Subject: still happier yet<br/>
Date: Apr 07, 2001 @ 14:38<br/>
Author: michael donner (michael donner &lt;m@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-229091164">the connection of obelisks with boundaries may seem fortuitous<br/>
yet both arise from & express the singular idea of sovereignty<br/>
<br/>
according to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twenj.com/obelisks.htm">http://twenj.com/obelisks.htm</a> etc<br/>
obelisks were originally created by the ancient egyptians<br/>
to symbolize contact between the earth & the heavens<br/>
or between humanity & the gods<br/>
especially the sun god<br/>
<br/>
& according to<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.kent.wednet.edu/curriculum/soc_studies/Egypt/obelisks.html">http://www.kent.wednet.edu/curriculum/soc_studies/Egypt/obelisks.html</a> etc<br/>
the egyptian obelisks actually represented shafts of sunlight<br/>
& their tops were covered with gold & silver to amplify the rays of the sun<br/>
& they commonly served as sundials<br/>
<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ontalink.com/archaeology/obelisks/index.html">http://www.ontalink.com/archaeology/obelisks/index.html</a> gives many good<br/>
links to historic obelisks & strong impressions of their grandeur<br/>
& also gets into their association with divinity  both in large & pharaonic<br/>
<br/>
obelisks were later romanized along comparable lines of sovereign apotheosis<br/>
& they were even christianized by the holy father in a subsequent renaissance<br/>
<br/>
when simplified & reduced to miniature size<br/>
obelisks do seem to make excellent boundary point markers<br/>
not only because their rectangular shafts are helpful for orientation<br/>
but especially since their pointy tips act like center dimples or cross hairs<br/>
<br/>
however all such miniforms as we are likely to find along boundaries might<br/>
be better described as obeliskoids<br/>
  rather than as obelisks  per se<br/>
to acknowledge not only the huge reduction of dimensionality & estate<br/>
but also the great variability in their forms when used as markers<br/>
<br/>
thus happily the mud turtle is obeliskoid<br/>
flat out<br/>
yet just as happily obeliskoid as the free flowing thames & ural gibson<br/>
onionoids<br/>
<br/>
as for what ctmari is<br/>
anyone may say<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
at all events<br/>
such or nonesuch obelisks or obeliskoids have been widely employed along<br/>
the intramural borders of nafta<br/>
  tho i have no idea if or where they have gone beyond that<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
they seem ideally well suited to marking the most multisovereign points tho<br/>
by standing for & elevating the idea of sovereignty itself<br/>
<br/>
m</div>