Word: ridde
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...Ridd, who learned the secret accidentally, asserts that he is able to perfect the human mind and body in the weaving process and, more important, has predicted certain natural and other phenomena through revelations which have occurred while weaving in a state of extreme concentration...
...first attempt at making a Persian rug in 1930, Ridd became suddenly aware of a strange feeling--a revelation that a world war was imminent. Still in extreme concentration, the Chief began to weave into the pattern of the rug the inscription: "19 WAR 41." Although the face of the work reveals little, he says the back shows the prediction quite clearly. The rug is now in Los Angeles...
...Ridd attributes his extra-sensory powers solely to concentration while at the loom. With contemplation he is able to learn "the innermost secrets of life." Concentration enables the Chief to attain "harmony with the universe, and then all things are possible." According to Ridd, the more one weaves, the more he will elevate his mentality, leading ultimately to infinite peace of mind and the fountain of all knowledge...
After his retirement from active duty next February, Ridd hopes to establish connections for teaching with some university, preferably Harvard. The university would ostensibly benefit from such an arrangement by an increase in mental alacrity of students who learned the art, and from analysis of the many predictions which would undoubtedly result. The student would be able to perfect both his mind and body, while "tuning in with the universe...
...Ridd first became interested in the work while demonstrating hooked rugs in a Pasadena department store in an effort to promote sales of yarn. A customer suggested that he try to make a Persian rug. With no instruction, he assembled a loom from four sticks and a quantity of seine twine. A rug-maker showed him how to tie a Persian knot and Ridd began his project...