I "saw" this in the same sense that I saw the ptero in "A Pterodactylus and a globe of light," to which post the reader is referred for an attempt at describing this sort of experience. It was experienced as something "given" and externally imposed, but it was somewhat less sensory in nature than a vision or hallucination.
What I saw was something like a spotted bobcat (white spots on fur of a dark indeterminate color). It had a large pair of horns, which protruded out to the sides and then curved up and in, for a somewhat heart-like effect. It looked down at me from the stairs, communicated with great telepathic clarity the two words "I'm Cary," and then ran upstairs in the direction of the chapel.
I immediately thought, That's a yale. That's a heraldic beast called a yale. He's saying he's Cary Yale.
Cary-Yale is the standard way of referring to one of the three main partially extant Visconti-Sforza Tarot decks, the one housed in the Cary Collection of Playing Cards at Yale University (named after one Melbert Brinckerhoff Cary Jr., founder of the Press of the Woolly Whale). I keep most of my cards in the chapel, but my Visconti-Sforza replica deck is an exception.
A yale is indeed a heraldic beast, but it has little in common with what I saw, beyond having spots and horns. It's a large ungulate, perhaps inspired by some sort of African antelope or buffalo, and its distinguishing trait is its ability to swivel its horns to point in any direction. Certainly it looks nothing like a bobcat.
Then I noticed that I was standing next to a classroom door with the Yale University coat of arms on it. Some time ago, one of my employees decided that each classroom should have a name instead of a number and that they should all be named after famous universities, so that one is the Yale classroom.
The Yale coat of arms says Urim and Thummim in Hebrew, and in a Latin translation which I have proposed (see my 2013 post "Lux et Veritas: A hypothesis") influenced the design of the Mormon temple garment.
So was this just some random fantasy triggered by seeing the Yale coat of arms and influenced by my childhood interest in heraldry and my current interest in Tarot history? Maybe, but I couldn't shake the feeling that this was an actual spiritual presence that chose this rather extraordinary form in which to manifest itself. And my instinct is not to be too quick to trust something that chooses to appear as a bobcat with horns. We'll see if "Cary" ever shows up again, or if it was just a one-off anomaly.
The immediate effect of Cary's appearance was to draw my attention to Visconti-Sforza Tarot cards, leading me to reread my September 2024 post "The eyeing d'Epstein -- plus Bonifacio Bembo and Optimus Prime." Many of the details -- gangsters, a guy called Jeff, an all-gold king, and a single shoe -- fit right in with the more recent sync stream. The Visconti-Sforza deck in that post is called the Golden Tarot, so one of its cards would be the Golden Fool.
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My mind immediately tried playing with the post title, aiming for some uncommon word or name, source uncertain. I settled on searching for "eukaryale". Most of the first page of results were either about eukaryotes, or Euryale, one of the three Gorgon sisters. The outlier was an article about a genus of, get this, water lilies.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eukaryote
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stheno_and_Euryale
monsteraholic.com/species-of-genus-euryale/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euryale_(plant)
A horned bobcat sounds pretty cool to me. The dark fur and horns recall that creature at the end of the "Little Talks" video, though I suppose it's not very much like Cary.
narrowdesert.blogspot.com/2023/11/little-skinny-planet.html
William,
And speaking of Golden Slumbers/Dreams
and Carry(ing ) Weight another perspective
may be this:
copy and paste:
"to carry weight
phrase
If a person or their opinion carries weight,
they are respected and are able to influence people."
Also interestingly you were on the 4th floor
( the dalet, doorway)
Yale University is also on the 40th parallel north.
( actual lat 41) 41/14
All 4 1 and 1 4 all...
Beatles Remastered 2009 HIGH QUALITY SOUND -
(Golden Slumbers/ Carry that Weight/ The End)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjOl0fG72ZE
Debbie, that's a pretty direct chain of associations:
Lake of Golden Dreams - Golden Slumbers - Carry That Weight - Cary
William,
Another interesting event happened here in Ohio
that has connections to yellow and billow of smoke syncs.
This happened south of Columbus .
Columbus is also on the 40th parallel north.
Chemical leak in Ohio forces evacuations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kZekAb8Au4
WG, your variations on the name make me think of one of my favorite lines from Book IX of the Aeneid: "Euryalus, is it the gods who put this fire in our minds, or is it that each man’s relentless longing becomes a god to him?"
Cary is one of those fun names that can mean wildly different things depending on its spelling. Carrie, Cary, Carey... all different sources and definitions when you look them up.
Tying to Debbie's "Carry that Weight" comment, back in April I picked up a business card I had been given awhile ago but had been lost in my car. The name read "Carrie Ball", and given some other associations with that specific card, I saw the name as "Carry Ball", as in someone carrying a ball. It was a similar experience to the France Has Got Key phrase.
That is when I learned that Carrie means "Free Man", or in other words, France. The French Ball, which would be the Rose Stone, and this tied to the Stone Couriers in my story, who I have as carrying the Ball there.
On May 14, 2020, I have the Disciples or whoever was at Williams Peak in Idaho, saying they are going to go retrieve the Stone:
"Let's get your weight, a good time to wait". With weight being another reference to the Stone. Carry that weight.
Some other thoughts random-style in a follow up comment for consideration.
Wildcats have come up before in symbolism on our respective blogs. You had a Predator theme in the context of Arnold Schwarzenegger. I had the Westview Wildcats and a few other examples. Shot in the dark, but that might explain the bobcat. Bobcats are also well known for having a very short 'tail' (tale?), very unlike other cats. It's more like a nub than a tail - like the tail has been cut off. It is how they get their name - a bobbed-tail cat.
Could be relevant. To "bob" someone also means to "fool", so there is that. And lastly on the cat significant, a bob is also used to describe a round weight, tying back to the Stone symbolism.
And that leads into the Yale thing. Yale is based on the the Hebrew Yael, which is an Ibex. An animal known for massive horns. In German, the Ibex is known by another name - Steinbock. That name means "Stone Buck".
Although referencing a goat with the Ibex, the image of a Buck or a Stag in deer form has also appeared. You had that image of the stag/ buck in the bomb wearing the sunglasses that we got some mileage from. I have had a White Stag in my own dreams, likely associated with a Stone. In one of my White Stag dreams, it was a common deer that was magically transformed into a White Stag (metamorphosis, maybe).
The fact that Yale's crest has "Urim and Thummim", associated by Mormons with the Spectacles, and thus also Stones, seems to, in my mind, solidify the Stone connection here.
That Stone is Joseph's, our other Golden Fool along with Pharazon, and I think the connection here fits also. In your "Eyeing d'Epstein" post that you linked, you referred to the Visconti-Sforza Tarot deck as "The Tarot Cards that inspired Dior" based on the video you had included. Dior is another name for Joseph (Ausir). There is plenty looking back now at the d'Epstein post just now, but this will become another book if I start listing things off.
Finally, the horns on the bobcat and Ibex/ Steinbock. We've mentioned before the blessing of Joseph and his posterity in Deuteronomy:
"His [Joseph's] glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh."
That was the quote I had used from the Last Unicorn, spoken by the Blue Butterfly, in reference to the massively inverted symbol of the Red Bull. In that story, the Red Bull gathers unicorns to the ocean to enslave them. In mine, the Red Bull (Rose Stone) gathers them to the ocean to set them free.
I should note the timing of your friend Bruce's post today, where he argues that the future cannot be seen by anybody, seems to confirm this connection to Joseph, Stones, and Seers.
Bruce echoes the line of so many anti-Christs in the Book of Mormon like Korihor ("For no man can know of anything which is to come").
William,
Another weight sync ( and one I've commented
before here on your blog ) is the 1968 song by The Band
titled : The Weight.
The Weight was also in the soundtrack of the 1969
movie Easy Rider
and in the 2014 movie, The Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
which Dawn of the Planet of the Apes takes
place in San Francisco at the Golden Gate Bridge
also on the 40th parallel north.
I found this third verse from the lyrics
about Anna Lee interesting
as(if I'm not mistaken )there was an Annie/Anna Hathaway
sync recently?. Correct me if I'm wrong.
IMO, carrying weight can either mean being respected
for our endurance, strength and taking responsibility,
like Atlas
or when we carry too much ego weight,
we fall.
In the Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, it was,
and IMO, the latter.
Lyrics:
"Go down, Miss Moses
There's nothin' you can say
It's just ol' Luke, and
Luke's waitin' on the Judgement Day
"Well, Luke, my friend
What about young Anna Lee?"
He said, "Do me a favor, son
Won't ya stay and keep Anna Lee company?"
The Weight (Remastered 2000)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWu-f7HFFJE
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 「the Weight」scene
( note the hues of blue-green)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ypt0Sl1akIo
Easy Rider - The Weight ( note Dennis Hopper's motorcycle
red and yellow gas tank)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsFOKNQxIhQ
https://genius.com/The-band-the-weight-lyrics
WW,
You wrote: "I should note the timing of your friend Bruce's
post today, where he argues that the future cannot be seen
by anybody, seems to confirm this connection
to Joseph, Stones, and Seers."
~~~~~~~
My response: I absolutely beg to differ.
I believe that our soul transcends linear time and space
every night in our REM slumber.
Just because having the ability of foresight
doesn't happen to someone personally,
doesn't mean that clairvoyance doesn't exist
or is not possible.
My belief of course.
Besides, wasn't Deborah in the Bible a prophetess?
copy and paste:
:A prophetess is a woman who speaks on behalf
of a deity or is divinely inspired to deliver messages,
****often including predictions of future events.****
I actually can't help myself on at least one thing with the "d'Epstein" post and dream, as it involves another Jack Black connection, as well as The Rock.
Epstein, who you note in the post is named Jeff, is a family name that can be short for Eppo's Stein, or Eppo's Stone. The "Eye" reference in Tony's comment to you would seem to be a reference to the Seeing Stones/ Seer Stone.
Eppo is a name that means "Brave". So with Epstein, we have the name Bravestone.
Enter Jack Black and The Rock.
A few weeks ago, my kids wanted to watch Jumanji. When I think Jumanji, I think Robin Williams. But apparently there have been some remakes since, starring The Rock, Jack Black, and others. I don't think I was even aware of these, so when I sat down with them, I had been expecting to see the older movie. Anyway, it was Jumanji: The Next Level that we watched, which I guess is the second installment in the reboot.
I thought of that movie this past weekend when my son watched the Minecraft movie also featuring Black. I haven't seen anything with Jack Black in it for years, and in the space of a few weeks had seen two movies featuring him.
In any case, getting to the punchline, The Rock, who has come up plenty of times in prior symbols, plays a character known as Smolder Bravestone. Bravestone, as in Epstein, with Smolder connected to heat, fire, etc. Given the character connection, we might expect to see other connections with this character. Smolder Bravestone's real name (Bravestone is an avatar) is Spencer, a name that means "Steward, Butler, Dispenser of Provisions". In other words, check. Direct hit.
Bravestone has a significant other named Ruby Roundhouse. We've been dealing with a Round Ruby in the form of the Rose Stone, so that seemed interesting. Her real name is Martha Kaply, meaning "Lady of the Chapel" or "Lady Hood", both relevant. And finally, the actress' name is Karen Gillan, meaning "Pure servant of St. John" or "Pure child of John". Check.
In the Jumanji movie I watched (apparently there are several of them), the protagonists' mission was, no joke, to retrieve a Red stone called The Falcon Jewel.
And I saved the best for last (at least as it has to do with a potential connection to you)
Jack Black plays a professor named Dr. Shelly Oberon. Oberon means "Noble or Royal Bear". Like a Panda, maybe - it is an OK connection. Not strong on its own. But, Oberon is the avatar for the real character who people simply call "Fridge". Now, I guess in this second movie, the characters get all mixed up with their avatars at first, so Fridge isn't his usual character, but it was for the majority of the movie that I watched.
Anyway, Jack Black is a symbol I had explored pointing to you, of course, and I had that dream of "you" stealing things from my refrigerator, and here we have Jack Black associated with Fridge. Too funny.
Here is the clip. Fast forward to about the 4:10 minute mark to get to the Jack Black/ Fridge reference.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaCjA7JUWcM
Debbie,
Just to clarify, I was quoting Bruce because I also disagree with him… like many other me things he writes. So his timing on that post seemed appropriate.
WW,
Oh
Ok,
My bad.
Bruce is right and wrong, conflating two questions in his reference to “perceiving the future as if it has already-happened, and cannot be changed.”
The future absolutely can be perceived directly, but it is still subject to change because, as Yoda put it, “Always in motion the future is.” A rigorous understanding of what that means requires mastering the theory developed by JW Dunne. Dunne is difficult, but like it or not he is simply right.
Precognition is real but not infallible.
William -
Don't overcomplicate it or twist things in your mind, no matter what Yoda says or what Dunne framework you are conjuring.
I was referring to Seers and their Stones, with Joseph and the Rose Stone as the prime example, both of which have to be taken seriously by any Book of Mormon believer.
My opinion is that Joseph directly refutes Bruce and his claims, as well as your own stated here.
The Rose Stone, as I understand, will have a history on it - from the beginning to the end - exactly as it happened before it occurred. And it shouldn't be surprising - we read of others having similar experience.
The Book of Mormon is full of them. The Brother of Jared is one, and his experience is particularly relevant to your Yale symbolism. The vision of the Brother of Jared extended to the very end. Jesus said that it would be by means of the Spectacles, or what Mormons call the Urim and Thummim, that the B of J's vision would be again revealed, which includes an account of a history that had not yet happened at the time the vision was given. Not in motion, but seen as it actually was/ would be - just like John, Nephi, and others.
Quick question on your Cary Yale vision: Did you immediately follow the bobcat up the stairs, or just stay down at the bottom where you were? The way you related your experience gave me the impression that you did not follow, since you didn't trust the apparition in its chosen form, but I didn't want to assume. I think the answer/ detail may be important, though.
And again, the symbolism of Bruce's post was so relevant due to the symbol of your bobcat, Yale, etc. - almost a dead-ringer for Joseph and Seership, in my opinion - combined with the post you linked up to mentioning Dior/ Joseph's name in conjunction with the Care-Yale Tarot Cards. Tarot Cards are used for fortune telling, divination, etc... as you well know. On the same day you do this, Bruce decides to write a random post that very well summarizes the position of Korihor and other anti-Christs who mocked prophets and the possibility of anyone knowing things in the future - i.e., prophecies.
If that had happened in another setting, or with another topic and person, you would have noticed. Because it doesn't reflect well on your friend, and potentially you, you discount it and, in this case, ignore it. Human nature to do that, but just calling out your selectivity.
Because great comments come in batches of threes (and I guess to be even more annoying)...
I just noticed I wrote "Joseph and the Rose Stone as the prime example" above with no intention of anything other than meaning the main example.
Prime would be a very strong link to Optimus Prime, who was also in that d'Epstein post, where you link the bookstore picture you took that included Optimus with my own blog post featuring the same Transformer.
Prime means "First, original, first in order or time", etc. In my words from 2020, Joseph, called by the name of Ausir in this case, is referred to as "Eldest". Eldest is the same thing as Prime.
The overall feel of the apparition reminded me of the leopard in the bath.
https://narrowdesert.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-leopard-in-bath.html
Rereading that post now, I see it also deals with the panoramic vision of the future (which, to be clear, is a real thing) and insists that it is somehow compatible with real agency. A timely reminder for me now.
No, I didn’t follow the apparition. I sensed that it was already gone.
William,
Part 1 of 3
Regarding your comment about the future being subject
to change.
hmmm.. I somewhat agree.
However can it really be changed though ?
Case in point is an incident that happen and I've shared
this many times on your blog. It was that experience and
many others, but that one
in particular that convinced me the our soul
transcends linear time and space.
The story begins in 1989 when I began looking for a house.
Marshall really wasn't into house buying at that time but
the apartment life was getting old, especially for me.
In the vestibule at the bank where I worked, was a rack
stacked with a weekly publication of Real Estate listings.
Every weekend I'd scour that publication cover to cover.
That happened for about a year.
In 1990 I found a listing that I just fell in love
with and it sounded like everything I could
ever wish for.
There were a few major problems however.
The house was 45 minutes away
from Marshall's business and my job at the bank.
Also it was WAY out of our price range. Like ,WAY out.
I asked Marshall could we at least go look at it, which
he reluctantly agreed.
I called the realtor on the listing and we went
to see the house.. The moment
the realtor opened the door ( the sellers were not there )
I knew that we would live
in that log house.. We walked the property and I fell in love
even more so.
That same night after the house showing however,
I had the oddest dream.
In the dream I was sitting in the house in a white chair
by the door.
In the apartment where Marshall and I lived we didn't have
a white chair. We did have a white sectional sofa
which oddly enough was in the dream.
In the dream Marshall was standing in front of the
white sofa facing me as I was sitting in the chair by the door.
For some odd reason I began levitating towards
Marshall with my arms outstretched as if I was going
to choke him.
He ran in the kitchen and I levitated out the front door
and down the winding gravel driveway towards the east west
State Route. I floated above the yellow dividing line in
the middle of the street.
As I floated there I turned facing towards the driveway
of the house. Still floating there I looked to the WEST and then
I looked to the EAST.
I then proceeded levitating back to the house
following the winding driveway. When I levitated back
inside the house, the wife ( the sellers ) shouted to me :
Don't you know that this house is haunted!!!?
Remember the sellers were not home when the realtor
showed the house so I had never met the wife.
I woke up in a panic , shaking and sweating. It was so bizarre.
I immediately told Marshall about the dream and said
I do not want that house and he responded;
good, we couldn't afford it anyway;-((
William
Part 2
For the next year the realtor took us to see many houses
and I didn't like any of them, nothing compared.
We soon stopped looking.
The realtor also told me that the log house
was no longer on the market.
Fast forward in 1992 one day a bank customer, Mark
( who was a realtor ) and I began chit chatting
and I told him how much I loved a log house that
Marshall and I had seen in 1990.
I didn't tell him about the dream.
Mark checked the address and sure enough
the house wasn't on the market.
He said he would drive to the house
and ask the Jones ( not their real name ) if they
would consider selling their house.
They said, as a matter of fact,
that they had been considering it
but the price was still the same which
again was 50K over our budget.
Marshall was adamant: can't and wasn't gonna buy it.
I asked Marshall that if we could get the house for 50K less
could we buy it and he said yes but that wasn't going
to happen as far as a seller taking 50k less than asking.
Keep in mind this was in the real estate boom of the 1990's.
I told Mark to bid that amount and he laughed and
then warned me that the sellers would be so offended
at that offer and wouldn't sell the house to us at all.
I said place the bid anyway.
What neither I nor Mark knew is that within that year
problematic new neighbors had moved in the house
next door and a very serious feud erupted between the Jones
and the new neighbors and the Jones were frantic.
The Jones had just built the log house themselves
( the husband and the adult sons ) only 6 years prior
and they loved it but they became frightened
as things were escalating between them and the neighbors.
I'll call the neighbors Joan and John ( not their real names).
One day Mark called me and said that the Jones accepted
the bid.
I wasn't surprised as I knew we'd live there
when I first walked in the house in 1990,
however of course I did NOT know about the feud.
After closing on the house the Jones invited us to the house
to answer any questions about the property and it
was then the Jones told us about the neighbors and the feud.
We were shocked although I knew then why they accepted
our low bid.
William
Part 3
After we moved in the house in 1993, Lo and behold,
our new neighbors Joan and John
came over to introduce themselves and
proceeded to tell us what we could and couldn't do
on our property. Right away the feud had begun
with us.
It was an absolute nightmare so much happened.
They lied so many times calling the sheriff
trying to get us to move like they
did to the Jones. But they didn't plan on dealing with
a totally different bear as bullies always use
the same old tactics especially if those tactics
work as they did with the Jones.
However little did they know, I was
a much different bear.
In April of 1995, John threw a baseball bat
at Marshall's car as Marshall was exiting out of our driveway
onto the busy state route to go to work.
The neighbor's driveway was parallel
with ours and John was waiting for Marshall at the end
of his driveway,
Marshall wasn't hurt and he continued to drive to work
but I called the sheriff and told them but of course
John denied it.
In August of 1995 Joan pulled into her driveway
and stopped at the end of her driveway.
Marshall and I were at work.
At that time in 1995 all 3 of the mailboxes for the three houses
were on the opposite side of the VERY busy
State Route, speed limit about 55 miles per hour.
Joan walked across the road to retrieve her mail.
As she was attempting to cross back over to her car in
her driveway, she paused at the mailboxes. She looked
EAST and saw a tractor trailer truck somewhat far off
but close enough ( as the truck driver said in a deposition )
that they both locked eyes, so he was confident that she had seen
him, and at that time he was far enough away as it looked
to him, he said, that she was planning to dash across with her mail
which is exactly what she did.
However Joan did NOT look WEST
and a car traveling east but coming from the WEST
at a very high rate of speed, hit Joan.
At that same time the car hit Joan,
the truck was right there that quickly as well and it too
hit Joan and Joan landed right at the exact spot where
I was levitating in the dream in 1990. That spot was right
in front of our driveway.
So, can we 'see' five years into the future?
Yes I absolutely believe that we can.
Can we change the future?
Hmmm... yes and no.
I believe that Joan had the opportunity
and free will to change her future, so yes
I believe that we can change our future.
My antique barn experience is another reason
why I believe that we can change our future.
And although I don't know this of course
but I wouldn't be surprised
to learn that Joan had a similar dream , but didn't heed it.
Joan and John were desperately trying
to get us to move and they were willing to do anything
they could to make that happen and it had
already started in April when
John threw the baseball bat at Marshall,
"coincidently' at the same spot where Joan
died and where I saw the tragedy unfolding
in the 1990 dream.
Recall in my 1990 dream, while floating above
the yellow line, I looked WEST first then EAST.
Joan looked East first and never looked West.
That one slight difference changed everything.
I believe that the future holds a parallel existence,
so yes in that regard I believe that we have a choice.
When I told this most bizarre story many times
to different people throughout the years,
they all asked me why didn't I tell and warn Joan
in 1993 about the dream and I replied that I did NOT
see her in the dream in 1990.
.
I saw the events unfolding from her perspective, her eyes,
of what she should have done.
I would say it was more like remote viewing perhaps?
But the most important thing is that in the dream in
1990, I did NOT see her get killed nor did I see any
cars or trucks on the road as I looked west and then east.
. I'm convinced that Joan had a choice.
Maybe there is a parallel universe, which would
support my perspective that everything is connected.
P.S. After we closed on
the house I bought a lovely white chair
which sits by the door to this very day.
Fascinating (and slightly disturbing) story, Debbie.
I've only touched on Dunne and the little I read was a while ago, but what William's said here works for me. It comes down to regular perception of Time as linear, versus its workings behind the scenes. The existence of multiple time-"lines" makes the future uncertain. Free will, fate and chance all play into this. Not every event is set in (heh) stone, the timing can change for those that are, and even things we've already experienced "linearly" may be altered without our noticing (though how large those alterations can be is difficult to say). Prophecy and precognition -- and hence the Rose Stone -- cannot be immune from these issues.
Time is not what we think, Bill. Do not discount that.
William -
I'll leave this comment here since it is your latest post, but it could just as well go back on your "Blue-Green 'and' " post since we discuss Whale Bones and the compressible bodies of the Mushroom Planet residents there. It goes with the general theme I see, though, so I think here works. I'll get to the connection at the very end.
I woke up around 3 am this morning after a series of dreams I don't remember all that well. However, the word "Tess" was running through my mind to such an extent that I was forced to get up and think about it for a little bit. The word just wouldn't let me go.
I first thought of the movie Ocean's Eleven, which I saw a couple weeks back, randomly. It continues this Casino/ Las Vegas/ Gambling theme, I suppose. In the movie, Daniel Ocean's wife is named Tess. This is actually a detail I didn't consciously know or think of until I clearly remembered it, so this seemed to matter.
Since I realized it could be a name, I looked it up. It means "to Harvest/ Harvester". This seemed relevant given the overall theme of a Gathering and Harvest, with the Wheat being gathered out from the Tares. In the movie, Tess is played by Julia Roberts. Julia is a form of the name Gillan - the same name I highlighted above with the actress from the Jumanji movie. In fact, Julia Roberts and Karen Gillan are names with synonymous definitions.
So, great. Whatever - more names. I know.
But after seeing this, I then had the clear thought that Tess was also the first part of the word Tesseract. Tess-eract came up specifically in the movie Interstellar - it is what was placed in the Black Hole that allowed Cooper to move across Time as if it were a physical space one could move forward and backward in. A Tesseract is also involved in other Time-based stories, such as A Wrinkle in Time, where Beings use the Tesseract to travel vast distances across the Universe relatively instantly. The Wrinkle symbolism gets at our Warp and Woof links from last year, where the fabric of spacetime itself can be manipulated.
This got my attention, given the fact that in my story the Harvest of the Wheat involves Beings moving vast distances to worlds that are very far away. And here we had a word/ name in Tess that related to that Harvest and what it involves.
It became more interesting, though, when I decided to look up Tess in Eldamo to see if it was an Elvish word. It is. The word Tess in Elvish means "a fine pierced hole". It also refers to a maiden. Both seeming pretty relevant given everything above. As mentioned on both of our blogs, my oldest son had drawn a picture of a monkey named "Spaghetti" holding a banana. I had linked Spaghetti to Spaghettification, the process in which a Being is both elongated and compressed as it approaches the singularity of the Black Hole, due to immense gravity and tidal forces.
This then gets to bones made out of whalebone/ baleen and compressible bodies. It was in realizing this and thinking through these various meanings and references of "Tess" that I remembered your comment regarding the Mushroom Planet and bodies that compress.
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