17 megatherians

Jeff Wilson · 20 May 2006, 05:19 · from 2006-May.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 00:19:15 -0500
Subject: (urth) 17 megatherians
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thalassocrat at nym.hush.com wrote:

> On Fri, 19 May 2006 11:30:11 +1000 b sharp 
> <bsharporflat at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>Now, Abaia and Erebus are clearly the primary megatherians.
> 
> 
> I've never understood why people assume this. "Megatherians" = "Big 
> animals". Why think of Abaia, Erebus et al as "animals"? 

They are "great beasts" with occult power, as Aleister Crowley styled 
himself on occasion.   Abaia and Erebus, being inhuman Things Man Was 
Not Meant to Know, also count as great beasts in a more literal sense.

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Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
< http://www.io.com/~jwilson >

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