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This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact.", "addresses": "obscured as 'user at host'" }, "archive": "urth", "thread": { "id": 5906, "subject": "lameness", "messages": 35, "voices": 10, "first": "2011-01-15T02:04:41+00:00", "last": "2011-01-18T14:26:25+00:00" }, "messages": [ { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Lee Berman", "address": "severiansola at hotmail.com" }, "date": "2011-01-15T02:04:41+00:00", "subject": "(urth) lameness", "in_reply_to": null, "reply_link": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "Gerry Quinn: Severian may exaggerate his sexual prowess, but he does not indicate that he \nis unable to perform sexually, as one would expect of a castrated man. It seems unlikely \nthat he would particularly desire a child from any of his sexual encounters in BotNS." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": " \nThe discussion is of the barren nature of Severian and Valeria's marriage. His thigh wound\nwas at the Battle of Orithya. Most of his sexual encounters were previous to this wounding.\nSeverian's lameness is healed after his trip to Yesod so any later sexual encounters would\nseem to fall in a different category.\n \nI don't understand about Severian exaggerating his sexual prowess. Anyway this discussion is\nmore about the mythological/religious implications of lameness in a king/god not Severian's \nactual sperm count. Jane's discussion of Jesus' hip dislocation is very interesting and\nrelevant. Perhaps the mythic connection between Dionysus and Hephaestus is also. David has\nmentioned the Fisher King.\n \nPerhaps it is not a coincidence that Severian is (temporarily) lamed in the fiacre accident\nwhen he is in the Pelerine's cathedral and receives the Claw of the Conciliator." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "Andrew Mason: > Thecla - exultant.\nValeria - armiger.\nDorcas - optimate.\nJolenta - commonalty.\nCyriaca - (former) religious.\nDaria - servant of the throne.\nApheta - cacogen. (She would certainly be called that if she came to Urth.)" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "Son O' Witz: VERY interesting.\nI think you've hit the nail on the head, Andrew.\nI'd say the Khaibit's are more or less their own class. Enslaved Prostitutes." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": " \nYes, great work Andrew! I would tend to call Thecla's khaibit more closely as the \"servant of \nthe throne\" and in more ways than one. Also, Valeria might not count as an armiger \"conquest\"\nif their marriage is chaste. But I think Cyriaca nicely fits the missing slot.\n \nSpeaking of Cyriaca, my hovering theory is that, with her dark hair, armiger height and sentence\nof strangulation for adultery that she is a mirror of Catherine. If Catherine was an adulteress, \nwhom did she cuckhold? Would have to be someone who lives in the Citadel, I think.\n \nI've wondered for a while about The Castellan. His lack of a name and the attention to his details\nthe story gives are suspicious. Also, he is lame. If his lameness can be attributed to a castrating\nwar wound then a few pieces fall into place. We can know how he knew his wife Catherine had been\nunfaithful (her pregnancy)." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "Jane Delawney: By refusing to do his 'duty', Jesus in Graves's work subverts his role \nfrom that of sacrificial King of the Harvest, into Saviour of the World." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": " \nJames Wynn is a devout Graves fan when it comes to interpreting Wolfe.\n \n \t\t \t \t\t " } ] }, { "message_id": "<411153.77591.qm@web161803.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>", "from": { "name": "Marc Aramini", "address": "marcaramini at yahoo.com" }, "date": "2011-01-15T02:14:06+00:00", "subject": "(urth) lameness", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "But alas, I feel Wolfe is only a casual Graves fan, with stuff like I Claudius being on his definitely read list (past tense), and the more obscure stuff like King Jesus . . . he never read :(. \n\nI feel like non-mythical external sources are only useful a very very small part of the time for interpretation- they were in Latro for example, obviously. Borges, Proust, Vance, all clear influences, undeniably.\n\nIn addition, Gene tends to be very well read in 19th century English literature and in myths, but he is not a literature professor, so even foreign language classics like War and Peace, Brothers Karamazov, the Magic Mountain ... well, he was too busy surpassing those works, so I think he has actually read more genre pulp stuff than we normally look at for influence, and let some of those non-english language masterpieces kind of sit on the shelf. Just saying most literary professors are probably significantly more well read than Wolfe, but also significantly (here it comes) less creative and intelligent." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "--- On Fri, 1/14/11, Lee Berman wrote:\nJames Wynn is a devout Graves fan when it comes to\ninterpreting Wolfe.\n " } ] }, { "message_id": "<4D310EE0.9050801@gmail.com>", "from": { "name": "James Wynn", "address": "crushtv at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-01-15T03:05:04+00:00", "subject": "(urth) lameness", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On 1/14/2011 8:04 PM, Lee Berman wrote:\nJames Wynn is a devout Graves fan when it comes to interpreting Wolfe." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Just dropping in momentarily. \"Devout\" might be overstating it. I am, \nhowever, adamant that \"The Greek Myths\" is very useful in interpreting \nWolfe's writings at least from the late 80s through the late 90s. Wolfe \npositively does not ascribe to Grave's perspective on myth (ala \"The \nWhite Goddess\" and the annotated sections \"The Greek Myths\"). I imagine \nhe would be contemptuous of it. I think even the association with \"I, \nClaudius\" has been over-stated. That said, I am quite certain that Wolfe \nhas relied heavily on Graves' \"The Greek Myths\" as a reference on \nmythology. In a conversation with a lister where he deplored 'White \nGoddess' and denied he had read 'King Jesus', he happily recommended \n\"The Greek Myths\". If you use TGM as a reference for the first Soldier \nstories, it can be quite illuminating. I think it is from there that he \nlearned of 'The Laidly Worm' while writing \"Soldier of the Mist\". It is \nthat book he used as a source when retelling the story of The Binding of \nZeus in \"The Book of the Long Sun\". And of course, I was pleased and \nsurprised to have (almost by coincidence) discovered that he was \ntracking \"The Book of the Long Sun\" over Graves' telling of the life of \nAristaeus. It was because I read Long Sun that I discovered that \nAristaeus was anything but a minor story Herodotus' \"History (of the \nPersian Wars)\".\n\nu+16b9" } ] }, { "message_id": "<4D310FC9.6070106@verizon.net>", "from": { "name": "David Stockhoff", "address": "dstockhoff at verizon.net" }, "date": "2011-01-15T03:08:57+00:00", "subject": "(urth) lameness", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On 1/14/2011 9:04 PM, Lee Berman wrote:\n\n\nThe discussion is of the barren nature of Severian and Valeria's marriage. His thigh wound\nwas at the Battle of Orithya. Most of his sexual encounters were previous to this wounding.\nSeverian's lameness is healed after his trip to Yesod so any later sexual encounters would\nseem to fall in a different category." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Right." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "...\nPerhaps it is not a coincidence that Severian is (temporarily) lamed in the fiacre accident\nwhen he is in the Pelerine's cathedral and receives the Claw of the Conciliator." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Interesting! A bit of foreboding." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "I've wondered for a while about The Castellan. His lack of a name and the attention to his details\nthe story gives are suspicious. Also, he is lame. If his lameness can be attributed to a castrating\nwar wound then a few pieces fall into place. We can know how he knew his wife Catherine had been\nunfaithful (her pregnancy)." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "The theory is that Severian is the son of Catherine, the wife of the \nCastellan and lover of the inn-keeper, Whosis?" } ] }, { "message_id": "<9131B6CC-6DBD-4C7D-A4E4-4A2F9C035334@liftingfaces.com>", "from": { "name": "Ryan Dunn", "address": "ryan at liftingfaces.com" }, "date": "2011-01-15T05:49:55+00:00", "subject": "(urth) lameness", "in_reply_to": "<411153.77591.qm@web161803.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "I had the good fortune to sit and speak with Gene over the holidays.\n\nHe mentioned he could never and would never write historical fiction about Jesus or the events surrounding true Christian history. He implied it would be disrespectful.\n\nI wonder whether he follows this credo regarding the reading of said literature? As King Jesus is (as I understand it) part history, part fiction.\n\n...ryan" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Jan 14, 2011, at 9:14 PM, Marc Aramini wrote:\nBut alas, I feel Wolfe is only a casual Graves fan, with stuff like I Claudius being on his definitely read list (past tense), and the more obscure stuff like King Jesus . . . he never read :(. " } ] }, { "message_id": "<4D334A9E.6060701@io.com>", "from": { "name": "Jeff Wilson", "address": "jwilson at io.com" }, "date": "2011-01-16T19:44:30+00:00", "subject": "(urth) lameness", "in_reply_to": "<4D310FC9.6070106@verizon.net>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On 1/14/2011 9:08 PM, David Stockhoff wrote:\nThe theory is that Severian is the son of Catherine, the wife of the\nCastellan and lover of the inn-keeper, Whosis?" }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Not the inn-keeper but rather his employee, Ouen." }, { "kind": "sig", "depth": 0, "text": "Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com\nComputational Intelligence Laboratory - Texas A&M Texarkana\n< http://www.tamut.edu/CIL >" } ] }, { "message_id": "<4D335064.8060501@io.com>", "from": { "name": "Jeff Wilson", "address": "jwilson at io.com" }, "date": "2011-01-16T20:09:08+00:00", "subject": "(urth) lameness", "in_reply_to": "<9131B6CC-6DBD-4C7D-A4E4-4A2F9C035334@liftingfaces.com>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On 1/14/2011 11:49 PM, Ryan Dunn wrote:\nI had the good fortune to sit and speak with Gene over the holidays.\n\nHe mentioned he could never and would never write historical fiction about Jesus or the events surrounding true Christian history. He implied it would be disrespectful." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "That is a shame, given how moving and profound THE ROBE for example is, \nesp since Jesus' parables made it into the scriptures themselves." }, { "kind": "sig", "depth": 0, "text": "Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com\nComputational Intelligence Laboratory - Texas A&M Texarkana\n< http://www.tamut.edu/CIL >" } ] }, { "message_id": "<4D336DD5.30006@gmail.com>", "from": { "name": "James Wynn", "address": "crushtv at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-01-16T22:14:45+00:00", "subject": "(urth) lameness", "in_reply_to": "<4D310EE0.9050801@gmail.com>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "Lee Berman-\nJames Wynn is a devout Graves fan when it comes to interpreting Wolfe." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "[snip] That said, I am quite certain that Wolfe has relied heavily on \nGraves' [snip] It is that book he used as a source when retelling the \nstory of The Binding of Zeus in \"The Book of the Long Sun\". And of \ncourse, I was pleased and surprised to have (almost by coincidence) \ndiscovered that he was tracking \"The Book of the Long Sun\" over \nGraves' telling of the life of Aristaeus. It was because I read Long \nSun that I discovered that Aristaeus was anything but a minor story \nHerodotus' \"History (of the Persian Wars)\"." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "You might be interested in this, Lee.\nWhile browsing a used bookstore yesterday, I happened upon \"New Larousse \nEncyclopedia of Mythology\" for which Graves wrote introduction. There \nwas an interesting article entitled \"Pan, Aristaeus, Priapus\" which for \nme confirms that Silk a clone of Typhon and that Tussah was also a clone \nof Typhon. But I still say that Silk was also the born of Kypris/Bird of \nthe Woods, as impossible as that seems. But check out the bit about Max \nMuller:\n\n \"Another divinity later incorporated in the retinue of Dionysus, and\n often confused with the Satyrs because of his physical resemblance\n to them, was the god Pan, whose cult was for long localized in\n Arcadia. Hence, he was made the son of Hermes, the great Arcadian\n god. His mother was either the daughter of King Dryops, whose flocks\n Hermes had tended, or Penelope, whom he had approached in the form\n of a he-goat. [...] The Homeric hymn connects [Pan's name] with the\n adjective 'all' under the pretext that the sight of Pan on Olympus\n amused all the Immortals. The same etymology was invoked [...] who\n considered Pan to be the symbol of the Universe.\n\n *Max Muller found a connection between Pan and the Sanskrit pavana,\n the wind, and believed that Pan was the personification of the light\n breeze.*\n\n In our opinion, however, it seems more likely that the name comes\n from the root which means 'to eat' which gave the Latins the verb\n 'pascere', 'to graze or pasture'. Pan, indeed, was above all a\n shepherd god [...]\n\n \"*Every region of Greece had its own Pan. That of Thessaly was\n called Aristaeus.* Without doubt this Aristaeus was a great\n primitive deity of this land, for his name means 'the very good',\n which was also the epithet of Zeus in Arcadia. Moreover Pindar says\n that 'Aristaeus was carried after his birth by Hermes to Gaea and\n the Horae who fed him on nectar and transformed him into Zeus, the\n immortal god, and into Apollo, the pure, the guardian of flocks and\n the chase and pasturage.' According legend, Aristaeus was the son of\n Uranus and Gaea or of Apollo and Cyrene.[...]\n\n \"Pan of Mysia, in Asia Minor, was Priapus. He was particularly\n venerated at Lampsacus. His origin is rather vague. his mother was\n said to be Aphrodite or Chione and his father Dionysus, Adonis,\n Hermes, or Pan.\"\n\n\nu+16b9" } ] }, { "message_id": "<65918.97263.qm@web161804.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>", "from": { "name": "Marc Aramini", "address": "marcaramini at yahoo.com" }, "date": "2011-01-17T01:20:07+00:00", "subject": "(urth) lameness", "in_reply_to": "<4D336DD5.30006@gmail.com>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "--- On Sun, 1/16/11, James Wynn wrote:\n\n\n. There was an interesting article entitled \"Pan, Aristaeus, Priapus\" which for me confirms that Silk a clone of Typhon and that Tussah was also a clone of Typhon. But I still say that Silk was also the born of Kypris/Bird of the Woods, as impossible as that seems.\n\nI tend to think of Silk as a son of Typhon, purely, purely, purely from a text based analysis in which Kypris is equated with the mother, EXCEPT for the idea that Typhon would want to preserve his own face, and Silk shows up at the very end with his face on Typhon, which would indicate at least that cloning is possible. What is your idea of who and what Tick is? \n\nSo we come to the same conclusion, but yours is from an article entitled Pan, Aristaeus, and Priapus ... but I lean more heavily toward him being a genetic son of Typhon because of the \"line of succession\" and heir motiffs mentioned in Long Sun. I still think Gene leaves us enough without having to reference the myths (in everything except his Latro books).\n\nDo you see how the text of Long Sun might favor a son interpretation more? Is there a way for Silk to be both a son of Kypris and Typhon himself in the text?\n\n(remember all my assumptions usually start with an inexplicable comment in the text or an application of an idea - ie - taking hybridization in chapter 1 of short sun as far as it could go, etc.)\n\nAt least we are in complete agreement about Kypris being the Mother.\n\n\n " } ] }, { "message_id": "<575209.53451.qm@web161801.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>", "from": { "name": "Marc Aramini", "address": "marcaramini at yahoo.com" }, "date": "2011-01-17T01:23:40+00:00", "subject": "(urth) \"friendly tree\" in Calde of hte Long Sun", "in_reply_to": "<65918.97263.qm@web161804.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Oh yeah, in that scene where Silk talks to the Outsider in Calde, where Kypris is identified as Hyacinth and mother, it says, \"With help from a friendly tree, he walked the stony rim of the pool to a swinging seat facing the water.\" epiphany 220\n\nThis personification of trees even in Long Sun is something else, even though we can just assume he used the tree for support.\n\n\n " } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Gerry Quinn", "address": "gerryq at indigo.ie" }, "date": "2011-01-17T01:38:54+00:00", "subject": "(urth) lameness", "in_reply_to": "<4D336DD5.30006@gmail.com>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "From: James Wynn " }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "While browsing a used bookstore yesterday, I happened upon \n\"New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology\" for which Graves \nwrote introduction. There was an interesting article entitled \n\"Pan, Aristaeus, Priapus\" which for me confirms that Silk a \nclone of Typhon and that Tussah was also a clone of Typhon. " }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Making Tussah a liar about the \"son not born of my body\". But aside from that, wouldn't at least one of the councillors (who knew Tussah and were lookoing for his son) have made some comment to the effect that he looked identical? or wouldn't somnebody else who knew Tussah?" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "But I still say that Silk was also the born of Kypris/Bird of the \nWoods, as impossible as that seems. But check out the bit \nabout Max Muller:" }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "So Typhon's favourite concubine was his mother? No wonder Echidna was pissed.\n\nI think I'll stick to the conventional approach in which the meaning of a book is found in that book and not some completely other book that says stuff that don't make sense in the context of the first one!\n\n- Gerry Quinn" } ] }, { "message_id": "<828265.68641.qm@web161803.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>", "from": { "name": "Marc Aramini", "address": "marcaramini at yahoo.com" }, "date": "2011-01-17T01:43:33+00:00", "subject": "(urth) lameness", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "But the daughter of Tussah's body Chenille has dark eyes, and her body type is one more like Auks, according to Horn. I can't see that Tussah is a clone of Typhon at all, because Silk is stated to have a runner's physique and look nothing at all like Chenille in that last comparison scene, as if they are not genetically in any way shape or form related. The text does nothing to undercut this, indeed showing the calde's face as one of his parents, and another face as the other. There are a lot of reasons Tussah can't be a clone of Pas, and not the least of which would be that Councillor's recognition, like Lemur, whose body is supposedly built after SOMEONE Silk sees in his parental vision - probably not the Calde, that's for sure. I think Lemur's appearance is certainly modeled after Pas.\n\n--- On Sun, 1/16/11, Gerry Quinn wrote:\n\n\nFrom: Gerry Quinn \nSubject: Re: (urth) lameness\nTo: \"The Urth Mailing List\" \nDate: Sunday, January 16, 2011, 5:38 PM\n\n\n\n\n\nFrom: James Wynn " }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "While browsing a used bookstore yesterday, I happened upon \n\"New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology\" for which Graves \nwrote introduction. There was an interesting article entitled \n\"Pan, Aristaeus, Priapus\" which for me confirms that Silk a \nclone of Typhon and that Tussah was also a clone of Typhon. " }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Making Tussah a liar about the \"son not born of my body\". But aside from that, wouldn't at least one of the councillors (who knew Tussah and were lookoing for his son) have made some comment to the effect that he looked identical? or wouldn't somnebody else who knew Tussah?" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "But I still say that Silk was also the born of Kypris/Bird of the \nWoods, as impossible as that seems. But check out the bit \nabout Max Muller:" }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "So Typhon's favourite concubine was his mother? No wonder Echidna was pissed.\n\nI think I'll stick to the conventional approach in which the meaning of a book is found in that book and not some completely other book that says stuff that don't make sense in the context of the first one!\n\n- Gerry Quinn\n\n\n\n-----Inline Attachment Follows-----" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Lee Berman", "address": "severiansola at hotmail.com" }, "date": "2011-01-17T04:35:43+00:00", "subject": "(urth) lameness", "in_reply_to": "<828265.68641.qm@web161803.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>", "reply_link": "subject", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "James Wynn: You might be interested in this, Lee....Another divinity later incorporated in the \nretinue of Dionysus, and often confused with the Satyrs because of his physical resemblance\nto them, was the god Pan......" }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": " \n \nI am interested. Some of it I've encountered before. The connection between Dionysus/Bacchus \nand Pan/Faunus is almost impossible to escape with the ubiquitous depictions of bacchanalic, \nsatyr/faun orgies. Also I've bumped into the bit about Pan's name pertaining both to PAStoralism \nand ALL things.\n \nThis presents a very explicit genealogy of how Dionysus/Pan can manage to be both father to and \nson of Zeus, with Hermes and Apollo thrown in for good measure. While this appears to have relevance\nto the writ-small version regarding Pas/Tussah/Silk on The Whorl I am interested in the bigger picture \nof how it relates to The Outsider, Severian and Dionysus (Father Inire).\n \nAn excellent new tidbit is the mention of Priapus. This eternally aroused version of Pan is quite\nanalogous to the Innus epithet of Faunus which I think gives Father Inire both his name and his monkey \n(replacing goat) features." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "...But I still say that Silk was also the born of Kypris/Bird of \nthe Woods, as impossible as that seems." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": " \nI am willing to listen to all your ideas, James. I think the idea of Spring Wind= Typhon with Alexander\nas the connecting theme is the best idea I've heard in a while on this list. How does this tie in? \t\t \t \t\t " } ] }, { "message_id": "<4D341BC1.8010209@gmail.com>", "from": { "name": "James Wynn", "address": "crushtv at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-01-17T10:36:49+00:00", "subject": "(urth) lameness", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "James Wynn wrote:\nWhile browsing a used bookstore yesterday, I happened upon\n\"New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology\" for which Graves\nwrote introduction. There was an interesting article entitled\n\"Pan, Aristaeus, Priapus\" which for me confirms that Silk a\nclone of Typhon and that Tussah was also a clone of Typhon." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "Gerry Quinn wrote:\nMaking Tussah a liar about the \"son not born of my body\"." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Not at all since I say Silk is most directly a clone of Fish not Typhon. \nBut I say Fish was a clone of Typhon." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "But aside from that, wouldn't at least one of the councillors (who \nknew Tussah and were lookoing for his son) have made some comment to \nthe effect that he looked identical? or wouldn't somnebody else who \nknew Tussah?" }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "I think Remora knew Silk was a clone. Thus his visit and conversation \nabout embryos. Probably the Ayuntamiento did too. But Silk was young \nwith hair and a scruffy beard. Tussah was bald and much older. That's a \npretty good disguise." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "I think I'll stick to the conventional approach in which the meaning \nof a book is found in that book and not some completely other book \nthat says stuff that don't make sense in the context of the first one!" }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "As you like.\n\nu+16b9" } ] }, { "message_id": "<4D34263F.1060901@gmail.com>", "from": { "name": "James Wynn", "address": "crushtv at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-01-17T11:21:35+00:00", "subject": "(urth) lameness", "in_reply_to": "<828265.68641.qm@web161803.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "But the daughter of Tussah's body Chenille has dark eyes, and her body \ntype is one more like Auks, according to Horn. I can't see that \nTussah is a clone of Typhon at all, because Silk is stated to have a \nrunner's physique and look nothing at all like Chenille in that last \ncomparison scene, as if they are not genetically in any way shape or \nform related." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Despite the reference in the characters section, I've never been happy \nwith the idea of her as a NATURAL \"natural daughter\". Nothing gets \ndrummed in over and over in the text as the mannish quality of Chenille. \nBut as the natural daughter of Tussah it would be unlikely that she \nwould have blue eyes if her mother's eyes were brown." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "The text does nothing to undercut this, indeed showing the calde's \nface as one of his parents, and another face as the other." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "I had this conversation with Roy at one point. He waved it away with \"My \nreading is different.\" Let's go back to the text in Chapter 9 of \"Calde\":\n\n\"Two men and two women. He blinked and stared and blinked again.\n\"Oh, Silk! My son!\" She was in his arms and he in hers, melting in tears \nof joy. \"Mother!\" \"Silk, my son!\"\nThe whorl was filth and stink, futility and betrayal; this was \neverything--joy and love, freedom and purity.\n\"You must, my lad.\" A man's voice, the voice of which Lemur had been a \nspecies of mockery. Looking up he saw the carved brown face from his \nmother's closet.\n\"We're your parents.\" He was tall and blue-eyed. \"Your fathers and your \nmothers.\"\nThe other woman did not speak but her eyes spoke truth.\n\"You were my mother,\" he said. \"I understand.\" He looked down at his own \nbeautiful mother. \"You will always be my mother. Always!\"\n\"We'll be waiting, Silk my son. All of us. Remember.\"\n\nClever, clever, Wolfe. There's no intimation of what the other face \nlooked like. Only ONE father speaks. This is a categorical error of the \nkind that is so common in Wolfe. He does it all the time: A someone \nspeaks. and then there is a new line in the text and the person speaks \nagain. It's unusual in books general but it is very common in Wolfe's \nwriting and this is not the only place it happen even in The Book of the \nLong Sun. But people assume one talks and then the other ONLY because \nthey believe the faces are different. We only have the description of \nONE of the fathers' faces." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "There are a lot of reasons Tussah can't be a clone of Pas, and not the \nleast of which would be that Councillor's recognition, like Lemur, \nwhose body is supposedly built after SOMEONE Silk sees in his parental \nvision - probably not the Calde, that's for sure." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "If Lemur expected people not to notice that he had had a whole-body \nprosthesis then his chem body and voice must have been made to look like \nhis original (just as Potto's body was chubby and hardly god-like). In \nfact, there is plenty of evidence that that is the case. The fact that \nSilk's father had Lemur's voice is another can of worms that doesn't \nbother me at all--I have a ready explanation, but I don't think anyone \nelse does." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "I think Lemur's appearance is certainly modeled after Pas." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Heh heh heh.\n\nu+16b9" } ] }, { "message_id": "<4D342777.2040802@gmail.com>", "from": { "name": "James Wynn", "address": "crushtv at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-01-17T11:26:47+00:00", "subject": "(urth) lameness", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 3, "text": "...But I still say that Silk was also the born of Kypris/Bird of\nthe Woods, as impossible as that seems." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "I think the idea of Spring Wind= Typhon with Alexander\nas the connecting theme is the best idea I've heard in a while on this list. How does this tie in? \t\t \t \t" }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "I work off the presumption that all the embryos are clones of Typhon's \nfamily and court.\nSilk is a clone of Fish--one of the sons of Spring Wind and Bird of the \nWoods.\nTussah is a clone of Typhon.\nThus, Silk is the son of Tussah although he is not \"the son of his body.\"\n\nu+16b9" } ] }, { "message_id": "<4D342927.6080604@gmail.com>", "from": { "name": "James Wynn", "address": "crushtv at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-01-17T11:33:59+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Innocent [minor spoilers]", "in_reply_to": "<4D341BC1.8010209@gmail.com>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "I just read Wolfe's werewolf short story, \"Innocent\", from the Full Moon \nAnthology.\n\nIt strikes me that Wolfe is a fearless writer--willing go into territory \nthat risks totally creep out his audience.\n\nAlso, once again we have Wolfe delving into errors of observation based \non categorical definitions. A man is in jail as a child-stealer and a \nchild-molester. And, outwardly, he is guilty of that crime. But actually \nall of his intentions were not that of a child-molester, but of a \nwerewolf. If they understood what he is in fact, they would not lock him \nup. They would rip him to pieces.\n\nu+16b9" } ] }, { "message_id": "<4D342B7C.1050201@gmail.com>", "from": { "name": "James Wynn", "address": "crushtv at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-01-17T11:43:56+00:00", "subject": "(urth) lameness", "in_reply_to": "<65918.97263.qm@web161804.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": " James Wynn-\n There was an interesting article entitled \"Pan, Aristaeus,\n Priapus\" which for me confirms that Silk a clone of Typhon and\n that Tussah was also a clone of Typhon. But I still say that Silk\n was also the born of Kypris/Bird of the Woods, as impossible as\n that seems.\n\nMark Aramini-\nI tend to think of Silk as a son of Typhon, purely, purely, purely \nfrom a text based analysis in which Kypris is equated with the mother, \nEXCEPT for the idea that Typhon would want to preserve his own face, \nand Silk shows up at the very end with his face on Typhon, which would \nindicate at least that cloning is possible. What is your idea of who \nand what Tick is?" }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "I called this a confirmation not evidence. Obviously, it would fall \nunder the rubric of \"Confirmation Bias\". I agree --already from the \ntext-- that Silk is the son of Typhon. But I think the textual evidence \nthat he is a CLONE of Typhon is much stronger.\n\nBut the article I quoted implies why the name Pas was chosen as Typhon's \nWhorl personality. Silk is built on Aristaeus and therefore \nTyphon-on-the-Whorl was based on Pan. As both were names for the same \nentity but different ancestries and acts.\n\nu+16b9\n\nu+16b9" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Lee Berman", "address": "severiansola at hotmail.com" }, "date": "2011-01-17T13:36:31+00:00", "subject": "(urth) lameness", "in_reply_to": "<4D342B7C.1050201@gmail.com>", "reply_link": "subject", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "James Wynn: Not at all since I say Silk is most directly a clone of Fish not Typhon. \nBut I say Fish was a clone of Typhon." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": " \n \nJames, like Spring Wind, Fish and Frog are surely mythic names. If Spring Wind= Typhon, \nwho might Fish and Frog refer to? In the Long Sun story Vironese nomenclature offers a\nnice vehicle. Are there any characters with names that invoke amphibians?\n \nOn a perhaps unrelated topic, Remora is a kind of fish. Sort of a icky kind which latches\nonto larger fish and other large sea creatures with a suction cup, feeding on the leftovers\nof the meals of the larger creatures. I always got the impression this aspect was important\nin the naming of this character.\n \n \t\t \t \t\t " } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Lee Berman", "address": "severiansola at hotmail.com" }, "date": "2011-01-17T13:44:36+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Innocent [minor spoilers]", "in_reply_to": "<4D342927.6080604@gmail.com>", "reply_link": "subject", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "James Wynn: It strikes me that Wolfe is a fearless writer--willing go into territory \nthat risks totally creep out his audience..." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "...If they understood what he is in fact, they would not lock him up. They would rip him \nto pieces." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": " \nThat's the story of this List, isn't it? Desperate struggles to cling to a child molester\nin rebellion against a werewolfe.\n \t\t \t \t\t " } ] }, { "message_id": "<4D34499A.4090400@gmail.com>", "from": { "name": "James Wynn", "address": "crushtv at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-01-17T13:52:26+00:00", "subject": "(urth) lameness", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "James Wynn: Not at all since I say Silk is most directly a clone of Fish not Typhon.\nBut I say Fish was a clone of Typhon." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "Lee-\nJames, like Spring Wind, Fish and Frog are surely mythic names.\nIf Spring Wind= Typhon, who might Fish and Frog refer to?\nIn the Long Sun story Vironese nomenclature offers a\nnice vehicle. Are there any characters with names that invoke amphibians?" }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "That's a good question, but I'd be the wrong person to enthusiastically \nfollow that path since \"Silk\" is not a Fish related name.\nI've always assumed Fish and Frog referred to the stars Fomalhaut and \nRana. But I don't know why those stars are significant in the The Book \nof the New Sun.\n\nu+16b9" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Lee Berman", "address": "severiansola at hotmail.com" }, "date": "2011-01-17T14:21:47+00:00", "subject": "(urth) lameness", "in_reply_to": "<4D34499A.4090400@gmail.com>", "reply_link": "subject", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "James Wynn: I've always assumed Fish and Frog referred to the stars Fomalhaut and \nRana. But I don't know why those stars are significant in the The Book of the New Sun." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": " \n \nI know of Fomalhaut but was a star named Rana (frog genus) mentioned in BotNS?\n \nJames, your eye for detail on human-sized characters is great as is your astronomical\nknowledge. Any chance these two could be combined?\n \nFish and Frog seem to me to be connected, thematically, ecologically, to the planets of \nBlue and Green- oceans being a prime habitat for fish and swampy jungles being the best \nplace for frogs. Then we have the revelation at the end of RttW that Inhumi have external \nfertilization. \t\t \t \t\t " } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes", "address": "danldo at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-01-17T16:23:22+00:00", "subject": "(urth) lameness", "in_reply_to": "<4D342B7C.1050201@gmail.com>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 3:43 AM, James Wynn wrote:\nI called this a confirmation not evidence. Obviously, it would fall under\nthe rubric of \"Confirmation Bias\". I agree --already from the text-- that\nSilk is the son of Typhon. But I think the textual evidence that he is a\nCLONE of Typhon is much stronger." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "I agree. Typhon put that embryo into storage intending to possess it\nand so lead the procession when it came time to leave the Whorl." }, { "kind": "sig", "depth": 0, "text": "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes" } ] }, { "message_id": "<4D34718F.2040808@gmail.com>", "from": { "name": "James Wynn", "address": "crushtv at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-01-17T16:42:55+00:00", "subject": "(urth) lameness", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "On 1/17/2011 8:21 AM," }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "Lee Berman wrote:\nFish and Frog seem to me to be connected, thematically, ecologically,\nto the planets of Blue and Green- oceans being a prime habitat for\nfish and swampy jungles being the best place for frogs.\nThen we have the revelation at the end of RttW that Inhumi have\nexternal fertilization." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "This is the first time I realized that Fish and Frog are a continuation \nof Wolfe's Blue/Green theme.\nNice catch.\n\nu+16b9" } ] }, { "message_id": "<4D3474DE.7050704@gmail.com>", "from": { "name": "James Wynn", "address": "crushtv at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-01-17T16:57:02+00:00", "subject": "(urth) lameness", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "I called this a confirmation not evidence. Obviously, it would fall under\nthe rubric of \"Confirmation Bias\". I agree --already from the text-- that\nSilk is the son of Typhon. But I think the textual evidence that he is a\nCLONE of Typhon is much stronger." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "I agree. Typhon put that embryo into storage intending to possess it\nand so lead the procession when it came time to leave the Whorl." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "I've heard this explanation for Typhon's motives often. But, if this is \nthe case, why did Pas not possess Silk during all that period after he \nwas resurrected and have him leave with Horn when they went to Blue?\n\nu+16b9" } ] }, { "message_id": "<4D3487E2.501@gmail.com>", "from": { "name": "James Wynn", "address": "crushtv at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-01-17T18:18:10+00:00", "subject": "(urth) lameness", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "James Wynn: I've always assumed Fish and Frog referred to the stars Fomalhaut and\nRana. But I don't know why those stars are significant in the The Book of the New Sun." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "Lee-\nI know of Fomalhaut but was a star named Rana (frog genus) mentioned in BotNS?\n[...] Any chance these two could be combined?" }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Not really. But Rana works nicely for the story. It's located in a \nconstellation that was traditionally seen as a stream. And there's a \n\"Basket\" star in that constellation.\n\nAs for Fish....well, the fish is hard. I can imagine that Frog is a \ntranslation for an alternative word for \"raja\": that is, *Rana*. If so \narguably Frog, in this story, is Ymar. The first Autarch.\n\nBut then, for Fish, I would probably be looking for a character with a \nTITLE that has a synonym that could be translated \"fish\". And if we \nassume, based on the mistranslation of Typhon, that the original story \nthe mythographer was working from was in Hindi or Sanskrit, then we \nwould want that title he read to have been in one of those languages. \nWell, there aren't any \"matsyas\" that I know of.\n\nOn the other hand, the avatar of Vishnu, named Matsya is associated with \nthe combined constellations of Taurus and Cetas. And Cetus \n(fish)/Eridanus (the brightest star being Rana) were a combined \nconstellation for the Chinese called \"The Celestial Meadow\". Well, this \ngets us nowhere...except...that Matsya of Indian mythology is associated \nwith a Noahic Flood story.\n\nBut it still does not identify anyone for me in the stories that can be \ndirectly associated with \"Fish\".\n\nu+16b9" } ] }, { "message_id": "<417820.34836.qm@web161810.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>", "from": { "name": "Marc Aramini", "address": "marcaramini at yahoo.com" }, "date": "2011-01-17T19:02:51+00:00", "subject": "(urth) lameness", "in_reply_to": "<4D3474DE.7050704@gmail.com>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "--- On Mon, 1/17/11, James Wynn wrote:\nI've heard this explanation for Typhon's motives often.\nBut, if this is the case, why did Pas not possess Silk\nduring all that period after he was resurrected and have him\nleave with Horn when they went to Blue?" }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "And Pas just seems more benevolent than the guy Sev catches: Echidna or Scylla (sorry not sure which) has a love which traps and continas, Pas is said to have a love that sets free. I know it is an artificial system but in becoming a god to the whorl typhon seems to have assumed some of the benevolent care for his creation that the Demiurge is reputed to have in Christianity. So I can see him putting a son, or even a clone of himself in there, but the very act of pretending to be a creator god seems to have changed the tyrant for the better. Just my opinion, I could be wrong. Silk does seem to have a SUICIDAL impulse that seems counter to everything we are told about his character, which is bizarre. Like a knock out rat in a lab? heh heh.\n\n\n " } ] }, { "message_id": "<97245.36013.qm@web161810.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>", "from": { "name": "Marc Aramini", "address": "marcaramini at yahoo.com" }, "date": "2011-01-17T19:06:21+00:00", "subject": "(urth) lameness", "in_reply_to": "<4D3487E2.501@gmail.com>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "--- On Mon, 1/17/11, James Wynn wrote:\nOn the other hand, the avatar of Vishnu, named Matsya is\nassociated with the combined constellations of Taurus and\nCetas. And Cetus (fish)/Eridanus (the brightest star being\nRana) were a combined constellation for the Chinese called\n\"The Celestial Meadow\". Well, this gets us\nnowhere...except...that Matsya of Indian mythology is\nassociated with a Noahic Flood story.\n\nBut it still does not identify anyone for me in the stories\nthat can be directly associated with \"Fish\"." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Sorry James, I am out of my element even commenting here, all that cosmic stuff gives me a headache, but by the end of Urth Sev had become the Oannes of his people, their fish god, and that is discussed at some length. Planetary, well ... uhmmm, uhhhh. What's underground in the mines? Uhhhh giant ... stone ... John Wilkes Booth?\n\n\nlots of fishes all over the place in Long Sun and Short Sun, too.\n Almost too many.\n\n\n " } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes", "address": "danldo at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-01-17T19:18:32+00:00", "subject": "(urth) lameness", "in_reply_to": "<417820.34836.qm@web161810.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "Marc Aramini wrote:\n... in becoming a god to the whorl typhon seems to have\nassumed some of the benevolent care for his creation\nthat the Demiurge is reputed to have in Christianity." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Just a fussy point: There is no Demiurge in Christianity. That's a\nGnostic (and neoPlatonist) concept." }, { "kind": "sig", "depth": 0, "text": "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes" } ] }, { "message_id": "<985158.38670.qm@web161806.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>", "from": { "name": "Marc Aramini", "address": "marcaramini at yahoo.com" }, "date": "2011-01-17T19:38:57+00:00", "subject": "(urth) lameness", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "--- On Mon, 1/17/11, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:\n\nJust a fussy point: There is no Demiurge in Christianity.\nThat's a\nGnostic (and neoPlatonist) concept." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "The creator can't be a demiurge? My bad. I thought it was somewhat synonymous with Creator even though in Christianity he is not significantly divorced in substance from son and holy ghost.\n\nI thought we could still call him the creator/demiurge of the universe.\n\nAnyway, yeah, I can't see how anyone could have connected Eleanor Bold and Mrs. Porter, definitively, the evidence is scant, both are mentioned near trees, both are pretty, that's about it. That's one of those leaps that seems way less of a leap than a straight up x = y = z that we get in some of these visions (and Silk is pretty much awake where Thelx holds up her mirror and it says Kypris is Hyacinth is mother, its just that all the rest of the mom imagery is more associated with Mamelta, otherwise I would certainly just say, sure thing, it was only Kypris.)\n\n\n " } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Lee Berman", "address": "severiansola at hotmail.com" }, "date": "2011-01-17T20:27:43+00:00", "subject": "(urth) lameness", "in_reply_to": "<985158.38670.qm@web161806.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>", "reply_link": "subject", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "Marc Aramini: The creator can't be a demiurge? My bad. I thought it was somewhat \nsynonymous with Creator even though in Christianity he is not significantly divorced \nin substance from son and holy ghost." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": " \nIt is my understanding that early Christianity had some gnostic sects which interpreted\nthings in a way that allowed for a demiurge. Other sects of Christianity got the upper\nhand and have been purging and purging such stuff ever since. To the point that a modern\nChristian (James Jordan) became really upset at my suggestion that the Nephilim mentioned\nin Genesis can be interpreted as the product of human-fallen angel matings.\n \nI get the impression many modern Christians have almost no use for any real Devil, demons, \nangels or H-E double hockey sticks as a place of burning torture and punishment.\n \nInterestingly, many who are pagans, Wiccans, whatever and who worship Great God Pan also \nconsider their beliefs to be a form of Christianity; a form which recognizes the important\nrole of Jesus but also the legitimacy of the god(s) who came before him, and who will also\ncome back at some later time. \t\t \t \t\t " } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Lee Berman", "address": "severiansola at hotmail.com" }, "date": "2011-01-17T20:30:24+00:00", "subject": "(urth) lameness", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "subject", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "James Wynn: This is the first time I realized that Fish and Frog are a continuation \nof Wolfe's Blue/Green theme. Nice catch." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": " \nI'm hoping it can be a starting point of further, more detailed insight.\n \nGood fishing! :- ) \t\t \t \t\t " } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Jack Smith", "address": "jack.smith.1946 at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-01-17T23:40:46+00:00", "subject": "(urth) lameness", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Christians rejected gnosticism in the early days of the church. The dualism\nand secret knowledge of gnosticism was not compatible with the gospel of\nacceptance and love." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Lee Berman wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "Marc Aramini: The creator can't be a demiurge? My bad. I thought it was\nsomewhat\nsynonymous with Creator even though in Christianity he is not\nsignificantly divorced\nin substance from son and holy ghost." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "It is my understanding that early Christianity had some gnostic sects which\ninterpreted\nthings in a way that allowed for a demiurge. Other sects of Christianity\ngot the upper\nhand and have been purging and purging such stuff ever since. To the point\nthat a modern\nChristian (James Jordan) became really upset at my suggestion that the\nNephilim mentioned\nin Genesis can be interpreted as the product of human-fallen angel matings.\n\nI get the impression many modern Christians have almost no use for any real\nDevil, demons,\nangels or H-E double hockey sticks as a place of burning torture and\npunishment.\n\nInterestingly, many who are pagans, Wiccans, whatever and who worship Great\nGod Pan also\nconsider their beliefs to be a form of Christianity; a form which\nrecognizes the important\nrole of Jesus but also the legitimacy of the god(s) who came before him,\nand who will also\ncome back at some later time.\n_______________________________________________" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Andrew Mason", "address": "andrew.mason53 at googlemail.com" }, "date": "2011-01-18T13:36:26+00:00", "subject": "(urth) lameness", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "subject", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:\n\nJust a fussy point: There is no Demiurge in Christianity. That's a\nGnostic (and neoPlatonist) concept." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "In origin, it's a Platonist concept, introduced by the man himself.\nGnostics and neo-Platonists transformed it in different ways. In\nGnosticism the demiurge is a negative figure, which is a major reason\nwhy Christians tend not to like the term - but in neo-Platonism he is\npositive (more or less).\n\nIt can also be taken to imply one who creates out of pre-existing\nmaterial, while the Christian God is normally taken to create out of\nnothing." } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Lee Berman", "address": "severiansola at hotmail.com" }, "date": "2011-01-18T14:26:25+00:00", "subject": "(urth) lameness", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "subject", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "Andrew Mason: In origin, it's [demiurge] a Platonist concept, introduced by the man himself.\nGnostics and neo-Platonists transformed it in different ways. In Gnosticism the demiurge is \na negative figure, which is a major reason why Christians tend not to like the term - but in \nneo-Platonism he is positive (more or less)." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "It can also be taken to imply one who creates out of pre-existing material, while the Christian \nGod is normally taken to create out of nothing." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": " \nExcellent, clarifying post Andrew. Thanks. \t\t \t \t\t " } ] } ] }