http://www1.iwvisp.com/LA4Park/BesslerLittleBookChiastic.txt Date(s): 12 November 2010 To view this plain text Internet file, one could right click -> View source, then if possible Format -> Word Wrap ---------- This is a chiastic structure analysis and a partial re-translation of Bessler's little book. Others may want to assist in another re-translation. Someone more knowledgeable of German from the early 1700s and who also understands the Orffyrean roller bearing and the Bessler principle may want to do another translation. Anyway, I tried to make an improvement. One can see Bessler's little book on pp. 225-227 of Collins' 1997 book, "Perpetual Motion: An Ancient Mystery Solved?", Permo Publications. One can also find similar translated versions of Bessler's little book by doing an Internet search for say "greed is an evil plant" or for "Saturn, Mars and Jupiter are ready to join in any battle". Bessler's little book appears to have been written so that it would only be fully understood after his invention of the Orffyrean roller bearing was actually built and used. I think that Bessler chose some words which were ambiguous or misleading in their meanings. For example, the usual translation of "durch den Reiss" would seem to be "through the hoop" but if the dog were on his stomach (Bauch) and the hoop were flat on the ground then the dog could go through the middle of the hoop and out, if we think of an Orffyrean lobe rolling through an Orffyrean lobe hole. That is why I translated it "over-through the hoop". To show the chiastic structure, I provide both my own single character ordering symbol for each chiastic level and my own longer label associated with that chiastic level. I tried to leave the not very useful 50 forward slash marks or /s in the translation but it was sometimes not clear to me where they went, mainly given the changing of verb locations in going from German to English. I left in some of the other punctuation marks by artificially enclosing them within curly braces or {} marks so as to show where they came from. This causes some duplication of punctuation but I thought that I should somehow preserve the original punctuation information, in case the information was later useful. I found that the most relevant punctuation for chiastic analysis came from the eight x's. Those "x" marks were essential to my forming this chiastic structure. I added some words within square brackets or [] marks, as the chiastic analysis seemed to beg for something like them to be added for the sake of chiastic clarity. See GravitySummaryNews.txt for more analysis and discussion. AEP - 12 Nov 2010 I (Only Reveal Later) Those who are keen to ask questions should ask them of this little book. My deeds will not be revealed prematurely. Should anyone wish to speculate about the truth, let him ponder on the rich pageantry of words which I now cause to shower down upon him! 0 (Growth by Low Friction) For greed is an evil plant. 1 (Two-part Gravitons) An anvil receives many [pulling] 2 (Pattern Replication) blows. 3 (Large Jupiter) A driver drives./ 4 (Small Mars) A runner runs./ 5 (Saturn) The seer sees./ 6 (Motion from Quality) The buyer buys [using highest quality money]./ 7 (Matter) The rain drips down./ Snow falls./ The shotgun shoots./ 8 (Vegetable) The bow twangs.{;} A great herd of fat,/ lazy,/ plump [grain-filled] horses wanders aimlessly./ The flail would rather be with the thresher/ than the scholar.{;} Children play with heavy clubs among the broken columns. 9 (Animal) Acrobatic feather fencers are as fleet and nimble as the wind./ The cunning cat slinks silently along/ and snatches nice juicy mice./ The dog creeps out of his kennel/ just as far as his chain will stretch./ He knows how to please himself by caring for/ his little hit toys and machinery. He well wags himself with his tail,/ creeps on his belly over-through the hoop/ and is also quite rewarded with a pat on his paws by the stiff fops who will soon watch him.{;x} A (Rotating Nucleus Wheel) A wheel appears --/ is it really a wheel,/ for it does not have a normal rim./ It revolves, but without other wheels inside or outside,/ and without weights,/ wind or springs.{/x} B (Glorious Power) Seen sideways/ or full-face/ it is as glorious as a peacock's tail.{/ x} A (Rotating Nucleus Wheel) It turns to the right and to the left;/ with only a finger pull allowed/ it spins itself around completely longwise and crosswise,/ whether full/ or empty. 9 (Animal) All things belong to one of the three kingdoms (animal, 8 (Vegetable) vegetable or 7 (Matter) matter)/ and you have the physical evidence before you./ Without such things as sulphur,/ salt,/ and mercury, all things soon run to waste --{. x} 6 (Motion from Quality) the qualities of the elements are necessary to keep things going.{;} 5 (Saturn) Saturn,/ 4 (Small Mars) Mars/ and 3 (Large Jupiter) Jupiter are ready to join in any battle.{. x} 2 (Pattern Replication) Even the things we eat/ {( }do not lose their elemental influence --{)} for it spreads itself through every limb and sinew of our bodies. {; x} 1 (Two-part Gravitons) A crab crawls from side to side./ It is sound {(}for it is designed thus.{.)} Poltergeists wander freely through locked doors.{;x} 0 (Growth by Low Friction) But softly,/ quietly/ and enough./ Enough [quietness],/ lest the wise enemy just flee./ The enemy/ will drench me with his spittle,/ [hot] spittle/ so that I will lose my temper,/ [my cool] temper and in a sudden fit, cast aside the mantle that conceals my wheel.{; x} I (Only Reveal Later) But he shall be thwarted in his desires./ Alden Park - 12 Nov 2010 ---------- Use Back on browser to return to Main or go to http://www1.iwvisp.com/LA4Park/ (after exiting, if in "View source" mode).