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One must finally find a means of integrating those "peripheral" themes into the main corpus of legitimately serious topics; but, once one begins in earnest to do this, it's inevitably noticed that the whole character of that corpus shifts. All the conventional values and standards of interpretation suffer a fateful displacement. They cannot remain sufficient keys of evaluation in themselves, derived as they inevitably are from a moribund or tuo aa : wat 14 Once the spade of unfettered curiosity hits the strangelysinged soil and upturns the first crackling isotope of anomalous sod, the murmur goes irretrievably up to heaven: "what is this?" And suddenly whole new perspectives need be introduced, wild variables and previously unthinkable possibilities have to be extended their due; moreovero/ice that minimalist concession is made, that niggardly due extended, the strangely new element or oddball idea gobbles up the field without the grace of gradualism, preempts the table of options in an unseemly coverage grudgingly granted it owing—frankly—to its demonstrable power to account for more things, and a wider range of seemingly disparate things, in one compass. Ultimately, it displays that one indispensable quality belonging to every revolutionary Zeitgeist, i.e. the progressively plain provision of a common denominator into which all formerly refractory facts go all—too—evenly in the end. Thus, if the 7—Bird originally promised to treat topics such as "the environment" with all related concerns of industrialization, alternative technologies and socio-political or cultural quiddity then it must now be recognized that one cannot begin to approach real understanding of the (sometimes bluntly ambiguous or contradictory) "environmental" theme, without fitting it into a context having a larger backdrop than is permitted from the cosmically—minute perspective of Earth ecology in itself. It must be recognized that "Earth" is not only a part of a greater galactic ecology in theory, but that it inevitably is so in fact—a circumstance that carries with it real consequence and effective repercussion. The fact of that ecological interdependence, in terms of energy—networks and spacetime "lanes" we are only now beginning to fathom, inevitably comes fleshed with the features of real characters, participants in the implications, beings and processes and powers 63 having tangible stake in just such a logical eventuality. From that dry, theoretical proposition real space—marauders come flying out like sudden bats from the wormholes and hyperducts, actual galactic explorers and spacetime missionaries, mercantile agents and bluegrey gremmies come surfing in on tenuous energy—grids and foaming crests of quantum curvature, armadas of high—priority—if often independent—Interest surging forward to establish the several flags securing and silently proclaiming each particular need... And, if the 7—Bird originally promised to treat topics such as psychic, metaphysical, occult and spiritual development it must now be recognized that one cannot begin to approach real understanding of the significance of our terrestrial environment against the newlyexpanded backdrop of Stars until one takes into consideration the real meaning, purpose, significance and destiny involved in the subject of Consciousness, and the mind/body form of Man. For ultimately it is with an Eye of interest upon such basic matter that the spacebeings (whom we're now beginning to sense more emphatically) make their approach, and take up their several positions around the planetary compass in phantom Watch. 131 T-Bird_Vs_The_Flying_saucers.htm "humanistic" worldview preserving all the old proportions. The Subject of Consciousness; The Mind/Body Form of Man That quality of consciousness, and that correlative mind/body magazine seemingly fitted with such fragile