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Rh —from our viewpoint) a superman, or a Titan! (See Shaver!) It means MAN, who lives—and grows—forever out in space, where the dark worlds swim unseen by human eyes!

Bear these definitions in mind when you analyze the meanings of words with A, H and M in them! You will make tremendous discoveries!

Perhaps that mystic word AUM, uttered so solemnly by the oriental races, is really AHM! The whole of evolution from beast to god expressed in one syllable of three basic letters! Perhaps the word' is not mystic at all, but based in the God-science of the Titans. (See Shaver!)

WE FIND a similar relationship between F, G and V. Fecundity, generation, and animal magnetism, or sex. The relationship is obvious, and Mr. Shaver's definitions seem as correct as any further logic could make them.

D and T are the basically important letters! Disintegration—integration; detrimental—beneficial; evil—good; dero—tero; breaking down—building up; death—life; weakening—strengthening; to grow less—to grow more. These two letters have a positive meaning that is unmistakable, and if those definitions are adhered to, the true significance of a great many words comes to the fore, no matter what meanings have been attributed to the words themselves by mistaken researchers into the past whose only real tool is their imagination. You can take out the real meaning with these symbols, which, if they have been honestly retained in the word, do not bow to imagination.

Now let's take the remaining letters briefly:

N ADDITION to the alphabet, a perusal of Shaver's stories will reveal many basic "words". For instance, "tic" which means "integration I see"—and it also means "science". I see how it goes together! Then there is "in" which means "I seed" or I add to, make more, grow. Another word is "ro" which means "horror source". There are many others which we won't give here; you can find them for yourself. All these little "basic words" can be recognized in many words, and their meanings already being defined in your dictionary as you make it up, will simplify the hunting for meanings in bigger words.

There is yet another angle to "language" which does not have a great deal to do with the Shaver alphabet, but which is used constantly by Mr. Shaver in his stories and in his reasoning, but which can be used in connection with the alphabet to great advantage. That is in a sort of "punning" with words (but with words that can be justified in their meanings by the Shaver alphabet).

For instance, take the term "Sinn Feiners". The Sinn Feiners were an Irish political party who pretended to be evil, and in reality did a lot of good. When a criminal, or a louse, wants to conceal himself, he hides among the righteous members of an "uplift society". Similarly when a pursuer and fighter of "dero" (let's put it that; way!) wants to stalk his quarry, he "joins" a cult of evil and "feigns sin". He becomes a "Sinn Feiner". This, Mr. Shaver says, is an Elder word. It means "good growing in evil, or horror". To give it a literal translation, we'd have "sun-I-seed-fecundity-in-horror". I place life to grow in a horrible place. I do good in the guise of evil. The correct tactical approach to fighting evil is to fight it with evil (sin) feigning. It is a mask, so that evil will not suspect your real motive.

When you use the Shaver alphabet, bear in mind that Time and word experts have murdered the spelling, but have not murdered the pronunciation near as much. If you can make no sense out of a word as it is spelled, reduce it to phonetics and try again. The alphabet works in all languages a great deal more than it could just by the law of averages. It works better than 50% of the time! And by study, by learning how to use it more deftly, this percentage can be greatly expanded. Each new meaning deciphered, verified, placed in your vocabulary of the "Elder" language points the way to other meanings, supplies missing clues.

The Shaver alphabet can open up a new meaning to your life, decipher many mysteries of the past, give you better understanding of the reality that exists in life beyond our earthly ken, and has been ingrained in our spoken words, preserved beyond all possibility of destruction by either ignorant or malicious people. The Titans built the "loom of language" wisely and permanently!