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Post by zaphod73491 on Jul 1, 2017 19:24:50 GMT -5
TFTW seems to get very little attention compared with TTOTC, which is a shame because in addition to the map, there are a lot of hints in this book (in my opinion). I suppose part of this is that ten times more people have purchased TTOTC than TFTW, so a much smaller fraction of searchers can even opine on it.
But for those who do have it, one illustration eludes me. It's the object depicted at the end of Chapter 40 at the bottom of page 219. Whatever it is, it is not mentioned in that chapter. But clearly it's important because it is one of the illustrations that he chose to include in the end papers. One problem is that there is no indication of scale -- the thing could be 3 feet long or maybe just an inch or two. Anyone have any ideas?
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Post by heidini on Jul 1, 2017 19:42:52 GMT -5
I don't have my copy with me right now to help you sorry.
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Post by razorback on Jul 1, 2017 19:45:14 GMT -5
I'll take a look when I get home from work.
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Post by zaphod73491 on Jul 1, 2017 20:02:26 GMT -5
I'll take a look when I get home from work. Work on a Saturday: ouch, harsh!  Look forward to reading your thoughts on it... |
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Post by goldwatch on Jul 1, 2017 20:38:53 GMT -5
The only thing I can think of, considering the chapter it's in, is a knife with a curved double prong to shuck corn cobs with.
But I've never seen anything like that. Just sickle like knives.
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Post by rahrah on Jul 1, 2017 22:19:30 GMT -5
It looks like a cross of Loraine; the bar above mirroring the bar below, both of which are symmetrically affixed to a central pillar that provides balance and equilibrium - above, so below is. French Jesuit missionaries and settlers to the New World carried the Cross of Lorraine. The symbol was said to have helped the missionaries to convert the native peoples they encountered, because the two-armed cross resembled existing local imagery.
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Post by razorback on Jul 1, 2017 22:20:30 GMT -5
Sorry, nadaclue. Maybe it is talked about in his San Lazaro book, but I don't have a copy. I figured it was something he found there.
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Post by zaphod73491 on Jul 2, 2017 0:30:25 GMT -5
It looks like a cross of Loraine; the bar above mirroring the bar below, both of which are symmetrically affixed to a central pillar that provides balance and equilibrium - above, so below is. French Jesuit missionaries and settlers to the New World carried the Cross of Lorraine. The symbol was said to have helped the missionaries to convert the native peoples they encountered, because the two-armed cross resembled existing local imagery. Excellent, RahRah! I think you are absolutely right: it must be a patriarchal cross or two-barred cross or Lorraine Cross, and if so I completely understand why Forrest would have included it in the end papers. |
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Post by drpepperwood on Jul 15, 2018 10:00:48 GMT -5
It looks like a cross of Loraine; the bar above mirroring the bar below, both of which are symmetrically affixed to a central pillar that provides balance and equilibrium - above, so below is. French Jesuit missionaries and settlers to the New World carried the Cross of Lorraine. The symbol was said to have helped the missionaries to convert the native peoples they encountered, because the two-armed cross resembled existing local imagery. Excellent, RahRah! I think you are absolutely right: it must be a patriarchal cross or two-barred cross or Lorraine Cross, and if so I completely understand why Forrest would have included it in the end papers.  |
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Post by drpepperwood on Jul 15, 2018 10:01:18 GMT -5
Excellent, RahRah! I think you are absolutely right: it must be a patriarchal cross or two-barred cross or Lorraine Cross, and if so I completely understand why Forrest would have included it in the end papers.  |
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Post by drpepperwood on Jul 15, 2018 10:17:47 GMT -5
So, what I am thinking is FF Mormon? He never mentions holiday celebrations. Also his book too Far too Walk is not capitalized to make it differ from Too Far To Walk. Copy write laws. The church in W Yellowstone.
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Post by heidini on Jul 15, 2018 11:07:48 GMT -5
So, what I am thinking is FF Mormon? He never mentions holiday celebrations. Also his book too Far too Walk is not capitalized to make it differ from Too Far To Walk. Copy write laws. The church in W Yellowstone. He said merry Christmas to searchers 2015, 2016, 2017 And talked about a Christmas present he received from Eric Sloane in the 1980’s. “Peggy and I ran out of the First Baptist Church in Temple, and started a journey of exploration and discovery that continues at a reduced pace even today.” Doesn’t sound Mormon to me. |
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Post by heidini on Jul 15, 2018 11:16:12 GMT -5
I thought it sounded weird to assume he was Mormon. I think you are thinking of Jehovah's witness that don’t celebrate birthdays or holidays. Fenn says he is “spiritual.”
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Post by drpepperwood on Jul 15, 2018 11:16:56 GMT -5
So, what I am thinking is FF Mormon? He never mentions holiday celebrations. Also his book too Far too Walk is not capitalized to make it differ from Too Far To Walk. Copy write laws. The church in W Yellowstone. He said merry Christmas to searchers 2015, 2016, 2017 And talked about a Christmas present he received from Eric Sloane in the 1980’s. “Peggy and I ran out of the First Baptist Church in Temple, and started a journey of exploration and discovery that continues at a reduced pace even today.” Doesn’t sound Mormon to me. Okay. Thank you for clearing that up. |
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Post by drpepperwood on Jul 15, 2018 11:17:29 GMT -5
I thought it sounded weird to assume he was Mormon. I think you are thinking of Jehovah's witness that don’t celebrate birthdays or holidays. Fenn says he is “spiritual.” That's right. Thank you. |
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