A Phaistos Comic

By Borsky

The Phaistos Disk is an ancient object discovered in Crete. The meaning of the symbols is still a matter of discussion. Antero Alli used this as a fantastic way to connect to the mythical intelligence. I took an epsom salt bath, relaxed and lost myself in a bizarre story.

After feeling the initial bliss from the salts I started looking at the image, starting from the centre outwards with one idea: this is the expression of a very old story, using metaphors long forgotten or blended into more modern forms. These are told in a linear fashion, by comic book panels or cassettes showing recurring characters and their interactions.
I suddenly came upon the revelation looking at two bits at the outside, completely at the end of my story, then went into some kinda trance, and started again from the center. The story unfolded itself.

**And I was in awe. The disk is a record. My eye is the needle.**
	Originally where the void and the original flow.
	The meeting of void and flow transformed the original flow into linear time or causality. Combination of linear time and void separated from itself the essences lifetree (energy) and non-life (matter).
	Another combination of void and linear time separated from itself the elements fire, liquid and rocks (solids).
	When breaking the linear time, void produces two important events:
	First, void matches its opposite, fulness and Secondly non-life produces two opposite helixes.
	Worldview has the ability to break the linear time into the void.
	When void reflects itself into the original flow,
	Fire (light) breaks up the void.
	The combination of lifetree, linear time and void gave birth to the First Ones (gods, souls, spirits).
	Remember, first, void matches its opposite, fulness and secondly non-life produces two opposite helixes.
	Non-life possesses two aspects: First, the combination of void and the original flow;
	Secondly, the combination of linear time and fullness.
	The influence of fulness and void is predominant in the first of non-life's two helixes.
	The First One (gods, souls, spirits) took a physical aspect and by merging with the second helix, entered the physical world.
	By this combination, it was given all kinds of qualities.
	Some of which were recognised as part of the physical aspect.
	Breaking up some of these aspects,
	Caused the insight (enlightment) that a map can show different worldviews on non-life.
	First most important cassette: (reading from right to left) the turning point is this: that which happens in the world is shown here, on this very disk. Especially both helixes and the void can prove important to know.
	Reflecting itself in the primordial flow, the First Ones can see part of the light.
	Then linear time starts to fade for the physical form dwelling in the physical world.
	It is by writing down the helix into lifetree that the First One
	forces all qualities and worldviews to be written upon maps as this disk witnesses (second most important cassette).

Hooo Fhasa!

Here I stopped, the following panels could not get any better. Back in my 3rd gear, writing this down, I realised in the last two sentences I discern some ideas I read in Jeremy Narby's "The Cosmic Serpent": the first one has to do with how DNA-code writes itself and by this poetic litterature, causes life to exist. Life with a soul for us critters maybe. And the second phrase somehow makes me think of Korzybski's anthropometer: the writing in ourselves forces us to write down our experiences of the world and often forget it's just a map. The disk itself then is like a meta-map, explaining how maps get written. By telling us a story giving a possible explanation of existence, it shows us visually that what we think is reality, in reality is what we think. And the very first and central panel gives us the key: empty yourself, and go with the flow.

I took a cold shower and went to lay down. Before I lay down, I wrote the following idiotic sentence:

"We interrupt this record for a message from beyond the Nonsense Barrier, Reefer Madness.
We are all aged actors on the linear stage. The Boulevard of Broken Dreams from this day on shall be called the Boulevard of Broken Hips."

I would very much advise every fellow academician to try this exercise.
I recounted the number of panels I used.
Yup.
23.

borsky (2006)

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Originally where the void and the original flow.

The meeting of void and flow transformed the original flow into linear time or causality. Combination of linear time and void separated from itself the essences lifetree (energy) and non-life (matter).

Another combination of void and linear time separated from itself the elements fire, liquid and rocks (solids).

When breaking the linear time, void produces two important events:

First, void matches its opposite, fulness and Secondly non-life produces two opposite helixes.

Worldview has the ability to break the linear time into the void.

When void reflects itself into the original flow,

Fire (light) breaks up the void.

The combination of lifetree, linear time and void gave birth to the First Ones (gods, souls, spirits).

Remember, first, void matches its opposite, fulness and secondly non-life produces two opposite helixes.

Non-life possesses two aspects: First, the combination of void and the original flow;

Secondly, the combination of linear time and fullness.

The influence of fulness and void is predominant in the first of non-life's two helixes.

The First One (gods, souls, spirits) took a physical aspect and by merging with the second helix, entered the physical world.

By this combination, it was given all kinds of qualities.

Some of which were recognised as part of the physical aspect.

Breaking up some of these aspects,

Caused the insight (enlightment) that a map can show different worldviews on non-life.

First most important cassette: (reading from right to left) the turning point is this: that which happens in the world is shown here, on this very disk. Especially both helixes and the void can prove important to know.

Reflecting itself in the primordial flow, the First Ones can see part of the light.

Then linear time starts to fade for the physical form dwelling in the physical world.

It is by writing down the helix into lifetree that the First One

forces all qualities and worldviews to be written upon maps as this disk witnesses

Hooo Fhasa!