<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">I agree, as I said earlier, there is something very priestly about giving up things and donning black to become a torturer of men. Especially in light of Gene's statement that one of the only things (possibly the only thing) Christ makes as a carpenter is an instrument of torture like a whip or something.<BR><BR>--- On <B>Sat, 3/10/12, Craig Brewer <I><cnbrewer@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Craig Brewer <cnbrewer@yahoo.com><BR>Subject: Re: (urth) The Wizard<BR>To: <BR>Cc: "The Urth Mailing List" <urth@lists.urth.net><BR>Date: Saturday, March 10, 2012, 8:49 AM<BR><BR>
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<DIV>Fair enough. And this got hashed out in the same terms on the list a long time ago, so sorry to bring it up again for the oldsters.</DIV>
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<DIV>But I do think that Wolfe meant it metaphorically in the sense of belonging to a tradition that seeks truth. (In the interview, he says he means it "in the broadest possible sense" which to me means that it isn't just a plot point.) But, hey, Silk is good with a knife in those sacrifices, so who knows...<BR><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table>