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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=decanus1284@gmail.com
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Thank you Lee for pointing out that the memories Severian inherited<BR>> from
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of any of the many other things he found in his quarters. They were,
however, the quarters of earlier Autarchs, even though they had not been used
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<DIV><BR><BR>> On 11/30/11, Lee Berman <severiansola@hotmail.com>
wrote:<BR>><BR>> > I was aware of these meanings and always found them
applicable. The little<BR>> > guy in the jar<BR>> > probably was
used as a consultant. But by whom? Which "sorcerer"?<BR>> > Severian's
autarchial<BR>> > memories make no mention of the Mandragora to him.
Perhaps the Mandragora<BR>> > predates the<BR>> >
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