(01-25-2021, 04:59 PM)Sacred Fool Wrote:(01-25-2021, 03:06 PM)Aion Wrote: Although this is given in the context of the disciplines offered by Ra, I think that concept of a "touchstone" denoting something which draws you like a magnet like an apt.
FYI, a touchstone has nothing whatsoever to do with magnetism. It's a type of rock used in conjunction with acid to test the purity of a gold sample.
For someone who so likes poetic expression, that is rather literal of you.
That's true, it's more like a "test of genuinity" used in ye olde days and probably still for metals. At least, that's one meaning for the word.
Quote:1: a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : BASIS
2: a test or criterion for determining the quality or genuineness of a thing
3: a black siliceous stone related to flint and formerly used to test the purity of gold and silver by the streak left on the stone when rubbed by the metal
Makes you wonder where Ra got their definition of touchstone from. I feel like they were likely leaning more to the first definition there. Seems like a wave towards the "spiritual gravity" to me.