Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Mock-Sanskrit in Joyce's Ulysses
James Joyce, Ulysses, Episode 12 (Cyclops):
Hat tip: John O'Toole.
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Questioned by his earthname as to his whereabouts in the heavenworld he stated that he was now on the path of prālāyā or return but was still submitted to trial at the hands of certain bloodthirsty entities on the lower astral levels. In reply to a question as to his first sensations in the great divide beyond he stated that previously he had seen as in a glass darkly but that those who had passed over had summit possibilities of atmic development opened up to them. Interrogated as to whether life there resembled our experience in the flesh he stated that he had heard from more favoured beings now in the spirit that their abodes were equipped with every modern home comfort such as tālāfānā, ālāvātār, hātākāldā, wātāklāsāt and that the highest adepts were steeped in waves of volupcy of the very purest nature.Pralaya (without the macrons) is a real Sanskrit word, but the others of course aren't.
Hat tip: John O'Toole.
