Nostaliga aka nostos (return) + algos (pain)...it's returning (responding to a circle) which sustains pain longer during linear procession.
Both what others suggest as nostalgic to invoke sentiment (send into mind) and timed measurements (measuring mind) held onto are distorting ones perception within linear procession.
Johannes Hofer
a) Johannes/john from Hebrew Yohanan (Jehovah has favored) + Hofer/hof (to heave)
b) The coining of the term nostalgia in 1688 by Johannes Hofer coincidences with that "The year 1688 is significant in Freemasonry as it marks the period following the Glorious Revolution in England, which helped to spread Freemasonry across Europe, particularly with the influence of Jacobite exiles. This expansion laid the groundwork for the establishment of various Masonic lodges and the formalization of the organization."
So Hofers mission to invert HEIMWEH (homesick) into NOSTALGIA (returning pain) just so happens to fall into the period of transition when operative masonry switched to speculative masonry.
Nostaliga aka nostos (return) + algos (pain)...it's returning (responding to a circle) which sustains pain longer during linear procession.
Both what others suggest as nostalgic to invoke sentiment (send into mind) and timed measurements (measuring mind) held onto are distorting ones perception within linear procession.
a) Johannes/john from Hebrew Yohanan (Jehovah has favored) + Hofer/hof (to heave)
b) The coining of the term nostalgia in 1688 by Johannes Hofer coincidences with that "The year 1688 is significant in Freemasonry as it marks the period following the Glorious Revolution in England, which helped to spread Freemasonry across Europe, particularly with the influence of Jacobite exiles. This expansion laid the groundwork for the establishment of various Masonic lodges and the formalization of the organization."
So Hofers mission to invert HEIMWEH (homesick) into NOSTALGIA (returning pain) just so happens to fall into the period of transition when operative masonry switched to speculative masonry.
Note the all black rimmed glasses
SS: a look at time and nostalgia vs the stream of continuation and ever presence