Ivan the Terrible

[a_reader2003]

--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, silmariel <silmariel at t...> 
wrote:

> 
> I think there's a problem if we give him a category. He may feel 
rewarded, not understanding that if we put there is because we don't 
know exactly what to do with his theories, or whatever they are. I 
don't want to encourage him given what Barry has told. 
> 
> So I recommend not to do a specific category for him and just 
insert him in Alchemy or Religion or both.
> 
Carolyn:
I don't have a problem with doing this. By giving him a category I 
was trying to isolate him from mildly more sensible stuff in this 
area, but I can see the argument for not giving him this prominence. 

Like Anne, when I first encountered his posts I was curious, not 
knowing much about alchemy, but as I read more, the more bonkers his 
argument seemed. Of course, he might be right in the end - she really 
did base the whole series on this book, and sleeps with it under her 
pillow every night, but I really hope not. On the other hand, she is 
a well-read woman, and she might have come across the book at some 
point in her alchemy research, and some of the ideas may have seeped 
into her subconscious, who knows. Pity he is too obsessed to discuss 
the subject in a normal way.

> I haven't read yet the V3 categories list, but I wanted all of you 
to know I'm still alive.
> 
> Carolina

Carolyn:
Alive but hopping around on one leg, I think ! The big thing we need 
you to do is reply to Paul Kippes ..um, look forward to trying to 
understand what you say to each other !