Genius of Money Post Chapter 14

The Touchstone and the Labyrinth

Often times when people mix around metaphors they discover that a new, more profound meaning, can become the result of this creative thinking. Despite the fact that the author was scolded by his english teachers for doing so, the author began mixing metaphors since a young age and also held firm beliefs in ideas instilled within him. When the author references the quote, "to make the visible, invisible" he is primarily talking about money. He is saying that money not only has external control over the actions of people, but also affects them from within, changing one's characteristics – an aspect of spirit and matter. Really understanding the affects of money on humans is a difficult task and must be done with humility, but even so the author is hoping to uncover more facts regarding this subject matter. He then talks about walking into a labyrinth with an open heart and discusses that an experience such as that is where one self-learns at an optimal point. Once the journey becomes vertical for one to travel upwards, the outward journey begins. When the horizontal and vertical forces intertwine with one another, a beautiful moment comes to fruition.

Furthermore, mutual understanding of a topic translates to profound meaning, which eventually turns into direct action. Value is also found through this cycle and money can be placed into the following equation so we can get a better meaning of its impact, mathematically speaking: medium of exchange (horizontal axis) measure of value (vertical axis). Labyrinth's are essential to one's learning and they can be found in a vast amount of countries around the world – they were created out of societal necessity. The stones in these labyrinth were not placed inside by accident, but rather with profound meaning. Gold and stones both represent the importance of the monument, which these labyrinths do contain. In the Mediterranean we saw the importance of gold as a medium of currency as well. We can see through an acidic process the purity of gold, and thus the value of each piece. This is how the medium of exchange and the measure of value can translate into an ancient process of tender creation.