| I believe that the world of uncivilized mind was well ordered and
had a rich self-reflecting structure, like a hologram in which every
point is containing the whole picture. Therefore it should be of
interest to contemplate the Maya indians' view of the cardinal
directions:
Colours are associated with the cardinal directions. In the middle there is blue-green, like in jade. The astronomical observations of the Maya Indians were made with the two crossed sticks and a long hollow tube to concentrate the field of observation. The tube was made by jade, an extraordinary feat of the artisans considering the hardness of this material.
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