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artifact:13th-century-caucasian-carpet-blossom-fragment13th-Century Caucasian Carpet Blossom Fragment
The central object of sections 1-2; a carpet fragment in Alexander's possession judged to have the strongest I-connection of all compared blossoms.
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Concepts (2)
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- The property by which living structure appears more and more deeply as centers are refined within centers, visible in the 13th-century carpet blossom.
- Devotional MakingaboutThe orientation of ancient weavers who made carpets as an act of reaching toward the eternal; proposed as the means by which the strongest living centers were achieved.
Artifacts (2)
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- 15th-Century Herat Carpet Blossomanalogous_toA later version of the blossom design judged to have some force but less I-connection than the 13th-century example.
- 16th-Century Tabriz Carpet Blossomanalogous_toA third version of the blossom, described as beautiful but mainly decorative, lacking the force of the 13th-century example.
probe (1)
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- Alexander invites the reader to use their own capacity to feel the I as an instrument to verify the blossom's exceptional quality.