The Tapestry: Another Look at the Force

[Alena]

One of the terms I had always used in my head the moment I got being being able to actually sense the Force instead of just philosophize about it was that it reminded me of a living, multidimensional web. I've often referred to it as "the Tapestry." As a Greek pagan I frequently unite this idea with the concept of the Moirai--the Fates in the Greek pantheon who spin the thread, measure it, and cut it.

Part of how I've described this Tapestry is that yes, we are weavers and we are woven. At the same time, you cannot weave without the Tapestry itself acting through you--the very act of weaving is you being woven. It gets way more complicated than merely puppets on strings; it's a complex web of creation acting upon itself.

When people begin describing things such as "energy strands", "cords", and things of that nature it all harkens back to that very concept of the web. Energy is a part of that web. Magick is a part of that web. It's all the web, it's all the Tapestry.


~Alena

[Spark]

It works as a nice analogy when you think of phrases like "there are no coincidences" and "synchronicity" too. The strands are all interconnected, so paths are bound to cross, you know?

[neo]

remember there are descriptions about the Force, our efforts to perceive it through our translation system and then there is the Force.

[grayghost]

I would agree that there is no such thing as total randomness, but to understanding the force as a web needs a little expansion. I'm not going to get into what the force is and isn't simply put it is. The imagery is interesting, Alena but it's like seeing a slice of stem under a microscope. Each strand could be understood as a tube. The web is two dimensionalized in this way. It's far beyond the imagery of a web. The web analogy would serve us well to be understood as a section of the ever expanding. It was very good of you to mention it's multidimensionality; however, there is so much more to add to bolster a better understanding