This only goes to prove the point. "South" is only south because the first mapmakers lived in what is now called the northern hemisphere. They decided they wanted to be on top (probably men), so they drew maps with their countries above all those nasty, dark-skinned people who lived "below" them. It's a totally arbitrary direction from the point of view of the cosmos.
If SV claims some specialness for south without regard to where the sun actually lies (north, for most of the year, when in most of the southern hemisphere), then it is as arbitrary as I suspect it to be. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Cliff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > "Vedic reasoning" is an oxymoron, just like "silent cry" or "Dodge > > Ram". > > > There is no such thing. It's a system of belief, pure and simple. > > > > > > I'll buy Sparaig's cultural reason - the Aryan invaders came from > > the > > > north, and I bet the Dravidian's were pissed off enough at being > > > slaughtered and having their women raped that they frequently fought > > > back from the south. I certainly would have. > > > > > > As for the "scientific reason", that would imply that northern > > entrances > > > would be verboten in the in the southern hemisphere, since that's > > where > > > the sun would lie. But since Vedic civilization had no notion of a > > > southern hemisphere, there is no mention of this. Same reason > > there's > > > no mention of Neptune, Uranus and Pluto - no one saw them before the > > > invention of the telescope. > > > > > > Out of sight, out of belief system, when the belief system is hung > > on > > > something tangible like direction or a visible planet. > > > > > > > > > In fact, I can't find anyone who knows the answer to the question: > > should we reversethe roles of North and South in SV when dealing with > > buildings south of the Equator? > > > > Until I hear a definitive answer from the TMO, I reserve judgement on > > how inflexable the SV interpretation is. > > I am not the TMO, but I have heard MMY and the TMO say without > equivication that its still southern entrances in the southern hemisphere. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
