Talk:Konx Om Pax

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Where to start?[edit]

Most of this "article" currently reads like a mix of advertisement, review, and joke. I'm not sure what an encyclopedia article about this clever little book should be, but this ain't quite it. --FOo 10:47, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well first, I think the book is "Konx Om Pax" and not "Konx om Pax" so maybe that minor typo should be corrected. It is inconsistent throughout the article. Second, there is some more description on the contents of this book in the intro of The Mystical and Magical System of the A.'.A.'. which may be a useful source here. As I'm currently studying this book among others in my work with the A.'.A.'., it may be that I'll end up fleshing out this article as I progress. . .

- Fr.333 (talk) 02:40, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Where to stop?[edit]

The article is not that bad, it is just that the book Konx Om Pax is so obscure itself that the article might seem confusing. Expanding it would help, not changing the facts it gives. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.201.2.225 (talk) 02:30, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Rosscaldwell (talk) 16:42, 29 August 2015 (UTC)== Other Sources ==[reply]

In the form "Kon-x, Om Pan-x", the phrase in question is attributed to the Eleusinian mysteries in "New Light from the Great Pyramid" by Albert Ross Parsons, and "Sacred Mysteries Among the Mayas and the Quiches" by Augustus le Plongeon. While I haven't found a classical source for attributing this phrase to the Eleusinian mysteries, at least it does genuinely predate Crowley. Quadibloc (talk) 21:02, 11 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Edouard Schuré claims Porphyrus as a source for the use of this phrase by the Eleusinians, but I have not been able to confirm any actual quote by Porphyrus for this. Quadibloc (talk) 23:55, 11 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've now found that it's supposed to be Κόγξ Ὄμ Παξ in Greek. Quadibloc (talk) 00:41, 12 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Or maybe Κόνξ Ὄμ Παξ with the gamma replacing a nu being a typographical error in my source. Quadibloc (talk) 00:47, 12 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have corrected the spelling of Κόγξ ὀμ πὰξ. It is standard Greek orthography that a gamma before another gamma or velar consonant - Κ, ξ, and χ, - represents the sound /ng/, a characteristic called “ingma.” Here are some other well-known words with Latin or English cognates which show it –

Ιυγγες - - “Iunges”as in Star Ruby (nominative plural form of Ιυγξ, “Iunx”, whence English “jinx”); never spelled “ιυνγες” or “Ιυνξ” Σφιγξ - “Sphinx”; never spelled “σφινξ” Αγγελος – “Angel”; never spelled “ανγελλος” Ελεγχος – “Elench”; never spelled “ελενχος” Κογχη – “Conch”; never spelled “κονχη” Πλαγκτόν – “Plankton”; never spelled “πλανκτόν” Etc.Rosscaldwell (talk) 16:42, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Here is a link to an image of the original publication of the phrase - http://www.rosscaldwell.com/crowley/hesychiuskonx1514a.jpg Rosscaldwell (talk) 16:44, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What about the piece by Giacinto Scelsi? 2607:FEA8:86DC:B090:88A0:8492:3DA4:D370 (talk) 19:10, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]