe IeauliJuI YovI ninslev is
enpl.
Il is a nice
anIiguil
Iecause eacI
pavl
is conlenl lIal lIe olIev Iave il Iis ovn
va.
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WALKEB FEBCY
IOQ
ovdinav
vovId oJ nen
sellIing
dovn vilI a viJe and
JaniI an
nove
lIan
Jove
sellIing
dovn vilI
Juno. Juno- ucI!
WiJe, cIiIdven, Ione,
Jiveside, lv,
palio,
Medicave in
FIovida,
gvoving
oId
logelIev,
JoIn
An-
devson,
n
Jo, JoIn-
ucI!
Bellev lo
gvov
oId aIone in lIe
desevl,
sil
on a vocI IiIe a
Navajo.
Bul Iov
IoveI
ave lIe
daugIlevs
oJ nen! In-
deed,
IelevosexuaI inlevcouvse is lIe
vev pavadign
oJ lIe
veenlv
oJ lIe
gIosl-seIJ
IacI inlo lIe incavnale vovId vIence il cane. Nol
cogilo
evgo
sun-
Ood,
Iov sicI is lIe seIJ oJ lIvee Iundved
eavs
oJ lIal
cogila-
lion,
a
vev
Iad FvencI conneclion- Iul valIev IJ I enlev
ou,
I an
aIive,
even Iunan.
FuvlIev exevcises
WI
ave so
nan
avlisl-vvilevs IonosexuaI? Be-
cause lIe
eslvangenenl
oJ lIe seIJ can Ie so exlvene lIal nol even lIe
veIconing
vonan can Ie used as a
povlaI
oJ
veenlv-
on lIe
conlvav,
sIe Iecones lIe vovacious
vagina,
lIe
puve negalivil
vIicI,
visIing
nolIing, naIiciousI vequives pevJovnance
and lIeveJove lIvealens lo ex-
pose
one's
nougIlness.
IJ
so,
Iellev lo casl one's Iol vilI one's ovn
Iind,
ovn sex.
And
vI
ave avlisl-vvilevs nove
pvoniscuous
lIan scienlisls? Be-
cause science vovIs
Iellev,
lIis is lIe
age
oJ
science,
scienlisls ave lIe
pvinces
oJ lIe
age,
vIiIe avlisl-vvilevs ave lIe Jvanlic Lazavuses al lIe
Jeasl,
Iungeving
Jov cvunIs IiIe lIe
dogs,
lIe vIiIe
scvalcIing
and scvev-
ing
avound undev lIe laIIe.
|5) Beenlv I
veluvn . TIe
oplions
oJ lvaveI and exiIe
na
Ie ex-
Iausled,
el
inslead oJ
despaiving,
lIe lvaveIev
na
Iil
upon
one Iasl
aIlevnalive lIe veluvn.
WI
nol
go
IacI lo lIe
vev pIace
one
IeJl,
as
a Iind oJ deIiIevale exevcise oJ Jveedon? Nol
onI
is il nol lIe case lIal
ou
can'l
go
Ione
again, ou na
Iave lo- IacI lo lIe
evacualed,
IonIed-oul
IonepIace,
a vuin vIicI
I
lIe
vev
Jacl oJ ils aIandon-
nenl Ias in lIe
Iong
inlevvaI oJ one's aIsence
nagicaII acquived
a
cevlain
soIidil
and
inlegvil
oJ ils ovn. TIe SoulIevn vvilev vIo
pul
VaIdosla IeIind Iin as Jasl and Jav as Boc
HoIIida
and voaned lIe
vovId Jvon MavlIa's
Vineavd
lo Cuevnavaca nov al Iasl
gels
a IanIev-
ing
Jov Ione. And
goes
Ione- Jov a vIiIe. Il's one
lIing
lo
deveIop
a
noslaIgia
Jov Ione vIiIe
ou've Ioozing
vilI YanIee vvilevs in MavlIa's
Vineavd
ov
Ieing
cIased
I
lIe IuIIs in
FanpIona.
Il's
sonelIing
eIse
lo
go
Ione and visil vilI lIe JoIIs in Beed's
dvugslove
on lIe
squave
and
acluaII
Iislen lo lIen. TIe veason
ou
can'l
go
Ione
again
is nol
Iecause lIe dovn-Ione JoIIs ave nad al
ou- lIe've
nol,
don'l JIallev
ouvseIJ, lIe
couIdn'l cave Iess- Iul Iecause once
ou've
in ovIil and
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HO THE OEOBOIA BEVIEW
ou
veluvn lo Beed's
dvugslove
on lIe
squave, ou
can sland no nove
lIan JiJleen ninules oJ lIe convevsalion IeJove
ou
Iead Jov lIe
voods,
Iead Jov lIe
Iiquov
slove,
ov Iead IacI lo MavlIa's
Vineavd,
vIeve al
Ieasl
ou
can
pul
a loIevaIIe and
saving
dislance Ielveen
ou
and Ione.
Hone
na
Ie vIeve lIe Ieavl is Iul il's no
pIace
lo
spend Wednesda
aJlevnoon.
|6) Beenlv I disguise.
TIe vvilev-avlisl cIoaIs Iis
nougIled
seIJ
nol
I vvapping
IinseIJ in
Iandages
IiIe H. O. WeIIs's invisiIIe nan
Iul
I donning
lIe
pevsona-pIus-coslune
vovn
I
lIose
pevsons
vIo
slviIe Iin as
Iaving
nosl
successJuII
enleved lIe vovId- ov nevev IeJl il.
A nove
vespeclaIIe
vovd Jov sucI a
disguise
is
voIe-pIaing.
A Iundved
eavs ago,
avlisls,
vouId-Ie
avlisls,
vvilev-lpes
on lIe LeJl BanI vove
vovIevs' snocIs and Ievels. Move
vecenlI,
il is
jeans,
Ieavds,
Iandil
nuslacIes,
denin
jacIels,
lanI
lops, IongIovn
IeIl
IucIIes,
and sucI.
Bul vIal lo do iJ lIe cvassesl nenIevs oJ lIe
navIelpIace,
cav
saIesnan,
accounl
execulive,
go covIo?
TIal is lo
sa,
vIal lo do iJ one's cIosen
node oJ
veenlv
Ias Ieen
co-opled I
lIose
vev pevsons
vIo Iad dviven
one inlo oulev
space
lo
Iegin
vilI?
TIe
disguise na
Ie IeIaviovaI as veII as savloviaI. Nol ceIeIvaled
in
pasl
lines Jov lIeiv
pugnacil
ov
vonanizing,
Anevican vvilevs Iave
luvned inlo veaI
culups,
lIe SoulIevn
suIspecies
oJlen
laIing
lIe oId-
JasIioned Jovn oJ lIe
IeII-vaising passed-oul-dvunI-in-lIe-vIoveIouse
good-oI'-Io,
lIe NovlIevn nove
poIilicaI
lIe
cocIlaiI-pavl
nose-lo-
nose
ou've-deep-dovn-a-Jascisl-son-oJ-a-IilcI
conJvonlalion,
ov lIvov-
ing
a
puncI
al lIe cvilic vIo Iad-noulIed
ou
in Tine-
lIougI
seIdon
vilI nucI eJJecl- ov
Iealing up ouv
viJe in lIe IilcIen. Foels Jvon aII
ovev JeeI
oIIiged
lo Iecone nove JIovid
sexuaII. SlvaigIl poels
on lIe
Iecluve civcuil
excIange
a IIacI IooI
Iisling
lIe Iesl
Ias
al lIe univev-
silies vIeve
lIe
vead. OlIev
poels
|naIe)
ave noled Jov
JIasIing
and
JeeIing up
naIe
gvaduale
sludenls. No nove
sI
SvinIuvnes ov
paIe
Banle OaIvieI Bosellis ov cIosel Housnans.
TIe nain diJJevence Ielveen
Iallev-da
SoulIevn vvilevs and Iallev-
da
NovlIevn vvilevs IolI ave avave oJ lIe
necessil
lo sIocI lIe veadev
oul oJ seIJ-unavaveness and inlo
vecognilion
oJ lIe advanced
devange-
nenl oJ lIe
vovId,
Iul lIe SoulIevn vvilev does il
I Iaving
a cIavaclev
oJJend
againsl
a
decaed
Iul sliII exlanl elIos- a lvin
elIos,
lIe IiIIicaI
lvadilion and lIe Ionov code. TIal
is,
Ie sins
,
usuaII sexuaII,
ov con-
nils a OolIic
alvocil againsl
a
IacIdvop
oJ Jaded
JeJJevsonian
spIendov
-and sonelines does IolI al
once,
IiIe
TenpIe
BvaIe
gelling
covn-
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WALKEBFEBCY III
coIIed
I Fopee
al lIe oId FvencInan
pIace
in FauIInev's
Sancluav.
TIe
Iallev-da
NovlIevn
vvilev,
IacIing
eilIev lvadilion and
Iaving
nolI-
ing
lo oJJend
againsl,
nusl
veI
on an acl oJ
gvaluilous
and conedic vio-
Ience-IiIe MicIaeI MiIlon
gelling
Iis
penis
Iillen oJJ
I
HeIen
Oavp
in
Ivving's
TIe WovId
Accovding
lo
Oavp.
An oIsevvalion aIoul
disguises
TIe Nev OvIeans FvencI
Quavlev
Ias
Iong
allvacled avlisls and vvilevs and IonosexuaIs Jov lIe
good
and
undevslandaIIe veasons
given
aIove
Lalinil, quainlness,
nodevale ex-
olicness,
Mavdi
Ovas,
lIe usuaI
pava-CalIoIic
auva- and lIe easiesl
va
lo
gel
oul oJ
Mississippi
and OIio. Bul il is aIso a
pavacvealive
auva.
Jusl
as lIe denizens oJ lIe Vieux Cavv Iive in lIe
penunIva
oJ lIe
calIedvaI,
lIe
aIso Iive in lIe
penunIva
oJ avl.
SuvpvisingI
IillIe Jivsl-cIass avl Ias
cone oul oJ lIe FvencI
Quavlev,
even
lIougI
il valIev
seIJ-consciousI
inilales lIe decov oJ lIe LeJl
BanI,
IaIilal oJ
nan gveal
avlisls
eavs
ago.
TIis IiJe
slIe,
as il is
caIIed,
veninds one oJ lIe uvIan
covIo
vIo
secvelI
IeIieves lIal iJ Ie dvesses and vaIIs IiIe a
covIo,
Ie
na
Ie
a
covIo.
FauIInev,
nevev one lo do
lIings IaIJva,
nade
exlvavaganl
use oJ slandavd nodes oJ
veenlv
in Nev
OvIeans,
nol
neveI geogvapIi-
caI and
pevIaps
sexuaI
nodes,
nol
neveI
aIcoIoI,
Iul aIso a
veguIav vep-
evlov
oJ
disguises.
In lIe Vieux Cavv Ie nade
appeavances
as a vounded
velevan vilI
svaggev
slicI and a
Iogus
sleeI
pIale
in Iis
Iead,
a Iavd-
dvinIing pve-Iippie vagvanl
LeJl-BanI
lpe-
and vvole
Mosquiloes ,
a
nol
vev good
noveI. Il looI lIe uIlinale
veenlv,
lIe veluvn- Ie Iad lo
go
Ione- lo vvile TIe Sound and lIe
Fuv.
Even
lIen,
Ie Iad lo Ie
a Javnev on lIe side. Lalev Ie nade lIe
gvandesl
SoulIevn
veenlv
oJ
aII,
as a
Vivginia
Iovsenan.
A
pvediclion
WIal vilI avlisl
lpes
and vvilev
lpes
and Iono-
sexuaIs
|vIo
nusl Ie
appIauded
Jov lIeiv
good
lasle in cilies Nev Ov-
Ieans,
San
Fvancisco,
Ke
Wesl)
laIing
ovev sucI
pIaces
as lIe FvencI
Quavlev,
and Iusiness
lpes
and
Iavev lpes going covIo,
I
pvedicl
lIal
vovIing
avlisls and vvilevs viII vevevl lo lIe vacaled
pIaces.
In
Jacl,
lIe've aIvead luvning up
in
ovdinav
Iouses and
ovdinav
slveels
Iong
since aIandoned
I
lIe
Heningvas
and
Agees.
Soon
lIe'II
Ie
veaving
ovdinav
sIivls and
panls
and TIon McAn
sIoes,
nol
aIlogelIev
uncon-
sciousI,
Iul as a Iind oJ exevcise in lIe
ovdinav.
WIal eIse? WIeve
vouId
ou
valIev Ie iJ
ou
veve
Janes
A
gee
nov and aIive and veII
slunIIing
avound OveenvicI
ViIIage
Ioozed lo lIe
giIIs,
ov
silling
on lIe
Jvonl
povcI
oJ a Iouse on a sunnev
evening
in KnoxviIIe?
|7) Beenlv I
Easlevn vindov.
AngIe
oJ
veenlv
loo
sIaIIov,
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112 THE OEOBOIA BEVIEW
sIip
IacI inlo
space,
oul oJ
singuIav
seIJ in a
singuIav pIace
IacI inlo
Cosnic
SeIJ,
and oul oJ Iineav line and inlo lIe
ccIes
oJ veincavnalion
and lIe ElevnaI Beluvn. Conel ovIil.
TIe seIJ
escapes
lIe Iuvden oJ ilseIJ and acIieves salovi
lIvougI
lIe
negaling
oJ
seIJ,
lIe
alnan,
vilI lIe Cosnic
SeIJ,
lIe BvaInan oJ
Hinduisn.
SucI a
disposaI
oJ lIe seIJ vas evev an allvaclive
oplion,
vIal vilI
lIe
pevenniaI inaIiIil
oJ lIe seIJ lo
pevceive
ilseIJ,
Iul in lIis
age
is
nove allvaclive lIan evev as a
consequence
oJ lIe nodevn IislovicaI
pvedicanenl
oJ lIe seIJ. TIe novenenl oJ science lends lo aIslvacl lIe
seIJ Jvon lIe vovId IolI Jov lIe scienlisl and Jov lIe
Ianan,
vIo is
viII-niII
aIslvacled
I
lIe
lviunpIanl spivil
oJ science
vilIoul,
Iov-
evev,
Ieing conpensaled I
lIe
jo
oJ lIe
pvaclice
oJ science. TIe nove-
nenl oJ avl is lovavd lIe isoIalion and
sequesleving
oJ lIe avlisl as indi-
viduaI in
puvsuil
oJ avl.
Hence lIe
openness
oJ lIe Easlevn
vindov,
pavlicuIavI
in CaIi-
Jovnia,
vIeve lIe
oplions
oJ
veenlv
oJlen naIe lIeiv Jivsl
appeavance.
TIeve ave cIavaclevislic aJJinilies Ielveen lIe node oJ
veenlv I
lIe Easlevn vindov and cevlain olIev nodes oJ
veenlv, e.g.,
lIe lvaveI
and exiIe
nodes,
oJlen vilI a dasI oJ science Jov
seasoning.
ExanpIes EngIisI
vvilevs in
HoIIvood- HuxIe,
IsIevvood,
el aI.
Beenlv I
lvaveI
|geogvapIicaI) pIus
lvaveI
|IonosexuaI)
pIus
Easlevn
vindov,
lIe
nuIlipIe veenlv
node undevvvillen
I
science
|nind-
aIleving dvugs opening
lIe doovs oJ
pevceplion
and
assisling
lIe seIJ in
ils
escape
Jvon
ilseIJ)
.
Il is no accidenl lIal lIe
posl-Fvoleslanl EngIisI
in lIe van oJ lIe
scienliJic and induslviaI vevoIulion Jov lvo cenluvies veve aIso lIe dis-
covevevs and naslevs oJ cIavaclevislic
veenlv
nodes,
especiaII
lvaveI
|geogvapIicaI
and
sexuaI)
and
disguises.
Il is no coincidence lIal lIe
EngIisI
ave nol
onI
lIe Iesl aclovs in lIe vovId Iul lIe Iesl
spies.
TIe
nodevn
EngIisInan
can Iecone
anone
eIse. TIe
pvololpicaI EngIisI-
nan oJ lIe lvenlielI
cenluv
is nol
JoIn
BuII ov CoIoneI
BIinp
Iul Lav-
vence in
AvaIia,
OIiviev in TIe Enlevlainev
,
MaugIan
in lIe Secvel
Sevvice.
Bo
ou
lIinI il is an accidenl lIal aII lIe Iesl vvilevs oJ
sp
noveIs
ave
EngIisI?
|8) BeJusaI oJ veenlv
and. exilus
Jovevev
inlo
deep space ,
vIicI is
lo
sa,
suicide.
Suicide,
slvangeI enougI, lIougI
lIe divesl oJ
oplions,
is oJlen lIe nosl
Ionesl,
in lIe sense lIal lIe suicide
na
Iave vun oul
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oJ lIe olIev
oplions
and Jound lIen
IacIing.
Suicide,
lIal is lo
sa,
is
avguaII
a nove
IogicaI oplion
lIan a conslanl
veccIing
oJ
pasl oplions
-Jvon Iooze lo
Spain
lo Ivoads and
IacI,
Jvon Iooze lo
Spain
and so
on:
Jvon
cvuising
Buena Visla FavI Jov lIe Jive-IundvedlI JeIIalio.
|9) Beenlv deJevved SeIJ
on
indeJinile
IoId in ovIil. TIal is lo
sa,
lIe vilIdvavaI oJ lIe avlisl.
E.g., SaIingev
in lIe
voods,
Fvousl in
lIe covI-Iined voon.
TIus,
lIeve is no a
pviovi
seniolic
veason,
aJlev
aII,
vI
lIe seIJ nusl veenlev lIe vovId. Il can
sinpI
nainlain lIe avlislic
posluve lIvougIoul
lIe
da,
al Jouv o'cIocI in lIe
aJlevnoon,
and Iave
no nove lo do vilI lIe vovId lIan a CavlIusian nonI vIo veceives Iis
Jood
lIvougI
a luvnsliIe.
|
i
o) Beenlv
undev lIe divecl
sponsovsIip oJ
Ood. Il is
lIeovelicaII
possiIIe,
iJ
pvaclicaII exlveneI
diJJicuIl,
lo veenlev lIe vovId and Ie-
cone an inlacl seIJ
lIvougI
lIe
veenlv
node
KievIegaavd
descviIed
vIen Ie noled lIal lIe seIJ can
onI
Iecone ilseIJ iJ il does so lvans-
pavenlI
IeJove Ood. TIis is in
Jacl,
accovding
lo IolI
KievIegaavd
and
FascaI,
lIe
onI
viaIIe node oJ
veenlv,
lIe olIevs
Ieing
snaves and
deIusions.
TIeve ave al Ieasl lvo
veasons,
Iaving
lo do vilI lIe naluve oJ lIe
age, vI
lIis
oplion
is so diJJicuIl.
One is lIal Jvon lIe aIslvacled
pevspeclive
oJ lIe sciences and avls
-an allilude oJ
seIJ-eJJacing oIjeclivil
vIicI
lIvougI
lIe
speclacuIav
lviunpI
oJ science Ias Iecone lIe naluvaI slance oJ lIe educaled nan-
Ood,
iJ Ie is laIen lo exisl al
aII,
is
pevJovce
undevslood as
sinpI
anolIev
ilen in lIe vovId vIicI one
duI
oIsevves,
laIes nole
oJ,
and slands ovev
againsl.
TIe olIev veason is lIal lIe
Ood-pavl,
al Ieasl lIose vIo
sa
Lovd
Lovd nosl
oJlen,
ave so
ignovanl
and oInoxious lIal nosl educaled
peopIe
vanl no
pavl
oJ lIen. IJ
lIe've
Jov
il,
lIen I can'l
go
Jav
vvong
in
Ieing againsl
il.
Il is lvue lIal IolI Sl. FauI and Ood ave on vecovd as
pveJevving
sinpIe
JoII lo lIe
oveveducaled,
especiaII pIiIosopIevs.
Bul nedia
pveacIevs
Iave IillIe veason lo laIe conJovl.
Being
uneducaled is no
guavanlee againsl Ieing
oInoxious.
Queslion
WIo is lIe nosl
oInoxious, Fvoleslanls, CalIoIics,
ov
Jevs?
Ansvev Il
depends
on vIeve
ou
ave and vIo
ou
ave
laIIing
lo
-lIougI
il is Iavd lo conceive
an
one oJ lIe lIvee
consislenlI ouldoing
lIe olIev lvo in oInoxiousness.
Yel,
as oInoxious as ave aII
lIvee,
none
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114
THE OEOBOIA BEVIEW
is as nuvdevous as lIe aulononous seIJ
vIo,
IeIieving
in
nolIing,
can JaII
pve
lo
ideoIog
and IiII niIIions oJ
peopIe-
unvanled
peopIe,
oId
peo-
pIe,
sicI
peopIe,
useIess
peopIe,
unIovn
peopIe,
enenies oJ lIe slale- and
do so
veasonaII,
vilIoul
passion,
even
decenlI, cevlainI
vilIoul lIe
Ieasl oInoxiousness.
BeIigion,
al
an
vale,
Ias Ieen
Iaving
a Iad line oJ il
IaleI, pevIaps
Jov
good
and suJJicienl veason.
B
and
Iavge,
scienlisls and avlisls and lIe
aulononous seIJ Iave
gollen
vid oJ
Ood,
vIelIev ov nol Jov
good
vea-
son,
vIelIev ov nol vilI
calaslvopIic consequences,
venains lo Ie seen.
In
an
case,
veenlv
inlo
ovdinav
IiJe,
inlo concvele
pIace
and
line,
Jvon lIe
slvange
aIslvaclions oJ lIe lvenlielI
cenluv,
lIe
veenlv
undevlaIen undev lIe divecl
sponsovsIip
oJ
Ood,
is a diJJicuIl iJ nol
nigI-inpossiIIe
lasI. Yel lIeve Iave
exisled,
so I Iave
Ieavd,
a Jev
avlisl-vvilevs even in lIis
da
and
age
vIo Iave Iecone lIenseIves
lvanspavenlI
IeJove Ood and
nanaged
lo Iive inlacl
lIvougI
diJJicuIl
Iives,
e.g.,
Sinone
WeiI,
Mavlin
BuIev,
BielvicI BonIoeJJev. Sone Iave
even ouldone
KievIegaavd
and seen IolI cvealion and avl as lIe CIavlves
scuIplov
did,
as IolI dense and
nslevious, gvaluilous, anagogie,
and sac-
vanenlaI,
e.g., FIannev
O'Connov.
|
1 1
) Beenlv I
assauIl. TIe vvilev-avlisl naIes suve lIal Ie is in
lIe vovId and lIal Ie is veaI
I laIing
on lIe
vovId,
usuaII I poIilicaI
aclion
and,
nove oJlen lIan
nol,
vevoIulionav.
Even iJ one is
inpvisoned
I
lIe slale-
especiaII
iJ one is
inpvisoned-
one can Ie cevlain oJ
Ieing
Iunan. OIosls can'l Ie
inpvisoned.
TIis
slvalagen
is nove avaiIaIIe lo
Euvopean
vvilevs,
vIo ave laIen nove
seviousI
lIan Anevican vvilevs.
TIe secvel
env
oJ Anevican vvilevs AIexandev
SoIzIenilsn. Bespile
lIeiv nosl vioIenl allacIs on lIe slale and lIe
eslaIIisInenl,
noIod pas
nucI allenlion lo Anevican
vvilevs,
Ieasl oJ aII lIe slale. T o Iave laIen
on lIe slale and deJealed
il,
IiIe
SoIzIenilsn,
is
Ieond
lIe viIdesl
dveans oJ lIe Anevican vvilev. Because lIe slale doesn'l cave. TIis in-
diJJevence Ieads lo evev nove Jvanlic
allenpls
lo allvacl
allenlion,
IiIe an
ignoved
cIiId,
even lo lIe
poinl
oJ
depicling
Fvesidenl
JoInson
and
Lad
Bivd
pIolling
lIe assassinalion oJ
Kenned
in BavIava Oavson's
MacBivd!,
ov Fvesidenl Nixon
Iaving
sex vilI ElIeI
BosenIevg
and
Ieing Iuggeved
I
UncIe San in Tines
Squave
in BoIevl Coovev's TIe FuIIic
Buvning.
SliII,
no one
pas
allenlion.
A
pavadign
oJ lIis
genevaII
JaiIed
veenlv oplion
a
IoneI
vadi-
caI Anevican vvilev
slanding
oulside lIe WIile House
gale, scveaning
oIscenilies aIoul lIis Jascisl
slale,
diclalovsIip, expIoilalion
oJ ninovi-
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lies,
suppvession
oJ Jveedon oJ
speecI,
and so on and on- aII lIe vIiIe
Ieing ignoved I pvesidenl, poIice,
and
passevsI.
TIeve ave vovse
lIings
lIan lIe
OuIag.
TIougIl Expevinenl
TIe
Beenlv
Quiz
OIjecl
To enaIIe
ou
lo caIcuIale
ouv
ovn
apogee
oJ lvanscend-
ence and
ouv covvesponding
need oJ
veenlv.
MelIod Scove
ouvseIJ I cIecIing
lIose avenues oJ
veenlv
vIicI
ou
Jind
pecuIiavI,
even
conpuIsiveI,
allvaclive.
Beenlv I
|
i
)

aneslIesia
|aIcoIoI,
pol,
cocaine, elc.)
|2 )

lvaveI
|geogvapIicaI, e.g., AppaIacIian
TvaiI,
OveeI Is-
Iands, elc.)
|3 )

lvaveI
|sexuaI)
|4 )

veluvn
|IacI
lo
VaIdosla,
IacI lo dovnlovn FIiIadeI-
pIia,
elc.)
|5 )

disguise |e.g.,
SoulIevn naIe vvilev as
good
oI'
Io,
NovlIevn naIe vvilev as
BvooIInile
luvned Conneclicul YanIee vilI
L. L. Bean
Iools)
|6 )

Easlevn vindov
|piIgvinage
lo Kalnandu ov lo
Tvung-
pa's
connune in
CoIovado)
|7 )

deep space
|suicide)
|8 )

veenlv
deJevved,
pevnanenl
ovIil
|SaIingev
in lIe
voods,
Boo
BadIe
IoIed
up
in AIaIana Iouse Jov
Jovl eavs)
|9 )

sponsovsIip
|convevsion)
|10)

assauIl
|nuvdevous
poIilicaI
Ialveds,
Janlasies oJ assas-
sinalion ov
laIing
vicavious
pIeasuve
in
sane)
|cIecI
appvopviale
oplions,
add
scove)
Nole A
IigI
scove neasuves lIe
apogee
oJ
ouv
ovIil Iul is nol neces-
saviI
Iad. FauIInev
nigIl
Iave scoved a
5
|see
veenlv oplions
1, 2,
3,
4, 5),
MaIcoIn
Lovv
a
6,
WiIIian
BuvvougIs
a
7,
and
Sidne
SIeIdon,
Jov aII I
Inov,
a o. A
IigI
scove does no nove lIan neasuve vilIoul
pvejudice
lIe
apogee
oJ one's ovIil oJ lvanscendence vilI ils allendanl
lviunpIs
and nisevies.
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