"
Akashik Record" is a term used by Theosophists to describe the mystical blueprint of
EVERYHING! These records are said to contain all knowledge of human experience, the history and nature of the universe and a knowledge of every idea and possibility that can ever be had. They are metaphorically described as a library. Other analogues common to this discourse include a 'universal computer' the 'Mind of God' and "The Source". Descriptions of the records assert that they are constantly updated and that one who is "in tune" can access them. Though the concept originated in the Theosophical movement of the late 19
th Century, it remains prevalent in contemporary New Age discourse.
In Hindu mysticism "
Akasha" (a subtle substance of
somniferous aether) is thought to be the primary principle of nature from which the four natural principles, fire, air, earth, and water, were created. These five principles are also said to represent the five senses through which one ingests experience.
One man who believed he had accessed a portion of this record is the post WW2 Science Fiction writer and outsider artist Richard Sharpe Shaver.
He had achieved his notoriety as the controversial author of tales that were printed in Amazing Stories Magazine, known collectively as "The Shaver Mystery". Though a Fiction magazine, Shaver claimed to have had personal experience with two ancient civilizations that lived in caverns far beneath the earth, and thus published the stories about them as non-fictional.
In the words of his friend and publisher Ray Palmer, Shaver "began to notice that one of his welding guns on the job site, by some freak of its
coil's field
attunements, was allowing him to read the thoughts of the men working around him. More frighteningly, he then picked up the telepathic record of a torture session conducted by malign entities in caverns deep within the earth." In 1943, Shaver wrote a letter to Palmer claiming to have 'unearthed' an ancient language he called "
Mantong," a sort of
Proto language which was the source of all Earthly tongue. In
Mantong, each sound had a hidden meaning. By applying a
phoneto-metaphorical formula to any word in any language, one could decode the secret meaning behind language itself. One of the editors of Amazing Stories had thrown the
Mantong letter into a waste bin thinking Shaver to be a quack, When Palmer discovered the letter and tested the
Mantong formula on some words, he realized Shaver was indeed something very much other than a quack, which eventually led to his contribution toward the magazine.
Here is the
Mantong Alphabet:
A-is for Animal
B-is to Be, to exist means See
C-on: to understand
D-means Detrimental, the harmful energy generated by the Sun
E-is Energy
F-means Fecund, used "fe" as in fe-male-fecund man
G-means to Generate
H-means Human
I-means I, self, ego
J-is the same as G - generate
K-means Kinetic, as in motion or energy
L-is Life
M-means Man
N-means child, as in ninny
O-means Orifice, a source
P-is Power
Q-means Quest, as in quest-ion
R-horror; signifies a large amount of D present
S-means the Sun, which emits D
T-is the beneficial force, the opposite of D, growth, integration
U-means You
V-Vital; in Shaver's words, 'the stuff Mesmer calls animal magnetism.'
W-Will
X-Conflict, sometimes meaning D and T in opposition
Y-means Why
Z-means Zero, or when T and D cancel one another out
*Shaver sometimes joined several letters to alter a word's meaning. Dero, translated literally is "Bad force Energy Horror Orifice," yet Shaver often translates the "ro" as part of the word "robot," though Deros are not robots and do not have the redeeming T that "robot" has. I tried this formula on the words "Jesus" and "Happy" and was mildly impressed.
Shaver also believed there to have been an ancient race of mer people living on earth during a time before dinosaurs when it was completely covered in water. He also believed them to have kept holographic records on stones. Each rock a book. His term for this was Rock-Books. Shaver spent much of his time translating portions of these Rock Books into paintings, some of which one can still find today (see image above).
You can see more of Shaver's
Antedilluvian Rock Book Paintings at the following link
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.brosterman.com/Images/richard_shaver/Shaver-p.83-20x16.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.brosterman.com/richard_shaver.shtml&h=145&w=145&sz=6&hl=en&start=44&um=1&usg=__oYXFU4gejjyZNPDpEzJv9LSXMvU=&tbnid=XlGKy0xhAAOZ-M:&tbnh=95&tbnw=95&prev=/images%3Fq%3Drichard%2Bshaver%26start%3D36%26ndsp%3D18%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DNAlso, check out this amazing interview with Kenneth
Arnold and Ray Palmer sometime during the 1970's talking about aliens and Richard Shaver.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6VEV-UknBg
Christian Cummings and Michael Decker, two young artists from Los Angeles, are currently involved in a very interesting project. Using an adapted Ouija Board, they contact artists from from beyond the grave, and invite them to make drawings for them. All this is done blind-folded and in plain sight. I attended a performance for NYC based Creativetime's Strange Powers exhibit in 2006 and have since kept in touch with these guys. The following is a link to an article about this exhibition. The writer misspelled and under-credited Michael's roll in the project after which an apology was published in a later issue. (http://frieze.com/issue/review/christian_cummings) 
