Index
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aakhu, 38, 68
aaru, 50, 102–8, 112–13, 119, 131,
134–35, 138, 140, 153–55,
161–62
adze, 50–51, 78
African, 31, 43, 59, 101, 133, 138–39,
145, 160–61
ahamkara, 100
ahuwera, 106
Akhnaten, 14
albino, 132
Amen, 14, 20, 63, 87
Amma, 20, 46, 63–64, 74, 144–46
ancestor, 16, 21, 29, 32, 34, 48–49, 70,
109–10, 133, 135, 155, 157
Argat, 62, 84, 103–4
ariki (“firstborn priest”), 63, 105, 108,
116, 119, 139, 155
ark, 48, 62–64, 146
arou. See aaru
Arou Priest, 102, 108, 119, 140, 154
Arrow, 69, 148
ascension, 16, 22, 47, 49–50, 56–57,
62–63, 84, 87, 89, 100, 106, 151,
157, 159
astronomy, 108, 116, 118–19, 155, 158,
161
atom, 1, 16, 42–43, 53–54, 64, 69, 92,
142
atua, 38, 99, 129, 131
auau, 85
Australia, 3, 5, 12, 141, 160
awaken, 53, 63, 68, 90, 128–30, 134,
141, 149
axis, 48, 116, 125–27, 153
axis tilt, 125, 127
Bambara, 43
basket, 22, 47–48, 89, 92, 146, 151
baskets, three, 22, 47–48, 89, 151
Bauval, Robert, 13
bell, 53, 70
big bang, 98
bird, 11, 22–23, 50, 90, 123, 136
black hole, 98, 124
breath, 39, 54, 68, 77, 80
Buddha, 12, 53
Buddhist, 2, 6, 12–13, 15, 32, 48,
52–59, 69–71, 88, 99, 103–4, 116,
126, 150, 152, 157
bummo, 85
cairn, 122
Calabi-Yau space, 28, 54–55, 76, 80, 143
Calame-Griaule, Genevieve, 9, 43, 47,
148
canoe, 3–4, 91, 126, 134–35, 140–43
cardinal points, 48, 126, 153
chet/chait, 18
China, 2, 5, 7, 14, 20, 22, 35, 56, 105,
155, 160
circumcision, 32, 132
collarbone, 25–26
commandment, 68, 136
conception, 15–16, 85
Cook, James, 3, 121
cosmogonic egg, 15, 29, 33, 52
creation, Maori phases of, 90–93
dance, 12, 76, 80
departmental gods, 22, 25, 28
destroyer, 23
Dharni Penu, 12, 67, 71–72, 77, 92
Dieterlen, Germaine, 25, 46, 63, 122,
144–45
dimension, 36, 41, 47, 54, 76, 85, 91,
102, 105, 142
Dimly-Seen, 132
DNA, 12, 160
Dongba, 33
Dravidian, 2, 33, 65
druid, 115
duality, 15–16, 28–29, 39, 96–97, 108,
145, 157, 159, 161
dung beetle, 84, 159
dwarf star, 72
Earth Mother, 17, 30, 44, 54, 72–73,
82, 90–92, 125–31, 153, 158, 162
egg, fertilized, 15
egg-in-a-ball, 15, 36, 48
egg-of-the-world, 23, 28–29, 37–38,
41–43, 48, 54, 64, 75, 78–79, 85,
90, 92, 101–2, 104, 124–25, 129,
136, 143, 146
El (deity), 93–94
electron, 79
elephant, 12, 18, 69, 72, 76–77, 79, 92
Elephantine, 6, 12, 71, 160
Elysian, 94, 103, 107–8, 154
embrace, 15–16, 43, 61–62, 67–68, 84,
97–98, 146, 148, 151, 157
enlightenment, 95, 100
entanglement, 79
equinox, 55
esoteric, 1, 6, 10, 14, 20, 22, 24, 33, 45,
59, 65, 81, 89, 95, 120, 157, 161
fairy, 133, 136, 138, 156
fairy mound, 132, 158
Faroe Islands, 50, 104, 108–9, 135–36,
156
Faroese, 2, 113, 116, 134, 156
feast, 136–37
felag (“academy”), 116
feminine energy, 15, 39, 41, 66, 92, 120
Fertile Crescent, 6, 11–12, 52, 65, 71,
152, 159–60
fertility, 61, 73, 97, 152
Field of Reeds/Offerings, 94, 103–5,
107–9, 135, 154, 161–62
filidha (“learned seers”), 115
finger, 41, 60
Firstborn, 63, 105, 119, 155, 161
First Time, 12, 150
First World, 38, 90
force, 27, 42, 51, 63, 82, 89–90, 98,
112, 124, 146
fulacht fiadh (stone structure), 113–16
Ganesha, 12–13, 64, 69, 72, 74–80, 92
gardener, 139
gatekeeper, 79
Genesis, Book of, 20, 67, 90, 92–93,
127, 141, 151
geometry, 41, 48, 55–56, 70, 102, 105
getpetkai, 87
Giza, 13, 56, 88
gnomon, 55, 126
Gobekli Tepe, 2, 6, 11–12, 23, 40–41,
58–63, 71, 88–89, 97, 105–6, 122,
146, 150–53, 160
gravity, 17, 27, 42, 98, 124
Griaule, Marcel, 25, 29, 36–37, 43,
46–47, 63, 74, 81, 92, 122, 132,
144–45, 148–49
hand, 20, 41–42, 60–62, 97, 146, 151
Haumia, 28
Hawaiki, 3, 108, 134, 138
hawk, 23, 50
Hebrew, 2, 18, 23, 32–33, 37, 39, 66,
93, 127, 129, 134, 150–52, 154
hemisphere, 26, 47, 64, 134, 153, 161
herald, 85
Het Pet Ka Yah, 88, 151
hidden, 1, 20, 26, 30, 63, 130
Hindu, 2, 6, 12–13, 23, 53–54, 71–72,
77–78, 89–90, 100, 112, 128–30,
134, 141, 152
Hogon, 32, 95, 120, 122
Hotunui, 135–36
house, 13, 26, 39, 53, 60–61, 68,
84–85, 90, 94, 100, 102, 107, 109,
111, 113, 115, 118, 125, 128–29,
134, 141
House of Life/House of Books, 100,
107, 109, 111
huri (“to twist”), 43, 126
huru (“emission of light”), 37, 43, 90
Icelandic, 2, 94
i ching. See yijing
Io (deity), 19–21, 89, 94, 128
Jubilee Year, 32
Kabbalism, 18, 32, 128, 144–45
khore, 37
kirkja (“house of worship”), 113
light, 16, 22, 28, 38, 43–44, 62,
66–68, 73, 83, 88–94, 116,
126–27, 129, 134, 144, 146, 155
light, speed of, 36
Living Water, 73–74
Lower World, 108, 135, 156
maat (“correct knowledge”), 100
manifestation, 100, 148
masculine energy, 15, 39, 66
mass, 17, 26–28, 36, 42–43, 51, 54–55,
64, 72–73, 78, 80, 85–86, 88, 90,
92, 96, 106, 136, 142–43, 148
mata (“the face” or “observation”), 77,
83, 118, 126–27, 140–43
membrane, 42
mnemonic, 46, 97, 120
Mulberry Tree, 50
multiplicity, 26, 35, 55, 99, 145
Naga, 130, 132, 137
naherangi, 107
Na–Khi, 5, 33, 160
navel, 56–57
Neith, 48, 129, 160
nem, 139
night, 44–45, 86, 93, 117–18, 134
Noah, 83
nonexistence, 16, 37, 49, 84, 100
nummo, 17, 25–26, 110, 133, 137–39,
144, 147–49, 160–61
Nummo Fish, 25–26
obstacle, 69, 76–80, 84
occult, 111–12, 118–20
Ogo, 38, 129, 144–45
Ogotemmeli, 29, 37, 81, 92
orbit, 35
ordinal numbers, 35–36, 38–39, 48
Orion, 13, 17, 23
Orissa, 112
Orkney, 13, 50, 62, 67, 84, 89, 93–94,
101–10, 113–16, 125, 130–31,
133–39, 146–47, 152–58, 160–62
Osiris, 56, 87, 149
overturn, 43, 90, 126–28, 135, 153,
158, 162
paleness, 25, 46, 63, 77, 100, 122,
144–45
Papa, 21–22, 27–29, 49, 62, 98, 110,
125, 134
Papae, 110, 131, 133, 139, 147, 155, 160
per-aa, 104, 135–36
perception, 15–16, 25–26, 28, 36, 38,
67, 83, 85, 97, 130, 141
Peti, 110, 131–39, 147, 155–56, 158,
160
Pharaoh, 14, 31, 104, 116, 135–36, 160
phoneme, 8, 16–18, 36, 38, 40, 42,
52, 54–55, 57, 59, 62, 64, 68, 70,
78–80, 84, 103, 155
phonemes, complex, 17–18, 79
phonemes, symbolic, 16–17
photon, 43
pil/fil, 18, 69, 76–77
pillar, 11, 61–62, 89, 97, 122, 146, 151
pitha, 56
plant, growth of, 28, 40, 50, 54, 102,
122
plateau, 56, 60
po, 1, 43–44, 53–54, 69, 76, 86, 92,
142, 157
po pilu, 36, 38, 41–43, 54–55, 64,
68–69, 76, 92
potbelly, 73
primal parents, 21–22, 28
primordial time, 43, 86
puri, 111–13
pygmy, 132, 137, 139, 147, 158, 160
rainbow, 116
Rangi, 21–22, 27–28, 49, 62, 98,
125–26, 128, 134
reed/reedleaf, 54, 93–94, 103–5, 107–9,
113, 135, 142, 154, 161–62
Rehua (deity), 78–79
reversal, 14, 24, 48, 62, 72–74, 77, 87,
89, 106, 127–28, 131, 151, 153
Rongo, 23–25, 27, 29
Ruaumoko, 29–30, 126–27
Sakti Cult, 2, 6, 12–13, 58, 65, 67,
71–72, 95, 99, 112, 120, 122, 137,
151–52
Samkhya, 95–100
Sanskrit, 2, 32, 52–53, 65–66, 95
Sati, 13, 56, 72, 74, 76–77, 81, 149
School of Reeds, 111–18, 162
Scotland, 6, 13, 67, 84, 93–94, 99, 101,
109–10, 114, 125, 132, 36, 147,
152, 154–58, 160
Scottish-Gaelic, 2
season, 55, 92, 102
Second World, 38, 42–43, 64, 89–90,
112
seed, 28, 43, 49–50, 54, 102
sekhet, 102
Sekhet Aaru (“Field of Reeds”), 103,
105, 108, 154, 161–62
sieve, 54–55, 69, 78
Sirius, 17, 23, 56, 72
Sith, 132
Siva/Shiva, 13–14, 54, 56, 77–78, 87
skaill, 67, 94
Skara Brae, 13, 41, 62, 67, 89–91,
93–94, 101–3, 105, 107, 110, 113,
124–25, 131, 135, 138–39, 141,
147, 153–55, 157–58
sleeping goddess, 53, 68, 90, 92, 107,
128, 130, 134, 141
solstice, 55
space, 16, 27–28, 34, 36, 40–41, 47, 50,
82, 85–86, 88, 91–93, 105, 124–25,
127–28, 141–43, 148, 150, 159
Sphinx, 13, 40, 88
spiral, 23, 29, 43, 64, 76, 101, 104–5,
124, 145–46, 148
square, 25–26, 41, 47–48, 62, 82, 132,
144
standing stone, 11, 56, 73, 102, 122,
150–51, 158
stellar bubble, 124
string theory, 28, 54, 91, 124, 143
stupa, 13, 32, 48, 55–56, 70
sundial, 55
sun glyph, 15
supplication, 8, 122
Tahi (“one”), 38–40
Tamil, 2, 33, 53, 65–71, 75, 152
Tana Penu, 12, 17, 67, 72–73, 77, 92,
131, 151
Tane, 22–24, 27–28, 47–48, 50,
72–74, 89
Tangaroa, 25–27
tapu, 20–21, 59–61, 81, 117, 157
Tasman, Abel, 3
Tawhiri-Matea, 27
te kore (“non-existence”), 35–43, 81
temau/toymu, 23–24, 70, 86
Third World, 38, 43, 89
Tiki, 74
toguna (“discussion house”), 39
tohunga (“expert”), 39, 99, 119–23
tonu, 86
torsion theory, 124
Tree of Life, 50, 74, 83
Tu (deity), 23–24, 70, 77
tua, 38–39, 91, 122, 131–32, 142
tuahu (“sacred spot”), 121–22, 135–37
Tuat, 24, 38, 42, 86, 122
Tuatha de Danaan, 131–32, 137
Turkish, 2, 33, 71, 75
tusk, 64, 76–77, 79
twist, 29, 36, 43, 137
Underworld, 24, 30, 38, 44, 64, 86, 90,
122, 126–27, 132, 155–57, 161–62
unity, 26, 35, 55, 123, 145, 149
universe, formation of, 15, 33, 44,
52–53, 73, 83, 93, 98, 115, 129,
145
universe, material/nonmaterial, 17,
29, 38–39, 41, 50, 56–57, 59, 66,
82–84, 88, 98, 100, 128, 144–46,
148–49
universes, fourteen, 41, 74, 91, 142,
144
Vedic, 2, 6, 12, 71, 152
vibration, 16–17, 27, 39–40, 43, 54,
68, 79, 85, 90, 102, 142–43
Vishnu, 112, 130, 137
vortex, 43, 55, 91–92, 124
Vulture Peak, 59, 150
wananga (“occult knowledge”),
111–12, 128
weaving, 12, 31, 37, 49, 78
whaka (“to cause”), 59, 68, 117,
129–30
Wharekura (“School of Reeds”),
108–9, 111–18
Whiro, 28–29, 127
wind, 27, 49, 51, 54, 68, 76, 85, 99, 103,
105, 107–8, 135–36, 142
wizard, 120
womb, 40, 92, 135
written language, 14, 16, 32, 45
Yah, 66–68, 83, 88–90, 92–94, 127,
129, 133, 150–54
yala, 66, 85
year, 2–4, 6–7, 32, 46, 55, 63, 92, 102,
104, 114, 116–17, 131, 137, 145,
157–58
yijing, 17, 35
yoga, 95
Yogini, 95, 120
Zep Tepi, 12, 59