larger on the inside than the outside

[Daniel Torop]

On Wed, 21 May 1997, Gary L. Thompson and others wrote:
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> > The image is that of the interior (house, compartment) that is much larger
> > than the thing itself appears to be from the outside.  I think I saw a
> > cartoon in which Bugs goes inside an Arabian tent ...
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> > 	Kaspar Hauser (sp?) spoke of buildings this way.
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> > 	In _Glory Road_ Heinlein...
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> Then of course there's Doctor Who's tardis . . . 

Then there's the last of C.S. Lewis' Narnia book where the hut they go
into has an entire new paradise inside it.  Someone says something about
the whole being greater than the sum of its parts or somesuch.  I think it
comes from Christian mysticism, notions of the holy trinity or some other
important concept.

Dan T.