RE: [bn-study] The sound of language and the soundness of religion
Dec 21, 2001 05:40 PM
by dalval14
Dear CeeKaye
Somewhere there is a note or an article that shows how most
languages trace back (if they belong to the "Aryan" root -- the
"5th Race" to the oldest Sub-Race the Hindu Indian Sanskrit. See
S D II 199 -201, 204, 560, 576-7. Also, S D I, 23, 73, 78,
189, 269, 307-10, 320-3, 326, 334-5, 362, 450-1, 568,
The ancient Chinese and the Turanian ( Tibet and Mongolia ) is
almost as old ( S D II 198-203, 280fn, 364, 425, 471fn, 603,
S D I xxxiv-v, 113, 307, 319, ) but uses a different
structure -- pictographs, and for speech tonal inflections on 5
or 7 levels.
The Polynesian languages see to derive from a more ancient root
the Atlanto-Lemurian far earlier races now dying out: S D II
222-4, 332, 780, 788-9, [ See also EASTER ISLAND S D II 317,
324-8, 336-7, 340, 557, 788, ]
The Basque language (in Southern France and Northern Spain -- see
S D II 740-1, 790, 792, ) is strangely related says H P B to
the languages spoken on the Malabar coast of India: Malayalam,
Kanarese and Tulu. All these were sea-faring nations as were the
Phoenicians -- sea-going Jews and Semites in the Mediterranean.
Europe in the dark ages became very ignorant as the lore of the
Greeks, Egyptians and Chaldees was withheld from the people by
the church. The Protestant Reformation restored learning
gradually to the "West" meaning Europe and America. This aspect
of history is made clear in ISIS UNVEILED and The SECRET
OCTRINE -- try and read through them, a few pages a day, and
keep your notes as you go.
The Chinese are said to have circumnavigated the World long
before the Spanish and Portuguese and the Dutch and English did.
So are the Arabs and the Indians. It was in Europe after about a
1000 years of "darkness" between the 5th and the 15th Centuries
that lost the records and art of long distance sea faring.
Interesting bit of migratory history going over several hundred
thousand years.
Sometimes, since reincarnation can be invoked, when we hear
something that is unfamiliarly familiar -- we may be hearing an
echo of our earlier incarnations into those races and places ---
we have lived all over the world in our past learning experiences
and lives.
Best wishes,
Dallas
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-----Original Message-----
From: CeeKaye
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 5:38 AM
To:
Subject: The sound of language and the soundness of religion
Ever listen to a foreign language and know what language it is
you hear?
Sometimes it's easy to figure out...spanish, german, french,
italian -- they
all have a certain inflection that most folks can distinguish
and identify.
But, what about Greek? or Hindi? Unless you are in an environment
where
these languages are commonly spoken, the more ancient tongues are
very hard
to distinguish.
Why is that? The words that make up most of the Western languages
are based
upon older Greek, Roman and/or Slavic languages; so, based on
that common
ground why is it that interpretation of ancient language is so
questionable,
so diverse?
Aside from the fact that American English is a blend of quite a
few
different languages, we as a nation remain in the american
english language
paradigm. Not many people out there consider thinking outside of
the box,
by persuing the root meaning behind our own "beloved" vocabulary.
Could this be part of the root, exposing a major cause of blind
faith? We
let others do the thinking for us when it comes to the most
sacred of
things?
The Bible was written in what language originally: A)Latin
B)Hebrew
C)Aramaic D)who knows?
>From what i gather from friends that do "bible study", the bible
was
originally written in Hebrew and Aramaic. Although literal
translations
vary from bible to bible, the stories we read in each do mostly
have the
same context when compared to one another; BUT, what is going on
at the
bottom of each page, where a subscript or asterisk footnote tells
"their"
version of the meaning behind what is written?
Most of the footnotes start off with "it is uncertain" or
"possibly". Those
are translated words and facts? Who are these experts putting
their
interpretations in the footnotes of the sacred texts?
Guttenberg invented the printing press in Mainz, Germany. Is the
first
"print" of the bible in german?
Where would we begin in translating the Christian Bible? From a
language
perspective, it is already translated for us. Unless someone
knows
otherwise on the list?
I found a website that may be a start:
http://www.centuryone.org/translation.html
CUT
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