i also read it as a nod to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasmus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasmus : Raz mentions at one point that his mathic name was the

i also read it as a nod to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasmus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasmus : Raz mentions at one point that his mathic name was the same as an older figure’s, who has some of these attributes.