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Re: Thoughts - Conlangs and culture

From:Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Date:Friday, October 4, 2002, 16:10
H.S. Teoh wrote:
(snip lots of fascinating stuff)
>(*) a _jyy'i_ is a swirling, whirlpool-like teleportal in the Ferochromon. >According to the stories about Ferochromon, one of these teleportals >appeared on Earth one day, in the bedroom of a man who ... >
This immediately brought to mind the Aleph of Jorge Luis Borges. Have you read that story? (An Aleph is a point from which all things in the world (past, present and IIRC future-- any such thing in Ebisedian?) may be glimpsed. In the story, this particular Aleph was located under the basement stairs in a friend's house. Question for anyone: Is this concept of "Aleph" something Borges found in Jewish mysticism/mythology, as I'd suspect??

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