S corp i o 24 : Crowds comi ng down t he mou nt ai n t o li st e n t o o n e ma n T h e w o r d c r owd ha s t w o d e f i n i t i on s descending from two different Indo E u r o p e a n r o ot s . T h e f i r s t me a n i n g i s a l a r g e n u m b e r o f p e r s o n s g a t he r e d together; a throng.

.1 This meaning d e s c e n d s f r o m t he I n d o - E u r o p e a n ( I E ) r o o t g reu t - w h i c h me a n s t o c o m p r e s s , p us h . 2 I t s p a r on y m s i n c l ud e c ru d a n d c u rd. T h e s e c o n d m e a n i n g o f c rowd i s a n a n c i e n t C e l t i c st r i n g e d i n s t r u m e n t t ha t w a s b o w e d o r p l u c k e d a ls o c a l l e d a c rwt h . In t h e B r i t i s h d i a l e c t o f E n g l i s h i t s i mp l y r e fe r s t o a v i o li n . 3 T h e w o r d c o mi n g de s c e n d s f r o m t h e IE r o o t gw a- w h i c h m e a n s t o g o , c o m e a n d f r o m w h i c h a l s o d e s c e n d t he w o r d s c o m e , we lc o m e , b e c o me ,

ve n i r, ve n u e, a dven t , a dve n t u re, a ve nu e , ci rc u m ve n t, c on t ra ve ne , c o n ve n e, c on ve ni en t , c o ve n an t, e ven t, e ven t u a l, in te rve n e , i n ven t o ry, i n ve nt o r, p re ve nt , p ro ve n an c e, re venu e , s o u ven i r, s u pe rve n e, b as e, ba s i s, a c ro b a t, a di a ba t i c, a n a ba s is , dia be t e s, a n d j u gge rna u t .
T h e w o r d d ow n ha s t h r e e d i s t i n c t me a n i n g s de s c e n d i n g f r o m t w o d i f f e r e n t r o ot s . T h e f i r s t d e fi n i t i o n me a n s f r o m a hi g h e r t o a l o w e r p l a c e o r p o si t i o n 4 a n d i t d e s c e n d s f r om t h e I E r o ot dh eue - , t o c l o se , f i n i s h, c o m e f u l l c i r c l e . 5 A l s o d e s c e n di n g f r o m t h i s r o o t i s d own a s a n e x p a n s e o f r o l li n g , g r a s s y , t r e e l e ss u p l a n d u s e d f o r g r a z i n g . 6 T h e t hi r d s e n se o f dow n i s a s f i n e , s o f t , f l u f f y f e a t h e r s f o r m i n g t he f i r s t p l u m a g e o f a y o u n g b i r d a n d u n d e r l y i n g t h e co n t o u r f e a t h e r s i n c e r t a i n a d u l t
1 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/crowd 2 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 33 3 http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crowd[3] 4 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/down 5 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 19 6 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/down_3 Starling Hunter 2011 1

b i r d s a n d a s o f t , s i l k y , o r f e a t h e r y su b s t a n c e , s u c h a s t h e f i r s t g r o w t h o f a h u m a n b e a r d. 7 T h i s m e a n i n g d e s ce n d s f r o m t h e M i dd l e E n g l i s h do u n a n d t h e O l d N o r se du n n . T h e w o r d mou nt ai n d e s ce n d s f r o m t he I E r o o t men -2 w hi c h m e a n s t o p r o j e ct . 8 I t s p a r on y m s i n c l u d e a me n ab l e , a m o u nt , de mea n , e m in e nt ,

i m m i n en t, m en a c e, m o u n t , m o u t h, p rom e n a de, p ro mi n en t , a n d me n ta l ( o f
o r r e l a t i n g t o t he ch i n ) . T h e w o r d l i st en d e s c e n d s f r o m t he I E r o o t k l eu - w hi c h me a n s t o h e a r . A m o n g i t s de r i v a t i ve s a r e t h e w o r d s l e e r, l o u d, ab l a u t, s a ro d, a n d

u m l a u t a s w e l l a s se v e r a l fa m o u s n a m e s L o ui s , L u dwig, C l o vi s, C l i o, D a m o c l e s, E mp e doc l e s , H e rc u le s , P e ric l e s , S op h o c l e s, T he m i s t o c le s, M s ti s l a v, Mi ro s l a v, B o h u s l a v , a n d W en c e s l as .

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T h e o n e d e s c e n d s fr o m t h e I E r o o t o i -n o w h i c h m e a n s on e , u n i q ue . 10 D e r i v a t i ve s o f i t s b a s i c f o r m i n c lu d e t h e i n d e fi n i t e a r t i c le s ( a , a n ) ,

o n c e, a l on e, an o n, a t o ne , l o n e, l on e ly, n o nc e, n on e, a n d t h e p re f i x u ni - .
D e r i v a t i ve s o f i t s s u f f i x e d f o r m i n c lu d e u n iq u e, in c h , ou n c e , u n ci a l, a n d

q u i n c u n x.
T h e w o r d ma n i s a s s o c i a t e d w i t h t h r e e d i f f e r e n t r o o t s . T h e w o r d i t s e l f d e s c e n d s f r o m t h e I E r o o t ma n -1 w h i ch m e a n s ma n a n d f r o m w h i c h a l s o d e s c e n d m a n i kin , m a n n eq u in , m e ns ch , a n d M an u . 11 means man and its basic se n s e is T h e I E r o o t n e r-2 vital, st r o n g . 12 v i g o r o u s,

D e r i v a t i ve s o f t h i s r o o t i n c l u d e p h il a n de r, a n dro u s , t h e p r e f i x a n dro -, a n d t h e s u f f i x - a n dry. T h e G re e k an e r w h i c h m e a n s ma n i s a l s o re l a t e d t o t hi s r o o t . F i n a ll y , t he I E r o o t wi - ro a l s o m e a n s ma n . 13 A m o n g i t s d e r i v a t i v e s a r e t h e w o r d s vi ri l e , vi rt u e , wo rl d, a n d vi rt u o s o , a n d

we re wo l f .

7 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/down_2 8 http://web.archive.org/web/20080211183126/www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE321.html 9 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 42 10 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 59 11 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 51 12 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 58 13 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 101 Starling Hunter 2011 2

TH EMES :

The above keywords, their roots, and the derivatives of

t h e s e r o o t s a r e mo r e c l o s e l y r e la t e d t h a n p e r h a p s a n y S a b i a n s y m b o l s t h u s f a r e x a mi n e d i n t he s e s e r i e s . T a k e n t o g e t h e r t he s e w o r d s l e a v e little doubt that the man who is described is one with exceptional P OWE RS O F P E RSUA S ION . T h e f i r s t k e y w o r d i s c rowd , o n e t h a t r e f e rs p r i n ci p a l l y t o a l a r g e g a t h e r i n g o f p e o p l e a n d s e c on d a r i l y t o a s t r i n g e d i n s t r u m e n t t h a t c a n b e b o w e d o r p l uc k e d , e . g . a v i o l i n o r f i d d l e . T he r e a r e s e v e r a l i d i o m a t i c e xp r e s si o n s t h a t r e f e r t he a b i l i t y o f c e r t a i n i n d i v i d u a l s t o m ov e t h e m a s se s w i t h t h e i r w o r d s . F o r e x a m p l e , t he p h r a s e t u g a t t he h e a r t st r i n g s m e a n s t o ma k e s o me o n e f e e l s a d o r s y m p a t h e t i c t o w a rd s o m e t h i n g . 14 T h e p h r a se t o p l a y s o m e o n e l i k e a f i d d l e m e a n s t o s k i l l f u l l y m a n i p u l a t e t h a t p e r s o n . 15 F i n a l l y , w e co u l d n o t e t h a t st r i n g i n s t r u m e n t s p r o d u c e s o u n d t h r o u g h r e s o n a n ce , a t e r m w h o s e f i g u r a t i v e m e a n i n g i s t o e vo k e a f e e l i n g o f s h a r e d e m o t i o n o r b e l i e f . 16 T h e k e y w o r d d ow n h a s s e v e r a l d e f i n i t i o n s w o r t h n ot i n g. T h e i n t e n d e d m e a n i n g o f t he w or d i s c l e a r l y m o v i n g f r o m a h i g he r t o a l o w e r p l a c e o r p o s i t i o n . I n a fi g u r a t i v e s e n se t h i s c o u l d m e a n s o me o n e d e s c e n d i n g from a higher level of understanding or more simply to bringing their h i g h - m i n d e d n e ss understood by or the high-ideals masses d ow n a level But w h e re this they no t can need be be (the crowd).

c o n d e s c e n s i on , e sp e c i a l l y w h e n w e c o n s i d e r t h a t on e o f t he o t he r d e f i n i t i o n s o f d o wn r e f e r s t o f i n e s of t , f l u f f y f e a t h e r s o f a y o u n g b i r d . T h e r e m a y b e a n e s p e c i a l t e n d e r n e ss , p e r h a p s y o u t h fu l n e s s, a b o u t t he m a n a n d / o r h i s wo r d s . A n d w h e n we c o n s i d e r t h a t t ha t t hi s me a n i n g o f dow n c a n a l s o r e fe r t o t h e f i r s t g r ow t h o f a h u m a n b e a r d , i t m a y b e a v e r y y o u n g m a n , p e r h a p s la t e t e e n s or v e r y e a r l y t w e n t i e s . A l s o , i t i s i n t e r e st i n g t h a t o n e o f t he p a r o n y m s o f mount ai n , i s me n ta l w h i c h h e r e me a n s o f o r r e l a t i n g t o t h e c h i n . T h i s i s a p l a ce w h e r e t he
14 http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/tug+at+the+heartstrings.html 15 http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/play_someone_like_a_fiddle 16 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/resonate; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sympathetic_resonance Starling Hunter 2011 3

f i r s t g r o w t h o f b e a r d m a y b e d e t e ct e d . T h e h o m o n y m of t h i s w o r d i s , of c o u r s e , t h e m o r e co m m o n s e n s e r e fe r r i n g t o t he m i n d a n d i t s w o r k i n g . T h u s , w e h a v e a c le a r e r p i c t u r e n o w o f a y o u n g m a n c om i n g d o w n f r o m a h i g h e r p la n e , t h e p l a n e o f t h e m i n d, t o me e t t he m a s se s on t he p l a n e o f e m o t i on . B ut t h e re i s m o r e t h a t ca n b e s a i d r e ga r d i n g h i m . I n c e r t a i n m a n y e so t e r i c a n d r e l i g i o us t r a d i t i on s, p e r h a p s a l l o f t he m , t h e r e i s O n e f o r w h o t h e m a n y w a i t . I t c a n b e t h e C h r i st , t h e I m a m M a h d i , t h e M e s s i a h , t h e M a i t r e y a B u d d h a , e t c . O n e o f t he n a me s g i v e n t o h i m i n t h e e s o t e r i c p h i l oso p h y o f A l i c e B a i le y i s T h e C omi ng O ne . T h a t n a me o r t i t le i s c l e a r l y e v i d e n t i n s t a t e me n t o f t h e s y m b o l . F u r t h e r m o r e , t he w o r d d ow n d e s ce n d s f r o m a r o o t t h a t m e a n s t o c l o s e , f i n i s h, c o m e f u l l c i r c l e . T h u s, t h i s c o u l d b e a s y m b o l o f t h e O n e w h o i s n o t o n l y l o n g a w a i t e d b ut w h o si g n a l s o r h e r a l d s t h e c o m p le t i on o f a c y c l e a n d w h o perhaps initiates a new one. F i n a l l y w e s h o u l d r e c a l l t h a t t h e w or d ma n i s a s s o ci a t e d w i t h t h r e e I n d o - E u r o p e a n r o ot s . As s h o w n a b o v e , t he w o r d i t se l f de s c e n d s f r o m t he r o o t ma n- 1 a n d a m o n g t h e d e r i v a t i v e s o f t h a t r o o t i s t h e w o r d M a n u , t he p r i m o r d i a l fa t h e r o f t h e h u m a n r a c e a n d s o v e r e i g n o f t h e e a r t h w h o fi r s t i n s t i t u t e d r e l i g i o us c e r e m on i e s a n d d e v i s e d a c o d e o f l a w s . 17 T h e IE r oot wi - ro- me a n s m a n a n d i t s d e r i v a t i v e s i n c l u d e vi rt u o u s , wo rl d , a n d

vi rt u o s o . T a k e n t og e t h e r t he k i n d o f m a n w e s e e i s o n e p e r h a p s i n t he
s e r v i c e o f t he M an u , a G o d - f i g u r e o f s o m e k i n d , w ho i s n e ce s sa r i l y

vi rt u o u s , o n a m i s si o n f o r t h e g o o d o f t h e w h o l e wo rl d , a n d w h o m a y b e a
l i t e r a l o r f i g u r a t i ve vi rt u o s o p l a y e r o f t h e c rowd e i t he r t h e c r o w d a s v i o l i n o r t he h e a r t -s t r i n g s o f t h e m a s se s .

17 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/Manu Starling Hunter 2011 4