Re: [ejlist] DIE SCHERE #44: Notes 1

[rcalvom@ctv.es]

Hi Junguerites.

René de Bakker wrote:

> Three more or less violent accidents and one, quiet, death in the
> underground, so probably it's the one, Juenger means. Very powerful story.
> The dead man is described as insignificant, a man like million others. But
> the "grand brother Death" singles him out for a moment. A small crowd
> remains "staring insatiably at the dead man." [...] By this time an
> astonishing thing had happened. Just as the dead man's figure had appeared
> to shrink and contract visibly within its garments, as if before our eyes
> the body were withdrawing out of a life with which it had no further
> relationships, so now did all the other properties of space and light, the
> dimensions of width, length, and distance that surrounded him undergo an
> incredible change.

Just remind me of the "dead man" of Heliopolis ( arriving at
Heliopolis harbour). I haven´t got Heliopolis here, but I think there
are some interesting references over there.

Best regards
Roberto