Re: Religious text in Conlangs

4/29/03 3:52:47 PM, Jake X <starvingpoet@...> wrote:

>Hi All!
>
>How many of your concultures have religions?  Sacred
>texts?
Jake, your work on the Mocteno and Lenmoct looks
interesting. Also the piece of liturgy you wrote!

As for my own endeavors:

Conlang: Hermetic (called in Hermetic itself, "mna
Vanantha")

Concultural religion: Hermetic Dualism (mna Dviliso
Vananthaa)

Sacred text: "The Celestial Labors" ("Mna Sipri Cilama")

You can find a few *very* brief remarks about Hermetic,
and Hermetic Dualism, at:
http://hosting.acegroup.cc/~pburgess/vanant.html

And the complete text of "Mna Sipri Cilama," in Roman
alphabet transcription, at:
http://hosting.acegroup.cc/~pburgess/msc.html

I wrote "Mna Sipri Cilama" my senior year in high
school-- 1973-74-- so we're talking about something that
goes back a ways. I originally wrote it in Hermetic,
then translated it into English as an afterthought, and
I've never been happy with the English translation.
Producing a new and more accurate English translation is
a prerequisite for putting an English version up on my
site. (Eventually, I hope, but no promises!)

In my freshman & sophomore years of college, I put
together liturgical bits and pieces-- but never anywhere
near complete. I have a good idea of the two main
architectural styles of a Hermetic Dualist temple; the
structure of the priesthood; the three-layered Hermetic
calendar, with its religious festivals. Also the
*general* order of worship; a few key liturgical
phrases; some of the conceptuality behind what is done
in the liturgy and why; and whatnot.


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