wax lyrical
wane lyrical
wax poetic
wane poetic
wax prosaic
wane prosaic
sometimes it is necessary to make a new word to express an idea (see also: Thought for Food)
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
self-bespelling, self-bespellment, self-lulling
when
someone, as it were, puts a spell over their self with words to believe or accept
something. a kind of self-lulling.
(conceived while reading Life of the World to Come: Near-death Experience & Christian Hope
(Albert Cardinal Meyer Lectures), 1996, about the relation of Christian beliefs and modern NDEs, Near-Death Experiences.)
Monday, May 27, 2013
ideography
as there is geography, so there could be an ideography, a kind of world of ideas, mapped, as it were, in which one travels, explores, become an experiential traveler, even a guide. not the physical world, but that of ideas conceived as a single world.
and if there is a publication National Geography, so to there might be eg an historical ideography
and if there is a publication National Geography, so to there might be eg an historical ideography
Friday, May 24, 2013
sleepwriting = somnscribing
as there is sleepwalking, somnabulism, so there should be sleepwriting, somnscribing
both in the direct sense, and in the indirect sense of "writing as if one were asleep"
both in the direct sense, and in the indirect sense of "writing as if one were asleep"
Thursday, April 11, 2013
pneumagraphy
as there is
geology (from the Greek γῆ, gê, "earth" and λόγος, logos,
"study")
and as there is pedagogy, so to there could be pneumagogy (a schooling of spirit)
and
geography (from Greek γεωγραφία, geographia, lit. "earth
description")
and as
there is pneumatology (from the greek πνευμα, pneuma, spirit and λογος, logos,
teaching about)
so there could be pneumagraphy (from Greek πνεύμαραφία, pneumagraphia, lit.
"spirit description")
and as there is pedagogy, so to there could be pneumagogy (a schooling of spirit)
(and to psychology, psychography)
Sunday, October 28, 2012
theophany? physiophany?
over the centuries, the "Sinai theophanies" of the "burning bush", the storm phenomena on Mount Sinai , the guiding columns of smoke and light, the presence in the Tabernacle...has been attributed to physical causes, not godly, hence the words: physiophany.
and if Feuerbach et al were correct, one might conceive: anthopophany
and if Feuerbach et al were correct, one might conceive: anthopophany
Friday, October 5, 2012
eulogy to monsters
There should indeed be an historical eulogy to monsters written, as they have played such a vital part in the testing and trials of humanity, and for many perhaps still do.
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