Chunderban Desai tells Tatiana Thane that Ivar Frederiksen's Ythrian traveling companion:
"'...is almost certainly an Intelligence agent of the Domain.'" (p. 189)
In fact, Desai knows not only that the Ythrian, Erannath, is an Intelligence agent but also that he is working for both Domain and Empire. Thus, Desai's statement to Tatiana is both partially true and deliberately misleading.
A statement intended to deceive is a lie even if it is true! Two real life examples:
according to Philip Heselton, whom I met,Gerald Gardner, founder of Wicca, asked a coven member to design a ritual for him, then presented this ritual in one of his books along the lines of "...and another ritual that I have heard is...";
years ago, the then Archbishop of York stated that the Resurrection must be primarily an event of spiritual significance, therefore has to be something more or other than a mere "trick with bones" - after which the TV news correctly reported that the Archbishop had used the phrase, "trick with bones," in connection with the Resurrection.
3 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
A lie on Desai's part, this incompletely truthful statement? I agree, but also NECESSARY if he was to do his duty.
And I think Gardner's first name was "Gerald" not "Gerard."
I would emphatically disagree with what that Anglican archbishop said if he denied Christ literally rose from the dead. The Catholic is not "either/or" but "both X and Y." That is, Our Lord's resurrection was both literal and of huge spiritual significance.
Ad astra! Sean
Ah, Gardner. As someone said, the besetting bibliographic sin of occultists is back-dating.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
I certainly don't think modern neo-paganism/Wiccaism to be older than Gardner!
Ad astra! Sean
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