seeking the truth

Ryan Dunn · 06 Aug 2010, 03:56 · from 2010-August.txt.gz

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From: ryan at liftingfaces.com (Ryan Dunn)
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 23:56:19 -0400
Subject: (urth) seeking the truth
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On Aug 5, 2010, at 11:36 PM, Jeff Wilson wrote:

> My guess would be that the examiner is the crown's representative, the way medical examiners / coroners determine the cause of death, and that a fulgurator who uses "lightning" for divination, is a polygraph examiner writ large.

Really? I wouldn't have guessed polygraph examiner from fulgurator, but I could be off target.

I see traces to the Latin root fulgur which means a flash of lightning. In Latin, a fulgurator can be a hurler of lightning, as in Jupiter. But it also can mean a person who interprets flashes of lightning.

But perhaps more appropriately I see the medicinal "fulguration" which uses diathermy to destroy areas of tissue. Diathermy uses electrical currents to heat up parts of the body (skin, etc.). This can be used to clot bleeding vessels, relieve pain, or kill dead tissue.

...ryan

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