(urth) symbolism: Avern

[Jeff Wilson]

Son of Witz wrote:
> Thanks for that Mathew. great interview. very helpful
> The bit about the Big Gnab has personal significance to me. I've always believed that the big bang and big gnab were the same event, viewed from different sides. I've always expected the change from the age of Iron back to the Age of Gold to be something on this level of cataclysm.
> I'm very interested, also, in this area where science and mysticism meet.
> Take the Sephiroth of the Kaballah, there are 11 Sephiroth (if you count the occulted one) and contemporary String Theory with it's 11 dimensions.
> I'm neither a physicist or a kaballist, but it seems to have some synchronicity there.

I don't think synchronicity is the word for timeless properties of the 
universe, and including an extra Sephiroth to match the string theory du 
jour is plain numerology. A real blending of properties would be with 
say, Linde's inflationary cosmology where later universes emanate or 
extend from previous.

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