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Originally posted by EPLURIBUSUNUM
"Newton was not the first of the age of reason. He was the last of the magicians, the last of the Babylonians and Sumerians, the last great mind which looked out on the world with the same eyes as those who began to build our intellectual inheritance rather less than ten thousand years ago."
Newton "saw the whole universe and all that is in it as a riddle, as a secret which could be read by applying pure thought to certain evidence, certain mystic clues which God had hid about the world to allow a sort of philosopher's treasure hunt to the esoteric brotherhood. He believed that these clues were to be found partly in the evidence of the heavens and in the constitution of elements, but also partly in certain papers and traditions handed down by the brethren in an unbroken chain back to the original cryptic revelation."
- John Maynard Keynes, Newton the Man
Originally posted by ZeroDeep
EPLURIBUSUNUM,
You know your the kinda of guy who never got girls in highschool.
Deep
[Edited on 17-12-2003 by ZeroDeep]
Originally posted by Agnis
How is it connected with lapsit exillis?
Wolfram von Eschenbach speaks occasionally of a stone which he calls lapsit exillis. Philologically speaking, it has not yet been determined with certainty what is meant by this, however there is general agreement that lapsit is in fact a corruption of the word lapis, or "stone". One author emphasizes that "a contributor to the formation of lapsit is the Latin lapsus, as a word designating any sliding downward movements, fall or dive". In addition, lapsit exillis is also interpreted as lapis elixir, that is, "stone of the wise", which agrees well with the miracle-working nature of the grail. Other derive it from lapis exilii ("stone of the exile"), or lapis exulis ("the stone that is found far from home"). Finally, there is another very interesting translation: lapis lapsus ex illis stellis, that is "the stone that came down from the stars".
Originally posted by EPLURIBUSUNUM
It is not Dante's Inferno is it? Not sure what book you are talking about.
Let me explain. There are two Gods or Deities. One who rules this earth and is represented by the Sun. The other god is the architect of the Universe and is on a higher plain. To reach the higher plain, one must elevate oneself upon higher degrees.
Originally posted by EPLURIBUSUNUM
The people will find out the truth sooner then later and this truth must be presented in a factual and harmonious way.