14-07-2021, 09:02 PM
Yes, that "clock" has created a lot of controversy, I know, though I didn't know the second hand was an anachronism. I've never seen a truly satisfactory explanation for it. But I stand by my idea that these outer, disconnected symbols are part of a frame narrative (and yes frame narratives were big in literature back then, witness Chaucer for one) pre-dating the creation of the cosmos. Supercelestial realm, God and the Big Bang, God and Nature (re Aristotle and Hermeticism) or what you will.
But a clock image doesn't really make total sense either, because if it designates Time at all, it should be eternity, not measurable time. Time didn't exist. And that "clock" has 8 sets of 3 lines with broader separations between. So I asked myself if I wanted to designate eternity, or aion/s, etc with an unrecognizable symbol but a hint nevertheless, I might draw a circular dial with markers but no numbers, 24 'marks', consistent but not sequential, with something that looks like a sundial or compasses.
But I'm open on that symbol, except, as I said, that it should, like the other outer symbols, represent something from before creation.
But a clock image doesn't really make total sense either, because if it designates Time at all, it should be eternity, not measurable time. Time didn't exist. And that "clock" has 8 sets of 3 lines with broader separations between. So I asked myself if I wanted to designate eternity, or aion/s, etc with an unrecognizable symbol but a hint nevertheless, I might draw a circular dial with markers but no numbers, 24 'marks', consistent but not sequential, with something that looks like a sundial or compasses.
But I'm open on that symbol, except, as I said, that it should, like the other outer symbols, represent something from before creation.