hyacinth flower

maa32 · 07 Feb 2002, 04:40 · from urth-v0202.mbox · original

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From: maa32 <maa32 at dana.ucc.nau.edu>
Subject: (urth) hyacinth flower
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2002 21:40:24 -0700
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Hey, has anybody interpreted that passage at the end of Return to the Whorl=20
from the chrasmologic writings which talks about the trampled Hyacinth=20
blooming beneath the shepherd's heel in detail? I was just thinking how nic=
ely=20
the story of Hyacinthus and the quotation fits in with my "people recombine=20
with plants" theory. Perhaps the greatest hope for the human race is to bec=
ome=20
these vegetative men.  Hyacinth, or whatever s/he represents, blooms as a=20
flower.  Perhaps these recombinations offer some hope for destitute humanit=
y,=20
crushed under the tyranny of wicked men.  It seems to me that the passage=20
aptly states that a definite hope for a return from doom lies in the=20
transformation to ever-blooming flora.  In which case the statement that "H=
orn=20
has not failed us" gains new meaning: not only did he bring back Silk, he=20
saved (and ultimately transformed) the human race from its own wickedness b=
y=20
granting the Vanished People the right to return.  Yet the oracle with Oliv=
ine=20
seemed negative about the whole thing, with double darkness veiling the sky=
 of=20
Blue and the imminent return of Pas ... how would the flower-children deal=20
with Father Pas? I'm just not sure that my hypothesized hybridization is go=
od=20
in the long run ... what appeared to be so straightforward about this book=20
(it's moral message) might not even be that clear ... Silk can't redeem a=20
humanity that doesn't want to be redeemed ... can carnivorous trees create =
a=20
new humanity worthy of being saved? ... or will the hybrids be worse?  It=20
would seem that they would be better for one generation, from the discussio=
n=20
of hybrids in chapter 1 of On Blue's Waters ... but their children ... hmmm=
. I=20
just thought that final passage of the writings put an interesting spin on =
the=20
transmutation of man into plant. bwa ha ha. (And no one can deny that the=20
passage in question is somehow of ultimate importance).
Marc Aramini

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