When Orpheus' wife Eurydice died, the grief-stricken Orpheus descended into the Underworld in order to retrieve her back again. He is allowed this on one condition: he cannot look back at her as they reascend to the world of the living. Thinking this would be easy, he agrees, and yet as the two travelled he … Continue reading Why Orpheus Failed
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Symbolism: A Year and a Day
A Year in itself is a measurement of a complete cyclical process, and is a Cosmic-Cycle in miniature, a microcosm of the macrocosm, often associated with the visual symbol of the Circle or Ring, such as in the relation of the Latin words "annus" and "anus" meaning year and ring respectively. Interestingly for the etymologies … Continue reading Symbolism: A Year and a Day
Sum Ergo Oro 