Book of Ephraim, con’t 4/19/12

[close reading] Some discussion of Colm Toibin's reading, and how good it was, and how much The Master is about English, American, and Irish issues. We continue mainly with Ephraim section I and discussion of Tom's asking JM to "spell it out": what does that turn out to mean.  Some discussion of Maya Deren.  Here's Youtube of her "Ritual in Transfigured Time" which is the dream she has in the city in section M:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctFPrLtSWg8&feature=colike