Triskele

Alex David Groce · 23 Nov 1999, 11:32 · from urth-v0028.mbox · original

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From: Alex David Groce <Alex_Groce at gs246.sp.cs.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: (urth) Triskele
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 11:32:39
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>It can be argued, and someone probably will, that Sev's power comes from t=
he
>Increate, but it was at Sev's feet that the Hierodules prostrated themselv=
es
>upon hearing from his own mouth that he could do something that the High a=
nd
>Mighty of Yesod couldn't. I hesitate to parse the religious implications of
>that act.

I'll give it a shot.  Nutria's suggestion about Sev's ho-hum career as
Conciliator being remembered because it reminded humanity of an earlier and
considerably more significant Conciliator seems relevant here--I've argued
before that Severian's "non-tech" miracles that the hieros are impressed by
are possible because Sev. is, in some weird way, like Silk, an apostolic
figure--not in the original sense of being a witness to the resurrection, b=
ut
something like that.  The Increate/Outsider is granting this power, and the
New Testament letters are full of statements that post-Penecost, the apostl=
es
will be able to do things and know things that even the angels don't dream =
of.
(much less angelic seeming aliens from another universe who may or may not =
be
supposed to actually be angels.)

Oh, BTW, William -- how about Vodalus =3D Sir Roderick Spode?

"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." John 8:32
--
Alex David Groce (agroce+ at cs.cmu.edu)
Ph.D. Student, Carnegie Mellon University - Computer Science Department
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