The Magic Pratchett Weaves

Driven my mind into a ravine, sought escape by
transforming mental state from despondent to
a receiver of the magic Pratchett weaves by
mixing enchanting quantum into everything

‘All things that might have been, have to be, in
thousands of universes twisting together like
plaited ropes’ - somewhere among this, our
minds exist as a shadow play of light

I felt myself changing into a different being while
reading, looking forward to living, breathing and
thinking, conversing about sad news items like
a tentacular financial crisis – because of a

Discworld where Mustrum Ridcully, Master Mage
and Esme Weatherwax, Witch, remember their
feet hardly touched the ground doing trans-
migration spells in their youth

A beautiful time which will forever exist in another
universe, one of many – where my spirit is also
spinning in tandem with all these inspiring
ideas…



Lords and Ladies – Terry Pratchett, Victor Gollancz
Ltd, 1992, quoted from pp.163; 164 and 165

The Fascinated Reader

The message I found in Good Omens is that the
world is a most interesting place, boring kids
out of their minds is the reason so many people
end up depressed, the mind-numbing world of
religion and fear for the supernatural reduce
it to a boring visual phenomenon between an
even more boring heaven and hell

Brilliant satirists like Terry Pratchett and Neil
Gaiman point out its multilayered aspects - more
perspectives than quantum physics can dream of,
though they poke fun at the gullible and stupid,
they create awareness of the infinite possibilities
of the human mind; strengthen my faith in un-
sullied youth as the perfect medium to showcase

Amazing probabilities and the ability to freely
improvise with New Age material - I have been shot
into orbit by their fun-filled story which underlines
the freedom of humankind to make our own choices;
create the kind of world we live in - and they present
philosophic concepts in humorous form; I'm struggling
to wake up; the book acts like a drug

Sending the fascinated reader into a parallel universe
where horror is bathed in the warmth of cheerful
delight, if only my mind would return so I can
work again...

Despair And Distress (Revised)

I cannot make escape from aching head and
claustrophobic dread, I might as well remain right
here and now and seek an answer to the cause
instead – but as of yet there’s none to find

‘In Thief of Time’ the clock is stopped, bogeymen
and monsters move with freedom unrestrained
while I am lost to nightmares in a world without
a rational guise - I cannot talk

I tried to clarify the case but words fell free into
an endless well and disappeared - walking out
felt wonderful, but on return the joy dissolved
and sank away, again I am struck dumb

Outside of time displaced where moments lead
to moments dreaded fear, trapped where only
pain and suffering exist, where ears will not or
cannot hear - I cannot hearken to

The gentle words without a curse of pain, my
ears inflate, mouth drawn taut, my body hurts
and neck is stiffened too implacably, the notes
of happiness I hope exist become a threat I fear

A Mother's Embrace

Went home to get the car, you pressed
two books by Terry Pratchett into my
hands, as I realized my treasure the sun
exploded in bright delight, the deep blue
sky ballooned, I nearly swooned in my
delirious joy to read “Thief of Time”

Susan’s romantic entanglement with an
anthropomorphic personification – I love
adding my personal interpretation to the
super-cool text, enriching its meaning,
making it more enticing than originally
intended; I danced into Carine’s room

Sharing my overflowing cup, but she was
depressed, today is not my best, she softly
replied with a sigh - I cannot force my joy on
her, cannot take away her pain for a respite,
can only weave beautiful dreams for her
sustenance as soon as she starts to -

Seek the solace of loving company, a
mother’s embrace to make her
feel safe…

Terminal Benevolence

Finished reading “The Truth” the 25th Discworld
Novel by Terry Pratchett, rereading my notes to
decide what to report about this, deciding to jot
them down as they are, a memory of the best
satire by an author worth his weight in gold…

p162
“The philosopher Heidehollen says the universe is
a cold soup of time, all time mixed up together, the
passage of time being merely quantum fluctuations
in the fabric of space-time” - “in another country the
psychotropic scenery knows that thunder, lightning,
drum rolls and organ music are expected of it”
Pratchett combines German philosophy with
Hollywood movie conventions

p199 & p200
Mr Pin with an expression of terminal benevolence
Mr Tulip from Little Flowers of Perpetual Annoyance
Mr Pin saying the way to send a soul to heaven is to
give the body hell; two characters reminding of the
two criminals in “Diamonds Are Forever”, James
Bond, now I KNOW why I hate false altruistic
benevolence so!

p205
“A subject’s own morphic signature aligns the thing-
particles in phase-phase according to the Temporel
Relevance Theory, creating the effect of multiple di-
rectionless windows which intersect with the illusion
of the present and create metaphoric images accor-
ding to the dictates of quasi-historical extrapolation”
Ah, adorable, Pratchett uses quantum physics to
explain the illusion of material reality

p210 & p235 & p286 & p314
Saying with “horrible cheerfulness: You can tell as many
lies as you like if it’s advertising”, phenomenology
as explained by Heidegger, what a thing LOOKS
like and “a Lecturer in Vindictive Astronomy”,
oh yes, kill them with theories, delightful!

P319
“Reincarnation enjoys a joke as much as the next
philosophical hypothesis” – ending with a brilliant
observation: “Nothing has to be true for ever, just
long enough, to tell you the truth…” my truth for
today making me happy, need not last till
tomorrow…


“The Truth” the 25th Discworld Novel by Terry Pratchett
Published 2000 by Doubleday

Folklore - Pratchett

Michelle lent me “Folklore” to read and I am amazed
and gratified that Pratchett provides the background
to everything that had me in stitches and filled with
wonderment also

The only thing he has not covered yet, as far as I can
see, is precession, the 25 000 year cycle of the earth’s
wobble marked by a cataclysm at the end of that period –
but I shall read on

Maybe he even has something about precession given that
the Maya and other cultures are well-known to him

It is a privilege and a rare delight to read how he worked towards
his ideas and how widely he read to be able to do this – the man
is a genius with a sense of humour – the best of the best of the best

I love the book and savour it, it is pure bliss reading it. Thank you
Michelle for lending it to me, I am so happy and content on perusing
the thought processes of my favourite author

I realize I am a golem with a chem in my head that forces me to work
when I would rather read Terry Pratchett’s books; though I resemble
a dwarf and like singing “Hi-ho, hi-ho…”

Inner Commentary

Consciousness stream is very well, but does not
always work for me: firstly, I am trying to flee
from my own inner commentary

Secondly, I am listening in on the consciousness
stream of Commander Vimes with too few input
from the Patrician Veterinari

And Arch-Chancellor Mustrum Ridcully; lacking in
female perspective, a real whodunit with Sam Vimes’
voice talking incessantly is not a good idea

Every book with him in the main role is tiring, when
you reported reading and finding it boring I was
surprised because I love Discworld novels

Now I see what you mean, approving your honest
opinion, I prefer ‘Equal Rites’, enjoying this: ‘Humans
think of all sorts of things on all sorts of levels

Always interrupted by biological calendars; Thoughts
about to be Said, Private Thoughts (I'm plagued by
these) Real Thoughts , Thoughts about Thoughts

Subconscious Thoughts in an FM waveband, some
stations have Outlawed Pirates on Forbidden Seas
playing limbic lyrics' - followed an illegal waveband

Some time ago - got into such trouble - I shall
endeavour not to act so rashly again - see the
book called “THUD! A Discworld Novel”

[“Equal Rites” Terry Pratchett, Doubleday 2005,
quoted from p. 68]

Sweet Bewilderment

Discovering why Michelle likes the character
of Death so much, reading Mort, the story of
Death’s apprentice chosen so Death could
experience Life as he hands over the job

Leaving his dark domain to Albert, Mort and
his daughter, Ysabell, discovering Death’s
childlike innocence and wonderment on
observing life from outside without

Human capacity to make love or have fun
yet after imagining himself into hangovers
he feels glad to be alive – beautiful
contradiction in terms

Ysabell’s morbid fixation on star-crossed lovers
Terry Pratchett’s common sense dismissal of
so many Gothic romances pointing out more
people have been born than died early on

The Romeo-and-Juliet’s are the small minority,
the rest of humanity breeds like flies, no need
to cry over those who prefer to weep and sigh
instead of getting on with it – I LOVE this!

Death is a most endearing character and my
firm favourite from now on, the others will
always enchant, but Death is at the top
of the list, his sweet bewilderment

caps it all…


“Mort – A Discworld Novel” Terry Pratchett
Corgi Edition 1990

Fun Most Superb! (Rev.)

The ‘wonderful world of childhood’
is really quite awful: the same world
of grown-ups written big, everything
is MORE* - in a negative way

Mad with terror, without compass or guiding
light, children interpret the world, choose for
or against disciplines and for the rest of their
lives pay the price

Learning which situations and places evoke
certain mental states, which they prefer to
retain and which to discard, childhood is
such a sorry state

Prey to aberrations of parents and siblings
suppressed by society’s neuroses, so much
better to grow and broaden horizons, make
up one’s own mind, choose one’s own star

Create one’s own visions, dream, learn and
seek wisdom, do one’s own thing – Pratchett
buries profound insights in a welter of imagery,
similes and striking comparisons

Needs many readings to elicit the gems
he scatters throughout his texts, though he
laughs at foibles, absurdities, his beautifully
carved characters are full of integrity

Delightfully eccentric, describing experience
as I feel it using hyperbole and hilarious
metaphors; his lessons in Particle Physics
and comments on modern Cosmology

Become wonderful games, puzzles to be un-
ravelled by reading scientific material which
acquires a new glow that changes them into
fascinating tales making me laugh

Changing everyday life into fun most superb!


* Quoted from p. 253, ‘The Hogfather’ – Terry Pratchett,
Victor Gollancz, Sixth impression 1996

Additonal Harmonics

There is a movie of Soul Music with Susan
Sto Helit meeting Imp Y Celyn eventually -
Death’s granddaughter is as enchanted
with Imp as I am myself - chords creating
resonances running among instrumental
debris picking up additional harmonics…*


‘Soul Music’ Terry Pratchett Corgi Books
1997, *quote taken from p.42

Rincewind’s Integrity

*
Finished reading Sourcery, once again integrity
won the day, Rincewind, supposedly the worst
wizard ever to pass through Unseen University
emerged as the hero in spite of his protestations
to the contrary

When all the great wizards fled and left the boy
sourcerer to be destroyed by his own magic staff
Rincewind stood fast, saved the boy, Rincewind
asked Who Should Go - then went himself; and
the Librarian, the one

On whom the more respectable look down, proved
himself by playing the bravest role in keeping the
magic books safe, all the little people, the seeming
powerless ones stood against evil in the most
admirable way

There is nothing cynical about Terry Pratchett, he
rejects all false sentimentality and replaces it with
a deeper truth, there is so much detail, I have to
reread to focus on the underlying theme which
is to do what is necessary

Even when we are dying of fear!

“Sourcery A Discworld Novel” Terry Pratchett
Corgi edition, 1995
*