{"id":10325,"date":"2017-07-31T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T12:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/?p=10325"},"modified":"2017-07-31T13:06:11","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T17:06:11","slug":"ka-like-wheel-time-like-circle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/ka-like-wheel-time-like-circle\/","title":{"rendered":"Ka Like a Wheel, Time Like a Circle"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10334\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/ka-like-wheel-time-like-circle\/darktowerweek_banner\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DarkTowerWeek_Banner.jpg?fit=830%2C120&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"830,120\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DarkTowerWeek_Banner\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DarkTowerWeek_Banner.jpg?fit=830%2C120&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10334\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DarkTowerWeek_Banner.jpg?resize=830%2C120&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"830\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DarkTowerWeek_Banner.jpg?w=830&amp;ssl=1 830w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DarkTowerWeek_Banner.jpg?resize=350%2C51&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DarkTowerWeek_Banner.jpg?resize=768%2C111&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Ka Like a Wheel, Time Like a Circle<br \/>\nby Kevin Quigley<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The notion of circular time is ancient. Hebrew interpretation of the Bible forwards the concept of \u201ccycles,\u201d of time moving in a loop like the orbits of the planets or the sweep of the hands of a clock. The Rolling Stones mention the concept in their song \u201cSway,\u201d from the album <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sticky Fingers<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you ever wake up to find \/ A day that broke up your mind \/ Destroyed your notion of circular time \/ It&#8217;s just that demon life has got you in its sway.\u201d<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10328\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/ka-like-wheel-time-like-circle\/220px-the_waste_lands\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/220px-The_Waste_Lands.jpg?fit=220%2C323&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"220,323\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"220px-The_Waste_Lands\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/220px-The_Waste_Lands.jpg?fit=220%2C323&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10328\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/220px-The_Waste_Lands.jpg?resize=220%2C323&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"323\" \/>This lyric could fairly accurately describe the plot of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Waste Lands<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the first of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dark Tower<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> novels to mention <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ka<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cKa was like a wheel,\u201d Stephen King writes, \u201cits one purpose to turn, and in the end it always came back to the place where it had started.\u201d One wonders how much of the nature of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ka&#8212;<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and how literal this quote would become&#8212;occurred to King when he first wrote these words. So much of what happens in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dark Tower<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is circular, and so much is happening in the middle of things, that it seems impossible to believe that King set this sentence down without having a grasp of the ramifications. He is the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gan<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, after all, and in the metafiction of the series, he knows everything \u2026 albeit incrementally. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We know when we start the series, we\u2019re <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in medias res<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in the midst of things. Roland\u2019s life and quest for the Dark Tower (some might argue these are one and the same) are already ongoing; there\u2019s adventure afoot, and King rams us right into the action with what might be his best opening sentence ever: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. By the end of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Dark Tower<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, King makes the middle thing explicit: that sentence marks the start and finish to the entire series, creating a perpetual middle. King\u2019s mid-2000s work was characterized by a defiance against ending stories traditionally, leaving many (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From a Buick 8<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cell<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Colorado Kid<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> being the most prominent examples) open-ended. For those books, the journey really is the destination. By stapling the end of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Dark Tower<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the start of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Gunslinger<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, King both reinforces and subverts that adage: the journey is the destination because the destination is the journey. The books become a M\u00f6bius strip of ongoing quests, changing only slightly from iteration to iteration. Who plays those changes? <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gan<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? Roland? We\u2019re not really sure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10329\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/ka-like-wheel-time-like-circle\/the_drawing_of_the_three\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/The_Drawing_of_the_Three.jpg?fit=200%2C286&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"200,286\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The_Drawing_of_the_Three\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/The_Drawing_of_the_Three.jpg?fit=200%2C286&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10329\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/The_Drawing_of_the_Three.jpg?resize=200%2C286&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"286\" \/>Some were shocked when the series became circular and the end became the beginning, but King had been playing with the trope all along. His confrontation with the man in black at the end of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gunslinger<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> becomes the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">real<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> start of his journey. With the lobstrosity attack at the start of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drawing of the Three<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Roland is waylaid in his quest and must draw companions; only at the end of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drawing<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is Roland actually ready to begin. Note that the novel with the most forward motion in the series, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Waste Lands<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, ends in the middle of a scene, resulting in a six-year cliffhanger finally ending in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wizard &amp; Glass<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2026 which essentially puts the series in pause function again while we peel back the layers of Roland Deschain to see what makes him tick.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">None of these delaying tactics are for naught, because the quest for the Tower&#8212;while not quite a Macguffin&#8212;frequently comes second to these characters, our ka-tet, understanding one another and becoming a family. Because the journey is endless, at least in our estimation, backtracking to better understand our friends, the world, and the journey is necessary. Setting this motif in motion, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Gunslinger<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> offers extended glimpses into Roland\u2019s past; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wizard &amp; Glass<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> doubles down with its doomed tale of nascent love. The late-series <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Song of Susannah<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> finds new ways to explore Susannah\u2019s past via both halves of her merged personality, Odetta Holmes and Detta Walker. To make it fit more closely tonally with the later books, King did a light refurbishment of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Gunslinger<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; this gave him the added freedom to insert plot elements&#8212;such as the occurrence of the number 19&#8212;much earlier in the storyline. And years after the final book in the series was released, and King realized that he wanted to share more Mid-World fables, offer more details about Roland\u2019s checkered past, and to create a better bridge between <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wizard &amp; Glass<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wolves of the Calla<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, he invented <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Wind Through the Keyhole<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an interstitial novel that fits neatly into the thrust of the series while also providing another pause. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10330\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/ka-like-wheel-time-like-circle\/susannah\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/susannah.jpg?fit=332%2C499&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"332,499\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"susannah\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/susannah.jpg?fit=332%2C499&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10330\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/susannah.jpg?resize=233%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/susannah.jpg?resize=233%2C350&amp;ssl=1 233w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/susannah.jpg?w=332&amp;ssl=1 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 85vw, 233px\" \/>Beyond these textual interruptions and corrections, King frequently finds his characters unstuck in time, moving back and forth through decades with some regularity. Roland\u2019s decision to let Jake fall in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Gunslinger<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> forwards his quest to the Tower, but only in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Drawing of the Three<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can he recover his soul by rescuing Jake in the past. This creates rippling paradoxes and fractures in both Jake\u2019s and Roland\u2019s minds, cured (as was Susannah\u2019s mind) via a door between worlds. In <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Song of Susannah<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Eddie and Roland are thrust into a shootout in 1977 Maine, where they are forced to kill men they\u2019ve already killed in the early &#8217;80s in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Drawing of the Three.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> No paradoxes or mental breaks over the likes of them. The very intrusion of a young Stephen King into his own work proves that changing the course of history&#8212;and even the narrative of time itself&#8212;is possible. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This brings us to the question at the center of Roland\u2019s repetition. How much of Roland\u2019s story is dictated by fate, and how much can he make manifest through his own will and evolving nature? Heading into this new iteration, Roland has in his possession the Horn of Eld, which he&#8217;d neglected to retrieve from the Battle of Jericho during &#8220;our&#8221; timeline. Now might he satisfy\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">all the Tower\u2019s requirements for him to finally end his long, long journey? Will this end things? We have only speculation. We also, at long last, have a movie&#8212;one that might seek to answer these questions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10331\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/ka-like-wheel-time-like-circle\/gunslinger\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Gunslinger.jpg?fit=313%2C475&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"313,475\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gunslinger\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Gunslinger.jpg?fit=313%2C475&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10331\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Gunslinger.jpg?resize=231%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Gunslinger.jpg?resize=231%2C350&amp;ssl=1 231w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Gunslinger.jpg?w=313&amp;ssl=1 313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 85vw, 231px\" \/>Adaptation is a tricky beast. Hew too closely to the source material, you might get bogged down in dialogue meant for prose rather than film (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firestarter<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> comes to mind). Move too far away, and you end up with stuff like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Lawnmower Man<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Children of the Corn<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: work barely recognizable as inspired by Stephen King\u2019s original. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Dark Tower<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is in kind of an enviable position here; it doesn\u2019t actually <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to adapt the books as they are. The fact that The Dixie Pig is going to feature in the film baffled a lot of readers; this was a place we first encountered in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Song of Susannah<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Why are we seeing it in Roland\u2019s origin story? The answer is simple: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Dark Tower<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the film, is technically a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sequel<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The movie functions in the same way as the new subtitle of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Gunslinger<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: RESUMPTION. With every iteration of Roland\u2019s story, we start anew, with changes both subtle and major. We\u2019ve seen one variation in the books. If the movie is done well (and is a hit), we might see an altogether different journey in a series of films. It\u2019s exciting to think ahead to an all-new take on this amazing, sprawling story. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who knows: he has the Horn of Eld in his new odyseey&#8230;but maybe there&#8217;s another crucial piece of the final puzzle we won&#8217;t know about until we reach the end of the film series. Ka is a wheel, time is a circle, and maybe this demon life will forever hold Roland the gunslinger in its sway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Kevin Quigley is a novelist and short story writer whose books,\u00a0<\/em>I&#8217;m On Fire<em>, <\/em>This Terrestrial Hell<em>,\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>Roller Disco\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1701840733\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Saturday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Night<em>,\u00a0are all available as ebooks from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=sr_qz_back?sf=fr&amp;rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Akevin+quigley&amp;keywords=kevin+quigley&amp;unfiltered=1&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1501178234\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a> and other fine retailers. In addition, he&#8217;s written <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/search.html?Search=Kevin+Quigley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">several books for Cemetery Dance<\/a> on Stephen King, including\u00a0<\/em>Chart of Darkness<em>\u00a0and the upcoming\u00a0<\/em>A Good Story and Good Words<em>. Quigley has also contributed essays to\u00a0<\/em>The Stephen King Companion<em>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>Reading Stephen King<em>.\u00a0Additionally, he is the webmaster of <a href=\"http:\/\/charnelhouse.tripod.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charnel House<\/a>, one of the longest-running Stephen King websites online. He lives in Boston with his fianc\u00e9, Shawn.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ka Like a Wheel, Time Like a Circle by Kevin Quigley The notion of circular time is ancient. 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