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When I started this thread I was thinking about the pairing of a rose thorn and a serpent's fang ... clearly a lion's fang must also be added to the cluster. Date: Mon, 26 No…
26 Nov 2012, 22:15
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Thanks for this reference. Severian says this is "one of the secrets," meaning perhaps there are others. Obedience seems more like an all-pervasive theme or raison d'etre of the gu…
25 Nov 2012, 01:35
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This is a minor point but I noticed towards the beginning of Shadow, during the Feast of Holy Katherine, at the climax of the ceremony the torturer's wheel appears to be covered wi…
24 Nov 2012, 04:18
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This is a worthy topic. You'll probably want to re-read the brief passage in Shadow (I think) where Severian talks about the three levels of meaning that are embedded in every even…
23 Nov 2012, 13:43
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I was also thinking of which Hebrew letter might visually resemble a claw ... maybe Gimel? This letter seems to be associated with reward and punishment ...…
23 Nov 2012, 06:30
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Sorry for my ignorance on this topic, but is there any evidence that the Claw is of extraterrestrial origin - either an artifact, natural object or part of an animal? Or could it h…
23 Nov 2012, 01:30
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Thank you for your very thoughtful reply. The only thing I could add is that a serpent's fang carries deadly poison, while the Claw heals. The funny thing is that before I read th…
22 Nov 2012, 00:01
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I think it's the tie-in with the book of Genesis.…
03 Nov 2012, 01:48
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Considering all of this, is there is any tie-in with the Claw/thorn and Rosicrucianism (see http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosy_Cross)…
02 Nov 2012, 00:31
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