vanished people=Hieros

James Wynn · 11 Nov 2011, 20:37 · from 2011-November.txt.gz

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From: crushtv at gmail.com (James Wynn)
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:37:00 -0600
Subject: (urth) vanished people=Hieros
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>> Another interpretation I think is viable is that the stone is 
>> entirely metaphorical and does not refer to any celestial body.
>
> David Stockhoff wrote:
> Exactly. It relates more to the "bowl of stars" in that case.

The "bowl of night" specifically refers to the night sky which forms a 
dome over us--the stars are embedded on the dome and the sun, moon, and 
planets crawl upon its surface.

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