NABOKV-L post 0010187, Mon, 2 Aug 2004 08:00:55 -0700

------------------ And recall the psychoanalyst(s?) named 'Wind' in PNIN
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Peter Hayes

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> From: John A Rea <j.rea2@insightbb.com>
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> D. Barton Johnson wrote:
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>> 3. Atman. Hinduism--innermost essence of each individual, supreme
eternal
>> self
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> The form is Sanskrit, meaning both "breath, soul, and wind". The word
> is cognate with German 'atmen' = 'to breath', and Latin 'anima' breath,
> soul. Some of us senile citizens recall that Mohandas Ghandi was known
> as Mahatma: "maha" 'big, great', and "atma(n)" 'spirit, soul --
> perhaps 'wind' to some opponents
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>> 4.cromlech & menhirs. Boyd notes these are paired in chapter 3 of John
>> Fowles _French Lieutenant's Woman_, a 1969 bestseller often compared
with
>> Ada.
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> A word to the wise: cromlechs have nothing to do with milk, nor do
> menhirs relate to "Mein Herr" and masculines.
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