Ross A. Laird

yet another word document

Here’s my second assignment. Hope the pdf attachment goes through…

Cheers,
 Lee

Here’s our info on Dogon & Sirius, attached as a pdf file.

Cheers,
 Lee

A little delayed, but I figure I’ll post it anyway.

Tradition:

Ancient Egypt – Early Dynastic Period –
3150 BCE

Etymology:

Egyptian Hieroglyphs: hr. w – pronounced *Ḥāru, meaning ‘Falcon’.

Coptic times: Hōr.

Greek: Ὡρος Hōros.

Many of my students, at Kwantlen and elsewhere, are searching for careers without cubicles. These students are interested in careers in the arts, in expressive arts therapies, in culture and multiculturalism, in media and publishing, and in many other interdisciplinary areas. The difficulty for many students is that they are completing programs which are limited to specific fields and disciplines, and such specificity does not reflect their intended career paths. They want interesting and diverse careers, not jobs hidebound by traditional roles and practices. This information session, held at Kwantlen's Surrey campus on November 24th (7:30 pm to 9:30 pm, Room G1205A), will offer students a glimpse of various interdisciplinary career paths and options. For students earlier in their academic development, the session will offer ideas about courses and overall direction. For those nearing completion, the session will offer perspectives about employment and career advancement.

This session is open to the public, not just to Kwantlen students. If you are interested in attending, please use the signup link below (site membership and login are required for this option). Or, simply show up. There is no fee.

Here are a couple of followup links:

From my book on myth: Did the Hebrews Build the Pyramids?

Chris Dunn's ideas about ancient machining in Egypt.

sorry… but its a word document

Following up from today’s class, here is an excerpt from my book on myth:

Presentation document attached.

So, here’s our group outline. I used Word this time around to avoid any possible problems with the file not opening.

Alchemy

Tradition European 1300’s-present (With this spelling)

Etymology Al –“the” + Chemy- Khamè -“Black Earth”
The Black Earth

Other spellings: alkamy(e, alknamy(e, alkenamye, -emye, alconomy(e, alcanamy, alkemy, alcomye, alchumie,
alchimie, -ymie, alkimy, -camy, -cumy, alchimy,
alchymy, alchemy. Etc.

*Oxford English Dictionary

Equivalents Wei Boyan (China)
Calid & Rhazes (Islamic Alchemy)
Nagarjuna (India)
Albertus Magnus & pseudo-Geber (Europe)
Anonymous piece called the Mutus Liber (France during the 17th Century)

A tentative outline is as follows:

Egyptian alchemy [5000 BCE – 400 BCE], beginning of alchemy
Indian alchemy [1200 BCE – Present][13], related to Indian metallurgy; Nagarjuna was an important alchemist
Greek alchemy [332 BCE – 642 CE], studied at the Library of Alexandria
Chinese alchemy [142 CE], Wei Boyang writes The Kinship of the Three

Hi;

You may have received a post from me entitled “Links from Today’s Class”. This post was intended for the students in my Interdisciplinary Expressive Arts class at Kwantlen; but unfortunately I selected the wrong group and inadvertently sent it to everyone except the intended audience. Sorry about that.

Of course, you may be interested in the fusion of ceramics and acoustics; or you might like to see a good example of pop culture integation. If so, feel free to check out the links in the original post. Perhaps the material came to you as a kind of synchronicity and will alter the course of your life. You never know.

Cheers.

Ross

Following on the heels of today's conversation in class:

In a recent workshop on the materials and tools of writing, I asked the group to indicate which method they used to input text on a computer. Almost everyone used Microsoft Word — with the exception of a sole advocate for the OpenOffice word processor (which is better than Word by far, and which uses the open source XML file format).