(urth) What's So Great About Ushas?

[brunians at brunians.org]

By the way the World == the Universe (as moderns call it), not Urth.



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> I am referring to the hierarchy of the great chain of being, as is David
> Duffy. This is an underlying assumption of the Christian worldview,
> although many modern Christians choose to deprecate it.
>
> In this hierarchy, the World is assumed to be a living being, possessing
> an intelligence and a spirit as are all of the various levels of the
> World.
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>> What are you referring to?  Where does it say that Urth is alive?!  I
>> wonder
>> how it'd feel about being drowned, anyway
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 12:19 AM, <brunians at brunians.org> wrote:
>>
>>> > On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 10:12 PM, David Duffy
>>> <David.Duffy at qimr.edu.au>
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>> >> No, I think they are a step higher in the hierarchy of the great
>>> chain
>>> >> of being(s), ie they are of the order of angels/planets/spirits in
>>> the
>>> >> medieval worldview.
>>>
>>> > Planets?!  I'm sorry, I have no idea what on Urth that means.
>>>
>>> The World is alive and every level of the World is also alive, and has
>>> an
>>> intelligence and a spirit. The planets are the intelligences that rule
>>> the
>>> planetary level of the World.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> .
>>>
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>> --
>> Paul Borochin
>> PhD student, Fuqua School
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