Re: Salinger and Eastern Religions
Sundeep Dougal (holden@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in)
Sat, 25 Sep 1999 22:19:30 +0530
> September 1945: S. marries a German woman, Sylvia. The marriage
lasts for
> eight months; the bride is brought to America around May 1946 but
soon
> returns to Europe for a divorce.
>
> It is at around this point that I propose Salinger's interest in
Eastern
> religion really began to hot up, and what better time? (As I pointed
out
Yeah, that is what I remember reading in Hamilton, at least as one of
the reports he mentions that JDS and the French wife were allegedly
going into trances and having conversations with each other, even when
miles apart and such. Highly fascinating stuff.
Sonny