I quoted
Einstein awhile back
“Since the mathematicians have invaded the theory
of relativity, I do not understand it myself anymore.”
One of the
reasons for this is that mathematics develops very rapidly in a perspective
universe – one of straight lines and angles (light).
Biochemistry,
for example, is completely defined by straight lines and angles. The precision
is so great that there is a mathematical method called after Ramachandra
(US-Indian neuroscientist) to measure angles of peptide bonds.
Ramachandran
plot for amino-acid residues in proteins showing peptide backbone (N) and methyl
side-chains (R)
The mathematics
exists in the perspective universe of light diffracted from crystals (prev.) In
other words, once the diffraction pattern is formed it opens-up mathematical
vistas.
The mathematics
exists in the parallel reality that is cast by light diffracted from crystals.
This universe is pure order, it’s not reality whatever “they” may say, as there
is another universe of disorder. This universe is physically grounded in
reality.
As previously
mentioned, the cells of the body are largely water, so that is one of the
realities. Cell cytoplasm is water with gel-like properties. The earth we move
on is another. Air and fire are the final two. As Buffy Saint-Marie says (Hyborian
Bridge 70), one can make a fire of dried buffalo manure and sit around,
talking or dancing.
This is the
universe of simple symbolism that is strong and pure. Strong because it has
physical, athletic substance; and pure because it is psychically attuned to its
surroundings.
When Sonja
encounters the unicorn in Red Sonja #1 their affinity is mystical and
profound.
RedSonja #1
Their need for
cool, clear water is identical. The power of the spirited animal echoes Sonja’s
thirst for vengeance and blood. Symbolism must come from seeing similarities of
things that are different, in a universe with a physical ground.
Without that
grounding – here a forest as in many of Noto’s stories, including the classic
“Red Lace” set in and around a tree-girthed palace – there can be no
similarities. No sweet sense of destiny fulfilled, and only a dull and habitual
existence.
The physical
sense of affinity that Sonja feels with the forest is a recurring motif – and
even man’s lustful ways cannot deny her.
Red Sonja #9
What I’m
basically saying is the physical surroundings that fulfil our needs and give us
hope (psyche) are real. Anything else is an illusion, and the more persuasive
and precise it is, the more of a mirage it will prove to be (in time).
I know what
you’re gonna say: the old idea of the four elements is a naïve fantasy that was
overtaken by science. I suppose it’s possible, but there is the myth of
Prometheus who stole fire from the gods!
Our modern
universe is defined by principles of the sun, namely angular perspective
(Newton C4). Could it be that the very naivety of a universe of symmetryis
more correct? Less precisely quantified, numerical and so on (Grace Slick quote Hyborian Bridge 62/1)
How precise is
the bark of the branch Sonja is sitting on? Not very, but it is grounded in physical
reality. You might say, what’s the problem with all this perspective precision?
Well, Red Sonja is a warrior who uses her body athletically. She’s at home in
the woods, by the rippling stream, and tends to be opposed to black sorcery.
So, what is
black sorcery? Something outside the natural, which you see in the twists and
turns of a tree trunk, or the undulations of a human body. If something is
defined by very precise angles (as in Ramachandran etc.) then you are
essentially in a hall of mirrors that bends light very precisely.
The hall of
mirrors is where biochemists do their research. It’s not physical reality
(body), it’s an illusion that is attractive to a certain type of head, ie a
sorcerer or acolyte of mirrors
Conan #20 Hyborian Bridge 20 – truth or
illusion?
The physical
world has symbolism that echoes our hopes and fears. It fills a need – also
psychic. The modern world cannot compete with such profound and authentic
spirits of ground and water. No, it can’t compete but it can change the
physical to an imitation planted in the head. In this way, everything becomes a
perspective illusion and thereby under the dominion of mathematical minds – vis
AI.
A tree, like a
body, has a physique and it is perfect. So where does the perfection come from?
From physical reality, the symmetry of opposing forces. Our lungs breathe air
through moist alveoli; without physical perfection it couldn’t happen.
Physical
perfection is what physique is, as it makes action possible. The physique is
action, whereas the perspective universe is inert, inactive, founded of the
head (Bruce Lee: routines versus expression).
One universe is
scripted routines (head); the other is physical action (body). In the latter
universe, the body will search for food and therefore hunt. This is the
universe of blood and death that revives through decay; rebirth.
The surroundings
of a frolicsome wood fulfil our needs and give us hope (psyche). Hunting is a
destiny that craves the raven and the carrion they feed on.
In this country,
anything that smacks of death – like hunting – comes under political scrutiny
for that reason. Hence, Labour want to avoid killing such as grouse moors – a
practice as ancient as the domesday chronicles.