dictionary

Dictionary dump (unformatted): a/an : “A was modified from the Egyptian hieroglyph representing the eagle. In Hebrew it was an ox, and in Greek it was a “symbol of a bad AUGURY in the sacrifices.” The distinction between a/an happened around the 1300s. aardvark : South African “earth pig” aaron’s serpent : “something so powerful as to swallow up

When you dive into complexity, it’s so off the trail (in the thickets) that you’re forced to invent & touch the source of language to share it.

Samskara — an “undigested emotion” that affects us through life. This reminds me Grof’s COEX’s. There might be moments of shame, or embarrassment, or cowardice. Why did that happen? What’s the source of that? By following down our negative virtues, you can get to the root, and then invert it into a positive virtue that address the core tension.

concrescence: the act of turning abstract potential into something tangible.

bonk : British slang for having sex. (vb) bonking is not the best idea. (n) they had a bonk. The phrase likely comes from “bonkers” (a thrust to the head that causes madness or insanity, but you can guess how the thrust was repurposed).

coincidentia positorum : (an alchemical term) the union of opposites; you can’t understand anything unless you simultaneously grok what it is and what it isn’t. By a mere shift in perspective, a thing’s opposite comes into focus, and the opposites melt into a new whole. This has many symbolic expressions: the hermaphrodite, soul/luna,

• affray : a noisy quarrel or brawl that disrupts the peace; a scare, a disturbance, the root of “afraid.” An affray is the event that causes someone to become afraid.

• aleatory : an art where some elements are left to chance (John Cage).

• algebra : a sophisticated symbol system that’s layered on top of basic arithmetic. It is the combined operations and

lenticular - a surface with concave, linear, perforations. It means that if you look at the plane from the left or the right, you might see different colors, patterns, or images. (loosely relates to the Nicholas Cage AI illusions).

Social media thwarts us from expanding our vocabulary. You get algorithmically punished for using words that aren’t familiar. Why is this? It is a “demotic force” that is throttling our language and our expression.