[Redbook2:252-256][19821010:1330c]{The
Magic Mountain [continued(3)]}[10th
October 1982]
19821010:1330
[continued]
The
half-circle is exact: only the [central mountain] is missing, not
surprisingly, from the dream. The difference of course is explained
in the people: not there in ['0'], but to be brought in: already
there in Hans Castorp's dream. Love is the response in the dream: it
is the actual station, the function of this place, in [...]land.
There are the Horses, the Archers; the dancing, which is the
response; even the fishing, perhaps from further off, and the ships,
and the swimmers: and the lovers. Even the salute is there: not the
same, but that it is there at all is remarkable.
It
could easily be said that so much of this follows from the basic
theme; but one still has to ask: why does it follow from the basic
theme?
[continues]
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