This is clearly a musical cycle meant to represent the death and birth of civilizations through the palindromic structure of the song list. The rebuilding is the stages of grief in reverse order.
By putting the second half in reverse and overlaying it onto the first, the idea is made more clear (1, 17, 2, 16, 3, 15, 4, 14, 5, 13, 6, 12, 7, 11, 8, 10, 9). Overlapping them in that order works even better.
You could also turn that new order inside out and get a a double reverse with a similar effect, if that makes sense. 9 (Telelpath — remember, this is the reverse of the overlaid order) , 10 (Nothing is Real), 8 (Sundown), 11 (Cold Earth), 7 (Jaquard Causeway), 12 (Uritual), 6 (New Seeds), 13 (Transmisiones Ferox), 5 (White Cyclosa), 14 (Split Your Infinities), 4 (Come To Dust), 15 (Sick Times), 3 (Reach for the Dead), 16 (Palace Posy), 2 (Semena Myrvichtyksticcky, 17 (Collpase), 1(Gemini)). Overlapping works well there, too.
Seems to be a palindrome within a palindrome.
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blankleader on Sun Jun 16, 2013 3:04 am, edited 2 times in total.