Category Archives: Raphael

Blackhole Horizon, "as a Hill?"

Posted on April 2, 2007 by PlatoHagel

Physically, the effect can be interpreted as an object moving from the “false vacuum” (where = 0) to the more stable “true vacuum” (where = v). Gravitationally, it is similar to the more familiar case of moving from the hilltop … Continue reading →

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Heliocentrism

Posted on March 5, 2007 by PlatoHagel

Andreas Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, 1708, In astronomy, heliocentrism is the belief that the Sun is at the center of the Universe and/or the Solar System. The word is derived from the Greek (Helios = “Sun” and kentron = “Centre”). Historically, … Continue reading →

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Thomas Young: Deep PLay

Posted on March 4, 2007 by PlatoHagel

A final aspect of beauty that was often cited by readers might be called “deep play”. This is the sense that we are actively engaged with something outside ourselves that is responding to us – rather than watching a game … Continue reading →

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Change that Had Consequences

Posted on February 2, 2007 by PlatoHagel

In the post, Hermetic Ties, I showed how historically information was engraved, crafted, into the woodcuts, for knowledge based on alchemist interests. I further explained the process as I have come to know of it in terms of developing this … Continue reading →

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Hermetic Ties: Art to Esoteric Form

Posted on January 30, 2007 by PlatoHagel

The father of all perfection in the whole world is here. Its force or power is entire if it be converted into Earth. Separate the Earth from the Fire, the subtle from the gross, sweetly with great industry. It ascends … Continue reading →

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Whose who, in the School of Athens

Posted on January 29, 2007 by PlatoHagel

I was over visiting Clifford’s blog called Asymptotia this morning and notice a blog entry called, Heretics of Alexandria. Of course, what first came to mind is the “Library of Alexandria.” Clifford writes and paraphrases: This full length drama, set … Continue reading →

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Universal Library

Posted on December 11, 2006 by PlatoHagel

Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred.Ralph Waldo Emerson “It is perhaps the oldest university in the world.” Can you imagine if one might have been restricted from the museums … Continue reading →

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Below the Surface is a Pattern

Posted on December 3, 2006 by PlatoHagel

Stephen Hawking: However, by using “matter/antimatter annihilation”, velocities just below the speed of light could be reached, making it possible to reach the next star in about six years. While I presented the “break through in propulsion system” used for … Continue reading →

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Raphael the Painter

Posted on October 25, 2006 by PlatoHagel

By ‘dilating’ and ‘expanding’ the scope of our attention we not only discover that ‘form is emptiness’ (the donut has a hole), but also that ’emptiness is form’ (objects precipitate out of the larger ‘space’) – to use Buddhist terminology. … Continue reading →

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Numerical Relativity and Math Transference

Posted on August 27, 2006 by PlatoHagel

Part of the advantage of looking at computer animations is knowing that the basis of this vision that is being created, is based on computerized methods and codes, devised, to help us see what Einstein’s equations imply. Now that’s part … Continue reading →

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