object
Book
A bound or rolled text. Funerary spells, law, and later “book of the dead” talk in English are different jobs given to writing that can be carried.
Also known as scroll · codex
Egyptian religion
Book appears in Egyptian religion.
English calls a shifting funerary corpus the Book of the Dead. The “book” is a modern title for spells meant to go with a body.
from Raymond O. Faulkner (translation) · Book of the Dead, New Kingdom spells; Faulkner trans. 1972
appears in · sourced · culturally specific
Daoism
Book is connected to Yijing.
The Yijing is a classic that can be opened and consulted. Wilhelm’s volume is one Western binding of that classic.
from Richard Wilhelm / Cary F. Baynes (translation) · I Ching (Yijing), Wilhelm 1924; Baynes English 1950
connected to · partially sourced · historically uncertain
Book is associated with Knowledge.
A book claims to hold teaching. Hermetic treatises and a dream-handbook are both books; they are not one school.
associated with · interpretive · culturally specific
Book is used in Medicine.
Book used in Medicine. A bound or rolled text. An organized craft of treating the sick. The Atlas keeps their meeting local, without dissolving either into a single meaning.
from SHOE.BLUE · SHOE.BLUE, 2026
used in · interpretive · modern interpretation
Book is used in Offerings.
Book used in Offerings. A bound or rolled text. Gifts given to gods, dead, or powers: fire, food, blood, incense, words. The Atlas keeps their meeting local, without dissolving either into a single meaning.
from SHOE.BLUE · SHOE.BLUE, 2026
used in · interpretive · modern interpretation
Book is used in Incense.
Book used in Incense. A bound or rolled text. Aromatics burned as offering or perfume. The Atlas keeps their meeting local, without dissolving either into a single meaning.
from SHOE.BLUE · SHOE.BLUE, 2026
used in · interpretive · modern interpretation
Writing is connected to Book.
A book is writing that can be carried. The spells of the dead are one such carrying; a printed tarot booklet is another, later job.
connected to · interpretive · documented
Islam
Qur’an is associated with Book.
A muṣḥaf is a bound or gathered text. The Arabic revelation is not “a book of the dead” and not a tarot booklet.
from M.A.S. Abdel Haleem (translation) · The Qur’an, 2004 (this translation); Arabic text 7th century CE
associated with · sourced · documented
Shinto
Kojiki is associated with Book.
Philippi translates a compiled text. Kami narrative in a book is still Japanese court memory, not a Bible.
from Ō no Yasumaro (compiler); Donald L. Philippi (translation) · Kojiki, 712 CE; Philippi trans. 1968
associated with · sourced · documented
Buddhist traditions
Lotus appears in Book.
The Lotus Sutra is a book that uses the flower as its name-image. A sūtra, not an Egyptian papyrus.
from Burton Watson (translation) · The Lotus Sutra, 1993 (this translation); Sanskrit/Chinese recensions much older
appears in · sourced · documented
sources
- Book of the Dead · Raymond O. Faulkner (translation)
Raymond O. Faulkner, The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead.
- I Ching (Yijing) · Richard Wilhelm / Cary F. Baynes (translation)
The I Ching or Book of Changes, trans. Richard Wilhelm, English Cary F. Baynes.
- SHOE.BLUE · SHOE.BLUE
SHOE.BLUE, Atlas instrument voice.
- The Qur’an · M.A.S. Abdel Haleem (translation)
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem, The Qur’an (Oxford).
- Kojiki · Ō no Yasumaro (compiler); Donald L. Philippi (translation)
Donald L. Philippi, Kojiki.
- The Lotus Sutra · Burton Watson (translation)
Burton Watson, The Lotus Sutra.