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Re: TT-8 Preliminary notes: Atman. cromlech & menhirs
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Date: Saturday, July 31, 2004 9:14 PM -0500
From: John A Rea <j.rea2@insightbb.com>
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D. Barton Johnson wrote:
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> 3. Atman. Hinduism--innermost essence of each individual, supreme eternal
> self
The form is Sanskrit, meaning both "breath, soul, and wind". The word
is cognate with German 'atmen' = 'to breath', and Latin 'anima' breath,
soul. Some of us senile citizens recall that Mohandas Ghandi was known
as Mahatma: "maha" 'big, great', and "atma(n)" 'spirit, soul --
perhaps 'wind' to some opponents
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> 4.cromlech & menhirs. Boyd notes these are paired in chapter 3 of John
> Fowles _French Lieutenant's Woman_, a 1969 bestseller often compared with
> Ada.
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A word to the wise: cromlechs have nothing to do with milk, nor do
menhirs relate to "Mein Herr" and masculines.
John
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Date: Saturday, July 31, 2004 9:14 PM -0500
From: John A Rea <j.rea2@insightbb.com>
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D. Barton Johnson wrote:
>
> 3. Atman. Hinduism--innermost essence of each individual, supreme eternal
> self
The form is Sanskrit, meaning both "breath, soul, and wind". The word
is cognate with German 'atmen' = 'to breath', and Latin 'anima' breath,
soul. Some of us senile citizens recall that Mohandas Ghandi was known
as Mahatma: "maha" 'big, great', and "atma(n)" 'spirit, soul --
perhaps 'wind' to some opponents
>
> 4.cromlech & menhirs. Boyd notes these are paired in chapter 3 of John
> Fowles _French Lieutenant's Woman_, a 1969 bestseller often compared with
> Ada.
>
A word to the wise: cromlechs have nothing to do with milk, nor do
menhirs relate to "Mein Herr" and masculines.
John
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