(urth) Jordan Interview

[Dan'l Danehy-Oakes]

Lee Berman wrote:

>>mark me down in the camp who thinks Christ has not
>>appeared in the Briah universe.

>Dan'l Danehy-Oakes: Then how explain the references to the Theoanthropos?

> Without meaning to slight Christianity, the theoanthropic concept did not
> originate with Jesus Christ. It can be found in pre-Christian religions
> stretching from Hinduism to Greek and Egyptian mythology.

Agreed. But when you're dealing with a writer who insists that there
is only one Theoanthropos in the history of all universes, that
becomes semirelevant at best.


> I really think Agia's use of "the name of the Theanthropos" as an expletive
> to Severian is a purposefully ironic joke by Wolfe. I think the Theanthropos
> refers to The Conciliator for those in the commonwealth.

Can you point to any evidence for this?


> This I agree with. But I don't think we see any reference to this guy until
> Silk mentions his dream of a guy welcomed with palm fronds, etc. In my view,
> Wolfe mentions this Jesus not-Christ, and roods and gammadions and the distorted
> Roman Catholic Church in Viron as a way of saying that many Christians get too
> involved and attached to the trappings and rituals of their religion and forget
> that the essence of their faith (missing in Urth/Whorl) is Christ.

I agree with you here, and pretty much the rest of your post.


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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes