--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mar 22, 2006, at 12:48 AM, a_non_moose_ff wrote: > > > In reflecting on the original lecture where he mentioned Vak being > > whispered, I think he said, it was the practice that when a baby was > > born into a family of seers, then Vak was whispered in their ears... > > That would make sense as Vak is the principle of the Word as it is > revealed on all levels of perception. >
FWIW, the hero of the Finnish folk epic, The Kalevala, is often called "vaka (steady) vanha (old) Väinämöinen". (In Estonian epic Kalevipoeg that's Vanemuine. In Sanskrit "vane" would mean 'in a/the forest', and "muine" is almost like "muni"; that's folk etymology at its worst...LOL!) To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
