13-11-2017, 03:45 PM
(08-11-2017, 02:10 PM)-JKP- wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I've often wondered if the "pipes" (which many have equated to the elements) represent the humors (bile, blood, etc.).
Western designations were usually black bile, yellow bile, blood, and phlegm but I imagine there were other systems relating to bodily fluids (and there are five pipes, not four).
The stuff coming out of them looks more like elements (water, air, fire, earth, and possibly spirit/ether) but... maybe something biological was intended.
My quote from the Russian forum for the top picture of the previous page You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (2 years ago)
Any engineer, looking at this drawing, will understand that six signatures correspond to the segments (sections) between the branch pipes, and not the denotation of the nozzles themselves .... And seven inlets of the "intestine" symbolize seven organs of man: - liver (fire), lungs (air, vapor), skeleton (SAND, STONES), brain / soul (ether, empty), kidneys (liquid), anal and mouth ... On the right - oral input (jet in the mouth), indicated 6 preparations from plants to affect the specific organ. Left - anal input (enema).