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This book is based upon "The Egyptian Book of the Dead" with a setting in a modern missile base. The cover depicts a concrete poetic design of the title printed on yellow stock paper. The book was subsquently published in a second edition in 1997. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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In a letter to the Sackners, Hirschman explains that the two poems constituting this book have not been previously translated into English. These poems are about Calabria in southern Italy. The first poem mentions the Kaballah and letters in "black characters" that are unidentified. Pasolini though raised a Catholic has a Jewish grandmother on his mother's side. In one of his most important poems about Marx, Einstein and Freud, he speaks of himself as Jewish which is usually evaded in Italian circles. The second poem deals with Algerians living in Italy. Hirschman believes Pasolini used the cruciform to resolve religious textures in the two poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The author combines the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet with meanings from ancient Judaic sources, Talmudic commentary, Hasidic folk tales and Kabbalistic mysteries with his own original calligraphy. This is the first edition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This email documents the exhibition of Joelle Dautricourt 's poetic scriptural work in the Musee d'art et d'histoire du Judaisme in Paris. The Sackner Archive holds the first printed copy of this work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The cover has calligraphic text by Seille. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This poem was composed during Hirschman's Kabbalistic phase of his career. There are large Hebrew letters and words printed on the envelope and colophon. The poem and documentation are printed in Hirschman's distinctive holographic style. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This poem was composed during Hirschman's Kabbalistic phase of his career. There are large Hebrew letters and words printed on the envelope and colophon. The poem and documentation are printed in Hirschman's distinctive holographic style. It also includes a photocopied broadside in homage to Jack Hirschman composed by John Thomas in 1973. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This poem was composed during Hirschman's Kabbalistic phase of his career. There are large Hebrew letters and words printed on the envelope and colophon. The poem and documentation are printed in Hirschman's distinctive holographic style. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This poem was composed during Hirschman's Kabbalistic phase of his career. There are large Hebrew letters and words printed on the envelope and colophon. The poem and documentation are printed in Hirschman's distinctive holographic style. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This book was published both by Arcana Editions and Underwhich Editions and they appear to be identical. The first page begins with the sentence, "I am all that is all that has been all that shall be and none may lift my veil." With each successive page, Chaldean letters are substituted for the English text until by the last page, the sentence is printed completely in the "Chaldean" language. This book is an excellent example of experiental calligraphy.Using a WEB search, the following information about Chaldeans was gleaned. The name Chaldean (pronounces Kal-de'an) stems from one of the ancient groups which inhabited the land presently known as Iraq. In ancient times this area was called Mesopotamia, 'the land between two rivers.' An advanced civilization flourished in this region long before that of Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Many tribes desired this Fertile Crescent. Since the time of the Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians, and Chaldeans, it has been a land of many firsts and...

Scope and Contents This book was published both by Arcana Editions and Underwhich Editions and they appear to be identical. The first page begins with the sentence, "I am all that is all that has been all that shall be and none may lift my veil." With each successive page, Chaldean letters are substituted for the English text until by the last page, the sentence is printed completely in the "Chaldean" language. Thia book is an excellent example of experimental calligraphy.Using a WEB search, the following information about Chaldeans was gleaned. The name Chaldean (pronounces Kal-de'an) stems from one of the ancient groups which inhabited the land presently known as Iraq. In ancient times this area was called Mesopotamia, 'the land between two rivers.' An advanced civilization flourished in this region long before that of Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Many tribes desired this Fertile Crescent. Since the time of the Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians, and Chaldeans, it has been a land of many firsts and...

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Falk did the calligraphy of Hirschman's poem in watercolor with a fine sable brush and added color fields in acrylic paint. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book is also issue No.3 of Plantarchy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book is also designated issue No.3 of Plantarchy. the Sasckner Archive also holds a signed and inscribed copy of this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Theme of book relates to the beauty of the Californian Coast. A double entendre appears in the poem since the "bear and "star," words in the poem are in the cosmos as well as the Californian state flag. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Theme of book relates to the beauty of the Californian Coast. A double entendre appears in the poem since the "bear" and "star", words in the poem are in the cosmos as well as the Californian state flag. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Theme of book relates to the beauty of the Californian Coast. A double entendre appears in the poem since the "bear" and "star", words in the poem are in the cosmos as well as the Californian state flag. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.