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I call bullshits.…
05 Dec 2008, 20:05
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Since we're talking about memories, from preschool age, this seems to be a good spot for an anecdote about my preschool age son (4.5years). SonOfSonOfWitz, if you will. this morni…
05 Dec 2008, 20:04
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Thank you Brunians. I look forward to reading the Hamlet's Mill book you linked to. I find this territory fascinating. And problematic, because of the flattening out to a mechani…
05 Dec 2008, 19:54
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Hi Roy, Thanks for engaging the question. I find your insight to these works very sharp, and appreciate reading them. What you say about not applying a template to Wolfe is valuabl…
05 Dec 2008, 19:50
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I'm not sure it's really fair to call the rebirth of Urth/Ushas as eugenics. Urth XXII "Don't you see? The Hierarchs and their Hierodules and the Hierogrammates too have been try…
05 Dec 2008, 19:44
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I have a vivid, traumatic memory from age 2.…
05 Dec 2008, 15:11
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too funny. I don't know shit about it. it's fun to see it punctured so readily. you geeks who can keep track of the stars positions over eons are too cool for school. I did qui…
05 Dec 2008, 05:44
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Post of the week!!!…
05 Dec 2008, 05:40
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I'm not sure about any of that. I don't mean to stand behind this theory, though I've seen better presentations by people more versed in the subject than I. my point was that so…
05 Dec 2008, 02:46
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this must be that amnesia story Jordon told me about.…
05 Dec 2008, 02:42
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It would seem I've got my work cut out for me.…
04 Dec 2008, 23:57
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No, no, the houses of the Zodiac can be viewed apart from any Astrological interpretations. The House of Scorpio is a position in the heavens. One does NOT have to buy into any a…
04 Dec 2008, 23:37
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*smacks forehead* I meant AstroNOMICAL correspondences. I'm talking about the ACTUAL movements of the sun here. yeah, that's cool.…
04 Dec 2008, 22:58
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(replying to myself because I want to post a question about an old mystery that this feeling above made me think about) How do you Christian's resolve the Astrological corresponde…
04 Dec 2008, 22:16
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Out of the ballpark, Jordon. Nice work!!! ~witz…
04 Dec 2008, 21:30
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I see your points here, and they surely are a valid reading as well. but, it's a metaphorical microcosm with stand-ins, and I think the reading I'm proposing is at least as valid.…
04 Dec 2008, 21:02
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Is anyone asking you to get Gung Ho about it, or calling God a Monster? if so I've missed it. also, if it's tedious, why bother? You seem to be in the camp that views the flooding…
04 Dec 2008, 20:36
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Yes, if at any point I've said he is Christ, it was in the spirit of metaphor, just as you might say Inire is Daedalus. It seems like you can do that with anybody but Jesus Christ…
04 Dec 2008, 20:23
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Does Anyone have access? One can serve without understanding. we are all Tools.…
04 Dec 2008, 20:19
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"Do you know the meaning of that word Hierodule you use? I am Malrubius, and no Hierodule. Rather I serve those the Hierodules serve. Hierodule means holy slave. Do you think there…
04 Dec 2008, 20:05
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I don't know much about the different Sects beliefs. so, what happens in the second coming to the non believers? but Jordon just framed it better than I did. and he's right that t…
04 Dec 2008, 20:01
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Surely what I'm suggesting is a very syncretic look at the cosmologies in theologies. I don't think syncretism is the best path for the seeker, but it sure seems to work well for …
04 Dec 2008, 19:57
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sorry. too much coffee. or maybe as a warped reflection, which is more or less what I'm suggesting. As I've said, I'm no theologian, but what does the Apocalypse mean to those le…
04 Dec 2008, 19:51
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yeah, there are certainly no Christological symbols in the Book of the New Sun and Christ is NOT a Solar diety. http://www.spraypaintstencils.com/a-zlistings/3-wise-monkeys-image.…
04 Dec 2008, 19:39
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Fine, but don't misstate what I'm trying to say. I've made it very clear I'm trying to distinguish some principle of Christ abstracted from Jesus. So, are there a lot of other my…
04 Dec 2008, 19:19
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I have said AGAIN, and AGAIN that I'm NOT saying Severian IS JESUS. if you haven't got that, I'm not sure I should bother trying to explain it YET AGAIN. ~witz…
04 Dec 2008, 18:57
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Good gravy! I've never had a work get under my skin like this. maybe I SHOULDN'T read em.…
04 Dec 2008, 18:55
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No, take as many choices as you need to realize that this isn't Science Fact.…
04 Dec 2008, 18:53
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Are these latro books as compelling as New Sun?…
04 Dec 2008, 18:49
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Fair enough. ok, I just ordered Castle of Days which the wolfewiki says contains Castle of the Otter contents. I'll try to refrain until I've read it. ~witz…
04 Dec 2008, 18:48
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No I didn't. "Are we to presume Wolfe has worked this thing out perfectly so that there are no scientific implausibilities" this would be the reason for the lack thereof, that Wol…
04 Dec 2008, 18:38
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I'm not really dismissing it. I can't address it. I have no idea who the Soldier of Arete is.…
04 Dec 2008, 18:32
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I'm with you Dave, especially here: "It's kind of like having a deck of cards celebrating 100,000 years of messiahs, and Number 12 is Jesus." I do take exception to the part abou…
04 Dec 2008, 18:31
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Well, I'd argue, again, that he brings about a sort of Apocatastasis. I'd also argue that those myths your talking about are PROBABLY all talking about the same principle. Horus a…
04 Dec 2008, 18:06
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______________________________________ Last things first, I have no idea what the Soldier of Arete is. It's not in the Urth Cycle, which is the only set of Wolfe books I'm talking…
04 Dec 2008, 17:59
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I suppose you're probably right. ~witz…
04 Dec 2008, 14:59
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Quandrum Gazilliometrics. the standard scale for mindfucks, methinks.…
04 Dec 2008, 07:20
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thanks. I'm more or less familiar with the concepts. I just lose track of the jargon and attributions. ~witz…
04 Dec 2008, 07:16
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Roy, You're right on all counts here, I believe. Do you see any symbolic necessity for this death? I find the Lesson suggestion I made still compelling. but it hangs on wether …
04 Dec 2008, 07:15
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Okay. I think you've swayed me. How long are you suggesting again? I lose track of which ideas link to which account.…
04 Dec 2008, 00:42
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Ok, the text does specify it as rock, and thus I suppose you are right. it couldn't be a landfill. I'm no archaeologist, but isn't the earth a city like UR is found in considered …
04 Dec 2008, 00:15
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I don't see why not. surely in that time there would be enough geographical change for some changes in the mountain ranges. That could have been a Landfill sheared in half by a fau…
03 Dec 2008, 23:24
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Cool, I just thought that out this morning right before typing it out, so it may be a bit muddled. I just posted about that, while you were posting it seems. ah, work calls me.…
03 Dec 2008, 19:25
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The form is what the Heirodules call the Anima, no? the example is of a verse. The Verse would be the Anima, the multiple writings in the dust would be the instances that cancel ea…
03 Dec 2008, 19:04
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Perfect, I love it. I should read that Chabon book. I only read Kavalier and Klay (sp?) which I thought great. ~Witz…
03 Dec 2008, 17:59
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It just ain't the same. Hey Roy, no argument that they're not the same stories. I'll spare you my nuance to that though, I think I've typed about it enough for now. Regarding th…
03 Dec 2008, 16:59
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The "potential" was that he would pass the test. It seems the Heiro-dudes seem to think he 'could' fail. according the Ash, there is still quite some time before the sun dies and t…
03 Dec 2008, 16:46
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wait a minute. are we conflating the Severian Apu Punchau & The Sleeper God of Ushas with the Not Necessarily Severian Conciliator. I've thought that since he is the Conciliator…
03 Dec 2008, 06:41
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ha ha. so, he created the Conciliator myth himself, the arrogant bastard. did he do it because he felt it had to be done, or could he not resist being Shaman…
03 Dec 2008, 05:52
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Roy, that helps me so much. thank you. I got a whiff of the Author of V when he mentioned the bower "but I will write for a little while more before I go to my bower to sleep: …
03 Dec 2008, 05:42
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