47. In this familiar image of the weighing of
the heart, ones heart is weighed by
Anubis against the weight of Ma-at’s
feather
48. Remember that Anubis is the child of
Nepthys and Osiris…the infant left in
the rushes, found by Isis , and raised
as her own child.
Anubis monitored the Scales of Truth
to protect the dead from deception
and eternal death.
50. Weighing of the heart of the deceased
by Anubis. This protects the dead from
deception
51. Sekhmet (Sakhmet) is one of the oldest known
Egyptian deities. Her name is derived from the
Egyptian word "Sekhem" (which means "power"
or "might") and is often translated as the
"Powerful One".
52. Sekmet has many
attributes, but
above all, she is the
protector of Ma-at,
balance or justice.
Sekmet is also called
"The One Who Loves
Ma´at and Who Detests
Evil".
53. Horus was the protector and
patron of the pharaoh.
Horus was associated
with Upper Egypt (as
Heru-Ur in Nekhen) and
Lower Egypt (as Horus
Behedet or Horus of
Edfu) he was the perfect
choice for a unified
country
54. An ancient myth describes a battle
between Horus and Set in which Horus´
right eye was torn out and Set lost his
testicles! Thoth magically restored Horus´
eye, at which point it was given the name
"Wadjet" ("whole" or "healthy").
55. The Wadjet (or Ujat, meaning "Whole
One") is a powerful symbol of protection
also known as the "Eye of Horus" and the
"all seeing eye".
56. During the battle with
Set, the eye of Horus
was torn into 6 parts:
each section depicting a
fraction and a one of the
senses
57. Horus-Set
Horus and Set were
always placed in
opposition to each
other
Set was the
embodiment of
disorder and chaos
while Horus was the
embodiment of order.
59. Horus represented the
daytime sky while Set
represented the night
time sky. However, in
early times the two
were also seen as
existing in a state of
balance in which
Horus and Set
represented Upper
and Lower Egypt
respectively
60. The moon and the sun were initially
thought of as the left and right eyes
of Horus. According to legend,
Horus' left eye (the moon) was
injured in a fight with Set and was
restored by Thoth, the ibis headed
god
65. Geb, the god of the earth and Nut, the
goddess of the sky
66. Isis was her Greek name, but she
was known to the ancient Egyptians
as Aset (or Ast, Iset, Uset), which is
usually translated as "(female) of
throne" or "Queen of the throne".
Her original headdress was an
empty throne and as the
personification of the throne she
was an important source of the
Pharaoh´s power
82. The Hedget, the white crown of Upper
Egypt and the Deshret, the Red Crown
of Lower Egypt
83.
84. At around 3100 B.C., King Menes
defeated the king of Lower Egypt. After
this he united both lands and called
himself king of both Upper Egypt and
Lower Egypt.
85. Around 3000 BC, King Menes
established Memphis as the capital of
the unified Egypt
86. The legend goes on to tell how
King Menes even designed a new
crown to celebrate his victory.
This double crown was there for
the union of the two lands. King
Menes and his family formed the
first ever Egyptian dynasty.
89. In the Amduat, the triumph of life over
death is imaged over and over in the
symbolism of vegetation
The Blessed Dead are provided with
everything they need in the fertile
fields of Wernes, and those who dwell
on the riverbanks are given acres of
land from the Great God.
90. Thus the 3rd hour is also called:
Water of the Unique Lord, which brings
forth nourishment
91.
92. Anubis, the jackal headed God, son of Nephthys and Osiris
God of embalming
93. PTAH
The creator-god of
Memphis, and during the
long period the city served
as the capital of Egypt it
was known as Het-ka-Ptah
or "House of the Soul of
Ptah".
100. The name of the 2nd Barque is
Pakhet
Lion headed goddess whose attributes are
FEROCITY AND FEMININITY
INNER STRENGTH
101. Pakhet:
A huntress who
wandered the desert
alone at night lookin gfor
prey. She was also
called the The Night
Huntress with sharp
eye and pointed claw.
She is often depicted
killing snakes in her
sharp claws
109. Meskhenet was also present in the Hall of
the Double Ma'at. Standing near the
scales, she assisted in the re-birth of the
soul in the afterlife, as she aided the
birthing of the newborn into this world.
116. Like other mongooses, the
Egyptian Mongoose
will attack and eat venomous
snakes.
They have
at least two different types of
resistance to snake venom.
129. At the burial the
officiating priest brought
everything to life with
sacred words and
gestures, this ceremony
was known as "the
opening of the mouth."
133. In order to understand the
gods of ancient Egypt,
one must understand
syncretism.
134. Syncretism
the Egyptian practice of linking,
or combining different deities
into the body or identity of a
single entity
…more and more common with
the passage of time.
185. Each king was acclaimed as a ‘Living
Horus’ and were shown as Hawks
preying on their enemies
Nephertari
(royal wife
of
Ramesses)
Horus,
and
Ptolemy
186.
187. Heqa Sceptre: symbol with the longest
history meaning “ruler,” representing
the king as the shepherd of his people
188. Egyptian Secrets of the Afterlife 3/3
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