International Apithology Day
Dr. Will Varey 
To celebrate our annual day of relaxing ...
On the 16th of October we celebrate International Apithology Day. As this field has always had an international community, there is a rolling dawning that stretches well into the day after.
The day historically marks the publication of the first Apithology Research paper in 2004. To mark the occasion that paper is newly accessible here: https://www.academia.edu/25600...
For this 19th Year’s celebration we revisited one originating concept from the paper in our Adages and Applications Event, held this last weekend.The metaphor of the two-way mirror in the paper was explained in a parable.
The original description reads:
“In defining two definitional polarities separated by a perceptual barrier we can use the lineal fiction of a continuum of development to conjoin and contrast these two frames as counterparts of one perspective (Figure 1). Placing a two-way mirror in the central point of this fictional continuum discloses a view from one side of the mirror as being the avoidance of suffering and death leading towards a neutral and balanced central equilibrium point as our highest form of attainment. A perspective on the reverse side of the two-way mirror that divides these terrains would see an avoidance of growth and development as leading backwards towards the lowest stasis point of sustainable existence. Depending on which side of the mirror we stand, our view of the system’s potential and the potential for intervening in that system of our own definition, is determined accordingly.” (Aspects, Vol. 1 No. 1) - [Emphasis added]
The original article's technical description is precise and vast, but what struck me (in the revisiting) was the idea of how from the pathology horizon normalcy is the highest aspiration, where once we are in the apithology horizon, future potential and the potential for dissipation, are seen equally. The ‘two-way’ mirror reveals different landscapes from its two sides.
That one idea, of being able to look backwards and to the counterparts that lie forward, is simply not available without a glimpse into knowing how there is a horizon beyond our present seeing. Looking to the past only and projecting it forward to a future using the same knowing, is one horizon only.
We look forward in the future to making more glimpses (and whole horizons) ever more available.
Thank you to those who attended the Event – as this itself was a contribution.
Dr. Will Varey
Apitholo - The Centre for Humanity Learning
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