Bill!, Merle, et al.,
Well, I went to the used-book store near me again today, and still they do not
have a copy of ISLAND by Huxley; I've been looking for about a month.
It might be fun to re-read it after these intervening 38 years or so.
I remember that the first few chapters were OK, when it was almost an adventure
story, and I recall the Little Green Book, and some of the doings of the head
honchos on the island. Was there "Moksha", or something? I read the entire
novel, but the early chapters are more memorable now.
What I recall most clearly was the protagonist climbing cliffs, or something,
to get onto shore after his shipwreck. And, OK, that green book with the
sayings of a master. And some honchos. And Moksha.
What I enjoyed most was just encountering in a new context some of the themes
and words I'd encountered in my first academic study of Hinduism, and seeing
how they were played out by a modern author of fiction who had sympathy with
Hinduism and with religious practice, and mysticism in general, and with drugs
(this is where I think the Moksha came in, and of course Moksha was/is also a
mythical or real substance in India; some say it is Hemp).
I'll keep looking for an old beat-up copy. My original was lost to water
damage when a radiator on a floor above leaked, and water drowned my bookshelf
below in a cheap place I lived during college. I lost a lot of better books,
then, too.
--Joe
> "Bill!" <BillSmart@...> wrote:
>
> Merle,
>
> I finished Chapter 7 a couple days ago. That's about halfway.
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