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Doug Dorst, Emydio Alves, JJ Abrams, Pietro Ubaldi, S, Ship of Theseus Paradox, The Glass Bead Game, The Great Synthesis, The Winged Shoes of Emydio Alves, V.M. Straka
Pictured here is Pietro Ubaldi and Manuel Emydio. I believe the Winged Shoes of Emydio Alves is intended, in part, to lead us to Pietro Ubaldi (1886-1972).
Ubaldi was an Italian author, teacher, and philosopher fluent in English, French, German, and Portuguese. He wrote at least 24 books, half of them authored in Brazil.
His most famous work is entitled THE GREAT SYNTHESIS (Synthesis and Solution to the Problems of Science and Spirit).
The Great Synthesis looks at and sees life as a continual transformism, as a current that never stops, as a wonderful whirl in which thought, conscientiousness, spirit is constructed, and reveals that “all life forms are our sister and, like us, they also fight for ascending toward the same spiritual goal, which is the purpose of every human life.
Here we see echoes of the Ship of Theseus Paradox, maelstrom, the soul, and synthesis as in The Glass Bead Game.
Books by Pietro Ubaldi
1 – MESSAGES
2 – THE GREAT SYNTHESIS (Synthesis and Solution to the Problems of Science and Spirit)
3 – THE NOURS (Techniques for Reception of Thought Currents)
4 – MYSTIC ASCENSION
5 – HISTORY OF A MAN
6 – FRAGMENTS OF THOUGHT AND PASSION
7 – THE NEW CIVILIZATION OF THE THIRD MILLENNIUM
8 – PROBLEMS OF THE FUTURE
9 – HUMAN ASCENSION
10 – GOD AND UNIVERSE
11 – PROPHECIES (The Future of the World)
12 – COMMENTS
13 – CURRENT PROBLEMS
14 – THE SYSTEM (Genesis and Structure of the Universe)
15 – THE GREAT BATTLE
16 – EVOLUTION AND GOSPEL
17 – THE GOD’S LAW
18 – THE FUNCTIONAL TECHNIQUE OF THE GOD’S LAW
19 – FALL AND SALVATION
20 – PRINCIPLES OF A NEW ETHICS
21 – THE DOWNFALL OF THE IDEALS
22 – A DESTINY FOLLOWING CHRIST
23 – HOW TO ORIENT ONE’S OWN LIFE
24 – CHRIST
Thoughts On "S" 
Since you grabbed this first, In my wandering through the internets, I came across an ad in the Saturday Review for a book called “Andrea Palladio and the Winged Device” by James Reynolds. This is non-fiction, but it might be another thread you can pull.
Clare, you are ever the vigilant sleuth. Thank you.
Sorry, I missed this post…I will be sure to put it in the News & Updates tomorrow. I’m sleeping on the job.