More than mere "time-pieces" These are who measure out the light Of which Sol casts & which souls cast. They are learners of the past, Keeping their eyes & their ears open As much as in the present as in the future.
By looking & seeing, By hearing & listening.
Gnomon, or the plural Gnomen, Being synonymous with Seer & Seers - respectively.
From Gnosis, Greek for knowledge; Gnomen is like a positive term for "one who knows all." As opposed to the negative term of "know-it-alls."