Re: The Melting; a response to Jesse

Sally Caves sikyal:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JS Bangs" <jaspax@...>
>
> > Sally Caves sikyal:
> >
> > > :)  On the other hand, I would hate to shut down talk of conculture
> > > religions.  Many of our invented peoples have religions.  Kerno
> > > speakers are I believe mostly Catholic, and the Teonim are largely
> > > Orthodox.
> >
> > Orthodox, as in Eastern Orthodox? This is surprising to me: I was under
> > the impression that the Teonim were on a completely separate con-world.
>
>  They are and they aren't!  It's a little complicated, and I'm bound for
> bed, but it goes like this.  The Teonim have mastered an art they call the
> "melting" (li mermmindo) which means that they exist interdimensionally.
> [snip]
Ah, this explains a lot. I'm still a little surprised that they managed to
become wholly Orthodox through their intermittent contacts with humanity,
but fair enough. Is their version of Christianity pretty, er, orthodox, or
do they have their own variations?

I like your description of the way that they interact with humanity. Is
Sendl's dislike for Teonaht anatomy based on anything more than desire not
to stand out?

I'm not even this clear as to how the Yivrindi interact with our world. I
know that they have a completely separate conworld, Aratasa, with its own
history and origins, but I know that some of them have at various times
crossed over into our world and inhabit our timeline. My informant,
Narnagol, is one of these. He's very vague about how he got here from
Aratasa, though.


Jesse S. Bangs jaspax@u.washington.edu
http://students.washington.edu/jaspax/
http://students.washington.edu/jaspax/blog

Jesus asked them, "Who do you say that I am?"

And they answered, "You are the eschatological manifestation of the ground
of our being, the kerygma in which we find the ultimate meaning of our
interpersonal relationship."

And Jesus said, "What?"

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