(urth) The argument for Intractability

[Jeff Wilson]

Andrew Dubbeld wrote:
> Jeff Wilson wrote:
>> Right, however Jesus did have/has enduring union with the divine, 
>> post-Ascension. Severian seems to *lose* union with the divine, taking 
>> up once again mortal habits like sleeping in his bower on Ushas.
>>
> 
> At very least, he seems to have retained his ability to travel to 
> different periods, etc.
> 
> I'm halfway through a re-read of Urth: from memory, I got the impression 
> that he lost his communion with the divine by the end, but he writes as 
> if he still has the ability to go anywhere / do anything.
> 
> i.e. revisiting the inn with the resurrected dead man, and fancying that 
> he is three or four of the people who aided him in the night.

That would conflict with the duplicate implosion problem, wouldn't it?

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