‘ὦ Τίμαρχε, τί ποθεῖς πυθέσθαι;’
“Timarkhos, what do you want to know?”‘πάντα, τί γὰρ οὐ θαυμάσιον;’
“Everything, since what here isn't bewildering?”
(Ploutarkhos on the Angel of Sokrates §22.)
Amissio is Latin for "loss;" in the divinatory art of geomancy, it symbolizes lacking, giving, and devotion. This website is the little gift of a philosopher and mystic, who is always seeking to understand the bewildering circumstances which we humans find ourselves in, to those who similarly seek a way Beyond.
I write quite a bit: mostly meditations on classical philosophy, accounts of weird things I've experienced, or summaries of things I've read lately. It's really all just written for myself, but I post it online in the hopes that some of it may be of interest to others, too.
We moderns have access to a wealth of public domain texts on the Internet, but these are often in the form of poor-quality scans, which are not very pleasant to read. I have transcribed a number of these using LaTeX, so that I might print and read them more comfortably.
| Author | Work | Download | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiskhulos | Agamemnon | US | A4 | TeX |
| Aiskhulos | The Libation Bearers | US | A4 | TeX |
| Aiskhulos | The Kindly Ones | US | A4 | TeX |
| Apuleius | Cupid and Psyche | US | A4 | TeX |
| Apuleius | on the God of Sokrates | US | A4 | TeX |
| Gilbert Murray | The Story of Nefrekepta | US | A4 | TeX |
| Homer | Ilias | UTF-8 Text | ||
| Homer | Odusseia | UTF-8 Text | ||
| Platon | The Apology of Sokrates | US | A4 | TeX |
| Platon | The Myth of Er | US | A4 | TeX |
| Porphurios | on the Fairy-Grotto in the Odusseia | US | A4 | TeX |
| Porphurios | to Marcella | US | A4 | TeX |
| Porphurios | Sentences | US | A4 | TeX |
| Proklos | on Daimons | US | A4 | TeX |
| Sallustios | on the Gods and the World | US | A4 | TeX |
| Sunesios | on Dreams | US | A4 | TeX |
| Xenophon | The Apology of Sokrates | US | A4 | TeX |
Once upon a time, I was a computer programmer; these days, I'm retired, and mostly use software as a tool to help me understand some problem or other.
Geomancy is a divinatory art, and is useful as such, though I think it is even more interesting as a sort of calculus or logical system for understanding change. I have made several tools in order to facilitate its online discussion.
All content on amissio.net is dedicated into the public domain.