Ouroborus.

Going on means going far,

Going far means re-turning.

(Tao Te Ching.)

 

 

Manifold Ways of Knowing.

 

The labyrinth is the winding, all-encompassing path;

meandering here and there, moving nonlinearly toward,

then away from, then toward the goal again-patient path

that seems to enjoy its own winding [serpentine] journey. …

Manifold ways of knowing [that] …suggests

the multiplicity of being [be-ing]-

the vast possibilities of what may be realized

in the form of concrete particulars.

The winding labyrinth path that

touches and depends upon each and every point

of its area may symbolize the infinite possibilities

that may be realized-an infinite appreciation

of a pluralistic universe.

(LL: 1, 17.)

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Wholeness.

 

Basic ontological assumptions:

the universe is basically a single whole

within which every part is connected to every other part.

This wholeness includes every aspect accessible to human awareness –

the physical world as discerned through our physical senses,

and all the contents of consciousness.

(TSW: 393.)

 

 

Spiral.

 

[A]n elementary unicursal labyrinth

as they have an indirect path

leading to a hidden center.

(MLW: 18.)