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Nietzsch E. Coyote wrote: That some of the paths are represented by later works as spheres does nothing to anull the potential of this line of thought.
But it does present a difficult problem. There doesn't seem to be an easy way to find ten 'special' teeth to be spheres. They'd have to be unevenly distributed among the four sides. Perhaps six on top and four on the bottom, or whatever.
I'll fish for synchronicity by posting some poorly-thought-out information.
Each of the four 'worlds' has two incisors, one canine, two bicuspids, and three molars. Canines are often included in the incisor group, just as bicuspids are often included in the molar group. This makes 12 incisors and 20 molars total. Or recategorize them as you please. Incisors are for biting and tearing, molars are for grinding and crushing.
Each tooth is unique, but two sets of four seem to stand out: the canines (the pointy ones) and the wisdom teeth.
Each person displays different teeth in the course of their facial expressions, but certain teeth tend to be more visible than others (i.e. the top front). Visible teeth strike me as possible candidates for the spheres. Displaying the teeth in a smile is a friendly gesture unusual (but I think not unique) to humans; most animals instead use their teeth threateningly.
Human molars have five crests arranged in sort of a Y shape(in common with most mammals): I lost my link, but here is a contradictory but otherwise useful link (sez humans have four crests--obviously it's hard to say for sure).
Molars have two roots while incisors have one. Molars have pits, some people's deeper than others. Mine were artificially filled with some kind of dental substance so food and bacteria would not get trapped in the crevasses.
Certain teeth are harder to clean than others. Brushing with water and chemicals cleans tooth surfaces, while flossing with a string cleans between the teeth.
There are a few different ways for the teeth to be 'out of alignment', including overbite and underbite. This likely has something to do with the size of the teeth, the order of their growth, and the age at which they appear.
There's a rough guideline for the order in which a set of teeth grows, but I think it varies considerably from person to person. Some people have extra teeth (these are usually removed by modern oral surgery). Wisdom teeth are often removed by dentists even before any problems appear. They are dangerous teeth to keep.
Some teeth are involved in production of certain fricative sounds (sibilants?). Hebrew and Arabic use dentalized t, d, th, etc., while English makes the sounds farther back at the alveolar ridge. This is only an example of how the teeth are used differently in different languages.
A fellow named Alexander Neibaur was a qabalistic dentist involved with Napoleon Bonapart and Joseph Smith. |
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