Anathem Wi… Editing (section) Incanter 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h2>Speculation</h2> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">There is some similarity between <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Fraa%20Jad%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Fraa%20Jad%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFraa%20Jad%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="9174-20521246135f6bc4f5588bc" href="/wiki/Fraa_Jad" title="Fraa Jad" class="mw-redirect">Fraa Jad</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22external%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Enoch%20Root%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22http%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fen.wikipedia.org%5C%2Fwiki%5C%2FEnoch_Root%22%2C%22linktype%22%3A%22text%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fen.wikipedia.org%5C%2Fwiki%5C%2FEnoch_Root%20Enoch%20Root%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="9174-20521246135f6bc4f5588bc" class="text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_Root">Enoch Root</a> from the novel <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22external%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Cryptonomicon%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22http%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fen.wikipedia.org%5C%2Fwiki%5C%2FCryptonomicon%22%2C%22linktype%22%3A%22text%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fen.wikipedia.org%5C%2Fwiki%5C%2FCryptonomicon%20Cryptonomicon%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="9174-20521246135f6bc4f5588bc" class="text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon">Cryptonomicon</a> and the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22external%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22The%20Baroque%20Cycle%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22http%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fen.wikipedia.org%5C%2Fwiki%5C%2FThe_Baroque_Cycle%22%2C%22linktype%22%3A%22text%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fen.wikipedia.org%5C%2Fwiki%5C%2FThe_Baroque_Cycle%20The%20Baroque%20Cycle%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="9174-20521246135f6bc4f5588bc" class="text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baroque_Cycle">The Baroque Cycle</a>. Furthermore, the concept of changing reality through the incantation of certain words is a familiar Stephenson idea, dating back at least to the use of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22external%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Nam-Shub%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22http%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fen.wikipedia.org%5C%2Fwiki%5C%2FNam-shub%22%2C%22linktype%22%3A%22text%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fen.wikipedia.org%5C%2Fwiki%5C%2FNam-shub%20Nam-Shub%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="9174-20521246135f6bc4f5588bc" class="text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nam-shub">Nam-Shub</a> in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22external%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Snow%20Crash%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22http%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fen.wikipedia.org%5C%2Fwiki%5C%2FSnow_Crash%22%2C%22linktype%22%3A%22text%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fen.wikipedia.org%5C%2Fwiki%5C%2FSnow_Crash%20Snow%20Crash%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="9174-20521246135f6bc4f5588bc" class="text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash">Snow Crash</a>. The nature of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Fraa%20Jad%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Fraa%20Jad%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFraa%20Jad%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="9174-20521246135f6bc4f5588bc" href="/wiki/Fraa_Jad" title="Fraa Jad" class="mw-redirect">Fraa Jad</a>'s chants are suspected to be <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22external%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Buddhist%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22http%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fen.wikipedia.org%5C%2Fwiki%5C%2FBuddhist%22%2C%22linktype%22%3A%22text%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fen.wikipedia.org%5C%2Fwiki%5C%2FBuddhist%20Buddhist%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="9174-20521246135f6bc4f5588bc" class="text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist">Buddhist</a>. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">There is some similarity between Stephenson's Incanters and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22external%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Stanislaw%20Lem%27s%20School%20of%20Higher%20Neantical%20Nillity%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22http%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fen.wikipedia.org%5C%2Fwiki%5C%2FStanis%25C5%2582aw_Lem%22%2C%22linktype%22%3A%22text%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fen.wikipedia.org%5C%2Fwiki%5C%2FStanis%25C5%2582aw_Lem%20Stanislaw%20Lem%27s%20School%20of%20Higher%20Neantical%20Nillity%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="9174-20521246135f6bc4f5588bc" class="text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Lem">Stanislaw Lem's School of Higher Neantical Nillity</a>. </p><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key anathem:rte-parser-cache:2059 --> Loading editor Mathic Society History Speculation Dictionary Entry Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. 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