On the Backs of Turtles 2 comments

28 Jan 2003 @ 22:26, by John Ashbaugh What we know as the American continents are known as the twin turtles to the Native culture. Globalizing the concept into the four turtles of Eurasia including the Australian extension, Africa, North Ollin and South Ollin, the four quadrants of the Aztec calendar each contain four circles. In three of the quadrants, the arrangement is symmetrical, while in the fourth, that of South Ollin, the arrangement is asymmetrical. All of this is just a meditation on the nature of developing a consciousness of the essential characteristics of the design of the Aztec calendar stone.

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29 Jan 2003 @ 13:28 by sevenLamb @209.76.109.186 : Turtles...
The turtle is no 'mere symbol', nor is it 'mythic' or mere metaphor...it's not merely 'an animal' either. The turtle is a riddle, so important and so central to the gifts of our planet, and even our minds, that no one I've met or heard speak has even begun the incredibly rewarding task of revealing the powers and relavence of this 'lifeForm' in our lineages - cognitive, historical, evolutionary, and even linguistic...


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