Chapter 16, Chihuaha and Sonora Summary and Analysis

The physics of beauty is a science that has not been discovered yet. For example, a grouse that lives on an acre is part of the mass or the energy of that acre. If removed, it reduces both mass and energy and has a chain reaction that kills the acre. The unpredictable essence of material things is called the numenon, and the opposite is a phenomenon which is something predictable. The grouse is the numenon of the north woods. The thick-billed parrot, know as the guacamaja to the natives, is the numenon of the Sierra Madre. Anyone who goes to the Sierra Madre is aware of the thick-billed parrot because of its distinct chatter. They circle overhead analyzing everything and everyone that enters into their territory. Obviously, they have not seen hunters or else they...