<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Lee Berman <severiansola@hotmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> urth@urth.net <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, March 16, 2012 10:15 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> (urth) Lupiverse(es)<br> </font> </div> <br>So we have a story about a gnostic sect living on a gnostic planet in a gnostic<br>universe and we are forced to use gnostic methods to discern the full meaning<br>of the story. No lesson of simple Christian faith here. Secret knowledge is <br>indeed required.<br>
<br>For some reason the example of Abaia comes to mind. In earlier readings I didn't <br>know mythological Abaia was an eel. So I didn't know he was meant to be associated<br>with Murene, the town on the shores of Lake Diuturna. Knowing that suggests that <br>the Baldanders character is supposed to be associated with both Juturna and Abaia. <br>And knowing the association with these two fishy characters might explain his <br>underwater breathing and the scars(?) on his neck. But who (pre-internet) knew<br>who/what Abaia was?<br> <br>And there are so many other examples where really esoteric knowledge like that is <br>required to piece the puzzles together. Juripari, Fomalhaut, Ouroboros and <br>Matthew 17:27 all relate to fish mouths. How do these relate to each other (and<br>Abaia and Thelxiepeia and Mamelta and The Mother)? I guess there probably remains<br>mysteries to solve.
<br><br>..........................................................................................................................................<br>The fish motif is scattered so far and wide I don't know whether it has specific meaning or a general one. Certainly it has a link to early Christianity's "sign of the fish," which suggests furtiveness, but not necessarily secret or esoteric knowledge. On the other hand, Wolfe is quite familiar with the Nag Hammadi scrolls, where Jesus is clearly shown to withhold plain knowledge from "the people" and reserve it for the apostles. <br><br>Who knows what sign Agia scratched in the dirt?<br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>