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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 11252594, member: 5833"]Very metaphysical. Off to the sides are illustrations that look to me like, on the left, references to the evolution of humans, human anatomy, classification of humans into racial types, with botanical references on the other side.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the rings of the central illustration are labeled as death, the inner ones caught together in the vertical marker at the bottom. These look to me like they are occupied by 'lesser' forms of life. The mystery comes in the 2 outermost rings: how can life be eternal if it is followed again by death? Is the lecturer indicating that some beings overshoot the sweet spot & end up in outer darkness after all? Or is he taking a scientific, anti-religion stance that there is no eternal life?</p><p><br /></p><p>Does this need a second card to be stereoscopic? If you had the other one, would the chairs be occupied? Or is the fact that no one is listening part of the point? I can't help suspecting the guy is someone in particular. Looks more like Edgar Allan Poe than Darwin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 11252594, member: 5833"]Very metaphysical. Off to the sides are illustrations that look to me like, on the left, references to the evolution of humans, human anatomy, classification of humans into racial types, with botanical references on the other side. Most of the rings of the central illustration are labeled as death, the inner ones caught together in the vertical marker at the bottom. These look to me like they are occupied by 'lesser' forms of life. The mystery comes in the 2 outermost rings: how can life be eternal if it is followed again by death? Is the lecturer indicating that some beings overshoot the sweet spot & end up in outer darkness after all? Or is he taking a scientific, anti-religion stance that there is no eternal life? Does this need a second card to be stereoscopic? If you had the other one, would the chairs be occupied? Or is the fact that no one is listening part of the point? I can't help suspecting the guy is someone in particular. Looks more like Edgar Allan Poe than Darwin.[/QUOTE]
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