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- From: altheimm@nextnet.csus.edu (Murray Altheim)
- Subject: Re: Five sides...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.015259.12370@csus.edu>
- Sender: news@csus.edu
- Organization: California State University Sacramento
- References: <108104@bu.edu> <1993Jan27.180458.11596@gserv1.dl.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 01:52:59 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan27.180458.11596@gserv1.dl.ac.uk>
- S.R.Carlo@daresbury.ac.uk (S.R. Carlo) writes:
- [discussion of five points of a pentacle...]
- >
- >Have you thought that the 5 points could be linked to the Chinese 5 elements...
- >given in 'productive order' :water ->wood ->fire ->earth ->metal ->water
- >The element of air is included as an all encompassing one that links everything.
- >The controlling patterns are: metal cuts wood
- > wood holds back earth
- > water puts out fire
- > earth controls water flow (ambiguous I know)
- >Mail me if you want to know more...it might take a while...I'm preping a file
- >for use in a UK based BB
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- Don't forget the universal cycle:
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- and scissors cut paper
- and paper covers rock
- and rock breaks scissors
- and scissors cut paper...
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- or
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- and she tells two friends
- and she tells two friends
- and she tells two friends
- and she tells two friends...
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- (Man, these pattern thingamabobs are friggin amazing!)
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- Murray
- The Absolutely Amazed
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- Murray M. Altheim "Ils ont l'orteil de Bouc, & d'un Chevreil l'oreille,
- Instructional Consultant La corne d'un Chamois, & la face vermeille
- CSU, Sacramento Comme un rouge Croissant: & dancent toute nuict
- altheimm@csus.edu Dedans un carrefour, ou pres d'une eau qui bruict."
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