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It’s kabbalistically important that there only be ten author’s notes, so this is a postscript even though the book isn’t technically finished yet. The Berkeley wrap party will be at 4:30 on Sunday, location and directions here. There is no … Continue reading →

This is by Raymond Arnold. And hopefully you didn’t miss the Bayesian Choir’s rendition of the title song. Relevant wiki articles: Garden of the Gods, Samuel Butler, the Butlerian Jihad, The Red Wheelbarrow, The New Colossus, Eli, Eli, Pike’s Peak, … Continue reading →

More fanart. From Miniti8, a Uriel and Sohu picture: I don’t know why everyone pictures Uriel as having an absurd number of eyes, but I think it works. Also, from Xenograteful on Reddit (click picture to expand, explanations here) If … Continue reading →

Art, starting with a cover for Kabbalah: A Modern Approach (I can’t find the original artist, tell me who you are so I can give you credit!): And by Tumblr user topquarkintown, Uriel stacking twelve-dimensional shapes: …and Erica: Here’s a … Continue reading →

Slavoj Zizek on the kabbalistic meaning of Castro’s name. Search for “Yeah, but again” in the transcript. Of course the Lubavitcher Rebbe had an opinion on the Apollo 8 mission. Plot-relevant articles: Leibniz and the I Ching, divine simplicity, Atzmus, … Continue reading →

From Evan M: an Unsong version of the Flammarion engraving. He explains: Aaron Smith-Teller is reaching for the knowledge of the Lord (as represented by the Left Hand of God), with the cloud-fortresses of the angels hovering above the sky, … Continue reading →

Some more good fanart, this time of Unsong’s San Francisco: This comes courtesy of Mehitabel Glenhaber. I am all in favor of doing the thing Eliezer did where creating good enough fanart earns your name a cameo in the book. … Continue reading →

I should probably start off with yet more fanart of Sohu. I guess by this point I’ve gotten the message about character readers like. Relevant wiki (and other) articles: the Cainites, CREEP, Pardes (ie the four-rabbis-in-an-orchard story) Elisha ben Abuyah, … Continue reading →

Interlude ח is now up. Relevant Wikipedia articles for the past few chapters: Comet West, the Kaifeng Jews, Had Gadya, the Gale-Shapley algorithm, John Dee, Enochian language, location arithmetic, Metatron, Raziel, Samyazaz, the Watcher Angels, the Golden Gate in Jerusalem, … Continue reading →

Looks like it’s time for another author’s note. I have two more chapters and one last interlude planned for Book One, so that should be wrapped up by mid-April. After that there will be a Passover bonus chapter, then onward … Continue reading →