Oztological Addenda

Oztology, the ontology of the Land of Oz
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Ogham alphabet

The present day Ogham alphabet is composed of 15 consonants and 5 vowels plus 5 more special characters for foreign sounds. By present day I mean since about 500 AD. The base alphabet arranged in 4 groups of 5

B L F S N
H D T C Q
M G Ng Z R
A O U E I

Blavatsky claims that this is an expanded version of a 12 consonant and 5 vowel original which is how the "Pictish" stones in Scotland are to be read, though she didn't offer any readings. They certainly don't make any sense in the 15 consonant alphabet.

The 12 consonant version is arranged in 4 groups of 3 around the Zodiac circle with each group of 3 being associated with one of the four elements.

Reading counterclockwise from E at the East as before and using my phonetic alphabet rather than hers, substituting S' for S and S for H
and leaving off the expansion letters Q G and Ng

E - Air - puffs and breathings
B L F

A - Water - purls and flows
S' N S

O - Fire - snaps, crackles and pops (couldn't resist)
D T C

I - Earth - grinds and hums
M Z R

U - Center

And what defines the individual consonant in the group of three is how it relates around the 12 pointed star, which you will note connects the consonants in the color order of the rainbow. In China that 12 pointed star is called "Phoenix spreads its Wings".

Purple to Blue to Green to Yellow to Orange to Red and back to Purple

Each consonant resembles the one that follows it

B front voiced puff to
D nasal voiced snap to
N nasal voiced purl to
M nasal voiced front hum to
F front puff to
Z front voiced hissy grind to
S front unvoiced hissy flow to
R back voiced hum to
L back voiced breath to
C back unvoiced click to
S' front unvoiced hissy flow to
T front unvoiced snap to
B front voiced puff

Thus the sequence of Recursion where each consonant implies the next one

B D Purple
N M Blue
F Z Green
S R Yellow
L C Orange
S' T Red

and the vowels go clockwise and end at the center as on the Tetractys

A Purple
E Green
I Yellow
O Red
U Clear

Each consonant is associated with a vowel and each vowel has an internal and an external consonant

Which means an internal and external expression of what the vowels meanings are. Same as the Zodiac.

Ba is Self and the internal specific absence which is what the self is.

Da is Mates and the external specific absence which is what mates and partners are.

And so on for the rest of them. Reciting these in the appropriate sequence, contemplating their meaning, while in a state of timelessness is the same as reciting them all at once with the meanings in an implied sequence and thus produces a parallel between the Reciter and the Recursive nature of existence.

Certain changes in the Reciter and their immediate world are supposed to take place. The trick, I suppose, is to enter a state of timelessness. Maybe not a small trick.

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