angel from the greek angelia meaning message which is separate from the greek logos which means 'meaning' or 'word', amongst other things. there is also a special word, but I'm at a loss to find it, and it wasn't revelation or annunciation, for the communication of angels as beings not message to humans. This word separates the communication of Angels from the communication of other spirits. in any case, one must be careful with the ontological functions of otherness here, because communication is not quite the same when you imagine beings outside of time, unaffected by physicality, or otherwise different from our life-world and embodiment. On Mar 13, 2006, at 11:25 AM, Alex Halavais wrote:
Ulla:
A fifth meaning for the word "medium" is "person who can talk to ghosts and otherwise dead people." This meaning doesn't really pertain to what most of us are studying...
In "Speaking into the Air," John Durham Peters takes this idea--angelic communication and communion with the dead--as the starting point for thinking about what we do when we (fail to) communicate. If "real" communication is between embodied individuals, it seems that most of us study ghosts in some form.
But I'm pretty sure that's not what your students mean :). _______________________________________________ The air-l@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http:// listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
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