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Subject: Re: HO 211 vs. Bayless
From: Tony (anthonys@XXX.XXX)
Date: Mon Jul 05 1999 - 17:56:11 EDT
Bill Murdoch wrote:
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> In a message dated 7/4/99 7:08:04 PM EST, anthonys@XXX.XXX writes:
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> > I found this gem in a used bookstore around 1978 or so. You may be able to
> > find
> > one too. It's hard back. dark blue/black color, about 108 pp
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> I bought one last fall. Paid $8 for it.
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> Are those male and female symbols on the spine ?
Good question, sir!
Yes and No. They were then meant to be astronomical symbols for Venus
and Mars, respectively. The "New Age" stole them for Female and Male. :)
(See Bowditch [1977] Appendix C - the celestial symbols are/were often used
in sight plots, still always for sun, star and moon ....errrr, I think ;)
Tony San Francisco, CA
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> Bill Murdoch
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