Hierogrammates, Briah and Yesod

Jeff Wilson · 10 Aug 2010, 15:35 · from 2010-August.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:35:48 -0500
Subject: (urth) Hierogrammates, Briah and Yesod
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On 8/10/2010 9:54 AM, James Wynn wrote:
>
>>> Jeff Wilson->>  Severian- "But on the ship I thought we had come to the end of Briah when we came here"
>>> >  Apheta- "So you did..."
>>>
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>>> >This can be the physical or spatial end, like the end of the street.
>>>
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>> My understanding is that the definition of a "universe" is that it has no physical, spatial boundaries or ends. This has been called into question recently but I think it was a very accepted fact back in the 70's and early 80's.  Thus, for me, the end of a universe in this story must be temporal.
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> Since he sees a Big Bang or Gib Gnab, I think it is likely to be the
> temporal end of the universe.

they would not be in one place ahead or behind the ship, but all 
encompassing as the fabric of space also collapses/expands.

-- 
Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
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