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Before Writing gives a new perspective on the evolution of communication. It points out that when writing began in Mesopotamia it was not, as previously thought, a sudden and spontaneous invention. Instead, it was the outgrowth of many thousands of years' worth of experience at manipulating symbols. In Volume I: From Counting to Cuneiform, Denise Schmandt-Besserat describes how in about 8000 B.C., coinciding with the rise of agriculture, a system of counters, or tokens, appeared in the Near East. These tokens—small, geometrically shaped objects made of clay—represented various units of goods and were used to count and account for them. The token system was a breakthrough in data processi...
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For a long time, we have been dependent on other cultures to find alphabetic magic for our own lives. In this book, a system is presented that will accomodate every magical technique used with the other alphabets, but using the familiar American alphabet that we all know and use daily. This is a complete handbook for the system. All the parts are described and illustrated for those who wish to explore this new way of bringing magic into the magical practice. While a lot remains to be published in the specifics that are mentioned, this book will give you all the tools to work with the system. If you prefer to apply your own magical alphabet to the system, you can. Correspondences are provided in the Appendix. But here is a way to work with a language you know, with letters you are already acquainted with, in a variety of ways that are new.
A short introduction for each inscription gives its general contents, place of origin, and relative dating. Also included are a detailed catalogue of exemplars, a brief commentary, bibliography, and text in transliteration facing an English translation.
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Three forces must come together for a planetary healing to occur ... The concept of the Sacred Triangle was introduced in David Miller's first book, Connecting with the Arcturians, which explored the fifth dimension and our relationship to higher Extraterrestrial groups. This new book explains how the Arcturian energy melds with that of the White Brother/Sisterhood and the Ascended Native American Masters to bring about planetary healing. David offers the reader an understanding of the soul, the nature of soul evolution, and how the human species is advancing towards the next evolutionary step. "There will be many of you in this time who will be able to complete fantastic tasks. If I would d...
In Black Seminarians, Dr. Ben outlines sources of Black theology before Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, showing how their ideas, practices, and concepts were already old in Africa before Europe was born.
"This sweeping history of the ancient Near East (Mesopotamia, Syria, Anatolia, Iran) takes readers on a journey from the creation of the world's first cities to the conquest of Alexander the Great. The book is built around the life stories of many ancient men and women, from kings, priestesses, and merchants to bricklayers, musicians, and weavers. Their habits of daily life, beliefs, triumphs, and crises, and the changes that they faced over time are explored through their written words and the archaeological remains of the buildings, cities, and empires in which they lived. Rather than chronicling three thousand years of kingdoms, the book instead creates a tapestry of life stories through ...
Presents a selection of important older literary criticism of selected works by Walt Whitman.
The Twelfth Window, set in a fantasy 1980s high school, is an allegory where a teenaged girl and her friends are the direct participants in supernatural phenomenons. Book One in a series of seven, The Twelfth Window follows the heroine, Lisa Chess, and her friends throughout their school years. Their sophomore year brings the arrival of a new student who ends up dramatically changing the lives of everyone he meets. As The Twelfth Window story unfolds, Lisa and her friends become direct participants in an ancient prophecy in the meantime, eventually leading them all to fulfill their unlikely destinies.