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Post by Thegnostic on Mar 22, 2005 19:17:02 GMT
My Dear Brother & Companion Atarnaris,
I said at the Festive Board on your exaltation into Holy Royal Arch that I would pose a riddle for you to think about, here it is;
Make of a Man and Woman a Circle, from that make a square, then a triangle and then another Circle....
What have you got......
Gnostic Into the Batmobile Robin.....
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Post by atarnaris on Mar 22, 2005 19:26:23 GMT
Hmm... Let me think.....
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Post by atarnaris on Mar 22, 2005 21:56:58 GMT
Make of a Man and Woman a Circle What have you got...... Gnostic Into the Batmobile Robin..... TheGnostic, In order to show my complete ignorance I would ask to clarify for me the meaning of: "make a circle of a man and a woman..." How do you depict these figures of a man and a woman in a geometrical fashion?
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Post by Thegnostic on Mar 22, 2005 22:22:44 GMT
My Dear Brother Atarnaris,
Would you give in so easy to one of your students on the hospital ward - I say no.... But, in this case a give way to ensure you do not take your frustration out on your poor junior doctors.....
Man and Woman (in a circle)
Gnostic Pow - Bam - Woosh - Jokers nearly there
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Post by atarnaris on Mar 22, 2005 22:56:06 GMT
The above equation of Circle +Square+ Triangle+ Circle equals to the Tetragrammaton.
I am still puzzled of the man and woman in the equation so I can only assume that they allude to the Holy Union and the Hermaphroditic nature of all things.
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Post by giovanni on Mar 24, 2005 14:56:36 GMT
Andy, I think you are right. This is a true alchemic operation:: the overwhelming of duality, thus restorating unity.
Up with the greek.roman philosophy!
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Post by Agent J on Mar 24, 2005 16:03:42 GMT
I'm going to break cover and say I haven't a clue on this one. I'm happy with the HRA arrangement and the symbolism behind that, but this one has me a little confused...
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Post by atarnaris on Mar 24, 2005 18:38:43 GMT
Up with the greek.roman philosophy! An ally at long last !!! Ruff Ashlar beware...
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Post by ruffashlar on Mar 25, 2005 8:30:04 GMT
Giovanni,
timeo Danaos et dona ferentes ;D
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Post by jmd on Mar 26, 2005 3:19:50 GMT
I haven't been here for quite some time... and find a riddle not even for general reply... Oh well, I suppose that there are more ways to approximately square the circle or cube the sphere than meets the eye. I shall go to other threads and delight in this Forum
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Post by atarnaris on Mar 26, 2005 10:44:43 GMT
JMD,
Although this was posted for my benefit, I o not think it is restricted to my answers only. That would be unfair.
The Gnostic was trying to draw my attention to something that's all.
So please feel free to cointribute and solve the riddle.
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Post by offramp on Mar 27, 2005 9:08:19 GMT
Here is a more straightforward one:
Every Lady in this Land Hath 20 Nails on each Hand; Five & twenty on Hands and Feet; And this is true, without deceit.
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Post by jmd on Mar 27, 2005 12:14:12 GMT
Would but they all be dressed in red!
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Post by ruffashlar on Mar 27, 2005 12:34:57 GMT
Every Lady in this Land Hath 20 Nails: on each Hand Five & twenty on Hands and Feet. And this is true, without deceit.
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Post by Thegnostic on Mar 29, 2005 15:44:41 GMT
All,
My reply and answer to the riddle:-
For the Alchemists there was nothing strange about squaring the circle, Maier wrote" they use hte square that comes from the circle to demonstrate that from every simple body the four elements must be seperated" by the transformation of the square into a triangle they teach that one should bring forth spirit, body and soul, which then appear in three brief colours before redness. The body is assigned saturnine blabkness, the spirit the lunar-watery whiteness and the soul the airy citric colour. If the triangle has noe attained its highest perfection, it must be brought into a circle, that is, an immutable redness. Through which operation the woman returns into the man and from their legs, a single ONE is formed.
Gnostic A Man can drink water from anyside of a full tank.
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Post by offramp on Mar 31, 2005 12:03:29 GMT
No; you are close but that's not it.
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