1) The Prolix Tower
2) The Psijic Endeavor
3) The Numidium
4) Mantling (Enantiomorph)
5) CHIM
6) Scarab that Transforms into the New Man
2) The Psijic Endeavor
3) The Numidium
4) Mantling (Enantiomorph)
5) CHIM
6) Scarab that Transforms into the New Man
I thought these were all methods of obtaining something, not the actual Walking Ways. Also, I think the Walking Ways were to achieve CHIM, and do NOT necessarily lead one to reach Amaranth. Look at this quote from the Loveletter.
You in the Fourth Era have already witnessed many of the attempts at reaching the final subgradient of all AE, that state that exists beyond mortal death. The Numidium. The Endeavor. The Prolix Tower. CHIM. The Enantiomorph. The Scarab that Transforms into the New Man.
I see this as saying that while those methods might have had you reach a CERTAIN state, that reaching Amaranth would be something that needed to be done BEYOND those methods. As such, when my mind wondered back to the Walking Ways, I thought that the Walking Ways were actually in some sense misguided... that they delivered what Vivec said was the final state but where actually, there was something beyond.
So which is it? A Path to CHIM or to Amaranth? And is there some reference I'm missing that contradicts what I just said? Help would be appreciated!
Edit: Here is the link to the Imperial Library discussion I was talking about. http://www.imperial-library.info/content/walking-ways