Just to clarify this, I stumbled upon this part again. Here is a relvent quote:
Oh, this is great! It's an actual contradiction that I've forgotten. The only problem I see here is the fact that Kellhus is conditioning Proyas, while with the other Dunyain he presents a raw argument.
I don't think Kellhus is misleading Proyas though. He is conditioning him, but by brutal honestly. It's actually something the same way in which the Inverse Fire is literally true, but is a conditioning machine that leads one into an existential trap.
Interestingly, when he later refers to himself as an "inverse prophet" he actually is using it to describe bringing the word of gods to men:
This is not at all what I see in the quote you provided:
“A revelation ... sent by the Living to the Dead, by the now to the Eternal.”
The Living (the now) are Men, the Dead (the Eternal) are agencies of the Outside, so an inverse prophet brings the word of Men to the Gods, it's seems as straightforward as anything can get in TSA.
Hmm, good point, but I do think that he is marking out a
difference in what is happening now as to what happened before. Where previous prophets tried to deliver the word of man to god, Kellhus actually
did. So, where Fane's word never reached a Solitary God, Kellhus literally took the word to the god and
got an answer. So now, he truly is a
real prophet. So, an Inverse Prophet, because a prophet delivers the word of god to man, he has done the opposite in the manner of all Eärwan prophets. But to go further, he doesn't just bring the
word of Ajokli back, he literally brings Ajokli.
So, in speaking to Proyas, he is actually explaining at all Eärwan prophets are inverse prophets. Well, except Mimara, but it's doubtful if Kellhus understands that.
So, he does set himself apart, but only to mark his bringing of Ajokli to the Golden Room.
I don't think Kellhus sets bringing Ajokli to the Golden Room apart from his role as the inverse prophet, I think the former is just his particular choice, which is made possible by the latter.
No, no, I don't mean it as setting it apart from the role as Inverse Prophet, I mean setting this action apart from the manner of previous Eärwan prophets, even himself. In other words, in this action, he
is an Inverse Prophet, where he wasn't previously. Interestingly, these things aren't mutually exclusive. Kellhus' previous action, in bringing the words of man to the gods, leads directly to him then leading Ajokli to Eärwa. This is fairly unprecedented, as far as we know, I don't think any god has previously "entered the granary" before, which makes sense why Yatwer considers Kellhus such a threat.