T his portiODof the body, the navd, has, partly for
rymbolic
reasollS, httn :utoe;a!
Hart-Clive-1962-Structure-and-Motif-in-Finnegans-Wake
" Laid out thu, 10 .
eplCsont Ihe universe and wggesting Ihe analogy of a human microcosm ;.
of eou~ a very old utd well?
tried device which was strikingly illUJtnlted in , uch worb at Ihose of HenriCIll Comdius Agrippa, whe", the body iI often drawu wilh Renailuncc accuracy over an ancient tchent.
ll.
of Ihe firmament The ceulral point of the human CI'OIIII !
hili formed;.
;u oflen the gcnit.
a.
ls as the navel': 'the wbole body of man ?
?
?
upon the Citc.
.
.
,;on of a""" and
Legt, dolh make oul It "'I"ue ? ? ? ",hole iutt:nerrion i. at the ~nit:ab. . '
Indeed. in a celebrated dnowing by Leonardo? genital, and navel a", Ihe cenlres oflhe K1ua", and circle which cii"CUtn$Gl'ibe the human figure drawnin twO luperimpolCd altitudes, approlli- mating a ,~u crou and a quincunx respectivdy. (At ,86. ! ~ Shem, c. . ". ting the univen<: ofliteratore, ill 'circling the "lua",'. ) Thil drawiug of Leonardo', is an illuatr. ltion to Ihe D. Arcmue- hor. , III, i, of Vitruvius. whom Jora: nlme! in acbtowlegment
31255. ~. ? In Iny case. forJora: navel and gcniw. an: equiva- l e n t ; I h e y a r e C O I l t r a r i . , . . . . . . t h e b e g i n n i i l l f a n d t h e ~nd o f b i r t h -
n. c:. . . Io>,,~. p. 18,;ro. -. "";""dn""'"
'Sirn-o. _
;" ~ n. ~ and "",I"'" ~ W bonw. of ~ the <m~ poin? ? _ II. C. '-"';ppa, Dt . . . . u. ~ /Uri 1m. (CoIop<]. 'm. pp.
CLXI-CLXvt. lor<< hod ? . ,. ,r Af'iw. . :to< Aih<noo, p. ' 33; AP . ~.
? s. . F"",riopioa.
? Vj,NViuo, n. T. . &oL . . ,luAiw,. . ,. ,. . . . . ,. . by M. fl. Morpn.
Catnbrid(e, '9'4. pp. 7''"3?
'37
? Spatial C. JClu : 11- The C. oss
and to coincide. In the diagram on p~ 293 the ouvd and g. :nit. aIia are l'CI~ tivdy the upper and lower vel'tica of the ccnU'3. 1 rhombus. Dolph, with the mystical power which ~nab1", rum to bring about the coincidence of antith. ,. . ,. , tilb
'by her ,earn hem and jabote at the ,picbicst of her m1r. kikanl . ? . the maid. apronofOur A. L. r. . , . till itsnether nadir il V{)rt;cally whe. . . " ? . iu na~d'i napex will ha~e to heandhe:
(297? 08)
Shaun', na~el, like that of Vilhnu,' i. as much a centre of generation II iI Shem's lifcwand, and becomes confu. ed with his phall. . . throughout IlJ. 3. The laJci,inu. and pcrvwed Four arc in fact involved in producing an erection from the lethargic Sh<lun, whose initial . J;u:knca teems to he implied in the opening description : 'on the verge ofclosing time'. ' Shaun's Ioeation on the fuming dunghe. . p, J oyt:e'. "ymbol for the fertile primordia] Chac. , estab]"'h. ,. him as an incarnation ofthe Finl
Cau. . . . . . -'take your mut for " first ~ginning, hig to bog' (287'0! l)- whilc hi! . . . ,lationship 10 (he Four and their nccc:aary function ofcalling forth the latent mattrial within him luggcsta the relationship of First Cawoc 10 the four Second Ca. . . . ,. , In hil JIIMUJ~ps mflSlJ, Mr. Stuart Gilbert commen'" on the na,,,I, presumably with Joy<<:'. authority':
, '"Ilu: AnciHlu placo:<! the aatr. ll tout of man, the ". . . ri or his self-consciousness, in the pit of the stomach. The BrahmaN ohar. . :! this helief with Plato and Ihe other philoool'l",n ? . ? The navel wu regarded a. 'the circle of the sun', the ""at of
internal divine light" [In's Urwtiltd, xlv. ] Simii. o. rly, H. rmet T';Imcgist". held thaI the midst of the world's body is Cl<. O. ctly
beneath the ccntn: of heaven, and Robc:rt F1udd Ii", . . . nuen : Muii titndllril <tIIlnm< w ,",II: ",- go. . INn rl/lllOrlr. , p. mtt/l'lfl <eIl"d. w StcUiIImt qlUUda. a . . llIMiIiaI.
T his portiODof the body, the navd, has, partly for rymbolic reasollS, httn :utoe;a! cd by aoterie . . . nten with the! OUrcc ofprophetic inlpir:atioo, . . . when
Pythia w ll nylcd fIt1I! rih'l"" H''','
, $to J. Campb<lI. 'Fionqan . . . . e W. \e', in Giv<n>. pp. 37<> If. t O'. l'rudI. . . p,
? Londoror, '95>, p. 60.
",
? Spatial Cydu: /I-The Crrm
Furthermore, sino::o: Sho. un is hue 10 be idcutilied with the. . . ,
we rn. . . t bear in milld tho. . l 'M ' wu a . . arne of the Egypliaa Su. . . . Cod'; th~1 il is abo Old None word for God'; and that
VUIIIU, wilh his fertik umhili~, i, himtelf a Sun-God. ' The oombinro ph. o. llicurnbi&al fertility of SItaUII is dr:amatic:ally w<>rkro OUI in tlte big climax at ~99-~01, which is pl:ainly orgMmic and is 'u'. . . . . unded with ,. ""uallugge! tion:
'the. . ,', lcpt or flam in Funnycoon'. Wick. ' (499. 13)
'D'yu meUl 10 ",II there wh~re y'are now, coddlin your lUper. nurncr. lry I"" wi'mat bi~r lOngue in yur tolkoltap, and your hindieo and Ihindic:s, lib: a muck in a markel, Sortey boy, n:pc:atin<< yu. . . . I[ ' (499. '9)
'wilh all that', huried ofi;illl illunce i"",wed inoid. . . . f=:
(. 99-~5)
'Acl drop. Stand by! Blioders! Curtain up. Juice, pic. . ,. ,! }'oou! '
(5? 1. 07)
This exciting moment, led up to be :0 I"'mendous accd. . . . . tion of the dialogue, is thc prineipal foc. . . of the ch:ap. et. Aft. . . the cat:acl)'lm, life begins Once more 10 climb out "r the W<>m. b of aboolute zero. Frosty imagery ahounds, :and it gr;odually be- COma apparer. t that . . . . "C ha~. . , now bftn ~ pit:atcd in. o the Cim. unga-Gap of the Eddas. ' Yawn, perhaps '" be idctui/ied
nnw wilh the recumbent Ymir, the origin:ll R]T11oI:-Cianl, then pro<:<<diIO describe Yggdra1. il, the Wotid_Tr<<, whlch, by his choice of l:anguligt. he managa to ",latc to virtually every
olber . ymbolic t. . ,e. ~inc<: we are dealing hcf'<: with the ' pring_ ing (If all experience from a First c. . UIC, one of the 0\011 im_ portant of thetc (lthtt" growllu is the TI'tt of J eooe (5"". (13) whicb, in mediaeval arl, som. ~titnCI lwcuriuer. out of the ,upine
Jt:OS? '. ph:allus, just as the loh. ,. . ftower--thc 'family umbroglia, (~I4-04)-bursu from Shau,,_Vishnu', umbilicus. ? ? . . . :tlusiom 10
D~rwin ~nd the ChiP. ~fS". . w c~ny the family IJ"tt funhe! -.
, I',. . "'. ! Iuds"7JIt&cotof""n-r,3""'"-. 1 h. . , 19"'1, ,"Ol. I,P. 601. ? Athe. . "", p. 'OJ.
? J-;. . q,lf/oHitJ
1. . &<10< MJ'oW. 1\. ,'("" I~
_ ic. ,I"h <<In. , 'Vw. n~'; lL Zimmer. M. y. . . .
p. 193.
? J. Compboll, 't'into"! ! . . ,, tho Woke', Itt G i_, pp. 57" If.
? S K 4~.
,
'"
? ! <J1)(Jtiul Cyrus: I I - TIu CrOJs
Tne great t= . pringing from the e<:ntre of the quincunx on the orange-mound of Ireland emulalCS the T = of the Know_ ledge ofGood and Evil which grew in the cent", ofEden: 'tm. tree of . . . ga",rden' (350. 02). But the fateful t",e plant<:d in l'aradise hal traditionally been comidered a . ymbolic pre-
cunor of the cross-tree placed on Calvary, and 00 J <>yce'. tree U given . . . much the asp<"<:t of a g-,dlows as of a living tree
('T yburn', SO'Pol). That Christ's aou uhere intended is made apparent by the indw. ion of many of the supplementary symbols which <. ". 'hristlan iconography frc<[uently a. oocialeS with the CrtlM, . w:h al the ol<ull at the thot (5? 1. 25) and the sun and the mOOn above (504. 36). "lbus a vertical cro. .
Legt, dolh make oul It "'I"ue ? ? ? ",hole iutt:nerrion i. at the ~nit:ab. . '
Indeed. in a celebrated dnowing by Leonardo? genital, and navel a", Ihe cenlres oflhe K1ua", and circle which cii"CUtn$Gl'ibe the human figure drawnin twO luperimpolCd altitudes, approlli- mating a ,~u crou and a quincunx respectivdy. (At ,86. ! ~ Shem, c. . ". ting the univen<: ofliteratore, ill 'circling the "lua",'. ) Thil drawiug of Leonardo', is an illuatr. ltion to Ihe D. Arcmue- hor. , III, i, of Vitruvius. whom Jora: nlme! in acbtowlegment
31255. ~. ? In Iny case. forJora: navel and gcniw. an: equiva- l e n t ; I h e y a r e C O I l t r a r i . , . . . . . . t h e b e g i n n i i l l f a n d t h e ~nd o f b i r t h -
n. c:. . . Io>,,~. p. 18,;ro. -. "";""dn""'"
'Sirn-o. _
;" ~ n. ~ and "",I"'" ~ W bonw. of ~ the <m~ poin? ? _ II. C. '-"';ppa, Dt . . . . u. ~ /Uri 1m. (CoIop<]. 'm. pp.
CLXI-CLXvt. lor<< hod ? . ,. ,r Af'iw. . :to< Aih<noo, p. ' 33; AP . ~.
? s. . F"",riopioa.
? Vj,NViuo, n. T. . &oL . . ,luAiw,. . ,. ,. . . . . ,. . by M. fl. Morpn.
Catnbrid(e, '9'4. pp. 7''"3?
'37
? Spatial C. JClu : 11- The C. oss
and to coincide. In the diagram on p~ 293 the ouvd and g. :nit. aIia are l'CI~ tivdy the upper and lower vel'tica of the ccnU'3. 1 rhombus. Dolph, with the mystical power which ~nab1", rum to bring about the coincidence of antith. ,. . ,. , tilb
'by her ,earn hem and jabote at the ,picbicst of her m1r. kikanl . ? . the maid. apronofOur A. L. r. . , . till itsnether nadir il V{)rt;cally whe. . . " ? . iu na~d'i napex will ha~e to heandhe:
(297? 08)
Shaun', na~el, like that of Vilhnu,' i. as much a centre of generation II iI Shem's lifcwand, and becomes confu. ed with his phall. . . throughout IlJ. 3. The laJci,inu. and pcrvwed Four arc in fact involved in producing an erection from the lethargic Sh<lun, whose initial . J;u:knca teems to he implied in the opening description : 'on the verge ofclosing time'. ' Shaun's Ioeation on the fuming dunghe. . p, J oyt:e'. "ymbol for the fertile primordia] Chac. , estab]"'h. ,. him as an incarnation ofthe Finl
Cau. . . . . . -'take your mut for " first ~ginning, hig to bog' (287'0! l)- whilc hi! . . . ,lationship 10 (he Four and their nccc:aary function ofcalling forth the latent mattrial within him luggcsta the relationship of First Cawoc 10 the four Second Ca. . . . ,. , In hil JIIMUJ~ps mflSlJ, Mr. Stuart Gilbert commen'" on the na,,,I, presumably with Joy<<:'. authority':
, '"Ilu: AnciHlu placo:<! the aatr. ll tout of man, the ". . . ri or his self-consciousness, in the pit of the stomach. The BrahmaN ohar. . :! this helief with Plato and Ihe other philoool'l",n ? . ? The navel wu regarded a. 'the circle of the sun', the ""at of
internal divine light" [In's Urwtiltd, xlv. ] Simii. o. rly, H. rmet T';Imcgist". held thaI the midst of the world's body is Cl<. O. ctly
beneath the ccntn: of heaven, and Robc:rt F1udd Ii", . . . nuen : Muii titndllril <tIIlnm< w ,",II: ",- go. . INn rl/lllOrlr. , p. mtt/l'lfl <eIl"d. w StcUiIImt qlUUda. a . . llIMiIiaI.
T his portiODof the body, the navd, has, partly for rymbolic reasollS, httn :utoe;a! cd by aoterie . . . nten with the! OUrcc ofprophetic inlpir:atioo, . . . when
Pythia w ll nylcd fIt1I! rih'l"" H''','
, $to J. Campb<lI. 'Fionqan . . . . e W. \e', in Giv<n>. pp. 37<> If. t O'. l'rudI. . . p,
? Londoror, '95>, p. 60.
",
? Spatial Cydu: /I-The Crrm
Furthermore, sino::o: Sho. un is hue 10 be idcutilied with the. . . ,
we rn. . . t bear in milld tho. . l 'M ' wu a . . arne of the Egypliaa Su. . . . Cod'; th~1 il is abo Old None word for God'; and that
VUIIIU, wilh his fertik umhili~, i, himtelf a Sun-God. ' The oombinro ph. o. llicurnbi&al fertility of SItaUII is dr:amatic:ally w<>rkro OUI in tlte big climax at ~99-~01, which is pl:ainly orgMmic and is 'u'. . . . . unded with ,. ""uallugge! tion:
'the. . ,', lcpt or flam in Funnycoon'. Wick. ' (499. 13)
'D'yu meUl 10 ",II there wh~re y'are now, coddlin your lUper. nurncr. lry I"" wi'mat bi~r lOngue in yur tolkoltap, and your hindieo and Ihindic:s, lib: a muck in a markel, Sortey boy, n:pc:atin<< yu. . . . I[ ' (499. '9)
'wilh all that', huried ofi;illl illunce i"",wed inoid. . . . f=:
(. 99-~5)
'Acl drop. Stand by! Blioders! Curtain up. Juice, pic. . ,. ,! }'oou! '
(5? 1. 07)
This exciting moment, led up to be :0 I"'mendous accd. . . . . tion of the dialogue, is thc prineipal foc. . . of the ch:ap. et. Aft. . . the cat:acl)'lm, life begins Once more 10 climb out "r the W<>m. b of aboolute zero. Frosty imagery ahounds, :and it gr;odually be- COma apparer. t that . . . . "C ha~. . , now bftn ~ pit:atcd in. o the Cim. unga-Gap of the Eddas. ' Yawn, perhaps '" be idctui/ied
nnw wilh the recumbent Ymir, the origin:ll R]T11oI:-Cianl, then pro<:<<diIO describe Yggdra1. il, the Wotid_Tr<<, whlch, by his choice of l:anguligt. he managa to ",latc to virtually every
olber . ymbolic t. . ,e. ~inc<: we are dealing hcf'<: with the ' pring_ ing (If all experience from a First c. . UIC, one of the 0\011 im_ portant of thetc (lthtt" growllu is the TI'tt of J eooe (5"". (13) whicb, in mediaeval arl, som. ~titnCI lwcuriuer. out of the ,upine
Jt:OS? '. ph:allus, just as the loh. ,. . ftower--thc 'family umbroglia, (~I4-04)-bursu from Shau,,_Vishnu', umbilicus. ? ? . . . :tlusiom 10
D~rwin ~nd the ChiP. ~fS". . w c~ny the family IJ"tt funhe! -.
, I',. . "'. ! Iuds"7JIt&cotof""n-r,3""'"-. 1 h. . , 19"'1, ,"Ol. I,P. 601. ? Athe. . "", p. 'OJ.
? J-;. . q,lf/oHitJ
1. . &<10< MJ'oW. 1\. ,'("" I~
_ ic. ,I"h <<In. , 'Vw. n~'; lL Zimmer. M. y. . . .
p. 193.
? J. Compboll, 't'into"! ! . . ,, tho Woke', Itt G i_, pp. 57" If.
? S K 4~.
,
'"
? ! <J1)(Jtiul Cyrus: I I - TIu CrOJs
Tne great t= . pringing from the e<:ntre of the quincunx on the orange-mound of Ireland emulalCS the T = of the Know_ ledge ofGood and Evil which grew in the cent", ofEden: 'tm. tree of . . . ga",rden' (350. 02). But the fateful t",e plant<:d in l'aradise hal traditionally been comidered a . ymbolic pre-
cunor of the cross-tree placed on Calvary, and 00 J <>yce'. tree U given . . . much the asp<"<:t of a g-,dlows as of a living tree
('T yburn', SO'Pol). That Christ's aou uhere intended is made apparent by the indw. ion of many of the supplementary symbols which <. ". 'hristlan iconography frc<[uently a. oocialeS with the CrtlM, . w:h al the ol<ull at the thot (5? 1. 25) and the sun and the mOOn above (504. 36). "lbus a vertical cro. .
