I don't think the meaning of the Filth is hidden, or particularly esoteric. It's rather straightforward once you've read it all (and quinine sums it up decently). Words like Qlippoth and Qaballah are just handy abbreviations for explaining philosophical ideas. I'd sum it up like this:
For every beautiful thing in existence there is an empty, foul, and filthy thing, and each thing fuels the reproductive cycle of existence and evolution - even (and especially) the nasty ones.
What does a pile of shit and entrails do, besides stink and make people vomit? It makes the flowers grow.
I think the idea behind the point it tries to make is that individual minds view the shit as wretched, repugnant, and undesirable when in fact it helps keep the entire system running.
The shit in this story, apart from being the 'filth' created by immune/renewal systems throughout existence, is meant to strengthen and inoculate through its consumption. GM said he intended it to do as much. It explores a dark and ugly side of his body of work so far, and in a weird way I think it informed a lot of his X-Men work.
It's also sort of about what happens when a unit forgets it's part of the whole and rebels, but I think that's largely secondary - or if it isn't, I'm still digesting it (pun intended). |
