Fairies and Wolfe

David Stockhoff · 02 Apr 2012, 17:56 · from 2012-April.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:56:41 -0400
Subject: (urth) Fairies and Wolfe
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On 4/2/2012 1:47 PM, Jeff Wilson wrote:
> On 4/2/2012 10:25 AM, David Stockhoff wrote:
>> True. That term occurs in embedded stories rather than in Severian's
>> mouth at least half the time, which has led me to consider it a kind of
>> secondary belief, i.e., perhaps folkloric. Note that in your quote
>> Severian sees the Pancreator with a hand, unlike the Increate, so it is
>> in a way a specifically human understanding or extension of the
>> Increate's being. As such it must fall short.
>
> Dude, it's the Trinity.
>
>

ssh!

Only if the Trinity exists in this universe, which is not something I 
wanted to bring up. If it does, it does not seem to be recognized as 
such, or else Wolfe simply does not want to beat us over the head with 
it. At any rate, all attempts to understand God are just that, whether 
more imperfect or less.

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