Reblogged from Steve Tanham
I am proposing to add a new word to the English language…
The new word is ‘Tesseracting’; and I want to use it to replace a beautiful word that, in my opinion, has been degraded to a point where its use is compromised – that older word is ‘Ritual’.
My interest in the tesseract began as a result of the work of Stuart France (one of the three directors of the Silent Eye, along with Sue Vincent and myself). Stuart had been working on the spiritual implications of a particular geometric figure, known as the tesseract. The period of his study was one where he had been ill and that had produced a vivid dream in which this geometric figure revealed its relationship to the enneagram – the primary teaching figure we use in the School.
Stuart’s insight, some of which was published on his blog, showed that there was a solid relationship between the properties of the tesseract and those of the enneagram.
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Thank you, Sue xx
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If I recall, the tesseract was an essential part of Madeleine L’Engle’s classic young adult novel A Wrinkle in Time. It has been many years since I read that…
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I believe so, Richard.
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Thank you, Richard. I didn’t know that, and will look it up. (Steve)
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If I recall, the tesseract in that novel was a four-dimensional something (a cube with an extra dimension) that could somehow transport people to any place and any time. Come to think of it, I believe the “cosmic cube” in the Marvel comics and movies has also been referred to as a tesseract!
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