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Re: Using METONYMS; was: O Duty (Was: "If")

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Tuesday, May 25, 1999, 14:10
Herman Miller wrote:

> [T]he Nikta might use a harp (representing music), Mizarians might > use a representation of a foot (for ritual dances), and Zireen would > undoubtedly use a flower (representing sexuality). None of these traditions > have much to do with spirituality as it is imagined in human religions.
Which human religions? Protestants, Shakers, and Tantrics might not agree. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn. You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn. Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)