KA - A Handbook of Mythology, Sacred Practices, Electrical Phenomena, and their Linguistic Connections in the Ancient Mediterranean World

Title page......Page 1 INTRODUCTION......Page 4 CONTENTS......Page 7 PREFACE......Page 8 1. AUGURY......Page 11 Notes (Chapter One: Augury)......Page 34 2. THE ELECTRIC ORACLES......Page 36 Notes (Chapter Two: The Electric Oracles)......Page 46 3. DIONYSUS......Page 47 Notes (Chapter Three: Dionysus)......Page 57 4. AMBER, ARK, AND EL......Page 58 Notes (Chapter Four: Amber, Ark, and El)......Page 67 5. DEITIES OF DELPHI......Page 68 Notes (Chapter Five: Deities of Delphi)......Page 84 6. SKY LINKS......Page 85 Notes (Chapter Six: Sky Links)......Page 99 7. SACRIFICE......Page 100 Notes (Chapter Seven: Sacrifice)......Page 109 8. SKY AND STAGE......Page 110 Notes (Chapter Eight: Sky and Stage)......Page 122 9. TRIPOD CAULDRONS......Page 123 Notes (Chapter Nine: Tripod Cauldrons)......Page 129 10. THE EVIDENCE FROM PLUTARCH......Page 130 11. THE PRESOCRATIC PHILOSOPHERS......Page 137 12. MYSTERY RELIGIONS......Page 144 Notes (Chapter Twelve: Mystery Religions)......Page 163 13. 'KA', AND EGYPTIAN MAGIC......Page 164 Notes (Chapter Thirteen: 'KA" and Egyptian magic)......Page 179 14. BOLTS FROM THE BLUE......Page 180 15. LOOKING LIKE A GOD......Page 187 16. HERAKLES AND HEROES......Page 193 17. BYWAYS OF ELECTRICITY......Page 201 18. ROME AND THE ETRUSCANS......Page 207 Notes (Chapter Eighteen: Rome and the Etruscans)......Page 226 19. THE TIMAEUS......Page 227 Notes (Chapter Nineteen: The Timaeus)......Page 234 20. SANCTIFICATION AND RESURRECTION......Page 235 Notes (Chapter Twenty: Sanctification and Resurrection)......Page 246 21. THE DEATH OF KINGS......Page 247 Notes (Chapter Twenty-One: The Death of Kings)......Page 258 22. LIVING WITH ELECTRICITY......Page 259 APPENDIX A......Page 282 APPENDIX B: READING BACKWARDS......Page 283 GLOSSARY......Page 287