Tatiana Thane looks to what she calls the transcendental, not the supernatural, and claims that her Cosmenosis is a philosophy, not a religion. These are words. In fact, with no evidence, she expects the Builders to return and heeds the rumours of a forerunner even though such rumours are, as she acknowledges:
"'...forever driftin' in on desert wind...'" (p. 130)
Of course that wind plays its role!
I would advise Tatiana: continue to practice science and meditation and don't listen to rumours! Consider what you know scientifically about the Builders/Elders/Ancients/Forerunners and their artefacts and go no further than that unless and until you find new evidence as Axor tries to do. He hopes to confirm an explicitly religious belief but Flandry is right to fund his research. Who knows what will turn up? I know the answer to that question: something completely unexpected.
Today is Sunday. Attend church and/or worship/contemplate in the temple of earth and sky.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
I basically agree, Tatiana Thane would do better to focus on what little can reasonably deduced about those Ancients from the scanty evidence.
I would have argued with Fr. Axor that since the Catholic Church believes that the Incarnation/Passion/Resurrection of Christ on Terra was/is infinitely sufficient, there was no real need to search for evidence of Him becoming incarnate on other worlds. Because if the Church decided non-humans could be baptized and become Christians that question would seem rather moot, as I discussed in my "God and Alien in Anderson's Technic Civilization" article. But I would have no objection to Fr. Axor searching for evidence of Christ's Incarnation on other worlds or for Flandry arranging for him getting financing for it.
Btw, today is the anniversary for what happened to "him of Sarajevo" in 1914--and all its baleful consequences. And "rumors" reminded me of the all too apt line from the Scriptures about "wars and rumors of wars."
Ad astra! Sean
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