On 9/25/07, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:brunians@brunians.org">brunians@brunians.org</a></b> <<a href="mailto:brunians@brunians.org">brunians@brunians.org</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">The seven layer world is itself an afterlife.<br><br>It's similar to Dante's Purgatory, but not identical.
<br><br>It is an afterlife to which has gone a decent kid (of, English, Norse and<br>Irish descent, I believe) who is not a Christian. He's managed to write a<br>letter to his brother by stimulating Gene to write this book.
<br></blockquote></div><br>Certainly an interesting theory, though I think you're wrong about the<br>"stimulating Gene" part -- doesn't he say that he has seen Ben in <br>Mythgarthr?<br><br>At any rate, it being an afterlife does explain some things, but it leaves
<br>others hanging. Can you elaborate?<br><br>FWIW, I didn't (and don't) see the worlds of the _Commedia_ in the<br>Seven Layer World; I see the worlds of the Edda.<br><br>-- <br>Dan'l Danehy-Oakes, writer, trainer, bon vivant
<br>-----<br><a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/sturgeonslawyer">http://www.livejournal.com/users/sturgeonslawyer</a><br><a href="http://www.danehyoakes.com">http://www.danehyoakes.com</a><br>I am miserable, he is miserable,
<br>We are miserable.<br>Can't we have a party? Would he rather have a party?