September 29th

"The gods were the example and model of every evil, and it wasn't fair to blame men for imitating actions the gods had committed before them."  -Page 155

I found this quote interesting because it's something that we have covered in class and it also seems to keep popping up in Calasso. This quote is simply saying that men cannot be blamed for something that they simply re-enacted. Its already happened before, so lets just blame the first person to do it, the gods. It's like when you are a child and you witness somebody you look up to doing something and so you go and do it. You have no idea what harm you're doing, you're just simply doing what you watched be done before. This is the view that Calasso has taken on in this part. It's kind of stubborn, but interesting.

I left off in the Magus with Urfe sitting down and having dinner with Conchis and Lily. Conchis makes it clear that she isn't the real Lily, nor is she pretending to be. Urfe seems to think that Lily is on his side and that they both doubt Conchis. She's just putting on an act for him. Conchis leaves the table and Urfe and Lily are left to talk. It gets quite interesting. Lily basically says that they are all actors and actresses, him and herself, and that Urfe must be patient with Conchis. He'll understand. Pretty mysterious if you ask me. It sounds like things are going to start getting interesting.

Today in class we brushed up on how fice meant to make and that sacri meant sacred. Put them together and you have sacrifice which means to make sacred. We were also told that in mythology things are weird, and unfortunately the weirder the better. We finished the class by listing the 4 ways in which the world was created. 4) God  creates by voice   3) Through the body of a goddess   2) Male in form of creature-snake    1) Female creates it by herself