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	His Dark Materials \| BridgeToTheStars.Net
		The Alethiometer is a device driven by Dust that is able to answer questions formed in the mind of the user.
		The first alethiometer was constructed in Prague during the reign of Rudolf II by a scholar named Pavel Khunrath.
		In short, the alethiometer supplies the semantic content of a message, and the mind of the inquirer supplies the grammatical connections between the individual elements.
	www.bridgetothestars.net /index.php?d=encyclopaedia&p=alethiometer (1328 words)

	Bolvangar Lights // Destiny (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This section includes all of the information you need on the Alethiometer: it's history, what it is and what all those symbols mean.
		Early on in Northern Lights, Lyra is given the golden compass by the Master of Jordan, who asks her to keep it secret and safe.
		He informs her that it is called an alethiometer and that it is of great importance.
	www.london-beauty.com /materials/alethiometer.htm (549 words)

	Alethiometer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The alethiometer is a device from the trilogy His Dark Materials which tells the truth.
		It is described in Northern Lights: "It was very like a clock, or a compass, for there were hands pointing to places around the dial, but instead of the hours or the points of the compass there were several little pictures, each of them painted with the finest and slenderest sable brush".
		To use the alethiometer, the user directs three needles to lie over certain symbols on the face of device, and forms a question in his or her mind.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alethiometer (297 words)

	Northern Lights - Srafopedia
		She also discovers that Mrs Coulter is in fact the leader of the Gobblers, a name that actually derives from the acronym of 'General Oblation Board', a sinister sect of the Church.
		In her time with the Gyptians on the fens, Lyra begins to play with the alethiometer and, inexplicably, learns to use it and totally master it in a matter of weeks, when it usually takes a lifetime.
		Lyra realised early on that the Master of Jordan College may have given her the alethiometer so that she could deliver it to Lord Asriel, but he refuses it, and tells her that it was more likely that he gave it to her on purpose, knowing that she had an important fate.
	www.hisdarkmaterials.org /srafopedia/index.php/The_Golden_Compass (2802 words)

	Telling True Stories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		So we can see that the "meter" part of "alethiometer" really means not so much "measure," but rather "indicator." For the alethiometer points to the truth of the situation Lyra inquires about rather than measuring the truth of her belief about that situation.
		Above all, the alethiometer seems always to tell Lyra what she needs to know to go on, to choose a path from among those in front of her, or to take the next step in her adventure.
		In this respect the alethiometer seems to mimic her with its three fixed and its one, errant, wandering needle and in so doing to remind her (and us) that we are not separate from what we would know or from the technologies we use to know.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~scolas/Words/Essays/telling_true_stories.htm (12287 words)

	Subtle Knife, The (novel) - Srafopedia
		Later on, she asks the alethiometer who he is, and it replies, "He is a murderer." "Good," she thinks—she can trust him.
		There, she sees some ancient human skulls, and the alethiometer tells her that they are in fact 33,000 years old (not what the plaque says).
		Lyra also consults the alethiometer which tells her that the alethiometer itself, Mary's machine, and even a Chinese divination device (a decoration) that Mary has on her wall, are all no more than elaborate methods of communicating with Dust.
	www.hisdarkmaterials.org /srafopedia/index.php/The_Subtle_Knife (3611 words)

	SparkNotes: His Dark Materials: Plot Overview
		Lyra consults the alethiometer, which leads her to Dr.
		The witches are gone and the only sign of Lyra is her alethiometer lying in the dust.
		Having learned from its own alethiometer reader that Lyra is going to be a new Eve, Church leaders plan to kill her.
	www.sparknotes.com /lit/hisdarkmaterials/summary.html (2973 words)

	Alethiometer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		To use the alethiometer, the user directs three needles to lay over certain symbols on the face of device, and to form a question in their mind.
		The alethiometer is given to the leading character, Lyra Belacqua, who finds herself able to use it by intuition, rather than the years of study normally required.
		In 'real life' the resemblance of the device to a large compass caused the US publishers of the first book entitled Northern Lights to retitle the book The Golden Compass.
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/a/al/alethiometer.html (207 words)

	Stephen Laniel’s Unspecified Bunker
		Lyra asks the alethiometer various questions when the drama calls for a deus ex machina, but otherwise she leaves well enough alone.
		Pullman explains part of this discrepancy by appealing to self-restraint: there are certain questions Lyra could ask the alethiometer that would hurt Will, or distract her, or whatnot, so she doesn’t ask them.
		But that’s a fairly slim reed to balance the alethiometer’s power on, and it doesn’t explain why she avoids asking really important questions (like, “Should I kill the big bad evil character?”).
	laniels.org /weblog/books/pullman_philip/superpowers.html (451 words)

	Harry Potter vs. His Dark Materials - Online Debate Network Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The alethiometer tells her that her most important task is to help Will find his father and that she should not lie to the scholar that she is seeking.
		The Church planned to kill Lyra as they had learned by alethiometer that she was Eve and they wanted to prevent a second fall.
		The alethiometer had informed her that if they let the spirits out, their matter would start to dissolve and become part of their surroundings.
	www.onlinedebate.net /forums/showthread.php?t=1486 (5809 words)

	Northern Lights (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In her time with the gyptians on the fens, Lyra begins to play with the alethiometer and, inexplicably, learns to use it, and completely master it in a matter of weeks.
		On the way there, Lyra is given a hint by the alethiometer (which indeed seems to have a mind of its own) to inspect a nearby village.
		Lyra had thought early on that the Master of Jordan College may have given her the alethiometer so that she could deliver it to Lord Asriel, but he refuses it, and tells her that it was more likely that he gave it to her on purpose, knowing that she had an important fate.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northern_Lights_(novel) (2549 words)

	SparkNotes: His Dark Materials: The Subtle Knife
		They refer to dark matter as “Shadows.” When Lyra appears and is able to communicate with their computer using the skills she has learned through the alethiometer, she proves that dark matter is conscious and does respond to human thought.
		That morning, the alethiometer had told her to help Will find his father, and instead she went off on her own mission.
		Coulter’s house, which is why he recognized her in the museum and knew she had the alethiometer.
	www.sparknotes.com /lit/hisdarkmaterials/section2.rhtml (3586 words)

	His Dark Materials \| Interactive Alethiometer \| BridgeToTheStars.Net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		You can download the program from us on the alethiometer page.
		I've found "oracles" like the alethiometer useful for the reasons that JParry mentions.
		As you try to make the vague answer somehow connect to the question/issue that you have in mind, you usually end up discovering new aspects about that question/issue that you never considered before.
	www.bridgetothestars.net /news/1148939378 (298 words)

	The Northern Lights Summary
		But soon she discovers that Mrs Coulter is no other than the leader of the kidnappers and that the monkey is trying to steal the alethiometer from her.
		She also learns what the alethiometer is and how to read it, a skill that usually takes a lifetime to answer and with its power she can answer any given question with ease.
		Stopping in Lapland to consult the witches Lyra meets Iorek Byrnison a giant armoured bear forced to work because the local populace have stolen his armour, using the alethiometer she finds it and the bear is indebted to her.
	www.shvoong.com /books/1495-northern-lights (971 words)

	Bolvangar Lights // Destiny (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		On the morning she is to leave Jordan College, the Master of the school gives Lyra an alethiometer, a rare and powerful instrument with the power to reveal the truth in all things.
		Although her alethiometer enables her to discover the truth in everything around her, Lyra is unaware of the incredible role her own life plays in the fate of the universe.
		Lyra is the subject of a great prophecy in which she is destined to commit a fateful betrayal that will determine the future of all worlds.
	www.london-beauty.com /materials/story.htm (3175 words)

	Alethiometer Reader (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Alethiometer Reader is in charge of just that, reading and understanding the Alethiometer.
		Their task will be to create a guide to using the Alethiometer.
		The symbols must be drawn as they would appear on the Alethiometer, and five additional symbols and meanings must be added to this list with reasons as to why they would be helpful.
	homepages.wmich.edu /~a1gillik/alethiometer_reader.htm (110 words)

	How To Read "The Alethiometer"
		All of the Alethiometer's 36 symbols have a range of meanings.
		(in the context of a query to the alethiometer, it will be obvious which one is meant);
		That's how to read the Alethiometer, now it's up to you to find one...
	home.planet.nl /~rooi0660/HDM/TGC/readam.htm (786 words)

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		Given an alethiometer by the Master of Oxford, she is confounded by its countless symbols, but mysteriously, she still managed to solve them.
		An alethiometer is an instrument that tells the truth, but only when it is told.
		There are numerous signs on the sides of the alethiometer, and only a select few can decipher them.
	www.tqnyc.org /NYC040723/pullman.htm (507 words)

	The Golden Compass Essay by Philip Pullman \| Student Essays (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Lyra proves to be intelligent by reading the alethiometer.
		When she got the alethiometer, it took her two weeks to understand it without any books.
		An example from the text that proves this is, " `I understand that you are in possession of an alethiometer,' he said, to her great surprise; for how could he have known that?
	www.bookrags.com /essay-2005/5/2/11219/56922 (174 words)

	Janel Quirante Coursework
		She assumes that “something” is the alethiometer itself, and discovers too late, that she is meant to deliver something much more precious.
		Lyra, expecting Lord Asriel to be elated to receive the alethiometer, is shocked by his response to her arrival.
		Lyra is horrified to discover that she did indeed deliver what her father needed, but it is not the alethiometer.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~quirante/682/pullman.html (887 words)

	Alethiometer
		The Alethiometer - from the Greek ‘truth measurer’ - is the most important prop in the plays.
		These include the Chinese compasses that inspired the Alethiometer, the trepanned skulls that show the presence of ‘dust’, the arctic costumes and of course a location for key events.
		Philip Pullman reads from his original manuscript the scene in which Lyra is given the Alethiometer by the Master of Jordan College and told to keep it secret.
	www.stagework.org /webdav/servlet/harmonise?Page/@id=6030&Session/@id=D_yHxtF5N7dbbm2LF36E3U&Section/@id=133 (258 words)

	maiafire: Yes, I am a self promoting whore...
		The hand images either side of it are mine in 2 shades of metallic paint that I manged to cobble together and layered with gold pigment and glitter.
		The pictures on the alethiometer are around the edge of the page.
		The alethiometer - this one might be my favourite of all of them.
	maiafire.livejournal.com /3496.html?thread=8872 (1027 words)

	Golden Compass by Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials fantasy books
		Though she has been raised at the college in an atmosphere of benign neglect that has allowed her to become a half-wild child of the streets, Lyra soon finds herself apprenticed to the elegant Mrs.
		Coulter---and in possession of a strange device called the alethiometer, a "golden compass" that reads not true north, but truth itself.
		But truth is a precious commodity, and before long Lyra and Pan are running for their lives, the object of an obsessive hunt by mysterious forces who have been stealing children for dark purposes that no one understands.
	members.aol.com /misuly/pullman.htm (1491 words)

	cross my heart and hope to die - Post a comment
		This program is called the Alethiometer (its name comes from the Greek word "aletheia", which means truth, and "meter", which means measure.
		You pose your question in the form of symbols to the alethiometer, and it will give you an answer.
		The symbols and their vast meanings can be found here:His Dark Materials: The Alethiometer.
	sai-rin.livejournal.com /7645.html?mode=reply (177 words)

	Alethiometer Remix!!! - Silexz-Studios Forums
		Well, I got bored and made a remix of Silexz's song, Alethiometer, that shipped with FL 5.
		I really tried to make it sound unique from the original, but I still tried to keep that Alethiometer feel.
		this is one of the better alethiometer remixes I've heard man...good show so far.
	www.silexz-studios.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=1993 (365 words)

	Alethiometer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Das Alethiometer taucht am Anfang der ersten Buches auf, nämlich als ein Mädchen namens Lyra, die eine große Rolle spielt, es von dem Internatsdirektor vom Jordan Collage in Oxford geschenkt bekommt.
		Das Alethiometer sieht man auf dem Bild ganz oben auf der Webseite.
		Das Alethiometer hatte drei kleine, gerillte Rädchen, und jedes von ihnenbewegte einen der drei kürzeren Zeiger, die dann mit einem leisen, präzisen Klicken um die Anzeige fuhren.
	www.alethiometer.de /alethiometer.php (494 words)

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		The original intention was to distribute the Alethiometer poster, a scan of which is below.
		A couple of updates on the Alethiometer poster: there're just two versions now online - larger and higher-quality than before, and (both to aid distribution and in case it's down here), Bridge to the Stars has the largest one too.
		Plus, I've found the artist of the Alethiometer image, and I'm sending a letter to him (David Scutt) making sure it's okay to have his Alethiometer on my page featuring so prominently on the poster (although I think it is: Fair Use is described here).
	darkadamant.betterversion.org /Dark_Adamant_7_-_Past_Updates.txt (1330 words)

	The Golden Compass
		Later, a man who introduces himself as Sir Charles Latrom sees her using the alethiometer and offers her a ride back to the area of town where the window is (she obviously doesn't tell him that her destination is a window to another world).
		He secretly steals the alethiometer; Lyra realizes this when she meets back up with Will in the other world.
		To find out what happens on their quest to get the alethiometer back, and about the great struggle they become involved in afterwards, read The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman.
	dixiesd.marin.k12.ca.us /dixieschool/web/claire/bookreview/page3.html (349 words)

	The Golden Compass Study Guide by Philip Pullman: Style (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Later in the book, the author is able to avoid any such deviations, because the alethiometer grants him the ability to tell what is occurring beyond Lyra's sight.
		Although the book is in third person, limited omniscient, the alethiometer is third person, omniscient.
		Because the alethiometer can tell the truth of any situation, no matter the location, it becomes all knowing and a.....
	www.bookrags.com /studyguide-golden-compass/style.html (207 words)

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