It is manifest that everything in this world, whether it be substance or accident,
produces rays in its own manner like a star...Everything that has actual existence
in the world of the elements emits rays in every direction, whichfill the whole
world...this radiation binds the world into a vast network in which everything
acts upon everything else to produce natural effects. Stars act upon the terrestrial
world; magnets,fire, sound, and colors act on objects in their vicinity. Even words
conceived by the mind can radiate power and thus produce effects outside the
mind.”^38Figure 27Anonymous,“Example of geometric pattern as constructed with a compass
and ruler,”from“On Interlocking Similar or Congruent Figures.”Bibliothèque
Nationale de France, Paris, MS Persan 169, p. 192(^38) Lindberg, 1976 , 19.
282 Mimetic Geometries