(urth) Shadow, Chapter X

[Son of Witz]

>Perhaps to head off the misunderstandings, we should say that Severian
>is the emblem or sign of the Logos, rather than the Logos itself.

Yes.
That's what I meant about Hypostasis.  He's an instantiation of the Logos.
I'm of the *opinion* that Krsna and Buddha and Christ are instantiations of the Logos.  (Though I'm certainly not interested in that debate here)


>As for this:
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>> Furthermore, I don't really disagree about your notion of SevIncreate to SevConciliator in a personal sense, becuase as far as i can understand Christian symbolism (and Catholics of a non mystic bent usually tell me I'm wrong here, but some Orthodox say I'm right) is that Each One of US is the Child of God, and we are each crucified on the cross of Time (horizontal) and Eternity (vertical) and when Christ says 'no one comes to the father but through me'(sorry, paraphrasing) he means through the LOGOS, that which reconciles God and Man. Reconciliation is what a Conciliator does.
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>it's more or less correct.  I think the thing to stress is that each
>human is akin to Christ's human nature, and suffering and death are
>part of the nature of the human animal.  So it's not that Christianity
>teaches that Each One of US is the Godhead, as Christ is, but that the
>Godhead, in becoming Christ, condescended to share in a part of the
>nature of Each One of US.
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yes.
But I also think there is something more we wouldn't exist without that spark.
To me, I think taking the historicity of the Bible too literally is about as misleading as taking the plot of BoTNS to literally and getting lost in Borski territory.  To me, it doesn't matter if that story is true. what matters to me is the symbol of the union of God and Man in an individual.  I see this story as a pointer that each of us has that spark of God in us, and each of us must, you know, reject the sins and false rulers of the mudane world and align ourselves with the Uncreated source.

but then I'm I'm hardly a theologian or even a churchgoer.
It all seemed worthless to me until I had this insight.
I'm glad I didn't throw the baby out with that putrid bathwater I rejected all my life.
~SonOfWitz


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