You Could Not Step Twice into the Same River
You could not step twice into the same river.
from Cratylus (dialogue) by Plato
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Theme: “Set It Spinning”
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Everything Flows and Nothing Stays
Everything flows and nothing stays.
from Cratylus (dialogue) by Plato
He Had Made the Earth a Planet and Set It Spinning
With a wave of his hand, he had made the Earth a planet and set it spinning.
from A More Perfect Heaven by Dava Sobel
📖 Excerpts Library
Concept of the Earth Revolving—Axially and Orbitally—Around the Sun
The term [revolution] derives from the Latin substantive revolutio, which was unknown in classical Latin but was used in the early Middle Ages by St. Augustine and other Christian writers. Translated into Italian as rivoluzione in the early Renaissance and...
Source: Fire in the Minds of Men by James H. Billington
Rolling Round the Central Sun
In his chapter of the antiquity of Masonry, [Captain George Smith] makes it to be coeval with creation, 'when,' says he, 'the sovereign architect raised on Masonic principles the beauteous globe, and commanded the master science, Geometry, to lay the...
Source: On the Origin of Free-Masonry by Thomas Paine
Psychologically There Is a Great Difference
In fact most of Copernicus' book runs closely parallel with Ptolemy's exposition, only the minimum changes being made to adjust the treatment of the Sun-centered theory; and most of the numerical constants are simply Ptolemy's figures transformed. Not unnaturally, Copernicus...
Source: De revolutionibus orbium coelestium by Nicolaus Copernicus
They Had to Imagine the Sun as Something That Does Not Move
They had to imagine the sun as something that does not move in relation to the earth and the earth even as something moving.
🎼 Song Excerpts
The World Is Spinning, Turning Day to Night
The world is spinning, turning day to night - And my thoughts are running at the speed of light
Making the Earth Whirl Softly
Making the earth whirl softly - Love makes the world go 'round
And the World Keeps Spinning ’Round
And the world keeps spinning 'round - But my world's upside down, and I wouldn't change a thing
That’s the Power–Makes the World Go ’Round
That's the power - Makes the world go 'round
The World’s Just Spinning a Little Too Fast
The world's just spinning a little too fast - If things don't slow down soon, we might not last - So just for a moment, let's be still
But Never Feel the Earth Spinning Around
Night after night, watching the sky move - But never feel the earth spinning around
It’s Poetry in Motion
It's Poetry in Motion
Every Time the World Spins Around
There's a man on the moon and he says that he's not coming down - But he's thinking of you every time the world spins around
Oh for One More Trip Around the Sun
Oh for one more trip around the sun
And the Eyes in His Head See the World Spinning Round
And the eyes in his head see the world spinning round
We Are on a Rock, Spinnin’ Silently
We are on a rock, spinnin' silently
Keep Spinning Around
So when will this end? It goes on and on - Over and over and over again - Keep spinning around, I know that it won't stop until I step down from this for good
Spinning in Infinity
He looks around, around, he sees angels in the architecture - Spinning in infinity - He says Amen! and Hallelujah!
I’m Spinning Around
Why don't you guide me in if I'm such a lost soul? I'm spinning around
The World Would Swing If I Were King
Yeah, the world would swing if I were king
It Was All a Bad Dream Spinning in Your Head
It was all a bad dream spinning in your head
It’s Spinning Round and Round
It's lost and can't be found, It's spinning round and round - Slow it down
How Can We Dance When Our Earth Is Turning?
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
We’ll Begin with a Spin
We'll begin with a spin - Traveling in the world of my creation
The World’s Still Spinning ’Round We Don’t Know Why
The world’s still spinning ’round we don’t know why
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Cause Everything Is Never As It Seems…
With a wave of his hand, he had made the Earth a planet and set it spinning.
Absolutely Still and I Can’t Wait One Minute More
The world is spinning, turning day to night, and my thoughts are running at the speed of light.
Think About the Place Where You Live
If you are confused, check with the sun. Carry a compass to help you along. Your feet are going to be on the ground. Your head is there to move you around.
Get It Together and Flow
See a pearl form, a diamond in the rough. See a bird soaring high above the flood. It’s in your blood, it’s in your blood.
And I Will Try To Fix You…
Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right.
We’ll Begin With a Spin
Anything you want to, do it. Want to change the world? There’s nothing to it.
High Time We Made a Stand
Read it in the books, in the crannies and the nooks, there are books to read.
It Was Always Burning Since the World’s Been Turning
And I’m trying to believe in things that I don’t know. The turning of the world, the color of your soul.
We Built This City on Rock and Roll
…how different theories are suddenly introduced to add strength to the edifice.
But I Feel It Still…
If wishes were trees, the trees would be falling. Listen to reason, reason is calling.
Narrative Episodes
All I Ever Needed Is Here in My Arms
Vows are spoken to be broken.<div class="more-link-wrapper"><a class="more-link" href="https://www.stationaryreality.com/fragments/here-in-my-arms/">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">All I Ever Needed Is Here in My Arms</span></a></div>
They Say in Heaven, Love Comes First
You pull me close, and we start to move. And we're spinnin' with the stars above. And you lift me up in a wave of love.<div class="more-link-wrapper"><a class="more-link" href="https://www.stationaryreality.com/fragments/in-heaven-love-comes-first/">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">They Say in Heaven, Love Comes First</span></a></div>
At Least I Don’t See You Float Away
(Gravity ... is a very “occult” force, given that no one has ever seen it.)<div class="more-link-wrapper"><a class="more-link" href="https://www.stationaryreality.com/fragments/it-isnt-anything-at-all/">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">At Least I Don’t See You Float Away</span></a></div>
The Eyes in His Head See the World Spinning Round
Day after day, alone on a hill, the man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still.<div class="more-link-wrapper"><a class="more-link" href="https://www.stationaryreality.com/fragments/see-the-world-spinning-round/">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">The Eyes in His Head See the World Spinning Round</span></a></div>
I Wanna Turn the Whole Thing Upside Down
Who's to say what's impossible? Well they forgot, this world keeps spinning.<div class="more-link-wrapper"><a class="more-link" href="https://www.stationaryreality.com/fragments/turn-the-whole-thing-upside-down/">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">I Wanna Turn the Whole Thing Upside Down</span></a></div>
Thoughts Were Spinning in My Head
This is not what I had planned. It’s out of my control.<div class="more-link-wrapper"><a class="more-link" href="https://www.stationaryreality.com/fragments/thoughts-were-spinning-in-my-head/">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">Thoughts Were Spinning in My Head</span></a></div>