Influential Concepts
The "sorbing" (aggressive absorption of another's personality into one's own, fatal to the other person) was mentioned by author C. S. Lewis as being an influence on the writing of his book The Screwtape Letters.
Another widely-striking feature of the book has been the two new primary colors of the sun Alppain, "ulfire" and "jale":
- "Just as blue is delicate and mysterious, yellow clear and unsubtle, and red sanguine and passionate, so he felt ulfire to be wild and painful jale dreamlike, feverish, and voluptuous."
Read more about this topic: A Voyage To Arcturus
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