Great. When we have the software ready to test etc we'll give you a hoi!.
:-)
David
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From: "grant b, sun reporter" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 6:21 AM
Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Sethians
> I'd love to help catalogue & sort symbols -- best
> email me directly off-list.
>
> Have you seen the Chinese character libraries on
> wikimedia commons? Not the best-organized, but an
> awesome task to undertake anyway.
>
> --- David and Jasmine
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > I don't know if people are interested but we
> > are running a program form
> > alchemical research called HARP (Hieroglyphic
> > and Alchemical Recognition
> > Program) at my University. Basically it
> > originated out of my frantically
> > hunting down a symbol for some one for a ritual
> > they were doing that
> > involved wading through volumes and volumes of
> > pics and text to find what
> > she wanted as there was little cataloging order
> > or crosslinked references on
> > the material, just ad hoc collections of
> > artwork and disconnected and
> > contradictory text. I teamed up with some
> > programming postgrads and were
> > making a web based program for people to
> > catalogue in symbols and artwork
> > associated with rituals, alchemy, futhark,
> > hieroglyphics etc which can be
> > accessed via a search engine based on its
> > historicity, ritual use, mythic
> > origin and overall shape. The idea is to run
> > it like wikipedia with members
> > making contributions that can be subjected to
> > critique and review by the
> > site coordinators and via a forum. Entries
> > will have to be cited and we
> > want to have sections to differentiate between
> > empirical historical takes,
> > psychoanalytical views, ritual views and the
> > like. We have just finished
> > the interface and its a couple of months yet
> > before it will be up and
> > running ready for trial.
> >
> > Anyway, while I was going to wait till the
> > software is ready and just
> > network through friends and colleagues, is
> > anyone interested in
> > participating as contributors, moderators and
> > the like? Its still being put
> > together but some recent threads here piked my
> > interest in people being
> > interested in alchemy and so and being
> > interested in more user and public
> > friendly means of accessing it.
> >
> > Anyway its there if people are interested.
> > David
> >
>
>
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