(urth) Wind god

[James Wynn]

>> James Wynn-
>> Given that Time collapses with each cycle it is entirely irrelevant
>> whether the cycles were "earlier" (in meta-Time) or not.
>
> entonio at gmail.com-
> It's not irrelevant, it's devoid of meaning. Either way, I meant 
> 'future', not 'meta-future'.

How is there a "future" when Time collapses at the end of a cycle?

> entonio at gmail.com-
> No, you hinted it could follow 'There Are Doors'. That's far from an 
> explanation and I don't see how that's easy here.

In TAD alternate universes that are near one another affect each other 
just as if you tune the strings on a guitar to the same note and pluck 
one string those next to it will vibrate. So, in TAD, even though it has 
always been true that men in Laraworld die after having sex, the 
languages, customs, and architecture is virtually the same as our world 
(Green's world). The two universes are constantly affecting each 
other--bringing them into accordance.  So grooms in Laraworld wear black 
because men die after having sex. Grooms in Green's world wear black 
because grooms in Laraworld do.

By the same token, it would not be necessary for there to have been a 
Jesus of Nazareth in Severian's cycle for there to be a Catholic Church. 
They would have a Catholic Church, with similar rituals, because there 
was one in the cycle just following or just preceding Severian's--just 
as grooms wear black in our world because men die after sex in 
Laraworld. (Since Time is not an issue, the cycles exist simultaneously 
in all practical senses.)  And there might have been a Catholic Church 
in one of THOSE other cycles only because there was one in the cycle on 
the other side. And, although, only the universe with a Christ has a 
true rationale for having a Catholic Church, all of the Catholic 
Churches are *actually* honoring the Christ in the original cycle 
(because if A=B and B=C, then A=C).

Okay?

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