Cosmological Origins of Myth and Symbol From the Dogon and Ancient Egypt to India, Tibet, and China

Name: Cosmological Origins of Myth and Symbol From the Dogon and Ancient Egypt to India, Tibet, and China
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ISBN: 9781594773761

ISBN-10: 1594773769

ISBN-13: 9781594773761

Edition: 2010

Authors: Laird Scranton

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List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Inner Traditions International, Limited
Publication date: 9/24/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.748

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.



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Concepts of Comparative Cosmology



Signature Signs of the Parent Cosmology



The Dogon Mythological Structure of Matter



Symbolism



Guiding Metaphors of the Cosmology



The Egg-in-a-Ball



The Aligned Ritual Shrine



The Elemental Deities



The Concept of the Primordial Egg



The Concept of the Divine Word



The Concept of the Fish



Deities



Civilizing Skills



Written Language



Synchronizing Cosmologies: The Na-khi-Dongba of China



As Above, So Below: The Chariot of Orion



Recapping the Plan of the Cosmology


Notes


Bibliography


Index