Dionysus, the mausoleum

Marc Aramini · 20 Dec 2010, 19:29 · from 2010-December.txt.gz

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From: marcaramini at yahoo.com (Marc Aramini)
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:29:51 -0800 (PST)
Subject: (urth) Dionysus, the mausoleum
In-Reply-To: <4D0F9E13.4080801 at gmail.com>
Message-ID: <598673.10698.qm at web58204.mail.re3.yahoo.com>

And even though I don't necessarily buy New Sun as an entirely gnostic system, the whorl of Long Sun IS.? The demiurge Typhon populates it with his religion, his family, his deceptions, and then even has his biological son planted there to become a physical, terrestrial (as opposed to celestial, I suppose)?leader, but somehow his son?Silk becomes something much more.? 

My big big big question that needs resolving ASAP is how are Severian and Typhon related?? Silk is Typhon's real biological son, of this I am 99.9% certain (not a clone).
Silk takes Typhon's daughter Scylla in Oreb back to Sev's childhood mausoleum, which winds up being the crypt of some of Typhon's family.? But that is the same mausoleum where Severian used to see his face when he was a child.? SO how is Severian related to Typhon's family, that his face is immortalized in their family resting place?? 
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Marc
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--- On Mon, 12/20/10, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> wrote:

From: James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: (urth) Dionysus
To: "The Urth Mailing List" <urth at lists.urth.net>
Date: Monday, December 20, 2010, 10:18 AM

> Lee Berman-
> Yes, I think Marc and James share far more in their theories than they differ. Not only
> does Marc share the Horn-Neighbor idea but they share in seeing the significance of trees
> and vines, which many do not.

Yeah, Marc and I (rightly) recognize certain clues _as clues_ that are generally ignored entirely. But from there we radically and irreconcilably diverge. Marc at least DOES try to explain HOW the vines and trees are related to inhumi and Neighbors, while I do not address that question at all. However, I'm in strong disagreement? with him regarding what happens to Horn in that pit and consequently accepting the rest gets problematic. But at least Marc is attempting to look at the text "with open eyes". It seems to me that most people merely ignore half of what is said, referenced, and alluded to in the "The Book of the Short Sun".

Here is Marc's full theory as of several years ago. He might have tweaked it since then.
http://urth.org/whorlmap/chras-writers/marc-aramini1.htm

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