Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson

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Midotanis

 

40 Beelzebub Tells How People Learned and Again Forgot About the Fundamental Cosmic Law of Heptaparaparshinokh

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“And, namely, these whole notes were called thus:

The first highest Adashtanas
The second highest Evotanas
The third highest Govorktanis
The fourth highest Maikitanis
The fifth highest Midotanis
The sixth highest Lookotanas
The seventh highest Sonitanis

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“The contemporary beings of the Earth now call these same whole notes: ‘do,’ ‘si,’ ‘la,’ ‘sol,’ ‘fa,’ ‘mi,’ ‘re.’