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Chapters 28 and 29 - Gene Wolfe's The Shadow of the Torturer

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The Origins of the Sinophallus

It's just, you know, people use that occult argument to build up grander theories, right? And yes, there is a tint of that. It feels like on here just because the symbol is so obscure, but because it's so obscure, it's so hard to have this be a smoking gun or to be this have to be a strong link chain in some kind of grander argument. But at the same time, it's here and it's present. Because it ends the chapter, it feels super significant,. But I can't reconcile it in any way. "I feel like it's also possible wolf needed a name for specificity"

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