Perfection!! But, why two martinis? Wouldn't we only need one? ;)
Susan Kerr Arno Baltin <a...@tlu.ee> Sent by: OSLIST <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu> 09/29/2009 02:05 PM Please respond to OSLIST <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu> To osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu cc Subject [OSLIST] 2 martinis Hello! The topic of principles, law and origins of OST comes up quite frequently on this LIST. Sometimes the conversations head up high into the sky. As my butterfly wings can't carry my bumblebee body that high, tried to find the answers a bit lower. Most times during these conversations "two martinis" are mentioned. So I was wondering may be there is the key to be found. Jeremy Narby has an idea, that lot of native people medicine formulas are given to them by the plants. It needs some special state of mind of course to be able to receive them. So I opened Wikipedia to find out what the martini is about. And of course as an European I have been totally blind about the meaning of the "martini". At first it is a totally American invention. "H.L Mencken once called the martini "the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet"."^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martini_%28cocktail%29#cite_note-1> So what kind of formula is offered to us by martini? It starts with the 4/1: "a standard modern martini is an approximate four to one ratio". So here is the origin of 4 principles and 1 law. "It is served in glass" - here comes the circle (when one looks at the glass from upside down). And "it is garnished with a green olive" (the facilitator). This is probably the essence. The rest comes almost by itself - "it is a cocktail - mix of different ingredients" (participants). I wouldn't believe it is that simple. With best, Arno Baltin * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
