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From: "Tony A. West" <severian@luna.email.ne.jp>
Subject: (urth) another new subscriber....
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 15:29:17 +0900
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Hello everyone; having perused the Archives of this discussion group, I =
must say you all have shard wonderful ideas about TBotNS, quite =
stirring! Without any further ado, and without making myself seem more =
a fool than I already must seem (!), I have a question to pose to you =
(whether or not it has already been addressed, I don't know; I wasn't =
able to read all of the Archives!):
In Urth of the New Sun, Severian meets Ossipago, Barbatus and Famulimus =
for what is apparently his last time, and their first. However, as much =
sense as that may make, it seems to be contradicted just as Severian and =
Burgundofora are about to exit the Ship, in the "hall made for crying," =
when the three Hierodules appear again! This then must be their first =
meeting; or were both meetings somehow the first in the apparent lack of =
"linear" time? Some Eastern religions, most remarkably Tantric =
Buddhism, believe in a sort of "spiral" time, whereas a religion like =
Hinduism and many others believe in "cyclical" time.... might the rather =
"spiral" architectural tastes of Yesod reflect a distinct alteration in =
the flow of time, i.e. spiral time? Just some sophomoric ideas I wanted =
to throw out, I would love to hear what you all have to say!
Confused on a small tropical island in southern Japan,
Tony West
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Hello everyone; having perused the =
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TBotNS, quite stirring! Without any further ado, and without =
making myself=20
seem more a fool than I already must seem (!), I have a question to pose =
to you=20
(whether or not it has already been addressed, I don't know; I wasn't =
able to=20
read all of the Archives!):</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>In Urth of the New Sun, Severian =
meets Ossipago,=20
Barbatus and Famulimus for what is apparently his last time, and their=20
first. However, as much sense as that may make, it seems to be=20
contradicted just as Severian and Burgundofora are about to exit the =
Ship, in=20
the "hall made for crying," when the three Hierodules appear=20
again! This then must be their first meeting; or were both =
meetings=20
somehow the first in the apparent lack of "linear" time? =
Some=20
Eastern religions, most remarkably Tantric Buddhism, believe in a sort =
of=20
"spiral" time, whereas a religion like Hinduism and many =
others=20
believe in "cyclical" time.... might the rather =
"spiral"=20
architectural tastes of Yesod reflect a distinct alteration in the flow =
of time,=20
i.e. spiral time? Just some sophomoric ideas I wanted to throw =
out, I=20
would love to hear what you all have to say!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Confused on a small tropical island =
in southern=20
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Tony West</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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