Sidewalk Oracles: Week 4

Notes on Week 4 of Sidewalk Oracles by Robert Moss, Winter 2024

“Part of the secret logic of our lives may be that our paths constantly interweave with those of numberless parallel selves, sometimes converging or even merging, sometimes diverging ever farther. The gifts and failings of these alternate selves — with all the baggage train of their separate lives — may influence us, when our paths converge, in ways we generally fail to recognize.” Robert Moss, Sidewalk Oracles

A Willingness to Walk the Path

Each week, I will post some general discussion, reflection, and thoughts on the chapter or “games" from the week. You are invited to share your experience with this book in the comments section.

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Basic Information

📌 We are reading Sidewalk Oracles: Playing with Signs, Symbols, and Synchronicity in Everyday Life by Robert Moss.

📅 The reading timeline outlines a slow reading (with weekly discussion posts) for anyone who wants to read along.

📌 Weekly reading notes and discussion (the timeline links to the weekly posts)

🍥 I encourage you to go into this reading with an open mind and a willingness to consider what is being described/discussed.

🧵 I use the comment area for discussions rather than a chat thread. Neither would be private because this read-along is free to everyone. You are invited to comment on comments and interact with those reading together.

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From Within the Fog, Week 4

Week 4 of our Sidewalk Oracles read-along covers the second half of Chapter 3 and rules 7-12 of kairomancy. (We covered the first 6 rules last week.)

I think one of the benefits (or side effects) of a slow reading over time is that everything we are reading (and hearing from others) has time to “soak” a bit. When we read the six rules this week, we’ve had a week already to think about the first six rules. Reading the new ones is in some ways an additive process. There is a layering.

It wasn’t a profound week for me. You? (It’s hard to even believe a week has already passed!)

[This post is from a 2024 read-along. The remainder of the post has now been placed behind the paywall.]