Amma and the Spark of the Universe

by Laird Scranton

The Dogon priests of Mali say that their ancient symbolic system describes how a tribal god named Amma ostensibly created matter. Using a range of classic archetype symbols, themes, and myths they accurately describe, in distinctly scientific terms, the stages of matter from waves to the atom. For the Dogon, these processes rest on a handful of dynamics of energy that play out in parallel form on all upward scales of creation. These same dynamics also extend downward to a realm of pure energy, one that spontaneously differentiates into two domains - one nonmaterial and the other material. They delineate a grand progression of energy from which some of the most obscure concepts of science emerge, such as a root oscillation of time that fosters linear time, and the evocation of dimensionality. Best yet, we find that many of the often quaint symbols and themes of the ancient cosmology take on a much more literal aspect when considered in terms of these root domains of energy.

With this book, we touch bottom with Dogon scientific symbolism of the formation of matter. With these deepest references, the Dogon flatly say that a pattern is set for how and what the ancient archetype symbols were meant to represent. By exploring these root references, we come to see specifically why a given symbol represents its concepts in the way that it does.Knowledge of that overall pattern empowers us, going forward, to positively interpret the intended meanings of ancient symbols on all upward scales of the creational process.

382 pages, Paperback

Published August 28, 2021

About the author

He is an independent software designer who became interested in Dogon mythology and symbolism in the early 1990s. He has studied ancient myth, language, and cosmology since 1997 and has been a lecturer at Colgate University. He also appears in John Anthony West’s Magical Egypt DVD series.