Today the concept of Original Sin seems like an incomplete metaphor or poorly translated story. The idea that babies are somehow born into the world with guilt from their distant ancestors reflects an age with no concept of equal opportunity, and where people were born into a cast or working class. However looking back further than the Christian era to the Egyptian period the original sin is one aspect of a larger story concerned with the process and development of our freewill within the forces of nature.
In hieroglyphs the snake represents the connection of the spine to the brain, and it talks because of the duality of human consciousness, which is derived from our own ability to speak. This duality is one dangerous aspect of the Egyptian original sin I.e. the concept of 'separation', which was known to them as 'Seth'.
'Separation'
At least five thousand years ago Ptah's description of creation is considered to be the first, and that which gave rise to all the following netters of the empire. This creation concept became known as 'The Divine Enead' or 'The Sacred Nine', and later by some was regarded as a single divine entity.
Ptah's description of creation was that; 'Atum' appeared as a vibration or pulse. This pulse created the contrast between the extremes of on and off. The separation between extremes of new characteristics continued like the multiplication of bacteria on a Petri dish; 2 became 4, 4-8, 8-16 and so on forming evermore complex variations such as air and moisture until eventually forming the twin star Sirius (known as Osiris and Isis). This was followed by the formation of our sun the earth and eventually mankind.
OK I may have paraphrased but, the only record we have is written In hieroglyphs. The commonly accepted translation of the Enead is:
'In the beginning 'Atum' rose as a 'benben' stone. He then expelled Shu (air) and Tefnut (moisture), and they became the first earthly couple.'
Note: As Ptah is described as the heart and tongue of the God(s) it should be noted there is a rhythm with the repetition in the word 'ben-ben'; This may be intended to imply the heart beat or another primal vibration.
The Enead continues; '...To them Geb and Net were born, (Earth & Sky). They in turn begot two divine couples; Osiris & Isis and also Seth & Nephthys.'
Each of the couples are netters which represent polar opposites of each other: This is similar to a mathematical formula where the system is to enclose concepts within concepts, which if you were to look at with dimensions would look like a pyramid. The relevant criteria being fed in at the base and the holistic result appearing at the apex.
Seth, is the concept of separation (yin & Yang), the original sin which causes destruction and chaos (one example being racism) but is also the original force of Genesis and continues in the present through the power of nature. This is also represented in the 'uas' staff held by all the kings (also explained below).
Nephthys, is containment and the ability of mankind to harness the force of Seth. The skills required for this are the content of the records of Egypt – 'Alchemy'- the internal development of mankind. This ability begins with the 'eye of Horus' the heart of our true selves.
Osiris and Isis are themselves complex: they represent the male and female forces and together form the twin star Sirius, and are considered the parent of our sun. Our sun was first known to the Egyptians as Horus the heart of mankind.
Horus is another box of concepts and as the heart of mankind represents the understanding of our place within existence. The Horian Way is concerned with man's, Health, Psyche and Power.
Monday, 16 February 2009
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