> > At 10:12 04/09/2005, Maximilian Wilson wrote: > > >According to the poem, a reborn Phoenix (if it's different from a > > >decadent Phoenix) should come at the very end of the Great Cycle, > > >followed then by a decadent Phoenix. But with Tortaalik/Zerika, we saw > > >just the opposite, and then Zerika handed off power to a Dragon. > > > > > >Any comments? > In response Sat, 2005-04-09 at 19:56 -0700, Mark A. Mandel wrote: > > Cracks and Shards! I have been reading these books for how many years?, > > and I never even > > noticed that. Mr. Wilson, you have pointed out a notable Crack. i was under the impression that when adron tried to force a change in the cycle, he would have succeeded except that he missed one thing.... this was a 17th cycle, aka a Great Cycle. 17th full cycle of 17 house cycles, which gets a reborn phoenix to symbolize the beginning of a great cycle... just me though. i've been known to be wildly wrong. andy