it’s dark material and yet i can’t help but find myself absolutely geeked over the inspiration for imagery here. there’s so much happening. it seems to pull from the book of revelation (?), mirroring structure (in number) for the ten commandments, and even though it’s hinting at ABO, the aspects being on a hebrew scroll makes me wonder if kabbalah had any influence here as well.
or i suppose that could just be the tendency in fiction to use symbols from judaism, or hebrew letters to imply a level of mysticism or magic regardless, the world building here is excellent so far
it’s dark material and yet i can’t help but find myself absolutely geeked over the inspiration for imagery here. there’s so much happening. it seems to pull from the book of revelation (?), mirroring structure (in number) for the ten commandments, and even though it’s hinting at ABO, the aspects being on a hebrew scroll makes me wonder if kabbalah had any influence here as well.
or i suppose that could just be the tendency in fiction to use symbols from judaism, or hebrew letters to imply a level of mysticism or magic regardless, the world building here is excellent so far