Words by Rian Fike
1 word contributed
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(ol tÈr' È îr)1. region designated for the interception of messages from
alternate life forms: alterior blim lot shaven smargenic historicon
bidervintage candor hatism blad deviance were wher shoz limo
cat or breakfast diamond into outlof caste a drunkard rave temblor
jai nine brogs or least manidible cave of ornery others. 2. the color
black written in snow. 3. outside the inside. 4. a state of evolving
perception; Alter Native becomes Alter Ior. 5. the transposition of
one location to another simultaneously. 6. the realm reserved for
those attaining the mind of Plotinus;†This is evidently what is
meant in the mysteries by the prohibition against communicating
anything to the uninitiated. For since That is not sayable, the
Divine forgave the telling of it to those who are not priviledged to
gaze upon it themselves, from the alterior side. 7. a constantly
shifting sense of meaning: I altered my Alterior's Alterior for alterior
motives. 8. the result of a conscious adaptation of the parameters
of one's self. 9. self portrait with a binding background philosophy.
10. the synthesis of a set of variables:††Al=a very nice guy in this
here town Ter=his girl friend (also very nice) Ior=where they will
live if the baby comes (they are shacking up now at his place but
will get married if the baby comes). 11. the cross of past, present
and future self concepts. 12. an interdimensional residue. 13. the
overlapping areas of home, workplace, and playground. 14. a
concerted effort to remain suspended between levels of
incarnation. 15. state attained through folded breath. 16. how I'll
spend my summer vacation. 17. the position held by a person kept
alive by photography. 18. an alternative to interior/exterior: I guess
I've never felt the need for that word. 19. nothing to me. 20 a shift of
identity resulting in a circular question: Am I? I am. 21. an
alteration of language and image resulting in a hitherto unseen
reality. 22. a circular presentation of the seperation of a circle. 23
the name given to an area in the mountains to the north of Avalon.
24. the overall image created by a group of seemingly dissimilar
components. 25. earth angel. 26. the backside of a building. 27.
not being able to think right now. 28. what I do. [The first AFM
correspondence project was the definition of the word alterior. The
response was overwhelmed by the sheer expance of the
expression. Most of these contributors inject additions that were
purely visual, the interpretations are ours.]