(urth) plan of pas/preprogrammed enlightenment

[Marc Aramini]

--- On Fri, 1/7/11, Andrew Mason <andrew.mason53 at googlemail.com> wrote:

> 
> Marc, I should have brought this up earlier when you first
> raised this
> theory, but I have a couple of worries about it. I'm fine
> with the
> general idea - surely the Outsider works through natural as
> well as
> supernatural causes. But can it be squared with Wolfe's
> statement that
> Silk's enlightenment was purely miraculous?  And if
> it's right, how
> does Pike fit into the story? Silk's enlightenment was
> meant to be an
> answer to his prayer. Is that still possible if it was
> preprogrammed?
> 

I think viewing the whorl as a closed system created by Typhon for his own self-aggrandizement as demiurge is somewhat accurate, but there are several "divine" desires that are implicitly mentioned by various "in the know" figures. One is that Pas "wants an heir".  The manner in which Silk is readily accepted and promoted within the closed system leads me to believe this is also a programmed response: it has been set up with the selected Chrasmological writings, a secular messianic drive that is similar to old testament Emmanuel prophecies as one with a powerful physical, legal presence, a guantlet Silk picks up without even trying.  It was said he was included on the whorl because people were drawn to him, but the hints that Kypris is his mother and therefore Pas his probable father are scatterred in the dream of the text.  

The fact that he is a planted embryo, that Pas made the whorl with a specific goal in mind, that the machinery of power both religious and secular is placed within Silk's grasp so readily, leads me to beleve this is all part of the "Plan of Pas".  In his enlightenment, a male and female figure whisper in his ears.  It is this more than anything that leads me to believe Kypris and Pas are speaking to him, as well as further later assertions that don't make sense like, "some people believe Pas is the Outsider, they are wrong" which are ironic in light of Silk's experience.  Typhon has placed Marcus Aurelius, scripture, whatever he wanted into the Chrasmological writings to pre-load his closed gnostic world that jives with his plan.  Ironically, Silk stays behind in that closed system while others break free.  Weird for someone who is enlightened.

I hate to say something trite like "everything is purely miraculous", such that a physical cause to enlightenment would be the same as a miraculous one, but I think there is evidence that Pas has a plan, and that it involves and heir who will be called to the public eye at a very particular time, and that this enlightenment inside his brain triggers events which are immediately and "supernaturally" mirrored in society (Silk for Calde shows up RIGHT AWAY, and I think this, too, is part of Pas' plan, all the cogs and gears are in place for his true heir to assume secular power ... but the false divinity Pas used to start that process have actually created a real spiritual force in Silk ...............

But Silk still kills himself when Hyacinth is lost, something I DID NOT want to accept until very recently.  The Silk we know is Horn's creation, and the Silk that returns to Blue is also Horn's creation, I am almost certain now in a more literal sense, he is a strengthened reboot.  What does that weakness say about his enlightenment?