--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Aug 13, 2005, at 4:39 PM, Rory Goff wrote: > > > Good question! I would say offhand that the double cone is actually > > the central core of a torus (the Hiranyagarbha-field), which in turn > > is one of the countless "Krishna-bubbles" or Universes, and so > > on...:-) > > Have you read the myth of Er in Plato's _Republic_? You'd probably find > great sympathy with it. It's heartening to read because you realize > that somehow this same experience was alive and well among the > Greeks...it's universal.
Yes, I "recall" learning a lot of this stuff amongst the Pythagoreans and Neoplatonists, but don't recall if I've read Plato's Republic. Many thanks, Vaj; I will keep my eyes open for it :-) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
