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Originally posted by phantomjack
Dont forget to include the non-visible symbols like smell, sound, and touch.
The brain uses symbols as an index to an event and can recall the event when the symbol is recognized.
How the brain actually does this is still unknown...though I wish we could decode the brain and understand it fully.
This indexing system is very powerful, and can generate intense recall of specific events which often times are suppressed until recalled.
Though, from the research that I have done on this issue, not everyone is able to recall an event based on smell, and the intensity of the recall also varies from person to person.
Originally posted by gasc54
look all the codes in paintings of old masters DE vinci Poussin
Originally posted by H1ght3chHippie
I'm missing the point of the thread.
What does the first picture got to do with symbolism, and how is it related to the second picture of the WTC .. what have either of them got to do with anything you describe. People feel anger or sadness or whatever when looking at the burning WTC because they re-live an event in history, not because it's a symbol.
Am I missing the Gorilla in the living room here ?