TFv04 CH 04 Nathan (annotated)

Annotations for Nathan of Hades.

## Page 103

**Quote**

from Perec’s
book *La Disparition* (1969) (*A Void*), written entirely without the
letter e. After the convoluted plot about an investigation of mysterious
murders ends with Perec killing almost all characters, the novel ends with the
words of the murderer:

“But an illusion was always lurking in such solutions, an
allusion of wisdom, wisdom to which not any of us could truly lay claim, not
our protagonists, not our author, and not I…and it was that lack of wisdom,
that chronic inability of ours to grasp what was actually going on, that had us
talking away, constructing our story, building up its idiotic plot…without at
any instant attaining its cardinal point” (Perec 277).

**Georges Perec**

was a French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and
essayist. He was a member of the Oulipo group. Perec and Oulipo are undoubtedly
a huge inspiration for Danielewski, especially for his novel Only
Revolutions, written entirely without using some of the most common English
words (in, have, as, they, say, or...).

## Page 104

**Steph Curry**

is an American professional basketball player for the Golden
State Warriors of the NBA. Many players and analysts have called him the
greatest shooter in NBA history

**Ashima Shiraishi**

(born April 3, 2001 in New York, NY) is an
American rock climber. She is known for being one of the strongest young
climbers of all time. She started climbing at age six in Central Park and at
Manhattan Plaza Health Club.

The New York Times has called her a "bouldering
phenom". Outside Magazine has described her as a "young
crusher". At age 13 she became the second female, and youngest person, to
climb a sport route with a difficulty grade of 9a+ (5.15a) (Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashima\_Shiraishi)

## Page 105

**samadhi**

a state of meditative consciousness. It is a meditative
absorption or trance, attained by the practice of dhyāna.[1] In samādhi the
mind becomes still. It is a state of being totally aware of the present moment;
a one-pointedness of mind (Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samadhi)

You may be asking, "so, what's it like?" Daido Roshi
said, *"In absolute samadhi, in complete falling away of body and mind,
there is no reflection and no recollection. In a sense, there is no
'experience' because there is a complete merging of subject and object, or a
perfect recognition of already existing non-separation. There is no way of
describing what is or was going on." (Link - http://buddhism.about.com/od/buddhistmeditation/a/Samadhi.htm)*

In "positive samadhi," which is based on the
experience of absolute samadhi, we are functioning in the world: walking,
gardening, cooking, cleaning, with a mind that is completely present to the
experience of life in this moment (Link - https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/42-publications/quest-magazine/1331-shojin-and-samadhi-the-journey-torwad-compassion)

## Page 107

**Nanauyi**

Hopi language: nana'uyi - hiding

**paayis**

paayi-s – three times,
thrice

**pevesikip**

peve’sikip - in nine places, *peve’sikip pakwt - ninety*

**soosok**

all

**sotsla**

branch out

**Free the future . . .**

Galvadyne's trademark is Own the future (thnx jsimmsphx)

**scenegraph**

A scene graph is a
general data structure commonly used by vector-based graphics editing
applications and modern computer games, which arranges the logical and often
(but not necessarily) spatial representation of a graphical scene (Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scene\_graph)

**Koruruta**

rotating

**Maski**

Land of the Dead, the destination of souls when they leave the present world. Doesn't mean Hell or Purgatory. Maski is also described as the hidden soul of the Earth Mother, the Judge of all

**Aawilaw**

mirror

**Quatalpu**

darkness

## Page 108

**frustum**

portion of a solid (normally a cone or pyramid) that lies
between one or two parallel planes cutting it. The term is commonly used in
computer graphics to describe the viewing frustum, the three-dimensional region
which is visible on the screen. It is formed by a clipped pyramid; in
particular, frustum culling is a method of hidden surface determination
(Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frustum)

## Page 111

**cheese and rice**

Jesus Christ

**arabic**

?