Posted by PS on October 15, 2005 at 00:47:50:
In Reply to: the Abyss posted by jonvon on October 14, 2005 at 01:29:43:
: : The One, the Abyss, the Unknowable
: i think i have to tackle this in very, very small pieces.
: i love the use of the word Abyss here. it reminds me of the concept of the world tree, which is often seen as having its roots "upward", perhaps rooted in the deeps of a cosmological space "above" and the branches pointing downward. the branches might be sunlight in some conceptions.
: i usually think of the "highest" form of god as, well, high. and using the word abyss, like the world tree, sort of seems to turn the metaphor on its head. the abyss hanging over rather than under. somehow turning everything around like that, the cosmological suddenly seems a bit more plausible, a bit more like reality, where even though we have directionality in some senses, in others it is meaningless.
: don't know if that makes any sense. :-)
Well, sure. Love that flipped-on-its-head kinda thang. Makes it more plausible for me too.
Pardon the long delay on your emails. They require T I M E to digest, of course, and I haven't had any yet. But I know you are a patient sort of savage islander. Just keep knawing on that holy bone and rutting around in the dirt and I'll send a chopper soon.