The Plight of the Sorcerer: Trito’s Shadow

“The Plight of the Sorcerer” is one of the oldest and most fundamental Indo-European stories. It is replayed every time the “right” to rule an Indo-European society is transmitted between a Master Monarch and their Apprentice.

Source: Coup Day in Russia

How can Sorcerer Putin survive, if he passes the reins to the Chef Charioteer he trained and empowered? Yet, how can Sorcerer Putin survive, if he doesn’t stand aside to enable his Sorcerer’s Apprentice to take over? This is the Plight of the Sorcerer.

Source: Putin’s Chef Problem

The Plight of the Sorcerer is a variant of the Trito structure: the question of how sovereignty passes without destroying the system. See also Paradoxes.

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