Pandora Gem Musings
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ickaimpAccording to "Blue Birthday, if you hold the stone containing Pandora up to the moonlight when the Volley Comet passes by every 10,000 years, Pandora will glow red and cry tears of immortality.
My problem with this is that 10,000 years ago would be approximately 8,000 BC, or the Mesolithic / Middle Stone Age. It's still the time of Hunter-Gatherers. Primitive writing was just being developed around Mesopotamia.
As far as the name Pandora (meaning "All Gifted' or 'All Giving') is, from the Greek story about the first woman created. Greek Civilization hit its peak between 1400 BC to 337 BC, or about 3400 - 2300 years ago.
The thing that started this train of thought was a late night plunnie "Pandora = Philosopher’s Stone?"
The Philosopher’s stone was originally created/discovered by the French Alchemist Nicholas Flamel (1330-1418). It is said that he used it to transmute gold through Alchemy around 1382, around 600 years ago. In the 17th century. the archaeologist Paul Lucas claims to have spoken to Flamel about immortality and the Elixir of Life.
You may also recognise Flamel from Harry Potter and the Philosopher/Sorcerer's Stone, which also contains another legend of immortality.
The Phoenix is reborn from its ashes around every 500 to 1500 years. Phoenix’s tears/songs can heal. ^^;;
There are other stories of things that grant immortality (Tree of Life, Food of the Gods, etc) but those were the ones that caught our attention.
One last note:
Comet Hyakutake passes by every 10,000 years. It last passed by in 1996. ^__^
My problem with this is that 10,000 years ago would be approximately 8,000 BC, or the Mesolithic / Middle Stone Age. It's still the time of Hunter-Gatherers. Primitive writing was just being developed around Mesopotamia.
As far as the name Pandora (meaning "All Gifted' or 'All Giving') is, from the Greek story about the first woman created. Greek Civilization hit its peak between 1400 BC to 337 BC, or about 3400 - 2300 years ago.
The thing that started this train of thought was a late night plunnie "Pandora = Philosopher’s Stone?"
The Philosopher’s stone was originally created/discovered by the French Alchemist Nicholas Flamel (1330-1418). It is said that he used it to transmute gold through Alchemy around 1382, around 600 years ago. In the 17th century. the archaeologist Paul Lucas claims to have spoken to Flamel about immortality and the Elixir of Life.
You may also recognise Flamel from Harry Potter and the Philosopher/Sorcerer's Stone, which also contains another legend of immortality.
The Phoenix is reborn from its ashes around every 500 to 1500 years. Phoenix’s tears/songs can heal. ^^;;
There are other stories of things that grant immortality (Tree of Life, Food of the Gods, etc) but those were the ones that caught our attention.
One last note:
Comet Hyakutake passes by every 10,000 years. It last passed by in 1996. ^__^
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Date: 2004-03-10 01:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-03-10 02:03 pm (UTC)I still like my theory that if you had a potent mystical gem on your hands, what better way to protect it than to put the word around that it was utterly useless except for one moment in 10,000 years?
Yeah. Voices operate not so much on the theory that Gosho was wrong (because the authour is never wrong, it's cannon) but that Crab-face had faulty information.
Phoenix thing is primarily because the 'Shattered' fic came back and bit us in the butt last night. ~_~
Research
Date: 2004-03-10 03:39 pm (UTC)As an aside: Found the most AMAZING pic of a fox I've ever seen, not necessarily the most beautiful but definitely the strangest-- if I were to really, honestly believe in kitsune, then I'd say that the photographer managed to get a shot of one by pure chance. That's the most intent, non-beastial expression I have ever seen... it's the expression of a thinking creature. Take a look here: http://www.davidbjack.com/Red_Fox_in_long_grass_2.jpg
Something else, isn't it?
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Date: 2004-03-10 02:59 pm (UTC)^_^
I've mentioned to Icka in an email that I want to do a Shadow of Destiny/Magic Kaito crossover. (Actually, am half way through it.) For those not acquainted with the game, you run a character who spends pretty much the entire time getting murdered, then going back in time to prevent his murder. Alchemy and the Philosopher's stone plays heavily in the story.
(Goes off to kick muse into helping her finish the fic.)
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Date: 2004-03-10 03:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-03-10 03:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-03-10 03:51 pm (UTC)Actually, one of the funny things is that the more some of us end up talking, the more little bits of each others fics end up slipping into our own. Know that a few quotes of my fics have ended up in Ysabet's, and 'my' Kaito wasn't nearly as angsty as he is now until we started talking to Becky.
Swear we end up working on great-grandchildren of our orginal plunnies... ^^;;
We feed of each other, yessssssss... mwuahahahahaaaaa!!!!
*coughs* Actually, the Voices are dead quiet on fics right now, we're kinda distracted with research. Would love to read it.
Hey, Kosagi, Ysabet? Do either of you know how to mix powdered henna for hair? I've read about 2 different ways, and neither quite agree with what the guy at India Spiceland said.
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Date: 2004-03-10 06:00 pm (UTC)Oh, and I have to admit, the reason a certain Superintendent is aboard that ship in Pursuance has to do with a story involving two other detectives falling in love. Ahhh, inspiration. (For the life of me I can't remember if it was Becky, Ysabet or you who wrote it, though I'm pretty sure it was one of you three.)
Henna? No, I have such dark hair that I have to use powerful stuff to get any sort of color. (bout time for another job, too.) So I have no clue how to use natural dyes.
**blink, blink**
Date: 2004-03-10 03:31 pm (UTC)birdy
Date: 2004-03-10 02:22 pm (UTC)Could this be...?
Date: 2004-03-10 04:24 pm (UTC)