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From: Jim Jordan <jbjordan@gnt.net> Subject: Re: (urth) Wolfe and Crowley, ancient and Renaissance Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 16:30:09 At 08:54 AM 5/9/00 -0700, you wrote: >On the other hand, while Crowley is fascinated by Renaissance magic, he >doesn't ignore the classical world. In fact, the conflict between the >two is a minor subtheme of LB: both Smoky and (or so it seems to me) >Ariel Hawksquill have minds molded by the classics, though Ariel is of >course aware of the Renaissance tradition; and both are made to >unwillingly recognize the truth of the Renaissance magic worldview. > >--Adam Wondering a bit what you meant by that last phrase. Also, if the fairies are grandchildren of Kronos, then Smoky's classical education, and his love of the stars, would seem again to be pointing in the opposite direction from the fate of the Drinkwaters & Co. As there is a hierarchy of worlds/spheres here, it seems that there is a world larger than the one in which the House is situated. Which I gather would revise Mantis's scheme of the system of worlds.... Nutria *More Wolfe info & archive of this list at http://www.urth.net/urth/