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Tony A. West · 30 Aug 1998, 06:29
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From: "Tony A. West" <severian at luna.email.ne.jp> Subject: (urth) another new subscriber.... Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 15:29:17 +0900 Message-ID: <urth-v0018-0060 at digest.urth.net> X-Urthmirror-Source: http://www.urth.net/urth/archives/v0018/0060.shtml MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0006_01BDD42A.F3BFF340" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01BDD42A.F3BFF340 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello everyone; having perused the Archives of this discussion group, I = must say you all have shard wonderful ideas about TBotNS, quite = stirring! Without any further ado, and without making myself seem more = a fool than I already must seem (!), I have a question to pose to you = (whether or not it has already been addressed, I don't know; I wasn't = able to read all of the Archives!): In Urth of the New Sun, Severian meets Ossipago, Barbatus and Famulimus = for what is apparently his last time, and their first. However, as much = sense as that may make, it seems to be contradicted just as Severian and = Burgundofora are about to exit the Ship, in the "hall made for crying," = when the three Hierodules appear again! This then must be their first = meeting; or were both meetings somehow the first in the apparent lack of = "linear" time? Some Eastern religions, most remarkably Tantric = Buddhism, believe in a sort of "spiral" time, whereas a religion like = Hinduism and many others believe in "cyclical" time.... might the rather = "spiral" architectural tastes of Yesod reflect a distinct alteration in = the flow of time, i.e. spiral time? Just some sophomoric ideas I wanted = to throw out, I would love to hear what you all have to say! Confused on a small tropical island in southern Japan, Tony West ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01BDD42A.F3BFF340 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Hello everyone; having perused the = Archives of=20 this discussion group, I must say you all have shard wonderful ideas = about=20 TBotNS, quite stirring! Without any further ado, and without = making myself=20 seem more a fool than I already must seem (!), I have a question to pose = to you=20 (whether or not it has already been addressed, I don't know; I wasn't = able to=20 read all of the Archives!):</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>In Urth of the New Sun, Severian = meets Ossipago,=20 Barbatus and Famulimus for what is apparently his last time, and their=20 first. However, as much sense as that may make, it seems to be=20 contradicted just as Severian and Burgundofora are about to exit the = Ship, in=20 the "hall made for crying," when the three Hierodules appear=20 again! This then must be their first meeting; or were both = meetings=20 somehow the first in the apparent lack of "linear" time? = Some=20 Eastern religions, most remarkably Tantric Buddhism, believe in a sort = of=20 "spiral" time, whereas a religion like Hinduism and many = others=20 believe in "cyclical" time.... might the rather = "spiral"=20 architectural tastes of Yesod reflect a distinct alteration in the flow = of time,=20 i.e. spiral time? Just some sophomoric ideas I wanted to throw = out, I=20 would love to hear what you all have to say!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Confused on a small tropical island = in southern=20 Japan,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Tony West</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01BDD42A.F3BFF340-- *More Wolfe info & archive of this list at http://www.urth.net/urth/
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