Big Round Glowing White Strange Thing

Cerebus talks with the BRGWST.

The Big Round Glowing White Strange Thing was a non-corporeal glowing sphere that spoke to Cerebus. Its name came from Cerebus, who when asked (while he had a cold) what it was by Boobah, answered "Na Big Rou'd Glowi'g Whide Stra'ge Thi'g!"

History

At one time, two voices were heard coming from it, another time, only one (when it referred to itself as a "messiah").

Took on the form of the Regency Elf at one point, in an effort to get Cerebus to cease from trying to make everyone believe the world would end if he wasn't given all the gold.

Transported Cerebus to a mystical area, the location of the heads of Henrot and Fred, Ethel and the Little Fellow with the Hair.

After transporting Cerebus back to the Regency Hotel, it turned into a gold sphere.

Appeared to Astoria while she was in prison.

Traits

It had the ability to take on different forms. It possibly appeared as the Judge's Evil Twin.

Appearances

• Cerebus No. 66
• Cerebus No. 69 and Cerebus No. 70
• Cerebus No. 73
• Cerebus No. 81 and Cerebus No. 82
• Cerebus No. 90 and Cerebus No. 91
• Cerebus No. 111
• Cerebus No. 155
• Cerebus No. 184 - cameo or mention
• Cerebus No. 272 - cameo or mention

Dave Sim on the BRGWST

• Question: Were all the BRGWST the same thing/person? In particular, who or what was the BRGWST that spoke to Cerebus on the platform in "Talking with Tarim?")

DAVE: Yes, all BRGWST (never typed that before) are the same thing. For all I know they're all YHWH across the length and breadth and height of every reality of which we are aware. I would be surprised if the living thing in the earth invented the name YHWH.

• "...I asked him if he had a particular name for the stone floor in outer space dimension from "Magiking" (and repeated in issues 81 and 92), but he didn't recall off-hand ever having one in mind. This lead to a discussion of the BRGWST, that he only called it that because he needed to give it a name to have something to call it as it repeatedly appeared. He also talked at length about it. I wondered to him what the "Ignore it, it's just another reality" cover comment was about, and he explained about how BRGWST was another echo of the big bang and the universe. I brought up the "Reads" mention of our universe resembling BRGWST when seen from afar, and he relayed that it had a lot to do with the whole "expanding" away from God to turn away from God. He went into much detail about the subject, but stressed that as much as he knows, there's still a lot he probably didn't get "right". So I'm not doing his explanation justice whatsoever..."