I think he was giving us a clue that sheep will become holy in TUC, just like storks.
I looked back to see if I'd written this (and I see lockesnow had written this) but I do feel Bakker's referring to the way Men who worked to beat food across the Plains for the Ordeal to survive. The fact that it references a future point as Duskweaver and I were discussing probably refers to the way people fanatically adopt cultural datum and mutate.
But damn, the Nerdanel of this thread goes to:
So, crackpot theory time. Kellhus is using careful application of extreme experiences to turn the Ordeal itself into the awakened God of Gods: a gestalt soul capable of self-awareness.
(Corollary: the Consult used careful application of extreme experiences, enhanced by the Tekne, to turn a bunch of captives into the No-God: a gestalt mind incapable of... well, actually, I'm not entirely sure what Mog-Pharau's cognitive impairments are and I'm hesitant to label him non-self-aware.
The Corollary is also insightful and in line with aspects of conversation Curethan and I have had.
I'm probably jumping onto the Psukhe-is-Thaumaturgy train, and by extension that could put the Aporos somewhere else I suppose.
I think all sorcery is inevitably going to be revealed as Kellhus has said in TTT: all is Thaumaturgy simply wielded
properly (a la Cishaurim, maybe, Titirga closer?).
Psatma and the Warrior might as well be extensions of Yatwer's Will at this point.