Re: OT: the Monkey Year (wasRe: Religion and Holidays)
| From: | David Zitzelsberger <davidz@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 7, 2004, 16:44 |
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From: Andreas Johansson [mailto:andjo@FREE.FR]
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 7:31 AM
To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
Subject: Re: OT: the Monkey Year (wasRe: Religion and Holidays)
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> > Then you can do as one New Age groups I saw did, and redefine a Zodiacal
> Age
> > as 2000 years, apparently just because it's a nice round number (should
be
> > 2160 years or so), and _still_ maintain it has some relevance to
> > cosmic goings- on. The Gods apparently not only have a thing
> > about the Earth's position in the galaxy, but also about base ten.
>
> Of course they do! Why do you think They created us with ten each of
> fingers
> and toes?
To make us realize the cosmic importance of 1024.
Obviously, the universe exists in base 12. 12 costellations, 12 hours to the
half day, and 12 segments to the non-thumb digits per hand. 2160 in base 12
is 1200.