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Repository
1. A location for storage, often for safety or preservation
2. A burial vault
3. A person to whom a secret is entrusted
From WIKI
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Herodotus
See page 350.
Munchausen
See page 350.
Fountain of Youth
Herodotus mentions a fountain containing a very special kind of water located in the land of the Ethiopians. He attributes the exceptional longevity of the Ethiopians to this water. Tales of healing waters date to at least the time of the Alexander Romance, and were popular right up to the European Age of Exploration. From WIKI
Seven Cities of Gold
A myth that originated around the year 1150 when the Moors conquered Mérida, Spain. According to the legend, seven bishops fled the city — not only to save their own lives, but also to prevent the Muslims from obtaining sacred religious relics. (In another version, the bishops fled from Oporto, Portugal around the year 734.) Years later, a rumor circulated that on the far away island of Antillia—a place unknown to the people of that time—the seven bishops had founded seven cities. The legend says that these cities grew very rich, mainly from gold and precious stones. This idea fueled many expeditions in search of the mythical cities during the following centuries. From WIKI
the eight Immortals
The Eight Immortals are a group of legendary xian ("immortals; transcendents; fairies") in Chinese mythology. Each Immortal's power can be transferred to a power tool (法器) that can give life or destroy evil. Together, these eight tools are called "Covert Eight Immortals" (暗八仙 àn ~). Most of them are said to have been born in the Tang Dynasty or Song Dynasty. They are revered by the Taoists, and are also a popular element in the secular Chinese culture. They are said to live on Penglai Mountain-Island. From WIKI
Mathesis
See page 194.
"as above, so below!"
See page 487.
Hysteresis
Hysteresis phenomena occur in magnetic and ferromagnetic materials, as well as in the elastic, electric, and magnetic behavior of materials, in which a lag occurs between the application and the removal of a force or field and its subsequent effect. Electric hysteresis occurs when applying a varying electric field, and elastic hysteresis occurs in response to a varying force. The term "hysteresis" is sometimes used in other fields, such as economics or biology; where it describes a memory, or lagging effect, in which the order of previous events can influence the order of subsequent events. From WIKI
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"She was the captive Ward of my Life's great enemy."
This paragraph seems to be Zhang trying to explain - mainly through his battle with Shame, his involvement with the Jesuits, with the Widows of Christ, and also, his nemesis, the Wolf of Jesus; which led to his escape with Eliza Fields
Sir William Johnson
See page 532.
the Magi
Magi is a term, used since at least the 4th century BCE, to denote a follower of Zoroaster, or rather, a follower of what the Hellenistic world associated Zoroaster with, which was – in the main – the ability to read the stars, and manipulate the fate that the stars foretold. The meaning prior to Hellenistic period is uncertain. From WIKI - In a way the Magi were considered wizardly astronomers moreso than the common term we hear today "wise-men". Also note that only Matthew's Gospel tells of the Magi. This story has been fused with Luke's birth narrative, which tells of Shepherd's seeing an Angel. The two versions have been tangled into the "nativity scene" we commonly see today (ie. the Magi visited a "house" where it seems Joseph & Mary had been living for some time, whereas in Luke, the Shepherd's visited a "manger", in other words, in Luke, the place they were was a temporary place (since there was no place in the Inn).
