With day the thinnest and night the fattest today, the sun is directly over the Tropic of Capricorn. In ancient times, as autumn came to an end, this was called The First Point of Capricorn because the sun was entering the constellation of the goat-fish, a symbol related to the Summerian god Enki, “Lord of the Earth,” who was associated with mischief, intelligence, fertility, and arts and crafts. Times change and stars drift (see precession), so today we would probably name it The Second (or Third) Point of Scorpio.
Round these parts, though, we just call it winter.
From Latin, felix means ‘blessed’ or ‘happy’ and culpa means ‘fault’ or ‘fall.’ In the Catholic tradition, felix culpa is translated as ‘happy fault.’ Other translations include ‘blessed fault’ or ‘fortunate fall.’
In theology, felix culpa is an understanding that the Fall of Man as having positive outcomes (such as the eventual redemption of humankind), which is somewhat paradoxical in that the bad thing has to happen to bring about the good.
In the philosophy of religion, felix culpa is a category of theodicy in response to the problem of evil.
With day and night being about the same duration today, we witness the sun’s passing of the celestial equator once again. In ancient times, this was called the First Point of Libra, because back then, the sun was just entering that constellation as summer ended. Times change and stars drift (see precession), so today we would probably name it The Second (or Third) Point of Virgo.
1. an overlapping of edges (as in tiles or scales)
2. a decoration or pattern showing imbrication
3. in sedimentology, imbrication refers to a primary depositional fabric consisting of a preferred orientation of clasts such that they overlap one another in a consistent fashion, rather like a run of toppled dominoes
Forming empty crates of air of varying complexity.
And from these spaces a multiplicity of spaces experienced, imagined, simulated.
A ghostly, transient form, an emergence from the wettest of circuits.
With a whisper of words one spirit manifests images within the mind of another— the true magic that we presume without consideration in our ever-so-important lives, day-after-day, night-after-night, all the while hoping that there is some mystery to be discovered.
