Wednesday, December 06, 2006
hylo-morph-theist-zoist

Hylomorphism (Greek υλο- hylo-, "wood, matter" + -morphism < Greek -μορφη, morph, "form") is a philosophical concept that highlights the significance of matter in the composition of being, regarding matter to be as essential to a being as its form. In laymen's terms, hylomorphism is the view that a substance is defined by a combination of the matter from which it is made and the form which that matter takes.[Wikipdedia]
Zoism [OED}
The doctrine that life depends on a peculiar vital principle, and is not a mere resultant of combined forces; esp. in connexion with ‘animal magnetism’ and the like. So zoist (zst), one who upholds the doctrine of zoism; hence zoistic (zstk) a., as in zoistic magnetism = animal magnetism.
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Hod 16:29 1/6/00 555 bytes (of course)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hod_%28Hebrew%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hod_%28Kabbalah%29
In a mystical sense, in which the Tree of Life is supposed to be a roadmap to "consciousness", Hod is where form is given by language in its widest sense, being the key to the mystery of form. (Perhaps this may be an adopting of a point of view of the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan), our unconscious desires come from Netzach, and are given form in the symbolic realm by Hod, manifesting unconsciously through Yesod to Malkuth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Höðr
Hod is a character in Norwegian Mythology