published 1992 Figure 15. Master Table showing all 43 letters of the expanded Baybayin (Page 46, Baybayin: The Ancient Script of the Philippines) One of the available contemporary printed resources on baybayin is Baybayin: The Ancient Script of the Philippines, written by Bayani Mendoza de Leon and published in 1992. Contrary to any wan internet searches for this book or its unavailability on Amazon.com, this...
Read MoreChristian Cabuay of baybayin.com has begun his work for a new baybayin documentary film. Get updates and info on it at...
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My friend Leny Strobel witnessed spanish economists discussing “economic gains of the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines” with historians from the University of the Philippines. The Filipino historians, descendants of the native people of the islands now called the Philippines, brought up the: “psychic and epistemic violence of colonialism among Filipinos. What was supposed to be an academic dialogue about...
Read MoreI think that while we try to understand why we find so much meaning in interpreting baybayin symbols as both writing symbols and metaphorical symbols, we also need to pay attention to other cultures’s writing systems such as Runes and how those who are studying it also learn that meaning is gleaned from the symbols on multiple levels too. In an article at the Science Daily online, A Stone Says More Than a Thousand Runes...
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In this book, Virgil also mentions how symbols/amulets, such as the lingling-o were used by hilots and healers. I look forward to getting this book to read more about that and the healing practices such as using ginger and salt to alleviate fever… Product Description Way of the Ancient Healer provides an overview of the rich tradition of Filipino healing practices, discussing their origins, world influences, and role in...
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