Wolfe and Crowley, ancient and Renaissance

Jim Jordan · 10 May 2000, 16:30 · from urth-v0029.mbox · original

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From: Jim Jordan <jbjordan at gnt.net>
Subject: Re: (urth) Wolfe and Crowley, ancient and Renaissance
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 16:30:09
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At 08:54 AM 5/9/00 -0700, you wrote:
>On the other hand, while Crowley is fascinated by Renaissance magic, he
>doesn't ignore the classical world.  In fact, the conflict between the
>two is a minor subtheme of LB: both Smoky and (or so it seems to me)
>Ariel Hawksquill have minds molded by the classics, though Ariel is of
>course aware of the Renaissance tradition; and both are made to
>unwillingly recognize the truth of the Renaissance magic worldview.
>
>--Adam

	Wondering a bit what you meant by that last phrase.
	Also, if the fairies are grandchildren of Kronos, then Smoky's classical
education, and his love of the stars, would seem again to be pointing in
the opposite direction from the fate of the Drinkwaters & Co. As there is a
hierarchy of worlds/spheres here, it seems that there is a world larger
than the one in which the House is situated. Which I gather would revise
Mantis's scheme of the system of worlds....

Nutria


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