New “Shape of History” Page

more reposted old stuff at theAbysmal

Longer Periods of time tend to be organized by orders of 10. There are more compelling measures to consider.

Like 52 years and 260 years and 5,200 years.

Happy Year Day!

Celebrate theAbysmal New Year biannually.

theAbysmal Year Days fall 260 days from the New Year (Dec 21).

There are definitely 8 Rabbits celebrating on this tiny rustic table.

As a function of how the 365-day and 260-day calendars coincide, there are 2 year days during any given calendar year: one occurs 260 days before the New Year on Apr 5 (4 in a leap year), the other 260 days after the New Year on Sep 7 (6 in a leap year for now).

Shape of History Past and Future

“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes.”

Mark Twain, maybe

taoism, Hinduism, the belief systems of the Huichol, Maya, Mexica have all influenced the development of theAbysmal calendar, and what they have in common is a view of consciousness as the central element of life: we are the centre of the universe, each of us, simply by virtue of our sensory-perceptive apparatus.

Here’s an example: you can never walk to the horizon.