Kything is from an old Scottish word, kythe, meaning to make visible. Madeleine L Engle used it to describe a fictional type of communication, in a sense like telepathy , found in several of the books in her Time Quartet . L Engle reportedly discovered the term in an old Scottish dictionary belonging to her grandfather. ref name Hettinga cite book last Hettinga first Donald R. authorlink coauthors title Presenting Madeleine L Engle publisher Twayne Publishers date 1993 location New York url doi isbn 0 8057 8222 2 page 36 ref Kything in the Time books is a sort of wordless, mind to mind communication in which one person, in essence, almost becomes another, seeing through their eyes and feeling through their senses. In such a frame of mind, the two people intuitively know the meaning of what the other is telling them, disregarding such things as words or pictures. The idea may be based on the concept of Oneness, which states that all that exists, is one in its source and end. Apparently, recollection and assertion of that concept puts a person in Kythe with that which they are concentrating on. Kything is portrayed as a way to be present with others without regard to space, time, or relative size. Through kything, humans can be together inside a subcellular mitochondrion , as seen in A Wind in the Door , or in communication despite being centuries apart, as seen in A Swiftly Tilting Planet . Characters depicted as kything include Charles Wallace Murry for whom it comes naturally , Meg Murry and Calvin O Keefe . Meg and Calvin share a particular bond with each other, part of their growing relationship which eventually leads to marriage. Meg also spends much of A Swiftly Tilting Planet kything with her brother, Charles Wallace, thus experiencing vicariously his travels in time while supporting his efforts with research and prayer. Other uses Catholic priest Louis M. Savary and Patricia H. Berne have created a handbook for kything as a spiritual practice, in Kything The Art ... more details
Sir John Stirling , Order of the Thistle KT , Order of the British Empire MBE , Territorial Decoration TD 16 September 1893 21 March 1975 was a Scottish soldier and politician. The eldest son of William Stirling of Fairburn, he was educated at Harrow School and at Magdalen College, Oxford . He served with the Lovat Scouts from 1914 1935, and was awarded the Order of the British Empire MBE in 1919. He was a Member of Ross and Cromarty County Council from 1919 1970, serving as Convener from 1935 1961. He was a Forestry Commission er from 1948 1962, and Chairman of the Commission s Scottish National Committee from 1950 1959. He was appointed a Order of the Thistle Knight of the Thistle in 1956 and served as Lord Lieutenant of Ross and Cromarty from 1964 1968. He married Marjorie Kythe Mackenzie, daughter of Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, 7th Baronet , by whom he had three daughters and two sons, his eldest son John Michael 1925 1940 predeceasing him. His second son, Roderick Stirling Sir Roderick Stirling , would himself later serve as Lord Lieutenant. References cite web url http www.clanstirling.org pdf fairburn.pdf title Stirling of Fairburn accessdate 2007 04 20 start box s hon succession box before Richard O Connor Sir Richard O Connor title Lord Lieutenant of Ross and Cromarty years 1964 1968 after Alexander Francis Matheson end box Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Stirling, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 16 September 1893 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 21 March 1975 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Stirling, John Category 1893 births Category 1975 deaths Category Old Harrovians Category Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford Category Knights of the Thistle Category Members of the Order of the British Empire Category British Army personnel of World War I Category Lovat Scouts officers Category Lord Lieutenants of Ross and Cromarty ... more details
learns to kything kythe with Calvin and others, communing with them essentially by telepathy . Charles ... means foreknowledge . He teaches and helps Meg kythe, which is a form of telepathy. ref Cite book surname ... more details
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