“riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, rings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs. Eve and Adam are human forms of the yin/yang balance; the river Anna Liffey and Howth hill are geographic forms of the same polarity (the Chinese consider rivers yin and mountains yang); there may even be masculine energy in the rocky "swerve of shore" and female energy in the smooth "bend of bay." This yin/yang runs through the book in countless forms:””
Coincidance: A Head Test