Obsessed, Am I? the Golden Fleece Collar and Khmer Tubes
Obsessed, am I? About the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece? Ask an A.I. this question: "The collar of the order of the golden fleece has two kinds of pieces. What is the symbolic meaning of those pieces?" You'll get an answer about "Firesteel" and "Flint", and then some platitude words like, strength, enlightenment, etc. I'll politely say that is not 100% correct. Do you think Royals will appreciate seeing something different?
Historians and experts of chivalric orders, are they likely to appreciate seeing this correlation to Khmer carvings from Cambodia? From image C, a closeup is image B, and green overlay is the kind of symbol that injects inflow of energy into the inside of the tube, and purple overlay is the kind of symbol that ejects outflows at 90 degrees. Image B may not look like a tube, it's more like a diagram, but I have more examples in this collection: https://ca.pinterest.com/stevenbhalls/khmer-tube-curl/ I also have a collection of other tube-like symbols, https://ca.pinterest.com/stevenbhalls/flux-tube/ https://ca.pinterest.com/stevenbhalls/connection-tube/ and if you think of the tube outer walls as being a barrier, made of interlinked alternating symbols, you'll find barriers made of alternating symbols are very common, and very diverse. https://ca.pinterest.com/stevenbhalls/barrier/
So I am pleased about the Khmer tubes, because they actually have inflating and deflating components. An analogy is from biology, cell membranes having Sodium channels to bring sodium into the cell, and Potassium channels to move potassium out of the cell, going across the barrier, the phospholipid bilayer. More fun. Look at image B, follow the purple ejected flow as it curls, one one of them has 3 snakeheads, and they are interchangeable with the fiery shapes of their neighbors.