(Following is a contemplative observation on Admetos recorded in the author's personal journal in 1992, and elaborated upon in 2002.  Elaborations have been inspired by writings about Admetos by Ruth Brummund and Janis Page.)

Admetos often gives the illusion of permanence.  The rotating wheel's strength lies only in its momentum.  Think of coming up against a fan blade or a rapidly rolling object.  When static or immobile, the blade or object can be easily pushed aside -- but when in movement, they are experienced in a highly constrasting manner.  The same is true of a wheel.

Physical consensus reality consists primarily of densified matter, and dense physical reality is in essence composed of tiny particles moving so rapidly that they seem to appear as solid and static.

However, the circular momentum of habit and repetitive behavior can be shifted, not by simply trying to stop the momentum, but by shifting the whole momentum AT ITS FOCAL, ROTATING AXIS, and this is perhaps how and why Admetos directions sometimes seem to correlate ultimately with profound, major, fundamental life changes.

++ Kansas City, 25 August 1992 ++

Note that certain Christian sects and rituals utilize a cross interlaced with the crescent, similar to the Hades glyph, emphasizing the integration of spirit with matter; while others utilize a cross with a circle at the center, surrounding the apex of the cross, similar to the Admetos glyph.  It might be said that this symbolizes the core essence of matter, where one might say that matter contains an inner metaphysical/chemical essence.   While Admetos has been assumed to represent permanence and hard substances, both physics as well as spiritual teachings inform us that permanence in a single form is an illusion... that all assumed permanent objects or situations are in fact in a state of perpetual change, whether it be the continual change of their molecular composition, or the more gradual changes seen only over long periods of time.  And that apparent death is actually decomposition and chemical breakdown, and then much later, recomposition or reabsoprition into other matter or forms of being, although the overall processes may be extremely slow. 

The similar religious cross symbol points out to us the inner essence, beyond overt materialistically-biased assumptions, that lies at the core of all reality.

++ San Francisco, 13 September, 2002 ++

++ updated 21 December, 2009 ++

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