[Redbook2:252-256][19821010:1330b]{The
Magic Mountain [continued]}[10th
October 1982]
19821010:1330
[continued]
I
have no doubt that Hans Castorp's dream was a genuine vision of
Mann's, although no doubt also like all of us he might have lacked
confidence in his own vision to the extent of tinkering with the
details on the basis of 'logic'. Last night I was struck by the
overall sense and atmosphere of the place, but specifically by the
goats (I still can't help a slight feeling of absurdity, as when I
see 'Goat News' in [the magazine] 'Practical Self-Sufficiency'].
This morning so many aspects seemed to fall into place with my own
present plan and earlier (and continuing) visions of the place: the
smell (cf. as above), the broad-leaves at the lower levels (cf. the
hiding of the […] in ['0'], some way from this place), the rainbow
(note the thick, lustrous green), the music, the Sea (cf. [the
Narrator's] first glimpse of the Atlantic on the other side, in
['0']). No palms yet in [...]land: but given the temperature changes
which might be expected, not impossible. The glory of light is
there: for the rest, […]land in ['0'] is, in its 'savage' state,
dominated by +Mk: the rest is in the sketch-plan.
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