readers-- attached is a photo of Margaret's Grocery at Vicksburg,Mississippi [as featured in the files of the SL website] with some old frenchman standing in...
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Rich Lyke
e_engura
Mar 15, 2002 2:18 pm
One thing that has always troubled me about the selfish-gene theory: what's the point of reproducing just to reproduce? I don't know, let's ask wolves, cows,...
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CG
euxenite2000
Mar 15, 2002 2:14 am
... Interesting. One thing that has always troubled me about the selfish-gene theory: what's the point of reproducing just to reproduce? By inventing ...
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Ambrose Hawk
ahawk@...
Mar 14, 2002 11:20 pm
Actually, "the boat" derives from the original move of the elephant (now bishop) which was always two squares (still true in Chinese Chess too, btw). As a...
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mswaney
swaney342001
Mar 14, 2002 4:04 pm
Seyfert-1, The issues I mentioned below are actually my own claims, I didn't really intend to state them so flatly, but I do believe that the game was invented...
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gphx
Mar 14, 2002 9:32 am
Sorry I have not yet answered earlier posts. Not enough time lately. For information on the origins of chess and its connection to number squares, check out...
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Seyfert-1
nigris333
Mar 14, 2002 7:40 am
50020313 VI ... if you yet have any details about this, I'd love to see it and would enjoy forwarding it to forums wherein discussion of the construction of a...
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br_sigma_369
Mar 13, 2002 5:45 pm
The Nest of Eagles is a group having an interest in exploring the prehistoric origins of European traditions in Art, Languages, Symbols and the Sun as a...
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Dan Washburn
danw888
Mar 13, 2002 10:41 am
... Rolling seems like a pretty simple and effective idea. Have you taken a look at the literature to see whether there is any supporting evidence? Seems to...
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Alexandre
weber@...
Mar 13, 2002 1:59 am
Hi Vincent, Fantastic link Vincent, he shows a practical use of the icosahedrons, in the peruse of the site I found this other one that carry some practical...
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Dan Washburn
danw888
Mar 12, 2002 11:25 am
Thanks Chris - Glad you liked my 'Pathology or Path to God' 'Sacred Pain' looks like a good book. I am perpetually interested in the meaning of all the...
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J Vincent Beall
vincebeall
Mar 11, 2002 10:45 pm
http://www.sbu.ac.uk/water/index.html Dr. Martin Chaplin has theorized that liquid water may have icosahedral properties which harkens back to Plato's...
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J Vincent Beall
vincebeall
Mar 11, 2002 7:42 pm
http://www.architecturalrecord.com/BTS/worship/congregationAgudas/overview.asp The term sacred geometry is used in this description of the design of this new...
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Dan Washburn
danw888
Mar 11, 2002 3:07 pm
I got an e-mail with the material below on a conference in Madrid relevant to Sacred Architecture and Geometry Thought you might be interested. Dan W. web...
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Ambrose Hawk
ahawk@...
Mar 11, 2002 5:06 am
I used to do that dance when I was younger :) Actually, Lombardy comprises territory which once was known as CisAlpine Gaul -- and has many traditions...
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Dan Washburn
danw888
Mar 9, 2002 2:59 pm
Here is a reference that came in an e-mail from Vesica in Ashville NC advertising a coming workshop of their's. Sacred Geometry Drafting Practices: * Secrets...
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boylucid
Mar 9, 2002 11:31 am
I have now seen numerous documentries where modern day scholars try to move large building blocks from one place to another, recently I saw a group people...
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CG
euxenite2000
Mar 8, 2002 3:57 am
Dan, I always thought your essay "Pathology or path to god?" was eye-opening. Check out this book review: ...
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Seyfert-1
nigris333
Mar 8, 2002 12:54 am
50020307 VI I'm coming into the middle of this conversation because of a double hit here and I try to read everything about magic squares, especially for the 8...
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gphx
Mar 7, 2002 2:02 pm
What did I learn? I'm not used to discussing what I've learned of number squares and the Luoshu, but I'm willing to give it a try. I learned that the luoshu...
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Dan Washburn
danw888
Mar 7, 2002 11:18 am
... Hi, Darrin Can't say we have discussed it. I did mention it on the list after I came across it on amazon. What was it that impressed you so much? Any...
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J Vincent Beall
vincebeall
Mar 6, 2002 2:25 pm
I have a copy of that book. It is a cut down version of "Mathematics of the Cosmic mind". The ideas that he impresses on the geometry in that book are more...
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J Vincent Beall
vincebeall
Mar 6, 2002 1:11 pm
I have a copy of that book. It is a cut down version of "Mathematics of the Cosmic mind". The ideas that he impresses on the geometry in that book are more...
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gphx
Mar 6, 2002 6:40 am
I don't know if anyone on the board is aware of it, but a new book came out in 2002, Legacy of the Luoshu, by Frank J. Swetz. Best book I have yet found on the...
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J Vincent Beall
vincebeall
Mar 6, 2002 5:21 am
I have a copy of that book. It is a cut down version of "Mathematics of the Cosmic mind". The ideas that he impresses on the geometry in that book are more...
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Dan Washburn
danw888
Mar 6, 2002 4:02 am
I looked at Clifford Pickover's book Zen of Magic Squares at lunch the other day at my local Barnes and Noble emporium. He mentions that they were aware of the...
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Dan Washburn
danw888
Mar 6, 2002 2:21 am
I sent this out earlier, but it never came back to me as an SL message, so here it is again. disregard if you have seen it before. I looked at Clifford...
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mswaney
swaney342001
Mar 6, 2002 12:08 am
Dan, Do you have the specifics on the new Clifford Pickover book? I am going back into some of my previous studies and I am adding to my arsenal of resources...
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Dan Washburn
danw888
Mar 4, 2002 3:01 pm
Found this in a booklist for something called the School of Spiritual Integrity http://www.elysiumgates.com/symposium/2/books.html Looks like it could be an...
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Dan Washburn
danw888
Mar 2, 2002 5:13 pm
Here is a spiritual experience that a net friend of mine wrote to me recently. Thought you might be interested: Dan: Right! that's the part that bothers...
