Urth Digest, Vol 73, Issue 34

Andrew Mason · 19 Sep 2010, 22:38 · from 2010-September.txt.gz

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From: andrew.mason53 at googlemail.com (Andrew Mason)
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 23:38:30 +0100
Subject: (urth) Urth Digest, Vol 73, Issue 34
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Jeff Wilson wrote:

> On 9/19/2010 12:54 PM, Andrew Mason wrote:
>> At the end of BOTNS, when Severian enters the Autarch's apartment, he
>> finds a laboratory containing, among other things, 'the fabled emerald
>> bench'. ?Does anyone have any idea what this might be?
>
> Probably a reference to the Emerald Tablet aka the Emerald Table, upon
> which is graven the undoubtable truths of alchemy including the formula
> for gold, the Philosopher's Stone, the care and feeding of homunculi and
> mandragoras, etc.
>
> ? ? ? ?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_Tablet
>

Interesting - and it's about the power of the sun.

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