On the nature of nothingness

Einsteins Theory of Relativity Proven in Australia, 1922 | Inside the collection - Powerhouse Museum

Mark S.

[Druidic]

When HPL writes of the star winds he's referring, of course, to the ether wind. That's what the M-M experiment was trying to detect. The ether (it was believed) was stationary but matter passing through it --the earth or a beam of light--could disturb it and create an ether wind. Lorentz had a theory of the aether that was very close to Special Relativity.

I always thought the "star winds" was a great evocative phrase.

"Madness rides the star-wind ... claws and teeth sharpened on centuries of corpses ... dripping death astride a bacchanale of bats from night-black ruins of buried temples of Belial ..." The Hound, HPL

The star-winds are certainly sweeping through both our attuned neuron-waves on this night of nights amidst desolate cosmic eternities!

Mark S.

[Druidic]

The Hound seems to have evolved into the Mi-go (riding on their great wings through interstellar space!)...and the Mi-go were among Lovecraft's greatest creations. I first read the Whisperer in a little farm house not greatly unlike Akeley's homestead) in the woods of NE Pa. I was about 15. My Dad owned the little place and I still have it today. Great setting for that tale. I also read In the Vault and The Picture in the House there. No wonder my sanity is shaken.