A thread to discuss what the properties of the Outside is. Just shooting the shit, so just throw out any speculation you please.
For example, I was thinking about the fact that Angelic Ciphrang can't be summoned. The way Bakker says it, this could either mean no such Ciphrang exist, or it could mean that they do exist but no one has caught one via the Daimos...possibly because some property of being Angelic prevents their conjuration into Earwa.
Perhaps the reason is a matter of subjective distance - That the Hells are closer to the world than the Heavens. Think back to the Ajencis's thoughts on Substance and Desire, how the Outside becomes more malleable - and thus conforms to whims of powerful agencies - the farther one goes from Earwa.
But what if the suffering experienced by mortal souls is what makes the surrounding Outside hellish? Planets alter the nearby Outside so the Ciphrang who were born near Earwa reflect the harshness of material existence, while beyond this rind are the Heavens?
That would tie into Mimara seeing the Abyss as a false foil, and beyond it is the infinite white light of the God...which is where the angels dwell.