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Ophiuchus1
Poor ol' Eck : (
I would differ with the good Dr. Robert Stone, the absent-minded optic engineer. I would suggest to the good doctor he think in terms of surfaces
(topology) and stay within Euclidean three dimensional space (geometry), and the laws of optics ; )
People like to think in unneccessarily complicated ways. We also have the Occultists muddying the water when they talk in terms of "planes" such as
the "astral plane" and the "etheric plane" the "physical plane" when a plane is a surface, and a suface is really just a boundary.
In mathematics, a surface is a mathematical model of the common concept of a surface. It is a generalization of a plane, but, unlike a plane, it
may be curved; this is analogous to a curve generalizing a straight line.
There are several more precise definitions, depending on the context and the mathematical tools that are used for the study. The simplest mathematical
surfaces are planes and spheres in the Euclidean 3-space. The exact definition of a surface may depend on the context. Typically, in algebraic
geometry, a surface may cross itself (and may have other singularities), while, in topology and differential geometry, it may not.
A surface is a topological space of dimension two; this means that a moving point on a surface may move in two directions (it has two degrees of
freedom). In other words, around almost every point, there is a coordinate patch on which a two-dimensional coordinate system is defined. For example,
the surface of the Earth resembles (ideally) a two-dimensional sphere, and latitude and longitude provide two-dimensional coordinates on it (except at
the poles and along the 180th meridian).
~ wikipedia surfaces (mathematics)
As they say; the planet Earth in another example of a two dimensional object, yet it also has the three additional Euclidian dimensions. So the Earth
is a 5D object. Add in motion for 6D Earth.
So we can say the common conception of dimensions as separate worlds where physics is different, is easier to understood when thinking in 6D Euclidean
time and space.
One might suggest Eck passed through an boundary (plane) rather than the "experimental portal".
So let's borrow from Lewis Carroll's (occult) work
Through The Looking Glass And What Alice Found There.
Within the mirror we see our reflection. In the looking glass we see something else. To change a mirror into a looking glass we stop seeing ourselves.
That is how I would explain the knack of scrying. The mirror is only a tool.
The boundaries (of self) are our own inbuilt two dimensional mirrors and looking glasses.
My avatar is me looking through the looking glass at Alice in Wonderland. "Alice" is actually a real (deceased) girl.
In practice, this is what it is like:
Gazing into the mirror, my reflection disappears.
She steps forward and smiles, my love lost so long ago.
Her hands reach up, her palms upon the glass.
Our hands nearly touch.
Then her fingers interlace with mine, then mine with hers.
The boundaries are breached, she pulls herself across and into me.
So my advice to the good Dr Stone is to put aside his science and look towards his attractive secretary, Miss Elizabeth Dunn, who is in love with him.
Dr Stone's time with her is running out, Miss Dunn won't be there forever . . .
edit on 12-11-2022 by NobodySpecial268 because: spelling