mechAnIsm of consciousness

jmcazurin · 22 Mar 2001, 11:52 · from whorl-v0012.mbox · original

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From: jmcazurin <mikah at info.com.ph>
Subject: RE: (whorl) mechAnIsm of consciousness
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 19:52:43 +0800
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Rostrum wrote:
>I'm also reminded now of Catholic veneration of relics.  If a leg bone of
>a saint is venerated and can be a source of miracles, then it implies that
>something of the saint's "personness" continues to inhere in his body even
>after the soul has departed.

One might also say that it is the faith of venerators in physical relics=20
that is the wellspring of miracles, and not the relics themselves.

Of course, the relics have first to perform a miracle before they get=20
venerated. Chicken and egg problem?

I'm remembering Severian's observation about all claws being sacred claws.

Mikah
(my name seems to make me a chem)

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