Silk as Typhon

Lisa Schaffer-Doggett · 08 Mar 2003, 23:21 · from urth-v0303.mbox · original

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From: Lisa Schaffer-Doggett <harlekin at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: (urth) Re: Silk as Typhon
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 15:21:19 -0800
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On Saturday, March 8, 2003, at 11:02 AM, Chris wrote:

>
> Roy sensibly objected:
>> mother) (LS3:9). If that woman contributed biological material to the=20
>> embryo
>> that became Silk, then it is not possible for the embryo to have been=20
>> a
>> clone of Typhon, or of anyone else.
>
> This is a good point, and I think it points back to an older theory=20
> that Silk was an embryo that was intended to be a future body for=20
> Typhon/Pas after the landing. We already know that Typhon is not=20
> fastidious about the genetics of the body his mind inhabits - if=20
> anything he considers it an accoutrement or tool, and would want as=20
> "souped up" a version as he could get. Whether this was accomplished=20
> through eugenics, or some kind of genetic manipulation of his=20
> biological parents is impossible to say.
>
> I believe, as well, that this is not an insoluble problem in the grand=20
> scheme of Don's thesis. Thematically, it amounts to the same thing-=20
> Silk was intended to be Typhon, in either case.
>
> Of course, there is always the possibility that the people Silk saw=20
> were actually *Typhon's* parents, but it seems highly unlikely that=20
> Typhon's parents would have been alive to be scanned into the=20
> mainframe; and if they had, they would have had a place in Pas'=20
> pantheon.
>
> Chris
>
>
Don replies,
Thank you both for these important considerations.  Without a second=20
reading of the text, I don't have enough to work out my theory the way=20
I would like to.  Another possibility I have mulled over is that Silk=20
is the son of Typhon instead.  They are genetically related though, and=20
I am 100% certain that Silk was meant to be the vessel for Pas. =20
Another thing regarding
theophanies.  From what I recall they were never very common and the=20
recipients of them all seem to see different things and have a fairly=20
hazy memory of what they saw.  So it is highly possible that no one=20
really knows what Pas "looks" like.  Personally, I think the 4 parents=20
is a red herring like Dorcas and Ouen, but again I have to read the=20
series with an eye to puzzles before I can argue with any confidence. =20
I just appreciate you taking me seriously enough to reply at all.



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