Judith Dillon has a degree in Near Eastern languages and anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley. Familiar with many traditions, she has studied the relationships between early alphabets and Mystery Traditions for more than 40 years.
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Acknowledgments Introduction to the Alphabet as a Spell of Resurrection PART ONE Origins of Our First Alphabet and Later Traditions 1. Alphabets as Rosaries of Letters 2. Astronomy and Calendars 3. Anatolian, Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Early Semitic Scripts including Phoenician 4. The Egyptian Twenty-Four-Hieroglyph Alphabet 5. Spread of the Phoenician Script 6. Traditions from Hebrew and the Kabbalah 7. Various Western Traditions 8. Celtic Ogham 9. Germanic Runes 10. India’s Brahmi, Sanskrit, and Chakras 11. China’s I Ching and Tao Te Ching PART TWO The Three Groups of Alphabet Letters Letters of the Earth, Letters of the Underworld, and Letters of the Heavens First Family: Letters of the Earth FIRST LETTER A Guide at the Gateway SECOND LETTER Adolescence and the Purification of the Virgin Spring THIRD LETTER Impregnation and the Bonds of Time FOURTH LETTER Deliverance from Knots and Bonds FIFTH LETTER Teachings, Pupils, and a Gift of Tongues SIXTH LETTER Marriage of Heaven and Earth and the Throne of God SEVENTH LETTER Floods, Apocalypses, and Pregnant Pauses EIGHTH LETTER Happy Gate of Heaven Second Family: Letters of the Underworld NINTH LETTER Entering the Labyrinth TENTH LETTER Judgments of Fate ELEVENTH LETTER Visionaries and Payment of Debts TWELFTH LETTER Upside-Down Teacher and L’s Name of God THIRTEENTH LETTER Breaking Waters and the Deluge FOURTEENTH LETTER Return of a Messiah and Allotment of Fortune FIFTEENTH LETTER Devas, Devils, and Protection SIXTEENTH LETTER Opening Eye of the Sun Third Family: Letters of the Heavens SEVENTEENTH LETTER Pi’s Control of the Circle EIGHTEENTH LETTER Tsadiks, Moons, and Midwives AM NINETEENTH LETTER The Number of the Sun TWENTIETH LETTER New Year after Sun/Moon/Mercury Nineteen-Year Cycles TWENTY-FIRST LETTER A Triangular Number of a Sinuous Moon God TWENTY-SECOND LETTER Escape from Death and the Promise of a Good Return A Review APPENDIX 1 Astronomical Calendar Cycles APPENDIX 2 Table of Alphabet Patterns Compared Notes Bibliography Index
Acknowledgments Introduction to the Alphabet as a Spell of Resurrection PART ONE Origins of Our First Alphabet and Later Traditions 1. Alphabets as Rosaries of Letters 2. Astronomy and Calendars 3. Anatolian, Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Early Semitic Scripts including Phoenician 4. The Egyptian Twenty-Four-Hieroglyph Alphabet 5. Spread of the Phoenician Script 6. Traditions from Hebrew and the Kabbalah 7. Various Western Traditions 8. Celtic Ogham 9. Germanic Runes 10. India’s Brahmi, Sanskrit, and Chakras 11. China’s I Ching and Tao Te Ching PART TWO The Three Groups of Alphabet Letters Letters of the Earth, Letters of the Underworld, and Letters of the Heavens First Family: Letters of the Earth FIRST LETTER A Guide at the Gateway SECOND LETTER Adolescence and the Purification of the Virgin Spring THIRD LETTER Impregnation and the Bonds of Time FOURTH LETTER Deliverance from Knots and Bonds FIFTH LETTER Teachings, Pupils, and a Gift of Tongues SIXTH LETTER Marriage of Heaven and Earth and the Throne of God SEVENTH LETTER Floods, Apocalypses, and Pregnant Pauses EIGHTH LETTER Happy Gate of Heaven Second Family: Letters of the Underworld NINTH LETTER Entering the Labyrinth TENTH LETTER Judgments of Fate ELEVENTH LETTER Visionaries and Payment of Debts TWELFTH LETTER Upside-Down Teacher and L’s Name of God THIRTEENTH LETTER Breaking Waters and the Deluge FOURTEENTH LETTER Return of a Messiah and Allotment of Fortune FIFTEENTH LETTER Devas, Devils, and Protection SIXTEENTH LETTER Opening Eye of the Sun Third Family: Letters of the Heavens SEVENTEENTH LETTER Pi’s Control of the Circle EIGHTEENTH LETTER Tsadiks, Moons, and Midwives AM NINETEENTH LETTER The Number of the Sun TWENTIETH LETTER New Year after Sun/Moon/Mercury Nineteen-Year Cycles TWENTY-FIRST LETTER A Triangular Number of a Sinuous Moon God TWENTY-SECOND LETTER Escape from Death and the Promise of a Good Return A Review APPENDIX 1 Astronomical Calendar Cycles APPENDIX 2 Table of Alphabet Patterns Compared Notes Bibliography Index
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