GR translation: God under the aspect of Atropos

[Mike Jing]

Sorry for being slow, but I'm not sure what notes you are referring to.  I
read all six posts you sent at the top of this thread, although most of
that stuff I have already found myself, and it didn't really answer my
question.  Again, I apologize if it was just me being thick.   I should
have probably also searched the archives if that's what you are referring
to, but it usually doesn't help either in my experience.

On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 9:00 PM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I guess I can assume nobody ever actually reads my notes here, alas.
>
> On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 8:38 AM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Thanks, Monte. That's what comes up on top in Google.  I'm just not sure
> if
> > there's any extended meaning I'm missing in "God under the aspect of
> > Atropos".
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 2:09 AM, Monte Davis <montedavis49 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Perspective, angle of vision, viewpoint/point of view... compare the
> >> cluster here in Wikipedia:
> >>
> >> Sub specie aeternitatis (Latin for "under the aspect of eternity"),[1]
> is,
> >> from Baruch Spinoza onwards, an honorific expression describing what is
> >> universally and eternally true, without any reference to or dependence
> upon
> >> the temporal portions of reality.
> >>
> >> In clearer English, sub specie aeternitatis roughly means "from the
> >> perspective of the eternal". Even more loosely, the phrase is used to
> >> describe an alternative or objective point of view.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 12:09 AM, Mike Jing <
> gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Also, there are two other instances of the phrase in the book:
> >>>
> >>> V239.21-24   So was the Rocket’s terrible passage reduced, literally,
> to
> >>> bourgeois terms, terms of an equation such as that elegant blend of
> >>> philosophy and hardware, abstract change and hinged pivots of real
> metals
> >>> which describes motion under the aspect of yaw control:
> >>>
> >>> V411.14-18   Here, here’s the rundown on Kekulé’s problem. Started out
> to
> >>> become an architect, turned out instead to be one of the Atlantes of
> >>> chemistry, most of the organic wing of that useful edifice bearing
> down on
> >>> top of his head forever—not just under the aspect of IG, but of World,
> >>> assuming that’s a distinction you observe, heh, heh.
> >>>
> >>> Here, it seems to mean "from the perspective of".
> >>>
> >>> And a slight variation:
> >>>
> >>> V610.3-7   And “Solange,” oddly enough, is dreaming of Bianca too,
> though
> >>> under a different aspect: it’s of her own child, Ilse, riding lost
> through
> >>> the Zone on a long freight train that never seems to come to rest. She
> isn’t
> >>> unhappy, nor is she searching, exactly, for her father. But Leni’s
> early
> >>> dream for her is coming true. She will not be used.
> >>>
> >>> Here, it seems to mean "from a different perspective".
> >>>
> >>> Please correct me if I'm wrong.
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 12:05 AM, Mike Jing
> >>> <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> So it's definitely a reference to astrology then? I wasn't sure if the
> >>>> phrase "under the aspect of" is actually used in that context.
> >>>>
> >>>> On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 4:54 AM, Dave Monroe <
> against.the.dave at gmail.com>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> "In astrology, an aspect is an angle the planets make to each other
> in
> >>>>> the horoscope, and also to the ascendant, midheaven, descendant and
> >>>>> nadir. The aspects are measured by the angular distance along the
> >>>>> ecliptic in degrees and minutes of celestial longitude between two
> >>>>> points, as viewed from the earth. They indicate focal points in the
> >>>>> horoscope where the energies involved are given extra emphasis. The
> >>>>> astrological aspects are said to influence affairs on Earth according
> >>>>> to millennia of astrological tradition."
> >>>>>
> >>>>> [...]
> >>>>>
> >>>>> http://www.ancient-symbols.com/astrology_symbols.html (scroll down
> for
> >>>>> symbols)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 3:24 AM, Dave Monroe
> >>>>> <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>> > "n astrology, an aspect is an angle the planets make to each other
> in
> >>>>> > the horoscope, and also to the ascendant, midheaven, descendant,
> >>>>> > lower
> >>>>> > midheaven, and other points of astrological interest. Aspects are
> >>>>> > measured by the angular distance in degrees and minutes of ecliptic
> >>>>> > longitudebetween two points, as viewed from Earth. According to
> >>>>> > astrological tradition, they indicate the timing of transitions and
> >>>>> > developmental changes in the lives of people and affairs relative
> to
> >>>>> > the Earth."
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> > [...]
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrological_aspect
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> > On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 3:22 AM, Mike Jing
> >>>>> > <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>> >> V643.7-15   “Hey Pensiero,” calls Paddy McGonigle, ya still
> hearin’
> >>>>> >> dat
> >>>>> >> sound?”
> >>>>> >>        “Yeah uh I t’ink it’s a mouth-organ,” Pensiero busily
> combing
> >>>>> >> up
> >>>>> >> single hairs, cutting each one a slightly different length, going
> >>>>> >> back again
> >>>>> >> and again to touch up here and there . . . God is who knows their
> >>>>> >> number.
> >>>>> >> Atropos is who severs them to different lengths. So, God under the
> >>>>> >> aspect of
> >>>>> >> Atropos, she who cannot be turned, is in possession of Eddie
> >>>>> >> Pensiero
> >>>>> >> tonight.
> >>>>> >>        “I got your mouth organ,” jeers Paddy, “right here! Look! A
> >>>>> >> wop
> >>>>> >> clarinet!”
> >>>>> >>
> >>>>> >> What does "under the aspect of" mean here?
> >>>>> >>
> >>>>> >>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
>
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