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KA

A Handbook of Mythology, Sacred Practices, Electrical Phenomena,
and their Linguistic Connections in the Ancient Mediterranean World

by H. Crosthwaite

with an Introduction by Alfred de Grazia



TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE-PAGE
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION

Chapter  1: AUGURY
Chapter  2: THE ELECTRIC ORACLES
Chapter  3: DIONYSUS
Chapter  4: AMBER, ARK, AND EL
Chapter  5: DEITIES OF DELPHI
Chapter  6: SKY LINKS
Chapter  7: SACRIFICE
Chapter  8: SKY AND STAGE
Chapter  9: TRIPOD CAULDRONS
Chapter 10: THE EVIDENCE FROM PLUTARCH
Chapter 11: THE PRESOCRATIC PHILOSOPHERS
Chapter 12: MYSTERY RELIGIONS
Chapter 13: 'KA', AND EGYPTIAN MAGIC
Chapter 14: BOLTS FROM THE BLUE
Chapter 15: LOOKING LIKE A GOD
Chapter 16: HERAKLES AND HEROES
Chapter 17: BYWAYS OF ELECTRICITY
Chapter 18: ROME AND THE ETRUSCANS
Chapter 19: THE TIMAEUS
Chapter 20: SANCTIFICATION AND RESURRECTION
Chapter 21: THE DEATH OF KINGS
Chapter 22: LIVING WITH ELECTRICITY

APPENDIX A
APPENDIX B: READING BACKWARDS

GLOSSARY