Michael Shipman        

 

Expository Essays
The Colors of the Primal Temple

 

The colors are the oracle from the primal temple.

 

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Blue is the water and the heavens; in its primal undisturbed state, it is without order or structure.  The blood red is the birth cry of the earth, while the gold is the light that allows us to perceive it.
 
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 The blue, red, and yellow work together.   Red and yellow create orange to complement the blue. The orange is energy. The blue takes it and is disturbed, and waves are formed, creating the brown earth.

 
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Blue and yellow create green to complement the red.  The green is life, but it cannot subsist without the bloody cry of the earth.


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Blue and red create violet to complement the yellow.  As the yellow shines, the violet hides where a wave comes and where a wave goes.


 

 

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Dr. Steven D. Martinson

Professor of German Studies
The University of Arizona
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