See! It does relate to what we do here. :-)
My professor would have agreed with you fully. That's precisely why he
interjected the Eliade quote into a study of boundaries in the first place!
Lowell G. McManus
Leesville, Louisiana, USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 12:03 PM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Boundary quote
> or just check out a synopsis for starters
> http://www.csun.edu/~rcummings/sacred.html
> great stuff for anyone wondering what we might really be effecting
> allowing constituting & revealing here at bp
> in our quest for certain very specially qualified fixed points
> & some pretty broad hints about why this unique & otherwise
> inexplicable activity of ours can be so meaningful exhilarating &
> fulfilling
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "aletheiak" <aletheiak@y...>
> wrote:
> > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G. McManus"
> > <mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> > > Mike,
> > >
> > > I knew that the quote was from THE SACRED AND THE PROFANE. So
> did
> > my professor,
> > > who (for his expertise in the resolution of boundary issues) was
> > the first
> > > geographer ever appointed to the American Academy of Forensic
> > Science.
> >
> > wow lowell i am really glad for you both &
> >
> > > For one who can go on for dozens of lines about the
> > multidimensionality of
> > > punctiliousness transcending reality (or some such), I thought
> that
> > you might
> > > have enjoyed this quote. I'm sorry if I misjudged. :-)
> >
> > no need to be sorry
> >
> > nor silly about any such
> >
> > for of course i enjoyed it
> >
> > as i do all your ridiculous pronouncements
> >
> > but it is the multipointing alone that effects the break in
> > geopolitical space
> > & indeed sacralizes its profanity
> > by honoring
> > not a restrictive sovereignty
> > but the multiple sovereignty that exists only at certain points
> >
> > & by simultaneously honoring the equal divinity of the pointer
> seeker
> >
> > all in one
> > all at once
> >
> > & thus transcending even multidimensionality
> > by celebrating totality
> >
> > & of course i am glad your professor & you have given us the
> > opportunity to see this & point it out
> > by your hilarious misrepresentation of eliade
> >
> > but please
> > really read the book
> > before continuing to run on about its value to us
> >
> > it is of potentially enormous value to us
> >
> > > What it says about sacred space is equally applicable to the
> > physical space of
> > > the state. Therefore, it has some value for those here who
> might
> > not have
> > > already known it as well as you do.
> > >
> > > Lowell G. McManus
> > > Leesville, Louisiana, USA
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "aletheiak" <aletheiak@y...>
> > > To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 8:43 AM
> > > Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Boundary quote
> > >
> > >
> > > > hey i read that book too
> > > > & must say your teachers are looking like the most ignorant
> > > > people in their society again
> > > >
> > > > for their & your quote here is not about geopolitical
> boundaries
> > at
> > > > all
> > > > but about sacred space
> > > > or in other words
> > > > quite the opposite
> > > >
> > > > for the fuller context
> > > > please see the 3rd paragraph from the bottom here
> > > > http://www.ku24.com/~darrell/mnem-arch1.html
> > > > or better yet
> > > > i would mightily recommend the entire book
> > > >
> > > > the sacred & the profane
> > > >
> > > > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G. McManus"
> > > > <mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> > > > > In my political geography professor's class syllabus from
> > > > 1977, I find this
> > > > > quote about boundaries and points:
> > > > >
> > > > > "For it is the break effected in space that allows the world
> to
> > be
> > > > constituted,
> > > > > because it reveals the fixed point, the central axis for all
> > future
> > > > > orientation."--Mircea Eliade
> > > > >
> > > > > Lowell G. McManus
> > > > > Leesville, Louisiana, USA
> > > >
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