Hakata Tablets
http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf brevitae: Ron Eglash on African fractals | Video on TED.com
Alohomora (AL-o-ho-MOR-ah) The term ‘Alohomora’ comes from sikidi, a form of divination from the Malagasy people of Madagascar. It is the name of a magical symbol which means ‘friendly to thieves’ (trans.).
It is theorized that related systems of divination in sub-Saharan Africa, such as Ifá and sikidy, either were based on or co-developed with Arabic divination systems; the use of binary numbers is a distinct trait in the culture of the African plains. Geomancy – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via stumblinghorse)
okpicturethis: Yoruba Diviner’s Beaded Bag
African Lens ‘Pictures of The Day’ features Jason Florio’s images of Mr Bah of Tuba Dabbo village, The Gambia, West Africa.
Mr Bah is a Marabout (medicine man, koranic teacher and sooth-sayer) told Florio and Jones their fortunes in the sand, in his hut, when they were guests of his in Tuba Dabbo, whilst on a 930km walk around the small West African country in Nov-Dec 2009.
Holy art Thou, O God, the universal’s Father.
Holy art Thou, O God, whose Will perfects itself by means of its own Powers.
Holy art Thou, O God, who willeth to be known and art known by Thine own.
Holy art Thou, who didst by Word (Logos) make to consist the things that are.
Holy art Thou, of whom All-nature hath been made an image.
Holy art Thou, whose Form Nature hath never made.
Holy art Thou, more powerful than all power.
Holy art Thou, transcending all pre-eminence.
Holy Thou art, Thou better than all praise.
Accept my reason’s offering pure, from soul and heart for aye stretched up to Thee, O Thou unutterable, unspeakable, Whose Name naught but the Silence can express.
The Corpus Hermeticum
Hermetic Rambling 