Ruminations on "THE" Veil - a Speculative History

[Chys Sage Lattes]

No: HPFGUIDX 127905


 bboyminn:
 I picture the archway as very old, weathered and worn, and much like 
a grand stone arch over the doorway into a mansion, castle, or 
catherderal.

Chys:
Have you read 'The Black Unicorn' or it's sequel, 'The Gold Unicorn' 
I think by Tanith Lee?

There's a great old broken archway by the sea, and only a sorceress 
girl is able to repair it. She had found this unicorn, which led her 
there and when she does repair it, she returns the unicorn to it's 
world, which is perfect eden whereas her world is a place of desert 
and natural destruction. 

The veil, in your description, really reminds me of this as well. It 
seemed to lead to a parallel word, where nothing dies, and lions lay 
with sheep. The girl had found the Unicorn as a pile of bones in the 
sand and with strange magic, she had repaired it and brought it back 
to life...only for it to lead her to the veil, which she crossed 
through and decided against remaining within, it was too perfect an 
unnatural place. It's strange that the veil reminds me of this, but 
in comparison, would the world behind the DOM's Veil be the perfect 
eden, or the hell?




Chys