- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
I think there is still a lot of information to be pulled from the Cortana
Letters that might give us insight into the Halo Story. (and those
Marathon connections I keep babbling about)
A work that is very prevolent in the letters is The Marriage of Heaven
and Hell by William Blake. I'll try not to fill the post with quotes, so
most of what I'm writing will be paraphrase.
The First Cortana Letter
I have walked the edge of the Abyss (I have been to Hell)
I have governed the unwilling: In a line from the text, Blake asserts
that reason is the restraint from sin, and in doing so "governs the
unwilling." In other words, Cortana is reason. (and evil)
I have witnessed countless empires break before me: No real
connection to Blake's work, but suggests that Cortana has seen her
share of action.
I have seen the most courageous soldiers fall away in fear: ditto
I was there with the Angel at the tomb: Let the Marathon links
begin.
Posted by: William Blake
But I arose, and sought for the mill, & there I found my Angel, who
surprised, asked me how I escaped? I answer'd: ' All that we saw
was owing to your metaphysics; for when you ran away, I found
myself on a bank by moonlight hearing a harper, But now we have
seen my eternal lot, shall I shew you yours?' he laugh'd at my
proposal; but I by force suddenly caught him in my arms, & flew
westerly thro' the night, till we were elevated above the earth's
shadow; then I flung myself with him directly into the body of the
sun; here I clothed myself in white, & taking in my hand
Swedenborg's, volumes sunk from the glorious clime, and
passed all the planets till we came to saturn: here I staid to
rest & then leap'd into the void, between saturn & the fixed
stars.
Do I need to translate this? I think a few of you know what I'm
hinting at.
I could write a lot more on this subject, but I'm not in the mood
so here's a Lazy Link
If anyone has questions or comments, post away. (That's why I
made the thread; knock on wood)
P.S.
Here's a quote that made me smile.
"Opposition is true Friendship."
How true.