negating the diabolical eucharist

maa32 · 25 Feb 2002, 18:43 · from urth-v0202.mbox · original

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From: maa32 <maa32 at dana.ucc.nau.edu>
Subject: (urth) negating the diabolical eucharist
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 11:43:54 -0700
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I was just going to clarify a previous post, and I will stick to the New Su=
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books for this.  I was positing that The Green Man and his continued existe=
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represents "saved humanity"; In other words, since his sustenance is receiv=
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primarily from the sun, he partakes of the symbolic substance of Severian f=
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noursihment.  This overturns the diabolical eucharist by which Severian=20
ascended the throne to temporal power.  His spiritual body (ie- the white h=
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/ new sun) feeds the saved people of the future.  Thus, Green Men live thro=
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a type of eucharist; The New Sun becomes the bread of life. Those who canno=
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eat of that substance will certainly not survive as well as the green man,=20
since their food supplies and available land have been depleted by the floo=
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What do you think of this interpretation of the green man? It is a type of=20
eucharist that is spiritual and does not smack of necrophagia.=20
Marc Aramini

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