Comments on: Breaking the Spell VII: The Wise Compass http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2007/03/13/breaking-the-spell-vii-the-wise-compass/ Embrace Heritage Skills from Your Tribal Past Wed, 7 Jan 2009 05:07:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: The College of Mythic Cartography » Blog Archive » More Wise Compasses http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2007/03/13/breaking-the-spell-vii-the-wise-compass/#comment-15043 The College of Mythic Cartography » Blog Archive » More Wise Compasses Sat, 02 Jun 2007 04:43:56 +0000 http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2007/03/13/breaking-the-spell-vii-the-wise-compass/#comment-15043 [...] Some more examples of the universality of the “wise compass” - the indigenous model of the world that incorporates the orientation of the compass and all the implications thereof. [...] […] Some more examples of the universality of the “wise compass” - the indigenous model of the world that incorporates the orientation of the compass and all the implications thereof. […]

]]> By: Richard http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2007/03/13/breaking-the-spell-vii-the-wise-compass/#comment-3348 Richard Mon, 19 Mar 2007 23:43:06 +0000 http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2007/03/13/breaking-the-spell-vii-the-wise-compass/#comment-3348 Hm. Not certain. I unknowingly mentioned something that could also fit the yin-yang model of 'the wisecompass' - the artic and antartic polar regions see at least one sunless day and at least one sunfilled day every year, the duration of these polar nights and polar days increasing as one nears the poles, where the sun rises and sets only once per year - an example of the balance of light and dark much like expressed by that ancient asian symbol. Hm. Not certain.

I unknowingly mentioned something that could also fit the yin-yang model of ‘the wisecompass’ - the artic and antartic polar regions see at least one sunless day and at least one sunfilled day every year, the duration of these polar nights and polar days increasing as one nears the poles, where the sun rises and sets only once per year - an example of the balance of light and dark much like expressed by that ancient asian symbol.

]]> By: Willem http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2007/03/13/breaking-the-spell-vii-the-wise-compass/#comment-3341 Willem Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:45:21 +0000 http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2007/03/13/breaking-the-spell-vii-the-wise-compass/#comment-3341 Paula- Thanks for mitigating my northern-hemisphere-centrism. :) You also underscore the nature of Wise Compasses as creatures of place - one doesn\'t shop the Lakota Medicine Wheel all over the world and expect it to apply everywhere. But it fits perfectly in its origin place. Paula-
Thanks for mitigating my northern-hemisphere-centrism. :)

You also underscore the nature of Wise Compasses as creatures of place - one doesn\’t shop the Lakota Medicine Wheel all over the world and expect it to apply everywhere. But it fits perfectly in its origin place.

]]> By: Paula http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2007/03/13/breaking-the-spell-vii-the-wise-compass/#comment-3340 Paula Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:42:30 +0000 http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2007/03/13/breaking-the-spell-vii-the-wise-compass/#comment-3340 A quick clarification -- south of the equator, the stars spin around the axis of the south. For people living without magnetic compasses, the south pole would be the "top." A quick clarification — south of the equator, the stars spin around the axis of the south. For people living without magnetic compasses, the south pole would be the “top.”

]]> By: Willem http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2007/03/13/breaking-the-spell-vii-the-wise-compass/#comment-3321 Willem Mon, 19 Mar 2007 07:52:37 +0000 http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2007/03/13/breaking-the-spell-vii-the-wise-compass/#comment-3321 Would living in the arctic circle change the warmest part of the day (relatively speaking)? Would living in the arctic circle change the warmest part of the day (relatively speaking)?

]]> By: Richard http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2007/03/13/breaking-the-spell-vii-the-wise-compass/#comment-2030 Richard Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:45:12 +0000 http://www.mythic-cartography.org/2007/03/13/breaking-the-spell-vii-the-wise-compass/#comment-2030 I would have said noon I suppose. I probably would have said something entirely different if I lived in the artic circle. I would have said noon I suppose.

I probably would have said something entirely different if I lived in the artic circle.

]]>