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