Sign from the fish's belly

James Jordan · 28 Jan 2003, 15:45 · from urth-v0301.mbox · original

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From: James Jordan <jbjordan4 at cox.net>
Subject: RE: (urth) Sign from the fish's belly
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 09:45:58 -0600
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At 09:13 AM 1/28/2003, Crush wrote:

>There IS a subtle application in this to the "Long Sun/Short Sun" in that
>"underwater" is so ubiquitously associated with the "underworld"; that is,
>the land of the dead and the source of prophecy.

Hmm, looking back at the actual statement:

"The city searches the sky for a sign, but no sign shall it have but
the sign from the fish's belly."

Note the opposition of searching the sky and true sign from the sea. Maybe=20
after all Wolfe is not pointing very much to Jonah and Jesus but to=20
Seawrack. Is the Mother the fish? Is Seawrack's loyalty to Silkhorn the=20
sign? And the fact that she can fall back into the sea if she is separated=20
from this messiah?
         Or, could this be another angle in a multi-layered prophecy?

Nutria



--=20

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