tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post6893391216535282841..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Circular Time, Julian Jaynes, Greg CochranAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-74559483489128738072014-09-02T23:00:23.880-04:002014-09-02T23:00:23.880-04:00We grew up out of that seasonal time. It is quite...We grew up out of that seasonal time. It is quite prominent in the OT, though there are hints right from the beginning that those are the shadow of something more eternal. The Gospels are awash with reinterpretations and fulfillments of the earlier holidays, but the Epistles don't much mention it. They have moved to linear time.<br /><br />However, folks is still folks, living in agricultural (and other) seasons, and they still respond to that. School years, sports seasons, political cylcles - dozens of these things remain. They still have power because <i>we live here.</i> It wanes, but slowly. While it lasts, no home in drawing power (as well as a heckuva lot of fun) from it, so long as we see it for what it is, tied to this earth.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-64118608570070248212014-09-02T22:07:00.316-04:002014-09-02T22:07:00.316-04:00I'd love to hear your thoughts on the old trop...I'd love to hear your thoughts on the old trope that Christianity's liturgical year (and appropriation of pagan holidays) is just proof that it's a continuation of that cyclical model and means we're not all that special. GraniteDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851407860883846133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-64445357501407941352014-09-02T12:01:24.764-04:002014-09-02T12:01:24.764-04:00John McWhorter finds convincing the evidence for a...John McWhorter finds convincing the evidence for a Phoenician impact on English, doesn't he?--if I remember correctly.<br /><br />I was just reading this morning somewhere, on Phenomenon or AEI, about different visions of time, such as tribes that think of the future as "uphill," or "behind." I always think of time as a sort of racetrack, representing the cycle of the year. I suppose it's really a spiral, but it's the oval shape of the track that sticks out in perception.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.com