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I agree. The Conciliator was the "jesus" of Urth. And that already happened in the past of Urth.<BR> <BR>> Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 21:00:40 -0400<BR>> From: eugene.zar@gmail.com<BR>> To: urth@lists.urth.net<BR>> Subject: Re: (urth) traveling north<BR>> <BR>> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 8:42 PM, Lee Berman <severiansola@hotmail.com> wrote:<BR>> ><BR>> > FWIW, my opinion is that Urth is presented as less spiritually<BR>> > advanced than Earth, notably lacking two important earthly<BR>> > spiritual events, The Flood and the Coming of Jesus. Thus,<BR>> > Severian has his roles to play. The Urth we are reading about<BR>> > is much older than our current Earth but being stunted in its<BR>> > spiritual growth is still troubled by some of the ills which<BR>> > plagued our pagan ancestors.<BR>> <BR>> Wasn't the Conciliator the Jesus-like figure? Severian seemed to me to<BR>> be very much non-divine. Quite the opposite, he very specifically<BR>> comes from a very dark place, and rises to his status as savior.<BR>> Severian's respect for the Increate and the sun itself is apparent<BR>> early in the book, so I suspect Severian's story was meant to, in<BR>> part, show where the spiritual path you claim is lacking leads:<BR>> salvation.<BR>> <BR>> > _________________________________________________________________<BR>> > The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail.<BR>> > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5<BR>> > _______________________________________________<BR>> > Urth Mailing List<BR>> > To post, write urth@urth.net<BR>> > Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net<BR>> ><BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> -- <BR>> Eugene Z<BR>> http://blog.eugenez.net<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Urth Mailing List<BR>> To post, write urth@urth.net<BR>> Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net<BR> <br /><hr />Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. <a href='https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969' target='_new'>Get it now.</a></body>
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