Post by Mlle Bienvenu on Jun 6, 2006 10:23:33 GMT -5
Hehee this is too much fun. . . Found a 'working' alethiometer program online this morning. If you're into symbols it's a fun toy to play with.
An alethiometer is a made-up philosophical instrument created for Phillip Pullman's Dark Materials series. It's basically a compass face that point to 'the truth' Around the face of the watch are pictures, each with layered symbolic meanings (three of which are given in this program). To ask it a question, you move three hands to the symbols that represent your question, then the fourth hand moves on it's own pointing to a sequence of symbols which represent your answer . .. kind of like a ouija board/tarot deck and Weasley clock all rolled into one. Fun little desktop toy hehe.
neonavis.com/neonavis/index.html
An alethiometer is a made-up philosophical instrument created for Phillip Pullman's Dark Materials series. It's basically a compass face that point to 'the truth' Around the face of the watch are pictures, each with layered symbolic meanings (three of which are given in this program). To ask it a question, you move three hands to the symbols that represent your question, then the fourth hand moves on it's own pointing to a sequence of symbols which represent your answer . .. kind of like a ouija board/tarot deck and Weasley clock all rolled into one. Fun little desktop toy hehe.
neonavis.com/neonavis/index.html
