Leavings

Leavings is that portion that has been set aside to charge the birth of the next cycle. The old way of breadmaking sets aside a portion of each days dough to charge the next. The new sun rises and then passes away but leaves a portion of light, cradled by the moon, to charge the next newborn sun. The word eleven is derived from leavings with the meaning of ten; plus one set-aside portion. The portion is consumed, the head eats the tail and a new cycle begins. One Becomes two; the hind is the father of the head.

Genesis explains that before the cycle of birth and death there was only the unity of the Father. His creation of Adam, Adamah, Eden and all the species was formed but not born. His formed creation was not charged but quickened. The quickening is described as a 'weightless shroud rising from the earth and covering all facets of creation'. In Genesis, this shroud is called ad and is surely pronounced oud. Descriptions by scientists of life found on asteroids originating from Mars sound amazingly like this account of Genesis. The digital pictures sent back from this dead planet show the leavings of life but not life itself. The interaction of the organism with Mars atmosphere caused a reaction that created a shroud. It is the shroud we are able to detect but are completely clueless about the life from which it was created.

After the fall of Adam the cycle of birth and death was only possible because of the original set-aside portion of quickening. Shaqah is the Hebrew word used and is the root of Shekinah (Holy Ghost) and shaqed (almond tree). Linguists will not agree but it most assuredly is the source of Shakti as well as the Indo-European root of quick. After Adam, the birth of the next new cycle started with David. He was the youngest son of Jesse but was not with all his brothers when the prophet Samuel came to select the new king. David was the set-aside portion chosen by God to quicken the new cycle. His shema reflects this like no other; the mimation of dalet with the root word of oud.

There is no archaeological proof that David was the name of the great king that killed Goliath and united Israel. However, an inscription with "House of David" has been found at two locations; Tel Dan, Israel and Dibon, Jordan. The Mesha Stele found in Jordan may have two references to the House of David. In 1998, Biblical scholar, Anson Rainey, translated a two-word phrase in line 12 of the Mesha Stele as another reference to David. The line in question reads: "I (i.e. Mesha) carried from there (the city of Ataroth) the ariel of its DVD and I dragged it before Kemosh in Qeriot". The David in this line is clearly a cultic object that could be stolen. Is this object an Oud?

An Oud is a wooden pear-shaped musical instrument that has ten strings in courses of two with one string set apart at the bottom. The antiquity of this instrument is unknown but it is at least 5,000 years and probably originated in North Africa. It is played with a plectrum made of plastic but in the ancient world was made from a strong feather. The Oud does not have frets enabling the vibrato to be played expressively. The single string can be plucked as the slide is applied to the other course of ten. David is described as a musician from the beginning of his introduction in the Old Testament and throughout his life. He is said to be the writer of Psalms which was surely set to music evidenced by its pentameter. The plectrum and sistrum may be related, however, plectrum and plume both come from the same root word. A plume is a feather from a flightless bird such as ostrich. Without the need to fly, a feather from a Ratite (flightless bird) becomes fluffy and full of air with the appearance of weightlessness. Perhaps that is why, in hydrodynamics, a plume is one column of gas moving through another.

It is written that King David played the Harp - not the Oud but Harp has an interesting etymology. Harp and heart are derived from the same root *kerd (also herd). Carpe (harp) deum is "pluck the day". Music is said to play on the heartstrings.