Serpents and Undines

Jeff Wilson · 01 Aug 2010, 21:38 · from 2010-August.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:38:08 -0500
Subject: (urth) Serpents and Undines
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On 8/1/2010 1:04 PM, David Stockhoff wrote:
> It does make sense. The Byzantine system had no Pope, and therefore no
> division between Pope and HRE. It could also be argued that the Turkish
> sultans were truly successors to the Eastern Roman Emperor as much as
> successors to the caliphs, so the dual institution was there in effect,
> even if the ERE was not formally defined as "Christ's vicar on Earth."
>
> So perhaps the autarch should be considered as such, whether there is
> textual evidence for it or not.

I doubt there is a close analog, because rather than God's 
representative on earth of course the Autarch's highest calling is the 
epitome, to be Urth's representative in heaven (Yesod).  That influence 
is probably intended to be pre-Columbian.

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Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
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