different sev's and silk as seeker

matthew.malthouse · 10 Jul 2003, 09:54 · from urth-v0307.mbox · original

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From: matthew.malthouse at guardian.co.uk
Subject: Re: (urth) different sev's and silk as seeker
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 10:54:16 +0100
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On 10/07/2003 06:57:55 maa32 wrote:

>As far as I know, Wolfe was not specific about Silk being the only member=20
of
>the Seekers for Truth and Penitence.  Here is my take: the Matachine=20
Tower is
>the last refuge of a distorted Catholic church: all male, in black,=20
seeking to
>serve a greater justice beyond their ability to judge.  They obey.  They=20
have
>ceremonies of religious import, but the church has ultimately fractured=20
into
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>the female Pelerines and the more sedentary torturers, who have adapted a=20
bit
>of a secular role in punishment - bringing hell to Urth a bit before=20
death,
>but still serving a higher power.  Purgatory, if you will.

They are not alone. The librarians have analagous ceremonies to those=20
described for the torturers, it is mentioned in Sev's conversation with=20
Ultan that they are held in the catederal rather than the chapel.  Other=20
guilds to process on ceremonial occasions.  Would all be remnants of=20
corrupt priesthood or are they not more likely to be inheritors of lay=20
organisations performing religious acts of devotion to their spiritual=20
patrons as still happens in many part of the world?

Matthew

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