Chrasmo Writings

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes · 03 Jul 2001, 08:42 · from whorl-v0012.mbox · original

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From: "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes" <ddanehy at siebel.com>
Subject: RE: (whorl) Chrasmo Writings
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 08:42:00
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Nutria wrote:

>	Way back at the beginning of all this I provided a long list of
> gospel parallels for the story of Silk. Of course, that's Wolfe's
> doing. But since Horn and Nettle wrote TBLS, and since much of it is
> pious invention to one degree or another, it follows that either
> (a) it is an accident that the Silk story parallels the story of Jesus,
> or (b) that Horn and Nettle had a version of the story of Jesus before
> them as they wrote TBLS, and deliberately crafted Silk as a kind of
> new messiah.=20

Or, (c), the pattern of the Messiah-story is deeply ingrained in the
"collective unconciousness" or the nature of the human soul or, uh,
whatever.

But in support of (b),=20
	i. The (fairly few) quotes from the Chrasmological Writings
	   actually offered to us are, I believe, either quotes from
	   real Scripture (though not necessary the Hebrew-Christian
	   Scriptures) or variants thereon. I believe the bit
	   about daubing the raven comes from Jeremiah, for example.
	ii.Silk actually talks (or maybe thinks) about a man back on=20
	   the Short Sun Whorl who was both enlightened and possessed
	   by the Outsider and was crucified. Presumably this would
	   come either form the CWs or -- uh, where else?


--Blattid


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