[UA] Emperor Norton

[James Palmer]

Merchant, followed by True King ...

James

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On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, Eric Eves wrote:

> Sorry if this has been discussed before, but I think I
> just figured out something that I was wondering about
> for a while; What was Norton channeling?  First I
> though The Fool, but it never quite made sense, then I
> had my idea. 
> 
> Let's look over the evidence.
> 
> 1.  He was a highly successful buisnessman.
> 
> 2.  He lost everything in a bid to corner the rice
> market.
> 
> 3.  He disappeared off the face of the earth for
> several months.
> 
> 4.  He comes back a changed man and declares himself
> Emperor.  People like him and give him everything he
> could want for free.  He shows no signs of attempting
> to gain worldly posessions.  He behaves in a manner
> that shows no sign of self interest.  Despite all
> this, he seems to be just as sharp as he ever was
> except for the fact that he is clearly nuts.
> 
> >From all of this it is clear that he was a avatar of
> the Merchant, a fairly successful one, who when he
> lost everything got sent to the HoR for a while.  The
> changed Norton is channeling some sort of reversed
> Merchant, with the following powers:  He gets things
> from people for nothing (thus a reversal over the
> focus on exchance)  He often acts in a selfless
> manner.  But despite all this, he retained his
> Merchant-like persuasive ability and charm.
> 
> So, what do you think?
> 
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