(urth) book of the new sun questions

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes danldo at gmail.com
Tue Apr 3 13:35:30 PDT 2007


Bruce,

I think the first thing to consider is that the Hierodules may have
more than one reason for interacting with humans. Bringing the
New Sun is their goal; but who says that it's their *only* goal?

On 4/3/07, Bruce Hayles <brucehayles at gmail.com> wrote:
> Urth will only receive a new sun if its epitome is found worthy. Is it
> necessary that the epitome of Urth is always an autarch (and a
> thousand man in a single body), or could Typhon (if he was willing)
> act as an epitome? Was the autarchy created by hierodules to produce a
> line of autarchs to be tried in Yesod, and also hold the Commonwealth
> stagnant while they were produced? (The last autarch has the
> conviction that humanity will return the stars as a divinity or not at
> all)
>
> The coming of the New Sun results in the destruction of most of the
> Urth, but brings new resources and the New Sun, and a fresh start for
> humanity. Is the idea behind this that the epitome (if judged worthy)
> is proof that human kind can produce something worthwhile, and so
> should get a chance at reconstruction? Why will Urth, now with its new
> sun, progress any differently than it did with the  old sun? Is it any
> more likely that humanity will go to the stars as a divinity now, as
> opposed to going to the stars and conquering worlds (like it did
> before)? Since all culture and technology was lost, and humanity is
> starting over again, I do not see how it is any more likely. Is it
> just another roll of the die then?
>
> If the hierodules are behind the autarchy, why do they still do things
> like support Baldanders expressly so he can grow fat with knowledge
> and die, dispersing his knowledge to others? How could Baldanders
> death possibly affect the line of autarchs? Additionally, since the
> last autarch's conviction is that the Commonwealth stagnant while the
> line of autarch's march on and face trial at Yesod, why would any
> effort be wasted on spreading knowledge? The idea behind the
> hierodules sharing knowledge is that it somehow improves those they
> share it with, or others indirectly. Ultimately, the hope is to
> produce from humanity something close to divinity. If the hierodules
> are still working for that with the old sun, what does that mean?
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