what is ether?

[mendez]

What is ether?

Hail Satan!

 

[स त न म]

What is ether?

Hail Satan!

Maybe this will help you: Invoking Quintessence

 

[FancyMancy]

What is ether?

Hail Satan!

According to study.com,

The concentrate ether is an extremely flammable chemical and one of the first anaesthetics.

I think you are more likely than not on about Aether, though. It is like 'the void', where the other 4 elements come from. Scientists have sort of discovered it, as well, what they call Dark Matter or I think more accurately Dark Energy.

 

[Siatris Ioholo]

What is ether?

Hail Satan!

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Element ether, space
Moving from the stability of earth, through the flow of water, the passion of fire, and lightness of air, we reach the element that makes everything else possible: ether or ‘space’. Ether is both nothing and everything at the same time. It’s stillness, yet it’s the very thing that makes all movement and life possible.

Referred to as ‘akasha’ in Sanskrit, ether is the element that comes first in yogic and Ayurvedic thinking. Ether is without the firmness of earth, the coolness of water, the heat of fire or even the movement of wind. It is therefore the very essence of ‘emptiness’. The space element is the most subtle of all elements. Within our bodies we can recognise the space element literally anywhere there is space; the sinus cavities that allow for our voices to resonate, the space in the lungs that fills with air, and space in the stomach before a meal.

 

[Stormblood]

Everything.

 

[Stormblood]

What is ether?

Hail Satan!

According to study.com,

The concentrate ether is an extremely flammable chemical and one of the first anaesthetics.

I think you are more likely than not on about Aether, though. It is like 'the void', where the other 4 elements come from. Scientists have sort of discovered it, as well, what they call Dark Matter or I think more accurately Dark Energy.

A linguistic interception:

:arrow: ether = English
:arrow: aether = Latin
:arrow: aither = Greek

Just for your information.

 

[FancyMancy]

What is ether?

Hail Satan!

According to study.com,

The concentrate ether is an extremely flammable chemical and one of the first anaesthetics.

I think you are more likely than not on about Aether, though. It is like 'the void', where the other 4 elements come from. Scientists have sort of discovered it, as well, what they call Dark Matter or I think more accurately Dark Energy.

A linguistic interception:

:arrow: ether = English
:arrow: aether = Latin
:arrow: aither = Greek

Just for your information.

English or American?! :lol: I also remember that in Words of Power, the letter A seems to be very significant, and in Sanskrit it seems to be most-prevalent; also in words like SaTaNaMa and of course Satan, the A seems very important. For some, I can remember reading that adding A in Words of Power when vibrating them can increase the power.

I am not certain if I made this up myself, i.e. inferred it, or if there was a post about it but I think A is not just a random old letter. Like "AUM" is correct, being corrupted and replaced with the O in "OM" - Sol-Om-On, who was "the most wise" jew. Plus, as you must have noticed, I spell "Daemon" with the A, which hearkens back to old-times... going further back, we go back to Sanskrit; "jesus" is "old times" but going further back, we have Paganism/Hinduism/Spiritual Satanism. It's sort of all in the same vein how I use it.

Maybe it's just me! Lol.

 

[FancyMancy]

For those who may be unaware,

also in words like SaTaNaMa and of course Satan, the A seems very important.

Satanas is included (and Satnam...). I should have pointed this out for newbs and those who didn't know.

 

[The Alchemist7 [JG]]

What is ether?

Hail Satan!

There are scientific arguments that `ether` is the `essence` or `element` that makes 96% of the Universe, while the rest of 4% is the physical material Universe. I am not sure here if ether is the same as the dark energy, about which it's also said that it makes up most of the Universe. I think this is the concept upon which Christianity built the lie of their god being everywhere and knowing everything. Maybe dark energy is the physical space between astronomical bodies (planets,starts, galaxies etc), therefore a measurable energy, while ether is the non-physical energy associated with this space. Is a subject that probably `science` knows about but are deliberately hiding.

 

[Stormblood]

According to study.com,

The concentrate ether is an extremely flammable chemical and one of the first anaesthetics.

I think you are more likely than not on about Aether, though. It is like 'the void', where the other 4 elements come from. Scientists have sort of discovered it, as well, what they call Dark Matter or I think more accurately Dark Energy.

A linguistic interception:

:arrow: ether = English
:arrow: aether = Latin
:arrow: aither = Greek

Just for your information.

English or American?! :lol: I also remember that in Words of Power, the letter A seems to be very significant, and in Sanskrit it seems to be most-prevalent; also in words like SaTaNaMa and of course Satan, the A seems very important. For some, I can remember reading that adding A in Words of Power when vibrating them can increase the power.

I am not certain if I made this up myself, i.e. inferred it, or if there was a post about it but I think A is not just a random old letter. Like "AUM" is correct, being corrupted and replaced with the O in "OM" - Sol-Om-On, who was "the most wise" jew. Plus, as you must have noticed, I spell "Daemon" with the A, which hearkens back to old-times... going further back, we go back to Sanskrit; "jesus" is "old times" but going further back, we have Paganism/Hinduism/Spiritual Satanism. It's sort of all in the same vein how I use it.

Maybe it's just me! Lol.

English AND American in this case. It is not a case of missed letter. "Ae" in Latin is read the same as "E" in romance languages and "eh" in English. That's the real sound of the letter 'E', differently from the pronunciation that you have in the English alphabet. In Sanskrit, there are two of this: a short 'e' sound and a long one. The long one is what I call "the fully spelt version" which is "AI". It is similar to the 'O' letter, which in Sanskrit has a short and long version. The long version is "AU". AIU are the most important vowels, because from them everything else descends, and among them A is the greatest, as you figured out already.

I cannot speak much for Greek, as I don't speak the language. However, from a look at the alphabet, it seems it has retained the long and short versions of E and O from Sanskrit. You have, in fact, epsilon and eta as well as omicron and omega.

The Ancient Romans took the word 'Aether' from Greek and they simply changed to produce the proper Sanskrit sounds. When transliterated, the Latin AE is equivalent to the Greek AI. I don't know pronunciation rules in Greek, but I assume diphthongs are pronounced differently than how you'd pronounce two vowels separately. I am sure HP Hooded Cobra could shed some light on Greek pronunciation, maybe even Ancient Greek.

Daemon is the same. It's the Latin word, not the English one, which is Demon. It's imported from the Greek 'Daimon'.

One thing to note is that the 'Ave Satanas' in some Satanic rituals is INCORRECT. Satanas is a noun imported from Greek and it has its own declension in Latin, as an irregular second-declension noun. Ave wants the Vocative case after it, not the Nominative. The correct version is 'Ave Satana'. I'm starting to think 'Aum' wants a vocative too, not a dative. This would mean some mantras we use are partially incorrect. This doesn't mean, however, that they are compromise. A minor thing like this can only give a minor malus, which is overpowered by many other factors and bonuses.

I didn't originally want to say anything about 'Aum' but now that I've said it, I feel no complaints/disapproval from my GD. So, it should be fine.

 

[Xon]

I cannot speak much for Greek, as I don't speak the language. However, from a look at the alphabet, it seems it has retained the long and short versions of E and O from Sanskrit. You have, in fact, epsilon and eta as well as omicron and omega.

The Ancient Romans took the word 'Aether' from Greek and they simply changed to produce the proper Sanskrit sounds. When transliterated, the Latin AE is equivalent to the Greek AI. I don't know pronunciation rules in Greek, but I assume diphthongs are pronounced differently than how you'd pronounce two vowels separately. I am sure HP Hooded Cobra could shed some light on Greek pronunciation, maybe even Ancient Greek.

Daemon is the same. It's the Latin word, not the English one, which is Demon. It's imported from the Greek 'Daimon'.

I do not intend to replace the High Priest but I will write what I know about it.
In the classical pronunciation of ancient Greek (that is the most hated by the Neo-Hellenics people, the so-called Erasmian), in the diphthong AI the pronunciation is the same as for a sequence of an alpha and an iota, only the iota of the diphthong has obviously semivowel value.
In the modern pronunciation, where for example the eta is pronounced I (as in bee), the pronunciation of the diphthong AI is E as in the Latin diphthong AE (actually also in Latin, in the classical pronunciation, AE is read AE, the one you mean is the Italian pronunciation, the scholastic one). Already in the Hellenistic period surely the diphthong AI was pronounced E (This is notorious because some misspellings dating from that period show the epsilon instead of the diphthong AI).
This is what I studied in school and could still be wrong and surely there was a difference between the vernacular and the sacred pronunciation.

 

[Stormblood]

I cannot speak much for Greek, as I don't speak the language. However, from a look at the alphabet, it seems it has retained the long and short versions of E and O from Sanskrit. You have, in fact, epsilon and eta as well as omicron and omega.

The Ancient Romans took the word 'Aether' from Greek and they simply changed to produce the proper Sanskrit sounds. When transliterated, the Latin AE is equivalent to the Greek AI. I don't know pronunciation rules in Greek, but I assume diphthongs are pronounced differently than how you'd pronounce two vowels separately. I am sure HP Hooded Cobra could shed some light on Greek pronunciation, maybe even Ancient Greek.

Daemon is the same. It's the Latin word, not the English one, which is Demon. It's imported from the Greek 'Daimon'.

I do not intend to replace the High Priest but I will write what I know about it.
In the classical pronunciation of ancient Greek (that is the most hated by the Neo-Hellenics people, the so-called Erasmian), in the diphthong AI the pronunciation is the same as for a sequence of an alpha and an iota, only the iota of the diphthong has obviously semivowel value.
In the modern pronunciation, where for example the eta is pronounced I (as in bee), the pronunciation of the diphthong AI is E as in the Latin diphthong AE (actually also in Latin, in the classical pronunciation, AE is read AE, the one you mean is the Italian pronunciation, the scholastic one). Already in the Hellenistic period surely the diphthong AI was pronounced E (This is notorious because some misspellings dating from that period show the epsilon instead of the diphthong AI).
This is what I studied in school and could still be wrong and surely there was a difference between the vernacular and the sacred pronunciation.

I meant to say both HP HC and any Greek SS. So, thank you for your input.

I am not sure which schools in Italy teach Ancient Greek and Classical Latin pronunciation. I studied Latin in the third year of middle school, and then for 5 years at a scientific lyceum. We focused only on grammar, translation and, from the third year of lyceum, literature as well. We didn't consider pronunciation or even read Latin sentences aloud, as far as I remember. Generally, though, I'd say that it's closer to Italian (and other Romance languages) in pronunciation than it is to English. Every time I heard Latin pronounced in American films and tv shows, especially witchcraft-related, I cringed because it was pronounced like English. English doesn't have that much in common with Latin at all. At least not Modern English. Old English may have something to do, but still less than Romance languages.

Same as you, I believe there is a difference between vernacular and hieratic pronunciations. What I read about Vedic Sanskrit is that it certainly had. I'm not sure why it would be different with powerful civilisation like Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece and Ancient Egypt.

 

[Xon]

I cannot speak much for Greek, as I don't speak the language. However, from a look at the alphabet, it seems it has retained the long and short versions of E and O from Sanskrit. You have, in fact, epsilon and eta as well as omicron and omega.

The Ancient Romans took the word 'Aether' from Greek and they simply changed to produce the proper Sanskrit sounds. When transliterated, the Latin AE is equivalent to the Greek AI. I don't know pronunciation rules in Greek, but I assume diphthongs are pronounced differently than how you'd pronounce two vowels separately. I am sure HP Hooded Cobra could shed some light on Greek pronunciation, maybe even Ancient Greek.

Daemon is the same. It's the Latin word, not the English one, which is Demon. It's imported from the Greek 'Daimon'.

I do not intend to replace the High Priest but I will write what I know about it.
In the classical pronunciation of ancient Greek (that is the most hated by the Neo-Hellenic people, the so-called Erasmian), in the diphthong AI the pronunciation is the same as for a sequence of an alpha and an iota, only the iota of the diphthong has obviously semivowel value.
In the modern pronunciation, where for example the eta is pronounced I (as in bee), the pronunciation of the diphthong AI is E as in the Latin diphthong AE (actually also in Latin, in the classical pronunciation, AE is read AE, the one you mean is the Italian pronunciation, the scholastic one). Already in the Hellenistic period surely the diphthong AI was pronounced E (This is notorious because some misspellings dating from that period show the epsilon instead of the diphthong AI).
This is what I studied in school and could still be wrong and surely there was a difference between the vernacular and the sacred pronunciation.

I meant to say both HP HC and any Greek SS. So, thank you for your input.

I am not sure which schools in Italy teach Ancient Greek and Classical Latin pronunciation. I studied Latin in the third year of middle school, and then for 5 years at a scientific lyceum. We focused only on grammar, translation and, from the third year of lyceum, literature as well. We didn't consider pronunciation or even read Latin sentences aloud, as far as I remember. Generally, though, I'd say that it's closer to Italian (and other Romance languages) in pronunciation than it is to English. Every time I heard Latin pronounced in American films and tv shows, especially witchcraft-related, I cringed because it was pronounced like English. English doesn't have that much in common with Latin at all. At least not Modern English. Old English may have something to do, but still less than Romance languages.

Same as you, I believe there is a difference between vernacular and hieratic pronunciations. What I read about Vedic Sanskrit is that it certainly had. I'm not sure why it would be different with powerful civilisation like Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece and Ancient Egypt.

Forgive me, they probably talked to you about phonetics one of the first lessons and then they didn't talk about it any more, because it actually changes practically nothing compared to Italian phonetics. I thought it would have occurred to you that there are two types of pronunciation but actually this is more emphasised in universities.
The pronunciation that is used in Italy is called scholastic or ecclesiastical and is equivalent to the pronunciation of medieval Latin, which then evolved into the various Italian dialects. In this pronunciation, C and G in front of I and E are transformed into affricates (as in Italian), GN is read with the nasal palatal (as in Italian) and the diphthongs AE and OE are read E, to give a few examples.
The other pronunciation is called classical or restituta and is supposed to correspond to the Latin that the Romans spoke, although it is difficult to say with certainty when it was used and for how long. This pronunciation is used everywhere except in Italy, I don't know if Spanish’ and Romanians use it too. Here, C and G never change their sound, diphthongs are read as they are written, the same goes for the GN (it is read like the GN in magnetic), there is no distinction between V and U (it is always read U), there are other small differences between the two type of pronunciations, I wrote these as examples.
I imagine that you would also cringe if you heard me trying to speak English, which is not at all easy for Italians. I have never studied Old English but I guess it was similar to German, which I find much easier to pronounce.

 

[Stormblood]

I do not intend to replace the High Priest but I will write what I know about it.
In the classical pronunciation of ancient Greek (that is the most hated by the Neo-Hellenic people, the so-called Erasmian), in the diphthong AI the pronunciation is the same as for a sequence of an alpha and an iota, only the iota of the diphthong has obviously semivowel value.
In the modern pronunciation, where for example the eta is pronounced I (as in bee), the pronunciation of the diphthong AI is E as in the Latin diphthong AE (actually also in Latin, in the classical pronunciation, AE is read AE, the one you mean is the Italian pronunciation, the scholastic one). Already in the Hellenistic period surely the diphthong AI was pronounced E (This is notorious because some misspellings dating from that period show the epsilon instead of the diphthong AI).
This is what I studied in school and could still be wrong and surely there was a difference between the vernacular and the sacred pronunciation.

I meant to say both HP HC and any Greek SS. So, thank you for your input.

I am not sure which schools in Italy teach Ancient Greek and Classical Latin pronunciation. I studied Latin in the third year of middle school, and then for 5 years at a scientific lyceum. We focused only on grammar, translation and, from the third year of lyceum, literature as well. We didn't consider pronunciation or even read Latin sentences aloud, as far as I remember. Generally, though, I'd say that it's closer to Italian (and other Romance languages) in pronunciation than it is to English. Every time I heard Latin pronounced in American films and tv shows, especially witchcraft-related, I cringed because it was pronounced like English. English doesn't have that much in common with Latin at all. At least not Modern English. Old English may have something to do, but still less than Romance languages.

Same as you, I believe there is a difference between vernacular and hieratic pronunciations. What I read about Vedic Sanskrit is that it certainly had. I'm not sure why it would be different with powerful civilisation like Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece and Ancient Egypt.

Forgive me, they probably talked to you about phonetics one of the first lessons and then they didn't talk about it any more, because it actually changes practically nothing compared to Italian phonetics. I thought it would have occurred to you that there are two types of pronunciation but actually this is more emphasised in universities.
The pronunciation that is used in Italy is called scholastic or ecclesiastical and is equivalent to the pronunciation of medieval Latin, which then evolved into the various Italian dialects. In this pronunciation, C and G in front of I and E are transformed into affricates (as in Italian), GN is read with the nasal palatal (as in Italian) and the diphthongs AE and OE are read E, to give a few examples.
The other pronunciation is called classical or restituta and is supposed to correspond to the Latin that the Romans spoke, although it is difficult to say with certainty when it was used and for how long. This pronunciation is used everywhere except in Italy, I don't know if Spanish’ and Romanians use it too. Here, C and G never change their sound, diphthongs are read as they are written, the same goes for the GN (it is read like the GN in magnetic), there is no distinction between V and U (it is always read U), there are other small differences between the two type of pronunciations, I wrote these as examples.
I imagine that you would also cringe if you heard me trying to speak English, which is not at all easy for Italians. I have never studied Old English but I guess it was similar to German, which I find much easier to pronounce.

I cringe the most when I hear 'alumni' from universities in Anglo-Saxon country, especially the pronunciation of the 'i' and also how they often use it to indicate one person when it's actually about two or more persons. I'm sure those who actually study Latin at their universities cringe as well.

As for Italians trying to speak English, yeah. Most of them have absolutely no talent for languages, and many teachers being terrible at teaching modern foreign languages also don't help. I guess I am lucky to have linguistic aptitude, which is probably my strongest non-spiritual intelligence as far as my experience goes. Also, having non-Italian genes (and looks) surely helps in a way. Anyway, you don't have to worry about it. Pronunciation is a question of practice. If you lived in an English-speaking country for a while, you'd likely get it down. I haven't got it down yet simply because 1. My accent and other voice characteristics are very malleable (I lived in different parts of Italy through my childhood and adolescence, and I always picked up the accent. I only refused to pick up accents from Campania, Lazio, Calabria and Sicilia because they are cacophonic for my tastes, while pugliese, sardo and toscano are more appealing to me); 2. Because I am more writer and I don't speak much. It's easier to get to know me in writing and through action, than by orally speaking to me.

Thank you for your explanation.

 

[FancyMancy]

Putting my "grammar Nazi" hat on...

I cringe the most when I hear 'alumni' from universities in Anglo-Saxon country, especially the pronunciation of the 'i' and also how they often use it to indicate one person when it's actually about two or more persons.

What about "boowy" instead of "buoy"? What about "weird"? What about "lootenant" instead of "lieutenant"? For any arguments for this one, I say simply -

cough
through
though
thorough

I'll pretend that they are pronounced correctly!

As for your "I" there - sometimes, "I" is not pronounced "eye"; sometimes it's pronounced "ih" or "ee", but for many who don't think for themselves, they prefer to talk what has been repeated in media many times, and pronounce the country "eye-raq" instead of "Iraq"; or like "toosday" instead of "Tuesday".

There's also when people insist on putting the apostrophe before every letter S as the last letter of a word for plurals, and adding the apostrophe in "its" incorrectly. "Its" and "it's" are different. The principle is the same that it seems that they prefer to spell "om" instead of "AUM" (even if they don't do Spirituality). In fact, there is/was a website all about teaching how to spell plurals and with the apostrophe in the correct place. Also - "goy" is singular; "goyim" is plural. "You are a Goyim." "Yeah, and you are a arses."

Grammar Nazi FancyMancy? Lol - I dare you (whomever) to mispronounced any God or Goddesses' name incorrectly, or any mantra/word of power incorrectly, just for teh lulz. I probably could go on, but if I did, it probably would offend some and it might seem like hatred, plus my "grammar Nazi" hat is getting heavy.

P.S. WtF is "burglarise"?! Burgle*!
P.P.S Believe it or don't, FancyMancy thinks that the pronunciation of "wrath" as "roth" is silly; he'll be putting the heating on later so he can bathe and wash hisself (hehe) in his "both".
P.P.P.S Why is the Lie-ver Building not in Lie-verpool?! :blink: :lol:
P.P.P.P.S OK, that's enough P.S.-ing :!:

 

[Stormblood]

Putting my "grammar Nazi" hat on...

I cringe the most when I hear 'alumni' from universities in Anglo-Saxon country, especially the pronunciation of the 'i' and also how they often use it to indicate one person when it's actually about two or more persons.

What about "boowy" instead of "buoy"? What about "weird"? What about "lootenant" instead of "lieutenant"? For any arguments for this one, I say simply -

cough
through
though
thorough

I'll pretend that they are pronounced correctly!

As for your "I" there - sometimes, "I" is not pronounced "eye"; sometimes it's pronounced "ih" or "ee", but for many who don't think for themselves, they prefer to talk what has been repeated in media many times, and pronounce the country "eye-raq" instead of "Iraq"; or like "toosday" instead of "Tuesday".

There's also when people insist on putting the apostrophe before every letter S as the last letter of a word for plurals, and adding the apostrophe in "its" incorrectly. "Its" and "it's" are different. The principle is the same that it seems that they prefer to spell "om" instead of "AUM" (even if they don't do Spirituality). In fact, there is/was a website all about teaching how to spell plurals and with the apostrophe in the correct place. Also - "goy" is singular; "goyim" is plural. "You are a Goyim." "Yeah, and you are a arses."

Grammar Nazi FancyMancy? Lol - I dare you (whomever) to mispronounced any God or Goddesses' name incorrectly, or any mantra/word of power incorrectly, just for teh lulz. I probably could go on, but if I did, it probably would offend some and it might seem like hatred, plus my "grammar Nazi" hat is getting heavy.

P.S. WtF is "burglarise"?! Burgle*!
P.P.S Believe it or don't, FancyMancy thinks that the pronunciation of "wrath" as "roth" is silly; he'll be putting the heating on later so he can bathe and wash hisself (hehe) in his "both".
P.P.P.S Why is the Lie-ver Building not in Lie-verpool?! :blink: :lol:
P.P.P.P.S OK, that's enough P.S.-ing :!:

Liverpool sounds like a prelude to Blackpool when it comes to alcohol drinkers lol

You forgot about how some people use 'me' as a possessive pronoun. Weirdest thing? Maybe.

 

[FancyMancy]

Putting my "grammar Nazi" hat on...

I cringe the most when I hear 'alumni' from universities in Anglo-Saxon country, especially the pronunciation of the 'i' and also how they often use it to indicate one person when it's actually about two or more persons.

What about "boowy" instead of "buoy"? What about "weird"? What about "lootenant" instead of "lieutenant"? For any arguments for this one, I say simply -

cough
through
though
thorough

I'll pretend that they are pronounced correctly!

As for your "I" there - sometimes, "I" is not pronounced "eye"; sometimes it's pronounced "ih" or "ee", but for many who don't think for themselves, they prefer to talk what has been repeated in media many times, and pronounce the country "eye-raq" instead of "Iraq"; or like "toosday" instead of "Tuesday".

There's also when people insist on putting the apostrophe before every letter S as the last letter of a word for plurals, and adding the apostrophe in "its" incorrectly. "Its" and "it's" are different. The principle is the same that it seems that they prefer to spell "om" instead of "AUM" (even if they don't do Spirituality). In fact, there is/was a website all about teaching how to spell plurals and with the apostrophe in the correct place. Also - "goy" is singular; "goyim" is plural. "You are a Goyim." "Yeah, and you are a arses."

Grammar Nazi FancyMancy? Lol - I dare you (whomever) to mispronounced any God or Goddesses' name incorrectly, or any mantra/word of power incorrectly, just for teh lulz. I probably could go on, but if I did, it probably would offend some and it might seem like hatred, plus my "grammar Nazi" hat is getting heavy.

P.S. WtF is "burglarise"?! Burgle*!
P.P.S Believe it or don't, FancyMancy thinks that the pronunciation of "wrath" as "roth" is silly; he'll be putting the heating on later so he can bathe and wash hisself (hehe) in his "both".
P.P.P.S Why is the Lie-ver Building not in Lie-verpool?! :blink: :lol:
P.P.P.P.S OK, that's enough P.S.-ing :!:

Liverpool sounds like a prelude to Blackpool when it comes to alcohol drinkers lol

You forgot about how some people use 'me' as a possessive pronoun. Weirdest thing? Maybe.

Other than saying -

"twot" is not English in any form, at all, whatsoever (the actual English is "twat")...

as I said, I could go on, but I shan't!