The Key to the Universe

António Pedro Marques · 14 Aug 2010, 21:01 · from 2010-August.txt.gz

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From: entonio at gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ant=F3nio_Pedro_Marques?=)
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:01:14 +0100
Subject: (urth) The Key to the Universe
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Jeff Wilson wrote:
> On 8/13/2010 12:37 PM, Lee Berman wrote:
>> Jeff, in a previous post I wondered if hyperspace could have suns and
>> planets. My understanding was that matter and energy don't really exist
>> there (hence the meadow and brook of Madregot are not real, just
>> metaphors
>> to allow Severian to understand what he sees).
>>
>> My conclusion was that Yesod cannot be hyperspace because it contains
>> planets and suns and gravity, etc. You asked me for text citation of the
>> Yesod planets and suns and I meant to get to that. But now it appears
>> you have done this yourself. Happy I can scratch that off my to-do list!
>> :- )
>
> The problem is that my idea is that any planets or stars in Yesod are
> fakes, only constructs that simulate the appearance and useful features
> of the authentic ones in Briah, for the convenience of the Yesodis.

Fakes or not, they're matter an energy in a 'place' that should have neither 
unless they're 'travelling in hyperspace'. Though I guess you can say 
they're ships or animations on a ship's screen.

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