(urth) Jordan Interview

[Sergei SOLOVIEV]

I find this post interesting. I have to think about it.

Sergei

Lee Berman wrote:
>> Sergei Soloviev: When Lee says "dark god"  - I have an 
>> impression -  he refers to modern mythology, where "dark" means 
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>> "bad", "light" means "good".
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> I do not mean this nor do I think Wolfe does. I think Wolfe uses
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> the Sun Series to recognize that (as in Genesis 1:1) dark is the
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> necessary precursor to light. Severian's universe is the necessary
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> precursor to ours. "Good" and "bad" are human judgements. Divine
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> necessity has no part of it.
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> I can agree in general that modern Christian religion/mythology casts 
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> light as good and dark as bad. I suppose my previous post was in 
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> recognition of this in wondering why, if Wolfe intended the Outsider
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> to be our OUR GOD, why he made Him solely dark, without even a nod to a
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> dark/light balance. If the Outsider is supposed to be Jahweh or the God
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> of the Trinity I'm afraid I find him disguised so completely as to find
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> him unrecognizable.
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> I rest on Wolfe's interview statements. Briah is a previous universe to 
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> ours. A darker one. Severian may be a dark version of our Saviour, the 
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> Outsider may be a dark precursor to our God.
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> Origin of Myth. I think keeping this concept in mind helps so much in 
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> understanding what Wolfe is saying in the Sun series. The Outsider
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> is specifically identified with Dionysus. Why?
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> Dionysus is a huge part of our "dark" pre-Christian religion and spiritual
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> side. Christianity has demonized him over and over, casting his goat aspect
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> into the classic depiction of Satan, etc. I think Wolfe is trying to say
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> with this story just what was initially addressed in this post. Dionysus
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> worship was dark but not necessarily satanic. Dionysus was the proper god
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> for his time period and place as the Outsider is for Briah. 		 	   		  
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