Primium Mobile
The idea of the primium Mobile caught my mind in class, so I thought I'd chase it up...
From Sourcery Forge, a wiki-based and community-maintained encyclopedia of esoteric knowledge, and something of a play on Source Forge:
"Philosphic term. Latin for "First Mover".
Everything the happens appears to be caused by something, which was caused by something, which was caused by something.
But, unless the universe has existed forever, there must have been something which acted without first being acted. Possibly god. This is refered to in some discussions on philosophy as the Primium Mobile."
Apparently it's also represented by the Aces in a Tarot deck, meaning 'white', 'soul' and 'good', presumably among other things.
So, it's the act of creation, I suppose, but there's something mystical in there as well - cf Yeats' mystical leanings in his earlier days?
From Sourcery Forge, a wiki-based and community-maintained encyclopedia of esoteric knowledge, and something of a play on Source Forge:
"Philosphic term. Latin for "First Mover".
Everything the happens appears to be caused by something, which was caused by something, which was caused by something.
But, unless the universe has existed forever, there must have been something which acted without first being acted. Possibly god. This is refered to in some discussions on philosophy as the Primium Mobile."
Apparently it's also represented by the Aces in a Tarot deck, meaning 'white', 'soul' and 'good', presumably among other things.
So, it's the act of creation, I suppose, but there's something mystical in there as well - cf Yeats' mystical leanings in his earlier days?
posted by David | 8:05 PM
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