Friday, May 29, 2015

Geography?



So, what is this about? Geography should have to do with the earth, but I guess it can
also be used for regions of space beyond earth, if they are local ( meaning within our
known solar system ).  So we might also call it astronomy.

I recently learned some stuff or at least relearned it, about our relatively near
neighbor --- most commonly known as Mars. It is the focus of a good deal of attention.
It's seems there is a good deal of interest in going to Mars.

Mars of course is a word coming to us mostly from Roman times, as Mars was
very significant throughout both ancient and more modern Roman culture.
Please note this interesting chart with names from different languages.
link: < language chart >.  Now, Mars was considered a god in that culture,
so god and demon are of course different.  I would like to know who is
in charge of that distinction.   I would not be surprised to know that one man's
demon could be another man's god, but this is a matter I am not too clear on.

Anyway, one of the more fascinating aspects of this is that Mars has two
moons : Deimos and Phobos.  The following site contains images of Deimos
on the shield of Leonidas, King of Sparta: link: < aphrodite-hoplismene >,
Aphrodite is the mother of Deimos and Phobos ( outside of wedlock? ) with
Mars.

Now, I think we need to make a few things clear. When we say we are going
to Mars, does it not mean in some sense we are going to war? I mean jumble
it around in your mind a bit. God of war - < well, I hope the guys who are
working on these plans, have given it a thought >.

So back to Phobos and Deimos, apparently people have kept fairly quiet about
their goings on s. When you translate you get - fear and terror. Phobos - fear,
and Deimos - terror. So on that topic, think about the idea - War on Terror -
could mean - War on Deimos ( very small place, by the way ), and also could
mean war on the god of war's, son. (????????)

I'm not sure how to untangle all this, but it does allow some room for cogitation.  

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