Following this logic, and Kellhus' interpretation that prophets bring word of man to the gods (and not vice-versa), would this not mean the gods are trying to learn of the past they couldn't see in the First Apocalypse? One of them, maybe Anagke, is using Akka as an informant of sorts through his dreams, using his viewpoint to show them what they missed. Can gods see the dreams of men?
I like it Som. One question though, why or how is he gettting the different perspectives if Akka is the one delivering the dreams to the Gods? Could Seswatha still be in on it?
I'm wondering if the Grasping is not what we think it is. Maybe the Mandate aren't connecting with a thing (Seswatha's soul), they are connecting with a conduit to the Outside. Akka can dream other (dead) people's perspectives because Seswatha is connecting Akka to particular damned souls. That is, Seswatha's soul might stradle both worlds like the soul in the Amiolas.
Also, I don't know if I had ever realized it before, but after Akka has the Nau-Cayuti/Shauriatus dream, does he act like it's news about Shauriatus physical state? Makes me wonder if Seswatha only ever came in contact with a battle-synthese.
Other explanations for Akka's non-Seswatha dreams: straigh up a god is sending them (Akka is somebody's white-luck or something), Kellhus is just making up shit and sending it to Akka (big revelation on the way that Akka got told huge lies), Old Moe is sending made up dreams, the physical object known as Seswatha's heart is actually several hearts fused to look like one (Seswatha's, Celmomas', NC's, and probably Cujara's too), Seswatha did something to absorb the dreams of the other guys and so Akka is experiencing the memory of Seswatha's experiencing those dreams.
I wonder if any of the nonmen tried something like the Grasping to hold their souls together?