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22nd July 2009, 10:05 PM
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"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity; and it was not meant that we should voyage far." H.P. Lovecraft
"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn." No... beware! this.... this.... this.... IS THE MARK OF CTULHU! And it is calling.... noooo, noooo. God help as alll, we are doomed.... |
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23rd July 2009, 02:53 AM
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Oh good grief!!!!!!  And here I was nervous about quoting Conan on the science fiction channel ...er thread....on futuristic blades.....then this!! Is there some strange mist emanating from our keyboards???? |
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23rd July 2009, 07:11 AM
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23rd July 2009, 01:04 PM
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Actually Lovecraft was always one of my favorites, and this really is a superb quote.......nicely done Valjhun
The more I look at these marks, they really do seem to be ultra stylized symbols that may be a comet. Now I wonder if other examples of material culture of the Mahdist period with like symbolism....and hopefully that arm dagger David mentioned. All best regards, Jim |
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24th July 2009, 12:08 PM
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 And the only thing standing between them and us is... is... !! Err... ¿Wilkinson? 
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24th July 2009, 10:40 PM
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OK Marc ! Have you had the Cirlot out again ???!!! LOLCoincidentally, in recent discussion with Robert Wilkinson-Latham about the star, he noted the clarification that the symbol on the proof plug surround was not actually the six point star, but superimposed triangles. While this had to do with the Star of Solomon in that it is the same arrangement, it had more to do with the earlier symbolism representing double strength, in the sense often construed with the triangle and strength. Its always great to hear from you Marc!!! All the best, Jim |
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27th July 2009, 01:08 PM
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Is even better to have you all doing such a good work around here, Jim
And, regarding the Wilkinson symbol... he may say what he wants (and I actually happened to know that particular tidbit of information, casually... mainly from YOU mentioning it in a former discussion, by the way), but people will see a Solomon's Seal or a David's Star, there, no matter what. Which should make us wonder how far we can go regarding ciertainty when trying to extricate the meaning of a symbol appearing in an ethnographic piece from a cultural and historical context that sometimes is as alien to us as in our imagination might be good ole' Cthulhu itself... 
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