This book was published both by Arcana Editions and Underwhich Editions and they appear to be identical. The first page begins with the sentence, "I am all that is all that has been all that shall be and none may lift my veil." With each successive page, Chaldean letters are substituted for the English text until by the last page, the sentence is printed completely in the "Chaldean" language. This book is an excellent example of experiental calligraphy.Using a WEB search, the following information about Chaldeans was gleaned. The name Chaldean (pronounces Kal-de'an) stems from one of the ancient groups which inhabited the land presently known as Iraq. In ancient times this area was called Mesopotamia, 'the land between two rivers.' An advanced civilization flourished in this region long before that of Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Many tribes desired this Fertile Crescent. Since the time of the Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians, and Chaldeans, it has been a land of many firsts and enormous contributions to civilization. This is where Sargon the Great of Akkad organized the world's first empire, where the Gilgamesh Epic unfolded, where the Towers of Babylon were constructed, where Abraham came from the Ur of the Chaldeans, where Hammurabi developed the first code of laws, and where the Chaldean king, Nebuchadnezzar, built the famous Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Other contributions included the discovery of the wheel, use of bronze weapons and horse-drawn chariots, highly developed irrigation systems and aqueducts long before the Roman Empire, a sophisticated culture in art, music, architecture, philosophy and literature, an advanced math system using zeros and a decimal system, time instruments and a calendar, astronomy, medicine, the world's first libraries and hospitals, commerce and recordkeeping systems, and an alphabet and language, Aramaic, which became the 'lingua franca' of the ancient world.The Chaldeans of today still speak the Aramaic (Chaldean) language, the language of ancient Babylon, the language spoken by Jesus Christ. Classical Aramaic is used in the Chaldean liturgy; the vernacular Aramaic Chaldean is used at home and in daily life. Aramaic has an alphabet of twenty- two letters and is the mother tongue from which Hebrew and Arabic were later derived. Chaldeans educated in Iraq also speak and read Arabic. Many Chaldeans are tri-lingual, understanding Chaldean, Arabic, and English. A few families also speak Spanish, having lived in Mexico before their immigration to the United States. Chaldeans belong to the Chaldean Rite of the Roman Catholic Church. They were converted to Christianity by St. Thomas the Apostle and his disciples Mar Addai and Mar Mari. Later, in the 5th century, they espoused the Nestorian doctrines until they were reunited with Rome in the 16th century. Pope Eugene IV declared that all converted Nestorians would henceforth be called Chaldeans, referring to past origins, and entitled their religious leader as the "Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans" who now resides in Baghdad, Iraq. The Patriarch, in union with Rome, is the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church in all its extensions throughout the world. In the United States there are four Chaldean parishes in the Detroit Area, four parishes in California and two Chaldean parishes in Chicago. These American-Chaldean parishes have been organized into a diocese entrusted to the care of the most Reverend Mar Ibrahim Ibrahim, who has been appointed by the Pope to oversee this diocese since 1982. The bishop has hisadministrative center at the "Our Lady of the Chaldeans" Cathedral in Southfield, Michigan. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner. https://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/5/archival_objects/892732 Accessed May 29, 2024.