From: Jeffrey Meyers <jeffmeyers@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: (whorl) Re: [big spoiler] Narrative technique in _Return_
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 18:32:15 

David DiGiacomo <dd@Adobe.COM> wrote:

> Can anyone think of an explanation for gods uploading themselves via the
> eyes?  Normal eyes are not output devices, unless some sort of twitch code
> is used, and another part of the body would serve as well for that.

A symbolic one: "The eye is the lamp of the body" (Matt. 6:22).

Patera Bunny


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