Monday, October 24, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Tribe of Levi - The Priesthood Tribe
Levites are recorded in the Hebrew Bible as direct descendants of Aaron, Israel’s first High Priest.
Sons of Shem
Shem, the youngest son of Noah, as priest of God in the order of Melchisedek. The descendants of Shem carried the priesthood down to Abraham and on into the lines of the descendants of Abraham.
Jacob's Pillow AKA The Stone of Destiny
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
The Seven Cosmic Powers
Universal Power: Principle: Human Power
Maat Order Definition
Heka Magic Creativity
Sia Intelligence Knowledge
Hu Utterance Will
Maa Sight Observation
Sedjem Sound Cognizance
Sa Constitution Affinity
The Ennead of Heliopolis
Which was known as the the Osirian Gods and which is based on the Heliopolis Creation Myth and includes the following nine gods:
1. Atum (Atem) who is the the solar/creator god.
2. Shu who is the personification of air.
3. Tefnut who is the personification of moisture.
4. Seb (also known as Geb and Keb) who is the personification of earth.
5. Nut who is the personification of sky.
6. Osiris who is the God of the underworld and afterlife.
7. Isis who is the protector of the Pharaoh/King.
8. Set (Seth) who is the God of chaos.
9. Nephthys (Nebt-het) the mother of the funerary-deity Anubis.
The Four Spirits
The four spirits (also known as the four elements) of ancient Egypt include:
1. The Goddess Uati who represents the element water
2. The God Seb (also known as Geb, Keb) who represents the element Earth
3. The God Shu who represents the element Air
4. The God Ra who represents the element Fire
Monday, May 30, 2011
If I were an Egyptian goddess I would be the one you see above, called Seshat. Also known as Sesheta and Sashat, she was the goddess of writing and the wife of the god Thoth. Seshat is associated with the sacred Persea tree where all the royal names of the king were written at the time of his coronation. Seshat means "Female Scribe" and was also called "The Mistress of Books" Most likely indicating that she was in charge and also took care of Thoth's library of spells and scrolls. Seshat was seen as the goddess of writing, historical records, accounting and mathematics, measurement and architecture to the ancient Egyptians.
The Egyptians believed that Seshat invented writing, while Thoth taught writing to mankind. She was depicted as a woman wearing a panther-skin dress (the garb of the funerary stm priests) and a headdress that was also her hieroglyph which may represent either a stylised flower or seven (or nine) pointed star on a standard that is beneath a set of down-turned horns. (The horns may have originally been a crescent, linking Seshat to the moon and hence to her spouse, the moon god of writing and knowledge,Thoth.) Seshat was thought to be linked with the goddess Nephthys who was given the title 'Seshat, Foremost of Builders' in the Pyramid texts where it is said that she helped the pharaohs set the foundations of temples with indication that she set the axis by the aid of the stars. She was also identified with Isis. Safekh-Aubi (Sefekh-Aubi) is a title that came from Seshat's headdress, that may have become an aspect of Seshat or an actual goddess. Safekh-Aubi means 'She Who Wears the Two Horns' and relates to the horns that appear above Seshat's standard.
Other names assocated with Seshat is The Enumerator, Lady of writings, Head of the House of Divine Books (Archives).