The tessaracts--
(_e.g._ Urna, Moles, Saltus), which ran X still run X.
(_e.g._ Urna, Frenum, Sector), „ Y „ Y.
(_e.g._ Urna, Ostrum, Comes), „ Z now run W.
(_e.g._ Urna, Thyrsus, Cervix), „ W „ -Z.
This relation was already treated in chapter IX., but it is well to have
it very clear for our present purpose. For it is the apparent change of
the relative positions of the tessaracts in each presentation, which
enables us to determine any body of them.
In considering the projections, we always suppose ourselves to be
situated Ana or W towards the tessaracts, and any movement to be Kata or
-W through our space. For instance, in the Mala presentation we have
first in our space the Malas of that block of tessaracts, which is the
last in the -W direction. Thus, the Mala projection of any given
tessaract of the set is that Mala in the extreme -W block, whose place
its (the given tessaract’s) Mala would occupy, if the tessaractic set
moved Kata until the given tessaract reached our space. Or, in other
words, if all the tessaracts were transparent except those which
constitute the body under consideration, and if a light shone through
Four-space from the Ana (W) side to the Kata (-W) side, there would be
darkness in each of those Malas, which would be occupied by the Mala of
any opaque tessaract, if the tessaractic set moved Kata.
Let us look at the set of 81 tessaracts we have built up in the Mala
arrangements, and trace the projections in the extreme -W block of the
thirteen of our shape. The latter are printed in italics in Table A, and
their projections are marked ‡.
Thus the cube Uncus Mala is the projection of the tessaract Orcus,
Pallor Mala of Pallor and Tessera and Tacerta, Bidens Mala of Cudo,
Frenum Mala of Frenum and Polus, Plebs Mala of Plebs and Cura and
Penates, Moles Mala of Moles and Vitta, Urna Mala of Urna.
Similarly, we can trace the Vesper projections (Table B). Orcus Vesper
is the projection of the tessaracts Orcus and Lacerta, Ocrea Vesper of
Tessera, Uncus Vesper of Pallor, Cardo Vesper of Cudo, Polus Vesper of
Polus and Penates, Crates Vesper of Cura, Frenum Vesper of Frenum and
Plebs, Urna Vesper of Urna and Moles, Thyrsus Vesper of Vitta. Next in
the Pluvium presentation (Table C) we find that Bidens Pluvium is the
projection of the tessaract Pallor, Cudo Pluvium of Cudo and Tessera,
Luctus Pluvium of Lacerta, Verbum Pluvium of Orcus, Urna Pluvium of Urna
and Frenum, Moles Pluvium of Moles and Plebs, Vitta Pluvium of Vitta and
Cura, Securis Pluvium of Penates, Cervix Pluvium of Polus. Lastly, in
the Lar presentation (Table D) we observe that Frenum Lar is the
projection of Frenum, Plebs Lar of Plebs and Pallor, Moles Lar of
Moles, Urna Lar of Urna, Cura Lar of Cura and Tessara, Vitta Lar of
Vitta and Cudo, Penates Lar of Penates and Lacerta, Polur Lar of Polus
and Orcus.
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