White Fountains [Digest urth.v007.n008]

John Bishop · 13 Feb 1998, 13:48 · from urth-v0007.mbox · original

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From: John Bishop <jbishop at alexus.zko.dec.com>
Subject: (urth) Re: White Fountains [Digest urth.v007.n008]
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 13:48:55
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[Posted from URTH, a mailing list about Gene Wolfe's New Sun and other work=
s]

It's my understanding that white holes aren't permanent,
as they rapidly "fill up" their neighborhood with matter,
thus driving a collapse into a black hole.  I'm not a
physicist, so I may be wrong, or it might depend on the
rate, etc.

However, if I accepth the physics, I'm still puzzled by
the odd use of "higher" and "lower": the natural use of
the terms would have matter/energy falling from a higher
universe to a lower one.  In the higher universe this is
a black hole; in the lower universe it is a white
fountain.  Is the use of "lower universe" as the source=20
of the White Fountain in the books?

Could one of the Kabbalahists on the list please list
the worlds and their relations? =20

       -John

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