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avatar (àv´e-tär´)
noun
1.The incarnation of a Hindu
deity, especially Vishnu, in human or animal form.
2.An embodiment, as of a
quality or concept; an archetype:
the very avatar of cunning.
3.A temporary manifestation
or aspect of a continuing entity: occultism in its present avatar.
[Sanskrit
avatârah : ava, down + tarati, he crosses.]
Avatar
Avatar, in Hinduism, descent of a god into the world of human beings for the duration of a human life span. Avatar differs from the Christian concept of incarnation in two significant ways: A Hindu god can become incarnate in many places at the same time through "partial" avatars (amshas), and the avatars neither fully participate in human suffering nor lose their divine knowledge and power.
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One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I
am not speaking of the Evil whose limited sphere is ethics; I am speaking
of the infinite.
Jorge
Luis Borges (1899-1986), Argentinian author. Avatars Of The Tortoise
(1939; repr. in Other Inquisitions, 1960; tr. 1964).
avatar (noun)
transformation: reincarnation,
avatar
manifestation: incarnation,
avatar
theophany: avatar, avatar
of Vishnu, Krishna
revelation: avatar, emanation, divine
emanation
AVATAR- From a modern, Internet
perspective, the term avatar was first adopted from Neal
Stephenson to refer to the psychological persona
people take on when they anonymously enter
cyberspace. However, it is increasingly
being used more literally as a term for the icons
representing a user in a certain programs on the
Internet. [First used from an Internet perspective
in 1992 in _Snow
Crash_, by Neal Stephenson, in one of those
self-fulfilling SF prophecies. Stephenson got the
namefrom the Hindu concept of avatars, which arethe personification of
various deities or entities.
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"...The space-time metaphor represents a monumental failure
of imagination....We've
been thinking about virtual
presence as if we have to send our bodies out there. [But] if we could design reality
for our minds, what powers would we grant ourselves? The ability to be anywhere
instantly would be a step in the right direction. The ability to be everywhere,
all at once, without going mad, is the real challenge. Why should we settle
for avatars, when we can be angels?"
- Game designer Brian Moriarty, 1996 Computer Game Developers' Conference
by AvatarChai_
MP3 (96k)
by Avatara off of _Chakra
Journey_ compilation CDx2 on Return
To The Source_Angeles_
MP3 (256k)
by Avatar off of _Deep Architecture_ CD on Subversive #032 (1997)
by Dead
Can Dance off of _Spleen And Ideal_ (1986)dub
track _Searching+_
MP3 (256k)(17.5megs)
by Avatar off of _Deep Architectures_ CD on Subversive (1997)
by Psychic
TV off of _Thee Fractured Garden: Discourses Ov Innocence Devoured_ CD
on Splinter Test (1995)
by Coil |
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604
release _Forest Of The Saints_ MixCD on Avatar/NMC (1998)
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_Aum_
Bamboo
Forest - _Sadhu_ MP3Mushroom
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_Psycho_ MP3_Teleport_Electric
Universe - _Cold Fire_Nommos
- _Djembe (Rough mix)_ MP3 (192k) |
AVATAR RECORDS
AVA CD1 604 entity ASIA 2001 - _Ama Zone_
1. Red Horizones
2. Bais 51
3. _Antarctica_
4. _Full
Moon Project_
5. Ama Zone
6. Super VJ
7. Visitors
8. Zeta Reticulli (jaroo mix)
9. Vertige (paradiso mix)
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