Re: Thoughts - Conlangs and culture

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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