[Juenger-list] EJ & Burroughs (no angry old men)

[e-ensign@thing.net (Richard Brem)]

I've noticed that, unlike in the last two years,  no-one on the list
commemorated Juenger's 'Todestag' on 17 February 1998. I like to do it, a
bit belated, with the 'Last Words' of William S. Burroughs, written just one
day before his death on 1 August 1997. I have the feeling that the late
Juenger and the late Burroughs both underwent a profound personal
transformation in the last one or two years before they died (reaching
conclusions that were perhaps quite similar). Burroughs kept a diary until
his death, whereas Juenger seems to have kept to himself -- very little is
known about his last one or two years.

The following quote is taken from: 'Last Words: The Final Journals of
William S. Burroughs' (it's actually the last entry Burroughs wrote):
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Thinking is not enough.

Nothing is. There is no final enough of wisdom, experience -- any fucking
thing. No Holy Grail, no Final Satori, no final solution. Just conflict.

Only thing can resolve conflict is love, like I felt for Fletch and Ruski,
Spooner and Calico. Pure love.
What I feel for my cats present and past.

Love? What is It?
Most natural painkiller what there is.

LOVE.
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