Are the Neighbors REALLY the Neighbors?

David Stockhoff · 15 Feb 2011, 12:33 · from 2011-February.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 07:33:24 -0500
Subject: (urth) Are the Neighbors REALLY the Neighbors?
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I'm one of those theorizers, but let's try to reconcile this with what 
they told Silkhorn:

Of the Neighbors Silkhorn said:
"As for me, I have walked with them, and sat with them around their fire.
Thus I know that they exist. They have gone elsewhere -- found a new home
circling another short sun. But they have our permission to revisit this one
whenever they choose." (IGJ, 72)

-Roy

My assumption is that even if they are on another plane/dimension/level, 
they still need a short sun and a spherical lump of rock, gas, and water 
to live on.

On 2/15/2011 12:23 AM, Lee Berman wrote:
> So where did all his species members "Vanish" to? I agree with those who theorize they
> are on a "neighboring" plane of existence. So what we call "death" is something which
> frees the Neighbors to go to another (better?) place,  except for this one immortal guy
> (and the immortal goddess who succors him in barnacle crusted glory).

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