Lupiverse(es)

Daniel Petersen · 14 Mar 2012, 22:39 · from 2012-March.txt.gz

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From: danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com (Daniel Petersen)
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:39:50 +0000
Subject: (urth) Lupiverse(es)
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'There is nothing heretical in Wolfe's proposition that the pagan gods were
"real".'

Yes, thank you!

-DOJP

On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 9:20 PM, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 3/14/2012 2:55 PM, Lee Berman wrote:
>
>> My suspicions rise mostly from his interview quotes. And most
>> specifically his
>> statements of belief in the reality of pagan gods. Any evidence of Wolfe's
>> personal gnostic leanings from his fiction pale in comparison to those
>> blunt
>> statements.
>>
>
> CS Lewis also poses the possibility of the reality of pagan gods in some
> for or another.
>
> The Apostle Paul, while accepting that offerings to idols are without
> value, yet asserts that the "gods" to which those offerings are given were
> actually demons. There's something of this in The Long Sun: The Whorl gods
> are "daemons". They are also twisted demonic versions of the Olympic gods.
>
> There is nothing heretical in Wolfe's proposition that the pagan gods were
> "real".
>
> J.
>
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