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- The Brave Little Tailor - Eight of Pentacles [1 Update]
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- The FairyTale Tarot - The Brave Little Tailor - Eight of Pentacles
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- Angel Paths for January 5 - Eight of Disks [1 Update]
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- Card of the Day for January 5 - Eight of Pentacles [1 Update]
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Topic: The Brave Little Tailor - Eight of Pentacles
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From: msesheta <msesheta@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 05 11:52AM -0500
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http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/bravetailor/index.html
The following is an annotated version of the fairy tale. I recommend
reading the entire story before exploring the annotations, especially
if you have not read the tale recently.
The Brave Little Tailor1
ONE summer's morning a little tailor2 was sitting on his table by the
window; he was in good spirits, and sewed with all his might. Then
came a peasant woman down the street crying, "Good jams, cheap! Good
jams, cheap!" This rang pleasantly in the tailor's ears; he stretched
his delicate head3 out of the window, and called, "Come up here, dear
woman; here you will get rid of your goods." The woman came up the
three steps to the tailor with her heavy basket, and he made her
unpack the whole of the pots for him. He inspected all of them, lifted
them up, put his nose to them, and at length said, "The jam seems to
me to be good, so weigh me out four ounces, dear woman, and if it is a
quarter of a pound that is of no consequence." The woman who had
hoped4 to find a good sale, gave him what he desired, but went away
quite angry and grumbling. "Now, God bless the jam to my use," cried
the little tailor, "and give me health and strength;" so he brought
the bread out of the cupboard, cut himself a piece right across the
loaf and spread the jam over it. "This won't taste bitter," said he,
"but I will just finish the jacket before I take a bite." He laid the
bread near him, sewed on, and in his joy, made bigger and bigger
stitches.5 In the meantime the smell of the sweet jam ascended so to
the wall, where the flies were sitting in great numbers, that they
were attracted and descended on it in hosts. "Hola! who invited you?"
said the little tailor, and drove the unbidden guests away. The flies,
however, who understood no German, would not be turned away, but came
back again in ever-increasing companies. The little tailor at last
lost all patience, and got a bit of cloth from the hole under his
work-table, and saying, "Wait, and I will give it to you," struck it
mercilessly on them. When he drew it away and counted, there lay
before him no fewer than seven,6 dead and with legs stretched out.
"Art thou a fellow of that sort?" said he, and could not help admiring
his own bravery. "The whole town shall know of this!" And the little
tailor hastened to cut himself a girdle,7 stitched it, and embroidered
on it in large letters, "Seven at one stroke!" "What, the town!" he
continued, "The whole world shall hear of it!" and his heart wagged
with joy like a lamb's tail.8 The tailor put on the girdle, and
resolved to go forth into the world,9 because he thought his workshop
was too small for his valour. Before he went away, he sought about in
the house to see if there was anything which he could take with him;
however, he found nothing but an old cheese, and that he put in his
pocket. In front of the door he observed a bird10 which had caught
itself in the thicket. It had to go into his pocket with the cheese.
Now he took to the road boldly, and as he was light and nimble, he
felt no fatigue. The road led him up a mountain, and when he had
reached the highest point of it, there sat a powerful giant11 looking
about him quite comfortably. The little tailor went bravely up, spoke
to him, and said, "Good day, comrade, so thou art sitting there
overlooking the wide-spread world! I am just on my way thither, and
want to try my luck. Hast thou any inclination to go with me?" The
giant looked contemptuously at the tailor, and said, "Thou
ragamuffin!12 Thou miserable creature!"
"Oh, indeed?" answered the little tailor, and unbuttoned his coat, and
showed the giant the girdle, "There mayst thou read what kind of a man
I am!" The giant read, "Seven at one stroke," and thought that they
had been men whom the tailor had killed, and began to feel a little
respect for the tiny fellow. Nevertheless, he wished to try him first,
and took a stone in his hand and squeezed it together so that water
dropped out of it. "Do that likewise," said the giant, "if thou hast
strength?" "Is that all?" said the tailor, "that is child's play with
us!" and put his hand into his pocket, brought out the soft cheese,
and pressed it until the liquid ran out of it. "Faith," said he, "that
was a little better, wasn't it?" The giant did not know what to say,
and could not believe it of the little man. Then the giant picked up a
stone and threw it so high that the eye could scarcely follow it.
"Now, little mite of a man, do that likewise." "Well thrown," said the
tailor, "but after all the stone came down to earth again; I will
throw you one which shall never come back at all." And he put his hand
into his pocket, took out the bird, and threw it into the air. The
bird, delighted with its liberty, rose, flew away and did not come
back. "How does that shot please you, comrade?" asked the tailor.
"Thou canst certainly throw," said the giant, "but now we will see if
thou art able to carry anything properly." He took the little tailor
to a mighty oak tree13 which lay there felled on the ground, and said,
"If thou art strong enough, help me to carry the tree out of the
forest." "Readily," answered the little man; "take thou the trunk on
thy shoulders, and I will raise up the branches and twigs; after all,
they are the heaviest." The giant took the trunk on his shoulder, but
the tailor seated himself on a branch, and the giant who could not
look round, had to carry away the whole tree, and the little tailor
into the bargain: he behind, was quite merry and happy, and whistled
the song, "Three tailors rode forth from the gate,"14 as if carrying
the tree were child's play. The giant, after he had dragged the heavy
burden part of the way, could go no further, and cried, "Hark you, I
shall have to let the tree fall!" The tailor sprang nimbly down,
seized the tree with both arms as if he had been carrying it, and said
to the giant, "Thou art such a great fellow, and yet canst not even
carry the tree!"
They went on together, and as they passed a cherry-tree,15 the giant
laid hold of the top of the tree where the ripest fruit was hanging,
bent it down, gave it into the tailor's hand, and bade him eat. But
the little tailor was much too weak to hold the tree, and when the
giant let it go, it sprang back again, and the tailor was hurried into
the air with it. When he had fallen down again without injury, the
giant said, "What is this? Hast thou not strength enough to hold the
weak twig?" "There is no lack of strength," answered the little
tailor. "Dost thou think that could be anything to a man who has
struck down seven at one blow? I leapt over the tree because the
huntsmen are shooting down there in the thicket. Jump as I did, if
thou canst do it." The giant made the attempt, but could not get over
the tree, and remained hanging in the branches, so that in this also
the tailor kept the upper hand.
The giant said, "If thou art such a valiant fellow, come with me into
our cavern and spend the night with us." The little tailor was
willing, and followed him. When they went into the cave,16 other
giants were sitting there by the fire, and each of them had a roasted
sheep in his hand and was eating it. The little tailor looked round
and thought, "It is much more spacious here than in my workshop." The
giant showed him a bed, and said he was to lie down in it and sleep.
The bed, however, was too big for the little tailor; he did not lie
down in it, but crept into a corner. When it was midnight,17 and the
giant thought that the little tailor was lying in a sound sleep,18 he
got up, took a great iron bar, cut through the bed with one blow, and
thought he had given the grasshopper19 his finishing stroke. With the
earliest dawn the giants went into the forest, and had quite forgotten
the little tailor, when all at once he walked up to them quite merrily
and boldly. The giants were terrified, they were afraid that he would
strike them all dead, and ran away in a great hurry.
The little tailor went onwards, always following his own pointed nose.
After he had walked for a long time, he came to the courtyard of a
royal palace,20 and as he felt weary, he lay down on the grass and
fell asleep. Whilst he lay there, the people came and inspected him on
all sides, and read on his girdle, "Seven at one stroke." "Ah," said
they, "What does the great warrior here in the midst of peace? He must
be a mighty lord." They went and announced him to the King,21 and gave
it as their opinion that if war should break out, this would be a
weighty and useful man who ought on no account to be allowed to
depart. The counsel pleased the King, and he sent one of his courtiers
to the little tailor to offer him military service when he awoke. The
ambassador remained standing by the sleeper, waited until he stretched
his limbs and opened his eyes, and then conveyed to him this proposal.
"For this very reason have I come here," the tailor replied, "I am
ready to enter the King's service." He was therefore honorably
received and a special dwelling was assigned him.
The soldiers,22 however, were set against the little tailor, and
wished him a thousand miles away. "What is to be the end of this?"
they said amongst themselves. "If we quarrel with him, and he strikes
about him, seven of us will fall at every blow; not one of us can
stand against him." They came therefore to a decision, betook
themselves in a body to the King, and begged for their dismissal. "We
are not prepared," said they, "to stay with a man who kills seven at
one stroke." The King was sorry that for the sake of one he should
lose all his faithful servants, wished that he had never set eyes on
the tailor, and would willingly have been rid of him again. But he did
not venture to give him his dismissal, for he dreaded lest he should
strike him and all his people dead, and place himself on the royal
throne. He thought about it for a long time, and at last found good
counsel. He sent to the little tailor and caused him to be informed
that as he was such a great warrior, he had one request to make to
him. In a forest of his country lived two giants23 who caused great
mischief with their robbing, murdering, ravaging,24 and burning, and
no one could approach them without putting himself in danger of death.
If the tailor conquered and killed these two giants, he would give him
his only daughter to wife, and half of his kingdom as a dowry,
likewise one hundred horsemen should go with him to assist him. "That
would indeed be a fine thing for a man like me!" thought the little
tailor. "One is not offered a beautiful princess25 and half a kingdom
every day of one's life!" "Oh, yes," he replied, "I will soon subdue
the giants, and do not require the help of the hundred horsemen to do
it; he who can hit seven with one blow has no need to be afraid of
two."
The little tailor went forth, and the hundred horsemen followed him.
When he came to the outskirts of the forest,26 he said to his
followers, "Just stay waiting here, I alone will soon finish off the
giants." Then he bounded into the forest and looked about right and
left. After a while he perceived both giants. They lay sleeping,27
under a tree, and snored so that the branches waved up and down. The
little tailor, not idle, gathered two pocketsful of stones, and with
these climbed up the tree. When he was half-way up, he slipped down by
a branch, until he sat just above the sleepers, and then let one stone
after another fall on the breast of one of the giants. For a long time
the giant felt nothing, but at last he awoke, pushed his comrade, and
said, "Why art thou knocking me?" "Thou must be dreaming," said the
other, "I am not knocking thee." They laid themselves down to sleep
again, and then the tailor threw a stone down on the second. "What is
the meaning of this?" cried the other. "Why art thou pelting me?" "I
am not pelting thee," answered the first, growling. They disputed
about it for a time, but as they were weary they let the matter rest,
and their eyes closed once more. The little tailor began his game
again, picked out the biggest stone, and threw it with all his might
on the breast of the first giant. "That is too bad!" cried he, and
sprang up like a madman, and pushed his companion against the tree
until it shook. The other paid him back in the same coin, and they got
into such a rage that they tore up trees and belabored each other so
long, that at last they both fell down dead on the ground at the same
time. Then the little tailor leapt down. "It is a lucky thing," said
he, "that they did not tear up the tree on which I was sitting, or I
should have had to spring on to another like a squirrel; but we
tailors are nimble." He drew out his sword and gave each of them a
couple of thrusts in the breast, and then went out to the horsemen and
said, "The work is done; I have given both of them their finishing
stroke, but it was hard work! They tore up trees in their sore need,
and defended themselves with them, but all that is to no purpose when
a man like myself comes, who can kill seven at one blow." "But are you
not wounded?" asked the horsemen. "You need not concern yourself about
that," answered the tailor, "They have not bent one hair of mine." The
horsemen would not believe him, and rode into the forest; there they
found the giants swimming in their blood, and all round about lay the
torn-up trees.
The little tailor demanded of the King the promised reward; he,
however, repented of his promise,28 and again bethought himself how he
could get rid of the hero. "Before thou receivest my daughter, and the
half of my kingdom," said he to him, "thou must perform one more
heroic deed. In the forest roams a unicorn29 which does great harm,
and thou must catch it first." "I fear one unicorn still less than two
giants. Seven at one blow, is my kind of affair." He took a rope and
an axe with him, went forth into the forest, and again bade those who
were sent with him to wait outside. He had to seek long. The unicorn
soon came towards him, and rushed directly on the tailor, as if it
would spit him on his horn without more ceremony. "Softly, softly; it
can't be done as quickly as that," said he, and stood still and waited
until the animal was quite close, and then sprang nimbly behind the
tree. The unicorn ran against the tree with all its strength, and
struck its horn so fast in the trunk that it had not strength enough
to draw it out again, and thus it was caught. "Now, I have got the
bird," said the tailor, and came out from behind the tree and put the
rope round its neck, and then with his axe he hewed the horn out of
the tree, and when all was ready he led the beast away and took it to
the King.
The King still would not give him the promised reward, and made a
third demand. Before the wedding the tailor was to catch him a wild
boar30 that made great havoc in the forest, and the huntsmen should
give him their help. "Willingly," said the tailor, "that is child's
play!" He did not take the huntsmen with him into the forest, and they
were well pleased that he did not, for the wild boar had several times
received them in such a manner that they had no inclination to lie in
wait for him. When the boar perceived the tailor, it ran on him with
foaming mouth and whetted tusks, and was about to throw him to the
ground, but the active hero sprang into a chapel which was near, and
up to the window at once, and in one bound out again. The boar ran in
after him, but the tailor ran round outside and shut the door behind
it, and then the raging beast, which was much too heavy and awkward to
leap out of the window, was caught. The little tailor called the
huntsmen thither that they might see the prisoner with their own eyes.
The hero, however went to the King, who was now, whether he liked it
or not, obliged to keep his promise, and gave him his daughter and the
half of his kingdom. Had he known that it was no warlike hero, but a
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Topic: The FairyTale Tarot - The Brave Little Tailor - Eight of Pentacles
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From: msesheta <msesheta@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 05 11:51AM -0500
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Symbols and Meaning
The large tree stands for knowledge; faces of creatures are embedded
in the bark. They serve as the tailor's subconscious. The tailor sits
on a moss-covered bark branch. He is receptive to new ideas and plans
for challenges as they present themselves. The giants are primitive
forces who, when awakened, tend toward impulsiveness. The rocks under
the tailor are stable and host some faces and spirals, while the
leaves around the giants decay.
Focus on your job and think of ways to streamline your skills. You may
want to organize your surroundings and draft a plan for actualizing
some additional goals. Pay close attention to details, and be
cognizant of your surroundings.
"Once Upon A time"
Lisa Hunt
page 282
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Topic: Angel Paths for January 5 - Eight of Disks
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From: msesheta <msesheta@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 05 11:50AM -0500
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The Eight of Disks
The Lord of Prudence is not quite as austere a card as it first
sounds. It's another of those Disks that works on more than one level.
In the purely material and mundane sphere it indicates a period where
financial resources must be carefully managed.
So long as it does not appear with cards like the 10 of Swords or the
5 of Disks, there will not normally be any grave material problem. But
there is a warning here that there may be unexpected expense, and good
money management will enable us to fund whatever arises.
At the next level, the 8 of Disks can apply to a period where you
enter into additional training in order to enhance your career
projects. In this case look for cards like the 3 of Disks, or the Ace,
to indicate some new area of study. Then look for cards like the
Universe, or the Sun to indicate the successful outcome of your
efforts.
Finally in the spiritual area, when the Lord of Prudence comes up with
cards like the Priestess, Death, the Moon, or the Hierophant, you're
approaching a period of rapid spiritual development - almost an
initiation. In this case, this card is warning you to be alert for
opportunities, ready to deal with stress and pressure, and to manage
your energies thoughtfully and carefully. You can perhaps see the
correlation which exists with regard to energy management between the
material and spiritual definitions of the card - in either case energy
must be regulated and respected in order for life to go smoothly and
for you to get the best out of your experiences.
Working with the Eight of Disks
The Lord of Prudence is a generous card in many respects.....it covers
periods of development and learning.
It's a strong card for inner development, promising expansion and
exciting growth. But it does clearly warn that we need to pay special
attention to what is going on around us, to rest and take care of
ourselves, to ensure that we remain alert for important opportunities.
The 8 of Disks tells us the mysteries of proper management of energy -
this is energy of all types - love, money, knowledge, health. It
describes for us the art of putting in what we need in order to get
out what we desire - balance and harmony both being watchwords.
So on a day ruled by the Lord of Prudence, we need to enjoy our lives,
and to enrich them in as many ways as possible. We need to be
thoughtful about how we expend energy, making every single move count.
We also need to be aware of what is coming back to us from other
people.
Allow yourself to be alert for good opportunities and happy
consequences. Let yourself learn from day to day events. And let life
talk to you.
Affirmation: I relax and depend upon life.
http://www.angelpaths.com/disks/disks8.html
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Topic: Card of the Day for January 5 - Eight of Pentacles
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From: msesheta <msesheta@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 05 11:46AM -0500
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EIGHT OF PENTACLES
Attribution - Sun in Virgo.
The suit of Pentacles represents the element earth. This is the suit
through which we can appreciate what we have been given and it shows
how we experience the external world.
Pentacles can represent money matters, resources, security, material
concerns, prosperity, wealth, service, status, and physical
experiences in the body.
The eight represents a yin energy associated with personal power,
advancement, reaping the harvest, material gain, regeneration, setting
new priorities, new ways forward, re-organization, control. You will
reap what you have sowed.
Rider-Waite Imagery
The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by Arthur Edward Waite (1911)
An artist in stone at his work, which he exhibits in the form of trophies.
Divinatory Meanings
Upright: Work, employment, commission, craftsmanship, skill in craft
and business, perhaps in the preparatory stage.
Reversed: Voided ambition, vanity, cupidity, exaction, usury. It may
also signify the possession of skill, in the sense of the ingenious
mind turned to cunning and intrigue.
Some Additional Meanings of the Lesser Arcana
Eight: A young man in business who has relations with the Querent; a
dark girl. Reversed: The Querent will be compromised in a matter of
money-lending.
UPRIGHT
Craftsmanship.
Attending to details.
Prudence.
Satisfaction in attending to details.
Practice makes perfect.
Becoming a specialist in your field.
Slow, steady work.
Someone who is skilled with his hands.
Hobbies and interests turn into a profitable endeavour.
Card of the second time around apprentice.
Profit.
New success.
Discipline and focus.
Satisfaction in attending to details.
Centred and clear headed.
Competence and compensation.
Organizing physical things.
Academic writing.
Unpaid efforts.
Consider with pride the work that you do. Pat yourself on the back and
accept some self-congratulations.
Bring order into your life and make the most of yourself and your resources.
REVERSED
The impatient apprentice.
Sloppy work.
Frustration from lack of quality.
Vanity.
Overly ambitious.
A non-productive situation.
Wasting talent.
Working conditions lead to a labour dispute.
Getting impatient with a skill you are learning.
Doing things rather roughly.
Failure of ambitions.
Dishonesty, misuse of funds.
Inadequate compensation.
Investments show little or no profit.
Taking unfair advantage of someone.
Failure to take on your share of the work.
Employee with bad work habits.
Pulling a fast one.
1. Secret
2. Robin Wood
3. Alleged
4. Durer
5. Housewives
6. Sidhe
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Topic: Thursday January 5, 2012: Reference.com On This Day
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From: msesheta <msesheta@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 05 11:42AM -0500
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On This Day:
Thursday January 5, 2012
This is the 5th day of the year, with 361 days remaining in 2012.
Fact of the Day: Van Gogh
Van Gogh sold exactly one painting while he was alive, Red Vineyard at Arles.
Holidays
Feast day of St. Simeon Stylites, St. Gerlac, St. Dorotheus the
Younger, St. Apollinaris, St. Convoyon, St. Syncletica, and St. John
Nepomucene Neumann.
Twelfth Night/ Twelfth Eve.
Events
1477 - Charles the Bold, last of the great dukes of Burgundy, was
killed at the Battle of Nancy.
1643 - The first legal divorce in the American colonies was granted,
to Anne Clarke of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, from her absent and
adulterous husband, Denis Clarke, by the Quarter Court of Boston,
Massachusetts.
1781 - A British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burned
Richmond, Virginia.
1815 - Federalists from all over New England, angered over the War of
1812, drew up the Hartford Convention, demanding several important
changes in the Constitution of the United States of America.
1895 - French Capt. Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, was publicly
stripped of his rank. (He was eventually vindicated.)
1914 - Henry Ford announced that he would pay a minimum wage of $5 a
day and would share with employees $10 million in the previous year's
profits.
1919 - In Germany, the German Workers' Party (later the National
Socialist German Workers' Party) was formed in Munich; Adolf Hitler
attended.
1920 - GOP women demanded equal representation at the Republican
National Convention.
1949 - In his State of the Union address, President Harry Truman
called his administration's reform package the "Fair Deal."
1968 - A brief period of freedom known as "Prague Spring" began in
Czechoslovakia under Alexander Dubcek, a Slovak supporting liberal
reform.
1970 - The soap opera "All My Children" debuted on television.
1972 - President Richard Nixon ordered development of the space shuttle.
1979 - Vietnamese troops occupied Phnom Penh and the Cambodian ruler
Pol Pot was ousted.
1997 - Russian troop withdrawal from the separatist Republic of
Chechnya was completed.
2004 - Following 14 years of denials, Pete Rose publicly admitted that
he'd bet on baseball while manager of the Cincinnati Reds.
Births
1779 - Stephen Decatur, American naval hero who fought against the
Barbary pirates and in the War of 1812.
1855 - King Camp Gillette, US inventor of safety razor.
1863 - Constantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky, Russian founder of Moscow
Art Theatre, actor, producer.
1928 - Walter "Fritz" Mondale, US Senator, Vice President (1977-81),
Democratic presidential nominee 1984.
1931 - Alvin Ailey, American choreographer, dancer, and founder of
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
1932 - Umberto Eco, Italian novelist.
1938 - Juan Carlos, King of Spain.
1945 - Diane Keaton, American film actress, director, and producer.
1969 - Marilyn Manson, (born Brian Hugh Warner), American musician and
the lead vocalist of the band Marilyn Manson.
Deaths
1922 - Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, at South Georgia,
Antarctica, on his fourth expedition.
1933 - Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (1923-1929).
1943 - George Washington Carver, American agricultural chemist.
1994 - Former US House Speaker Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill.
1998 - Sonny Bono, American record producer, singer, actor, and politician.
Reference.com On This Day
http://www.reference.com/thisday/
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Topic: A.Word.A.Day--noosphere
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From: msesheta <msesheta@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 05 11:41AM -0500
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Wordsmith.org The Magic of Words
This week's theme
"New" words
This week's words
numinous
noosphere
A.Word.A.Day
A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Garg
noosphere
PRONUNCIATION:
(NOH-uh-sfeer)
MEANING:
noun: The sum of human knowledge, thought, and culture.
ETYMOLOGY:
From French noösphere, from Greek noos (mind) + sphere. Earliest
documented use: 1930.
USAGE:
"This avalanche of information is threatening to swallow us whole, to
waste our days and to overwhelm our own thoughts. Essentially, it's
the noosphere on steroids."
Frank Bures; Digitized to Distraction; National Post (Canada); Nov 15, 2008.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
I dreamt that my hair was kempt. Then I dreamt that my true love
unkempt it. -Ogden Nash, poet (1902-1971)
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