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Bill Mollison calls this "phenomenology" or phenomenological information -
the linking of associated phenomena in nature as indicators of events
(flowering, fruiting, planting/germination, breeding, weather patterns etc),
timing seasonality etc. I put out a request for some of these a year ago or
so and received a couple of responses - I'm also collecting these sayings.
Robyn Francis

on 21/2/03 6:30 AM, georg parlow at georg@websuxxess.com wrote:

> greetings, together:
> 
> for a publication i am working on, i am in search for specific terms (only
> one of which might be readily available). i know what i mean, but i do not
> know how it is called. so i will explain what i mean, and ask you to tell me
> what i am driving at, ok? (too bad this isnt in realtime, we could turn it
> into a contest, who understands my babble fastest...)
> 
> both terms i need are about the same subject. here we go:
> what is this crossreferencing pattern recognition called, like "when the
> white lily sets flowers, we gayfully go down to the lake to harvest the eggs
> of the swan" - this, i believe, is from the oz abos, but propably other
> stoneage people worked nature a similar way. the first term i would need, is
> the modern name for this kind of science ("allelopathy" keeps popping up in
> my mind, but this is something else, i know). the second term i would love
> to know is, one or several names (from different cultures, if several) for
> one such piece of patterned connection. if it turns out to be an abo name
> (pitanboongha, for example) i would humbly also ask for a literal
> translation, if available. also, what would be the modern scientific name
> for one such pitanboongha?
> 
> and finally a low priority request along the line: could anyone supply me
> with 2 or 3 original pitanboonghas?
> 
> 
> looking forward,
> georg
> (biting my nails...)
> 
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