That quote was taken somewhat out of context.
The ogham was not *created* as a military cipher,
a musical notation system or an alphabet of the
sort books might be written with. Doesn't mean
it couldn't be used as such. :^}
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Searles wrote:
I guess I had a mistaken impression. I prefer what the Auraicept has to
say about the origins of Ogham: that it was the child of the hand and
knife of Ogma and that it received its name through sound and matter in
perfect alliteration.

Searles wrote:
I guess I had a mistaken impression. I prefer what the Auraicept
has to
say about the origins of Ogham: that it was the child of the hand
and
knife of Ogma and that it received its name through sound and matter
in
perfect alliteration.

A perfect metaphor for a system founded on
religious thought, not on the technical needs
of memorization exercises; to tie the thread
back to its origin.

Sounds like the language of the divine to me.
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Searles wrote:
I guess I had a mistaken impression. I prefer what the Auraicept
has to
say about the origins of Ogham: that it was the child of the hand
and
knife of Ogma and that it received its name through sound and matter
in
perfect alliteration.

A perfect metaphor for a system founded on
religious thought, not on the technical needs
of memorization exercises; to tie the thread
back to its origin.

Sounds like the language of the divine to me.
--

It seems that almost every alphabet was considered sacred and magical in
antiquity. I see no reason to view Ogham as not being so especially
since it was invented by a god for the Irish in much the same way that
Thoth invented writing for the Egyptians. The Egyptians called their
writing mdju netjer, or "words of the gods." The Irish considered
writing in Ogham to be so sacred that it was admissible as testimony in
their courts.