(urth) the voice of the outsider is the conjunction of pas/kypris

[David Stockhoff]

Exactly. You just can't separate these things, and Wolfe doesn't want us to.

On 12/18/2010 10:49 PM, Marc Aramini wrote:
> Okay, the problem with the syncretism of Wolfe's universe is multifold 
> for interpreting whether a "Jesus" exists.  Some of Silk's 
> "Enlightenment" seems to have scenes of the life of Christ, without a 
> doubt.  Unfortunately, they have a secular explanation.  They are 
> pre-recorded in his head from his father Pas and his mother the blue 
> eyed Kypris, or Typhon and his mistress, who I believe to be the blue 
> eyed dark haired sleeper Mamelta.  The two voices speaking in his head 
> is the voice of the Outsider, who is for all intents and purposes both 
> our God and Typhon in conjunction with his Mistress, the goddess of 
> love.  Wolfe makes Crane's explanation seem lame but there is a real 
> physical explanation for it since Silk is a planted grown embryo 
> specially chosen by Typhon who "wants an heir".  All the enlightenment 
> is secular, BUT THAT DOESN"T MEAN IT ISN"T DIVINE TOO.
> This is why Wolfe is so amazing and all these divergent 
> interpretations are possible.  Sure, the Outsider seems to be the 
> Christian God, but he is all the pagan gods, and Typhon in love, the 
> Satan figure redeemed by the love that sets free.  The degraded and 
> the downcast become something much more, whether it be Severian 
> becoming the Conciliator or Typhon becoming the Outsider, or at least 
> a very important agent of the Outsider whose plan is indistinguishable.
> Marc
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