Laird Scranton

The Science of the Dogon

Decoding the African Mystery Tradition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A look at the close resemblance between the creation and structure of matter in both Dogon mythology and modern science.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 151mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 288g
• ISBN-13: 9781594771330
• ISBN-10: 1594771332
• Artikelnr.: 21798789

Autorenporträt

Laird Scranton is an independent software designer who became interested in Dogon mythology and symbolism in the early 1990s. He has studied ancient myth, language, and cosmology since 1997 and has been a lecturer at Colgate University. He also appears in John Anthony West’s Magical Egypt DVD series. He lives in Albany, New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by John Anthony West
Acknowledgments
Introduction
ONE How This Book Came to Be
TWO Themes of the Ancient Creation Stories
THREE The Dogon Creation Story
FOUR Dogon Symbols and Meanings
FIVE Dogon Parallels to the Big Bang and Atomic and Quantum Structure
SIX Dogon Parallels to String Theory
SEVEN Dogon Parallels to Egyptian Mythology
EIGHT Dogon Parallels to Genetics and Sexual Reproduction
NINE Archaeology and Dogon Symbols
TEN Judaism and Dogon Symbols
ELEVEN The Dogon Concept of Light
TWELVE Global Signs of the Serpent Religion
THIRTEEN Fall of the Serpent Religion
FOURTEEN Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index