Current Meanderings 001

[MythMath]

I can dig it, I was just trying out all the layers...

Thanks for your valuable insights...
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At least the 'Minimalist Chart' makes a great way to
organize, study and meditate on the ternaries...




{this is post #81, btw}

[m1thr0s]

yeah...I agree with that.

have you tried dropping it down so that it all fits the outer edges of the ascending triangle? I realize you'll lose a few characteristics but you might pick up others...it pays to be thorough...

but for right now...I need to check out for awhile...

m1thr0s

[Dragon]

Keep in mind always that these are not shapes per say at the end of the day, But relationships between principles. The descending triangle is implied within and by the lines of the ascending triangle. It is meant to be empty..that is it's magic, it is the dance floor of space and time. Tiamaat...

grock?

Now get this junior chipmunks. In terms of up and down, left and right, etc. It doesn't fucking matter because that would imply bias based upon a gravity field, and we are way beyond that. What does matter is the integrity of the relationships between elements. This thing is constantly spinning and whirling.

It does not matter which way the damn thing is actually pointing as it is pointing in all directions at once; what does matter is that the lines describe the relationship between the spheres/points.

And there are only 10 points in the TotD. All relationships have to be contained therein.

Once you break outside of those direct relationships, you are in another world. The overlayed/enlarged "opposing" triangle should be contained within the Totd proper, or the relationships lose their integrity, and you have a different beast. As an artistic expression of say a "magnification" of the internal opposing triangle; sure anything goes. But as it relates to what we are bringing forth in principles of being it does indeed smack of extension and not completion. Here's a big clue...one that is known but not firmly nested yet in a lot of minds concerning completion.


10! NOT 11!


Grrr...Good morning.


~D~

[m1thr0s]

lol...thanks Dragon...nicely phrased.

...the principle of *nothing*...what could be simpler? So what is going on here in the image just above these posts is that the whole thing is technically upside down, relative to how *a man stands*. So long as we retain human characteristics, up and down will have some meaning for us. Since the Tree itself is contained within the Tetractys, this may turn out to be a very long time indeed...

for those who have been working with the TwinStar Meditation, this principle is hyphenated in the *switch-back* action on the final descend in Hua Ath-h, where the *Th* loops back around the internal descending triangle...why do we do that? We do it to emphasize this perfect, primordial *nothing* as expressed in the *resulting* descending triangle. As Dragon has illuminated, this is a reciprocal occurrence in the leylines...we never actually do anything to create this *structure* directly...it simply occurs of its own accord as a consequence of everything else having been done correctly. We don't technically even have to do it even on the final descend, it will still *occur* in any case. But it is to our advantage to give it the nod as it were...besides which, it's a very cool sort of action...sophisticated and strong.

m1thr0s

[MythMath]

How 'bout a little less Sierpiński:




And a little more Mandelbrot:





Matter of Time, too:




Now with Fewer Protrusions...!

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ps - I also re-titled this one:

http://forums.abrahadabra.com/showpo...7&postcount=64

[m1thr0s]

I think your triangle is a stand-alone construct MythMath that can also be superimposed upon itself, ascending and descending and possibly other combinations as well. The triangle itself is very cool...it's organized and it looks good. I'm not so convinced it has any direct bearing on the Tree per se...

Edit: I'm not sure if this will help or not but there are different kinds of *glyphs* that serve different kinds of functions. Abrahadabra has been called a *glyph of the great work in completion* but that may not tell us as much as it could. The term *program* was not used in Crowley's time and much less before his time, yet the so-called Abrahadabra *glyph* might more accurately be called a *program* in the sense that it provides an operating platform for a certain kind of action...it is actually this action that accomplishes *completion*...not so much the *glyph* at all...the *glyph*, or *program*, simply sets up the operating environment in which the actions leading to completion can be performed. This makes it different than glyphs whose principle aim is to categorize and showcase information. It does accomplish this to some extent but since it would actually require many thousands of supporting glyphs to do that business justice, it only accomplishes this in the barest possible manner and this *bare-bones* presentation is actually vital to its higher functionality as a *mirror*, or *program*.

So layering images over Abrahadabra is almost always a little treacherous in nature. Sure, you can in some instances hyphenate one or another important truths, but there always exists a huge risk of confusing the prevailing nature of the glyph itself. This is a difficult thing to clarify but there are parallels all over the place if you are looking for them. Consider the Flower of Life or the Tetractys or the Tree of Life and how *bare bones* these images are also. They have survived down through the ages more in their minimalist forms than in their more ornate or embellished ones and this happens for a reason.

*First Principles* are always the most difficult to ignite...once ignited they tend to snowball all by themselves.

None of this is to suggest that we should somehow not explore all possible angles...these angles will get explored no matter what...if not by us...then by those who come after us. So it might as well be us, but at the same time I am probably always going to defend the sanctity of the unembellished (or minimally embellished) forms over the more stylized and ornate ones because it is my job to do whatever I can do to insure that this core body of knowledge does, in fact, survive...

m1thr0s

[MythMath]

Just the Facts, Ma'am:




Even when starting with circles,
the Triangle form is quickly revealed...

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The descending right-to-left format it seems,
is a natural enough layout for the THC...

I basically cued off of this:

And the pattern's triplehelix spiraling number arrangement was inspired by the Tridosha itself...



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This layout also aligns the I Ching subsets in a fairly clean fashion...

[MythMath]

HermAphroditus



The Ankh, a glyph meaning both Mirror and Life

The Key of the Nile - Isis and Osiris

The Mirror of Venus - Aphrodite

Hermes phallic pillar

amalgamated with Aphrodite whereby he learned his great wisdom and magical powers

Becoming her Wise Serpent

Ouroboros

Ophis - king of heaven

revealer of mysteries

Wingless Dragon Ningishzidda

Intertwined doublesexed Sachan

The Balances - Scales, Ma'at

HeavenDaath balancing Jen

Jen - lingam/yoni/spirit

Tantric altarstones

Sma amulet



Knowledge of Divine Power

Forbidden Knowledge

Daath

Jen

keys/locks

mirrors

Gnosis Gender Genitalia

(same etymological roots)

cunning with cunnus, a vulva

fascinating to phallus

staff of life



sol clasped by luna


Prince of Wands / Ace of Discs

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Vajra in the Lotus

ommanipadmehum



The Mirror of Life










{this is post #88, btw}

[m1thr0s]

yeah...I'm really finding the ascending form a lot easier to follow here. Curious that Akasha winds up at the crossing (empress/priestess) which directly corresponds to the 6th Chakra, third-eye etc...called the Cave of the Ancients and many feel this is the core dynamic in the whole Philosopher's Stone mythos anyway...

I'm not as convinced of that personally but it's a reasonable assertion and worthy of all possible due considerations...Paracelsus would seem to be onboard with that premise, among others...I personally believe that the Philosopher's Stone has to be Ain Soph itself (elementally speaking) but there is no denying that it would have to find it's manifestation via the Crossing one way or another... So this form of Akasha is actually depicting where elemental spirit conjoins with consciousness...since even Crown sort of hovers above consciousness as we know it and would class more like super-consciousness, generally speaking...

And it would hardly be surprising to me to discover that the tetractys was the technical key to the Philosopher's Stone anyway...that's actually almost yesterday's news as a matter of fact...

m1thr0s

[m1thr0s]

ever hear of the Meru Yantra?
something to consider when we explore these kinds of maps...



wiki article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devipuram

m1thr0s