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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I don't know if we can say for sure that Pas wants
an heir as such. We are told that Typhon knocked many sprogs out of
Echidna in the hopes of getting an unblemished male heir. But Typhon was
mortal in a way that Pas is not. If Pas is not murdered, or if he can
resurrect after being murdered, there is no reason he cannot rule the Whorl so
long as Mainframe retains functionality</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>One reasonably plausible idea, though, is that
he wanted a son of his to rule the planet(s) that the Whorl is sent to
colonise - this could indeed be Silk's role. If Silk is the progeny
of Pas and Kypris, he would be a suitable candidate for this role.
This could also be a reason for Echidna to be up in arms about the colonisation
plans! She does not want Kypris's bastard to rule a planet.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>In BotLS, of course, he never reached this planet,
due to his love for the unworthy Hyacinth. (Perhaps her power over him
stems from some resemblance to his mother.) When he does get there (BotSS)
he displays leadership skills and strategies reminiscent of Typhon,
repeatedly joining with the underdog in military conflicts and
winning. He doesn't seem to have the true Typhon spirit in him, and
he retreats to the Whorl at the end, so I dunno... </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>His merging with Pas at the end of BotLS seems a
bit questionable if indeed he is the son of Pas and Kypris ("Silk, wouldn't you
like to be Pas. We'd be together then..."), but I guess the ways of gods
are not for us mortals to question...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>- Gerry Quinn</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=marcaramini@yahoo.com href="mailto:marcaramini@yahoo.com">Marc
Aramini</A> </DIV><BR>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. <BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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 ...............<BR><BR>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? <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>