From graywyvern@xxxxxxx.xxxx Fri Feb 19 07:24:44 1999
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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 07:24:44 PST
From: "michael helsem" <graywyvern@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Subject: qabbalah

Stephen Arnold:

>In a language I created, it had a non-Roman alphabet in which the 
>letters made up a divination system a la runes. The letters were >also 
related to physical objects which facilitated a memory peg list.

Once i assigned numerical values to the lerfu set. A=2 B=3 C=5 D=7 E=11 
F=13 G=17 '=19 I=23 J=29 K=31 L=37 M=41 N=43 O=47 P=53 R=59 S=61 T=67 
U=71 V=73 X=79 Y=83 Z=89. Note that these are all primes.

(I also have used an occult alphabet, Apollonian, to write my own Lojban 
MSS in, but "that does not compute"...) 

As for objects, i have started to develop a variation of the ancient Art 
of Memory, in which things to remember in a certain order are associated 
with a path through a real or imaginary building, full of iconographic 
objects to be visualized along with the meaning to be recovered. I think 
this would be a good use for the Ckafybarja. 

Right now i am considering grouping the gismu by the number of x-places 
they have (somewhat like Latin conjugations), & connecting these with 
pockets in clothing. E.g. x1-only gismu are hats, X1 & x2 gismu are 
pairs of gloves or shoes,... & perhaps x1-x5 gismu are overcoats with 
both inside & outside pockets!

(to be continued)