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Nine muses are listed by Hesiod in writings that are believed to have originated somewhere in the eighth or ninth century B.C. These nine maidens can be seen as possessing the different attributes and devices that are delightfully peculiar to each one’s realm of expertise; Kleio poses with her scrolls; Euterpe dances with her flute; Kalliope wears her golden tiara as her trusty tablet of writing rests firmly within her hands. Cascading throughout the nimbus of humanity’s collective consciousness, these maidens nine both embolden and embody the true creative aspect of our multi-dimensional reality. Thus, it only makes sense–both rationally and aesthetically–to give each of these maidens her own unique colour (the British spelling of the word colour is deliberately being used) in the creative spectrum so that they may be ever present in the current psyche of humanity’s collective whim.
First of all, the basic selection and ordering of the colours of this system of spectral analysis must be explained so that the merits of this particular system can be more thoroughly justified. First, all colours of light can be expressed with the three basic (or additive) colours: red, green, and blue. Next, all colours of pigment can be expressed with the three intermediate (or subtractive) colors: magenta, cyan, and yellow. White is the presence of all colours of light as well as the absence of all colours of pigment; black is the absence of all colours of light as well as the presence of all colours of pigment; grey is the intermediate of black and white.
Thus, there are nine basic colours with which all other colours and hues can be formed or fashioned. They are (in descending order as they naturally appear in the spectrum) white, magenta, blue, cyan, green, yellow, red, black, and grey. This ordering assumes white at the top of the spectrum since it is the culmination of all colours of light; thus, black is at the bottom of the spectrum since it is the absence of all light. Therefore, grey is positioned after black so that it may cycle back into the next dimensional octave of white, so a rational recycling of infinite energy manifestation can be maintained. The nine muses are then placed in perfect alignment with this system in the precise order in which they were named by Hesiod in ancient antiquity.
This system scientifically accounts for all of the basic colours that comprise the totality of human existence and sets their correct number at nine, and then sets them in perfect alignment with the nine muses named by Hesiod. The muses were the children of Zeus and Mnemosyne, the embodiment of memory. The name of this mother goddess is the source of the word mnemonic. The pair slept together on nine consecutive nights and produced these nine offspring.Mnemosyne was also associated with a body of water in Hades. This river was the counterpart to the river Lythe. Souls that drank from the river Lythe forgot about their past lives while souls that drank from the river Mnemosyne remembered. Thus, all of the muses’ inspirations can be seen as a type of remembrance. This theme is very obvious with the first muse listed by Hesiod; her name is Kleio.
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Copyright 2014 by Lee Fitzsimmons