The Symbolon
"Symbolon" derives from the Greek word
symballein, literally: "to throw together". In German exists an almost
identical word: Zu-sammen-ballen, sym -> sam, ballein ->
ballen. The German language also preserves that most archaic indication, or
Symbolon, of the act of Zu-sammen-ballen (symballein): the
clenching of the Fist (das Ballen der Faust).
. The Greek and German terms visualize the
protistic action inherent in all symbolism: The conglomeration of a manifold
of sensory impressions into a perceptive and conceptual
entity, which we mark with a word. All our conceptual knowledge
consists of immense networks of symballizations
