Hershel Robinson <her### [at] yahoocom> wrote in message
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> > nice scene, well all the radiosity does is make them glow a little,
> > what I added was:  reflection {2.0 22.0} to the white sphere,
> > try adding    no_reflection to the green spheres{1}I removed the
radiosity
> > from this example.
>
> Sorry I took so long to respond--I don't have much time for ray-tracing
AND
> my family has been sick.  Anyhow, thank you for your help--I now have very
> close to what I want and I can experiment to get the final product.
>
> > P.s. What is it?
>
> The scene is a graphic representation of the system of Sphiros (or
sphirot)
> which are a basic concept of Jewish Kabbalah.  There are ten sphirot and
> each one in turn contains all ten in miniature etc. ad infinitum (the Jews
> have been dealing with fractals since the dawn of time :) ) .  This scene
> shows the bottom, blue, one containing all ten.  If you're interesting to
> learn more, here is one source:
>
http://www.aish.com/spirituality/kabbala101/Kabbala_3_-_The_Ten_Sefirot.asp
>
> Here is a site with another image of the sphiros (made by yours truly):
> http://www.thirtysevenbooks.com/
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Hershel Robinson
> Tsfat, Israel
>
hmmm.. verry interesting, I'll have to read some more about that.
I'm just glad I could help a little.

Gary
P.s. Happy Holidays!!

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