The Orphan Lexicon: Unattested Terminology in an Unpublished Russian Esoteric Manuscript
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) July 3, 2026 Kseniya Staravoitava
This article examines a cluster of five idiosyncratic technical terms — Ren-Kha, Sefi-Ra, Kap-Ele, Ked-Ur, and Ain-Sakh — found in an unpublished early-twentieth-century Russian esoteric manuscript provisionally titled Conversations of the Old Priest. Drawing on six years of research into the manuscript, and on systematic cross-referencing against the major published corpora of Russian and...