[Milton-L] diagrams/illustrations of Milton's world/multiverse

[Michael Gillum]

Jameela, I was just groping for a word. I don't know whether it has been
applied to Milton's, er, thingamajig. The "-verse" root of "universe" refers
to the turning of the geocentric cosmos, so it doesn't transfer very aptly.

Because Milton's three created places parallel and invert each other in
various ways, there is a dim analogy to the fantasy-fiction sense you
describe. 

Each of the places could be called a cosmos. Would it be right to say each
has its own set of natural laws? (In the physical, not the moral sense.)

Michael

On 9/19/07 12:39 PM, "Jameela Lares" <Jameela.Lares at usm.edu> wrote:

> Are we agreed on the term "multiverse"?  In the only college-level dictionary
> I
> could find, the term was attributed to a coinage by William James for "chaos."
> In the fantasy fiction I read, the term would appear to apply to multiple
> worlds
> that are parallel versions of each other but have split off from each other at
> some crucial juncture.  Neither meaning applies very well to order-loving,
> monist Milton.
> 
> Jameela