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One day, seeing a crowd of Lybians and Egyptians moving towards the port, she followed them and set sail with them for Jerusalem, offering her body to pay her fare. When they arrived in the Holy City, she followed the crowd that was thronging towards the Church of the Resurrection, it being the day of the Exaltation of the Cross. But, when she reached the threshold of the church, an invisible force prevented her entering in spite of repeated efforts on her part, although the other pilgrims were able to go in without hindrance. Left alone in a corner of the narthex, she began to realize that it was the impurity of her life that was preventing her approaching the holy Wood. She burst into tears and smote her breast and, seeing an icon of the Mother of God, made this prayer to her: “O Sovereign Lady, who didst bear God in the flesh, I know that I should not dare to look upon thine icon, thou who are pure in soul and body, because, debauched as I am, I must fill thee with disgust. But, as the God born of thee became man in order to call sinners to repentance, come to my aid! Allow me to go into the church and prostrate before His Cross. And, as soon as I have seen the Cross, I promise that I will renounce the world and all pleasures, and follow the path of salvation that thou willest to show me.” She felt herself suddenly freed from the power that had held her and was able to enter the church. There she fervently venerated the Holy Cross and then, returning to the icon of the Mother of God, declared herself ready to follow the path that the Virgin would show her. A voice replied to her from on high: “If you cross the Jordan, you will find rest.”

Leaving the church, she bought three loaves with the alms a pilgrim had given her, discovered which road led to the Jordan and arrived one evening at the Church of Saint John the Baptist. After having washed in the river, she received Communion in the Holy Mysteries, ate half of one of the loaves and went to sleep on the riverbank. The next morning, she crossed the river and lived from that time on in the desert, remaining there for forty-seven years without ever encountering either another human being or any animal.

During the first seventeen years, her clothes soon having fallen into rags, burning with heat by day and shivering with cold by night, she fed on herbs and wild roots. But more than the physical trials, she had to face violent assaults from the passions and the memory of her sins and, throwing herself on the ground, she implored the Mother of God to come to her aid. Protected by God, who desires nothing but that the sinner should turn to Him and live, she uprooted all the passions from her heart by means of this extraordinary ascesis, and was able to turn the fire of carnal desire into a flame of divine love that made it possible for her to endure the implacable desert with joy, as though she were not in the flesh.

After all these years, a holy elder called Zosimas (April 4), who, following the tradition instituted by Saint Euthymios, had gone into the desert across the Jordan for the period of the Great Fast, saw one day a human form with a body blackened by the sun and with hair white as bleached linen to its shoulders. He ran after this apparition that fled before him, begging it to give him its blessing and some saving words. When he came within ear-shot, Mary, calling by name him whom she had never seen, revealed to him that she was a woman and asked him to throw her his cloak that she might cover her nakedness.]]>
One day, seeing a crowd of Lybians and Egyptians moving towards the port, she followed them and set sail with them for Jerusalem, offering her body to pay her fare. When they arrived in the Holy City, she followed the crowd that was thronging towards the Church of the Resurrection, it being the day of the Exaltation of the Cross. But, when she reached the threshold of the church, an invisible force prevented her entering in spite of repeated efforts on her part, although the other pilgrims were able to go in without hindrance. Left alone in a corner of the narthex, she began to realize that it was the impurity of her life that was preventing her approaching the holy Wood. She burst into tears and smote her breast and, seeing an icon of the Mother of God, made this prayer to her: “O Sovereign Lady, who didst bear God in the flesh, I know that I should not dare to look upon thine icon, thou who are pure in soul and body, because, debauched as I am, I must fill thee with disgust. But, as the God born of thee became man in order to call sinners to repentance, come to my aid! Allow me to go into the church and prostrate before His Cross. And, as soon as I have seen the Cross, I promise that I will renounce the world and all pleasures, and follow the path of salvation that thou willest to show me.” She felt herself suddenly freed from the power that had held her and was able to enter the church. There she fervently venerated the Holy Cross and then, returning to the icon of the Mother of God, declared herself ready to follow the path that the Virgin would show her. A voice replied to her from on high: “If you cross the Jordan, you will find rest.”

Leaving the church, she bought three loaves with the alms a pilgrim had given her, discovered which road led to the Jordan and arrived one evening at the Church of Saint John the Baptist. After having washed in the river, she received Communion in the Holy Mysteries, ate half of one of the loaves and went to sleep on the riverbank. The next morning, she crossed the river and lived from that time on in the desert, remaining there for forty-seven years without ever encountering either another human being or any animal.

During the first seventeen years, her clothes soon having fallen into rags, burning with heat by day and shivering with cold by night, she fed on herbs and wild roots. But more than the physical trials, she had to face violent assaults from the passions and the memory of her sins and, throwing herself on the ground, she implored the Mother of God to come to her aid. Protected by God, who desires nothing but that the sinner should turn to Him and live, she uprooted all the passions from her heart by means of this extraordinary ascesis, and was able to turn the fire of carnal desire into a flame of divine love that made it possible for her to endure the implacable desert with joy, as though she were not in the flesh.

After all these years, a holy elder called Zosimas (April 4), who, following the tradition instituted by Saint Euthymios, had gone into the desert across the Jordan for the period of the Great Fast, saw one day a human form with a body blackened by the sun and with hair white as bleached linen to its shoulders. He ran after this apparition that fled before him, begging it to give him its blessing and some saving words. When he came within ear-shot, Mary, calling by name him whom she had never seen, revealed to him that she was a woman and asked him to throw her his cloak that she might cover her nakedness.]]> 14103170 yes yes Sun, 05 Apr 2026 21:34:34 +0200 2026-04-05T21:34:34+02:00 1:16:40 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/01-on-the-mix-with-lebsesv8-volume-109-290326/
There is often confusion among the holy monastic fathers who bear the name "Isidore." The Isidore we are talking about here is the one whom the monastic historian Palladius called "Isidore the Great." Rufinus considered him one of the great desert teachers, along with the holy hierarchs. Saint John Cassian called him "the Priest of the Scetis Desert."

He first settled in Nitria around 373 AD, and became a priest serving the hermits in the Scetis region, earning him the title "Priest of the Hermits." He came and lived near the cell of Saint Macarius, and was one of his first close associates. He accompanied him in establishing his monastery in Piammon (the current Monastery of Abu Macarius). He was known as the "priest of Scetis" because Saint Macarius, the priest of Scetis and the father of monks, appointed him as his deputy, performing this role when he retreated into seclusion. Because of this position, he visited the Pope of Alexandria annually as the father of the monks of Scetis and the deputy of Saint Macarius.

His connection to the orthodoxy of the faith: He set out into the wilderness to worship in an atmosphere of complete tranquility, devoting his life to contemplative life, never depriving himself of church work, especially the preservation of the orthodox faith. This was understood by Valens, the Arian, who recognized the key role played by monastic thought leaders in this regard. Therefore, Saint Isidore was exiled to an island in Egypt, along with Macarius, Heraclid, Abba Bemua, and others, for their defense of the faith in the divinity of Christ.

A Man of Prayer: Perhaps the secret to the strength of this spiritual father's life, which led him to attain this great stature, was his love of prayer. In the early years of his monastic life, he devoted himself to seclusion in his cell, never ceasing to pray, even while doing his manual work. He often said, "Let us strive in prayer, and the enemy will flee; let us strive in contemplating God, and we will be victorious." Despite his intense love of prayer, he never ceased to work, even into his advanced years. When he was asked to rest for a while, he replied, "Even if they burned Isidore and scattered his ashes in the air, that would not be enough to offer him to the Lord as a token of gratitude for what Jesus Christ accomplished by coming into the world."

His Love for the Salvation of Others: Father Isidore was known for the unique gift of patience and concern for the salvation of others, which is why whenever someone was found whom everyone had despaired of and wanted to expel, he would embrace them, care for them, and strengthen them with his patience and forbearance.

Perhaps we remember how Abba Moses the Black, while violently fighting for adultery, found in Isidore a heart brimming with love. In one night, Abba Moses set out from his cell on the rock of Petra to the cell of his father Isidore near the church, visiting him eleven times. The father welcomed him cheerfully and restored his hope in the Lord.

Another time, when the battle intensified so much that Abba Moses almost lost hope, and he could no longer bear to remain in his cell, he took him up to the roof of his cell and asked him to look westward to see a crowd of demons in a state of intense agitation, preparing to attack. He then asked him to look eastward to see a larger crowd of holy angels and heavenly hosts in glorious glory, standing to support the fighters. Abba Moses was filled with hope.

The Gift of Casting Out Demons: Saint John Cassian says that Isidore was given the gift of casting out demons because of his intense patience and his ability to suppress his passion for anger. The demons would even leave those they had seized before they even entered his cell.

A brother asked him, "Why do the demons fear you so much?" The father replied, "Because ever since I became a monk, I have tried not to allow anger to reach my throat." He also said, "I once went to the market to sell baskets, and when I saw anger approaching, I abandoned the baskets and fled."

His Departure: Saint John Cassian believes he died in 397 AD, and Saint Paphnutius succeeded him as priest of Scetis. May the blessing of his prayers be with us. Amen.]]>
There is often confusion among the holy monastic fathers who bear the name "Isidore." The Isidore we are talking about here is the one whom the monastic historian Palladius called "Isidore the Great." Rufinus considered him one of the great desert teachers, along with the holy hierarchs. Saint John Cassian called him "the Priest of the Scetis Desert."

He first settled in Nitria around 373 AD, and became a priest serving the hermits in the Scetis region, earning him the title "Priest of the Hermits." He came and lived near the cell of Saint Macarius, and was one of his first close associates. He accompanied him in establishing his monastery in Piammon (the current Monastery of Abu Macarius). He was known as the "priest of Scetis" because Saint Macarius, the priest of Scetis and the father of monks, appointed him as his deputy, performing this role when he retreated into seclusion. Because of this position, he visited the Pope of Alexandria annually as the father of the monks of Scetis and the deputy of Saint Macarius.

His connection to the orthodoxy of the faith: He set out into the wilderness to worship in an atmosphere of complete tranquility, devoting his life to contemplative life, never depriving himself of church work, especially the preservation of the orthodox faith. This was understood by Valens, the Arian, who recognized the key role played by monastic thought leaders in this regard. Therefore, Saint Isidore was exiled to an island in Egypt, along with Macarius, Heraclid, Abba Bemua, and others, for their defense of the faith in the divinity of Christ.

A Man of Prayer: Perhaps the secret to the strength of this spiritual father's life, which led him to attain this great stature, was his love of prayer. In the early years of his monastic life, he devoted himself to seclusion in his cell, never ceasing to pray, even while doing his manual work. He often said, "Let us strive in prayer, and the enemy will flee; let us strive in contemplating God, and we will be victorious." Despite his intense love of prayer, he never ceased to work, even into his advanced years. When he was asked to rest for a while, he replied, "Even if they burned Isidore and scattered his ashes in the air, that would not be enough to offer him to the Lord as a token of gratitude for what Jesus Christ accomplished by coming into the world."

His Love for the Salvation of Others: Father Isidore was known for the unique gift of patience and concern for the salvation of others, which is why whenever someone was found whom everyone had despaired of and wanted to expel, he would embrace them, care for them, and strengthen them with his patience and forbearance.

Perhaps we remember how Abba Moses the Black, while violently fighting for adultery, found in Isidore a heart brimming with love. In one night, Abba Moses set out from his cell on the rock of Petra to the cell of his father Isidore near the church, visiting him eleven times. The father welcomed him cheerfully and restored his hope in the Lord.

Another time, when the battle intensified so much that Abba Moses almost lost hope, and he could no longer bear to remain in his cell, he took him up to the roof of his cell and asked him to look westward to see a crowd of demons in a state of intense agitation, preparing to attack. He then asked him to look eastward to see a larger crowd of holy angels and heavenly hosts in glorious glory, standing to support the fighters. Abba Moses was filled with hope.

The Gift of Casting Out Demons: Saint John Cassian says that Isidore was given the gift of casting out demons because of his intense patience and his ability to suppress his passion for anger. The demons would even leave those they had seized before they even entered his cell.

A brother asked him, "Why do the demons fear you so much?" The father replied, "Because ever since I became a monk, I have tried not to allow anger to reach my throat." He also said, "I once went to the market to sell baskets, and when I saw anger approaching, I abandoned the baskets and fled."

His Departure: Saint John Cassian believes he died in 397 AD, and Saint Paphnutius succeeded him as priest of Scetis. May the blessing of his prayers be with us. Amen.]]> 14059776 yes yes Sun, 29 Mar 2026 09:08:42 +0200 2026-03-29T09:08:42+02:00 1:05:52 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/01-on-the-mix-with-lebsesv8-volume-108-230326/
In 203 AD, Vivia Perpetua, an educated woman of noble birth, chose to embrace Christianity, despite knowing that it could result in her execution during the persecutions mandated by Emperor Severus.

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Her surviving brother (one of her brothers had passed away at age seven) followed her lead and also became a catechumen, meaning he would receive guidance from a Catechist in the Catholic Christian beliefs and be prepared for Baptism.

Perpetua’s father, who adhered to a pagan faith, was extremely anxious and attempted to dissuade her from her choice.

At the age of 22, Perpetua was a vivacious, educated woman who had many compelling reasons to live, including a young son who she was still nursing.
Although we are aware that she was married, her husband is not mentioned in any accounts, leading several scholars to speculate that she was already a widow.

Perpetua responded to her father’s concerns in a straightforward and unambiguous manner. She directed his attention to a water jug and posed a question, “Do you see that container over there? Can you refer to it using any other name than the one that it is?”

In response to her question, Perpetua’s father replied, “Certainly not.” To which Perpetua replied, “Just like that pot, I cannot call myself by any other name than what I am – a Christian.”]]>
In 203 AD, Vivia Perpetua, an educated woman of noble birth, chose to embrace Christianity, despite knowing that it could result in her execution during the persecutions mandated by Emperor Severus.

Ezoic
Her surviving brother (one of her brothers had passed away at age seven) followed her lead and also became a catechumen, meaning he would receive guidance from a Catechist in the Catholic Christian beliefs and be prepared for Baptism.

Perpetua’s father, who adhered to a pagan faith, was extremely anxious and attempted to dissuade her from her choice.

At the age of 22, Perpetua was a vivacious, educated woman who had many compelling reasons to live, including a young son who she was still nursing.
Although we are aware that she was married, her husband is not mentioned in any accounts, leading several scholars to speculate that she was already a widow.

Perpetua responded to her father’s concerns in a straightforward and unambiguous manner. She directed his attention to a water jug and posed a question, “Do you see that container over there? Can you refer to it using any other name than the one that it is?”

In response to her question, Perpetua’s father replied, “Certainly not.” To which Perpetua replied, “Just like that pot, I cannot call myself by any other name than what I am – a Christian.”]]> 14036161 yes yes Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:59:33 +0100 2026-03-23T17:59:33+01:00 1:18:01 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/01-on-the-mix-with-lebsesv8-volume-107-mixed-by-lebsesv8-160326/
"Fifty spiritual homilies" of St. Macarius of Egypt is an authoritative patristic source. "The Homilies are well described as “spiritual” Homilies. That is their purpose and their character. They are not dogmatic; they are not controversial; they are not expository; they are not concerned with the politics or the expansion of the church; they have little to say about the Christian’s duty to his fellow-men. .. They have but one object, to help to bring individual souls to God in perfect self-subdual and absolute devotion."[1]

The current Coptic Orthodox Monastery of St. Macarius the Great [1] (video), which lies in Wadi Natrun, the ancient Scetis, 92 kilometers from Cairo on the western side of the desert road to Alexandria, was founded in 360 A.D. by the saint, who during his lifetime was spiritual father to more than four thousand monks of different nationalities - Egyptians, Greeks, Ethiopians, Armenians, Nubians, Asians, Palestinians, Italians, Gauls and Spaniards.

Not to be confused with St. Macarius of Alexandria [2], [3]; and St. Macarius the Martyr and Bishop of Edkao (near Assiut, Upper Egypt) [4]. The relics of the three Macarii are today preserved at the aforementioned monastery.]]>
"Fifty spiritual homilies" of St. Macarius of Egypt is an authoritative patristic source. "The Homilies are well described as “spiritual” Homilies. That is their purpose and their character. They are not dogmatic; they are not controversial; they are not expository; they are not concerned with the politics or the expansion of the church; they have little to say about the Christian’s duty to his fellow-men. .. They have but one object, to help to bring individual souls to God in perfect self-subdual and absolute devotion."[1]

The current Coptic Orthodox Monastery of St. Macarius the Great [1] (video), which lies in Wadi Natrun, the ancient Scetis, 92 kilometers from Cairo on the western side of the desert road to Alexandria, was founded in 360 A.D. by the saint, who during his lifetime was spiritual father to more than four thousand monks of different nationalities - Egyptians, Greeks, Ethiopians, Armenians, Nubians, Asians, Palestinians, Italians, Gauls and Spaniards.

Not to be confused with St. Macarius of Alexandria [2], [3]; and St. Macarius the Martyr and Bishop of Edkao (near Assiut, Upper Egypt) [4]. The relics of the three Macarii are today preserved at the aforementioned monastery.]]> 14001370 yes yes Mon, 16 Mar 2026 08:17:37 +0100 2026-03-16T08:17:37+01:00 1:19:11 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/01-on-the-mix-with-volume-106-121025/
In the Middle Ages the belief arose that praying to St Anthony would effect a cure for ergotism, and the Order of Hospitallers of St Anthony (founded at La Motte c.1100, with members of the Order wearing black robes marked by a blue tau cross) became a pilgrimage centre. The little bells rung by Hospitallers asking for alms were afterwards hung round the necks of animals as a protection against disease, and pigs which belonged to the Order were allowed to roam about the streets (see tantony pig). His traditional emblems are pigs and bells, and he is the patron saint of basket-makers and swineherds. His feast day is 17 January.
St Anthony's cross another name for the tau cross, worn by the Order of Hospitallers of St Anthony of Egypt.]]>
In the Middle Ages the belief arose that praying to St Anthony would effect a cure for ergotism, and the Order of Hospitallers of St Anthony (founded at La Motte c.1100, with members of the Order wearing black robes marked by a blue tau cross) became a pilgrimage centre. The little bells rung by Hospitallers asking for alms were afterwards hung round the necks of animals as a protection against disease, and pigs which belonged to the Order were allowed to roam about the streets (see tantony pig). His traditional emblems are pigs and bells, and he is the patron saint of basket-makers and swineherds. His feast day is 17 January.
St Anthony's cross another name for the tau cross, worn by the Order of Hospitallers of St Anthony of Egypt.]]> 12868382 yes yes Sun, 12 Oct 2025 22:37:19 +0200 2025-10-12T22:37:19+02:00 1:33:15 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/01-on-the-mix-volume-105-051025-mixed-by-lebsesv8/
Saint Pachomius was born in the third century in the Thebaid (Upper Egypt). His parents were pagans who gave him an excellent secular education. From his youth he had a good character, and he was prudent and sensible.

When Pachomius reached the age of twenty, he was called up to serve in the army of the emperor Constantine (apparently, in the year 315). They put the new conscripts in a city prison guarded by soldiers. The local Christians fed the soldiers and took care of them.]]>
Saint Pachomius was born in the third century in the Thebaid (Upper Egypt). His parents were pagans who gave him an excellent secular education. From his youth he had a good character, and he was prudent and sensible.

When Pachomius reached the age of twenty, he was called up to serve in the army of the emperor Constantine (apparently, in the year 315). They put the new conscripts in a city prison guarded by soldiers. The local Christians fed the soldiers and took care of them.]]> 12837489 yes yes Sun, 05 Oct 2025 21:22:16 +0200 2025-10-05T21:22:16+02:00 1:41:17 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/01-on-the-mix-volume-104-090925-mixed-by-lebsesv8/
I call you an Angel O Paisios,
Not by nature but by your unusual life.

Our Venerable and God-bearing Father Paisios the Great was from the village of Shansa in Egypt and born in 320.

Παΐσιος ο Μέγας_Paisius the Great_]]>
I call you an Angel O Paisios,
Not by nature but by your unusual life.

Our Venerable and God-bearing Father Paisios the Great was from the village of Shansa in Egypt and born in 320.

Παΐσιος ο Μέγας_Paisius the Great_]]> 12708928 yes yes Tue, 09 Sep 2025 18:51:25 +0200 2025-09-09T18:51:25+02:00 1:27:58 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-103-022925-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ 12675615 yes yes Tue, 02 Sep 2025 19:42:56 +0200 2025-09-02T19:42:56+02:00 1:17:46 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/01-on-the-mix-volume-102-270825/ 12651833 yes yes Wed, 27 Aug 2025 21:37:18 +0200 2025-08-27T21:37:18+02:00 1:39:52 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/01-on-the-mix-volume-101/ 12617302 yes yes Wed, 20 Aug 2025 16:28:26 +0200 2025-08-20T16:28:26+02:00 1:24:39 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/01-on-the-mix-volume-100-150825/ 12593230 yes yes Fri, 15 Aug 2025 19:49:55 +0200 2025-08-15T19:49:55+02:00 1:25:32 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/01on-the-mix-volume-99-101124/
Human history began in Africa, and according to all available historical, biological, and anthropological sources and understanding, it is the origin of modern humans. However, things have not gone well for the continent and many of its people. Beginning in the fifteenth century, the continent had been ensnared by a succession of calamities and iniquities, which include the Euro-American slave trade and colonization. And while Africa was not the only continent that suffered such inhumanities, she seems to have suffered more and the negative impacts seem more lasting and troubling. Beginning in 1957, and more rapidly in the 1960s, political independence came in quick succession. Even so, conditions on the continent seem not to have improved significantly. For instance, transiting from agrarianism to modernity, the modernization of the economy, and the issue of governance and leadership seem to be the three main problems faced by the continent. However, the inability to get the question of leadership right have hindered the continent’s progress.]]>
Human history began in Africa, and according to all available historical, biological, and anthropological sources and understanding, it is the origin of modern humans. However, things have not gone well for the continent and many of its people. Beginning in the fifteenth century, the continent had been ensnared by a succession of calamities and iniquities, which include the Euro-American slave trade and colonization. And while Africa was not the only continent that suffered such inhumanities, she seems to have suffered more and the negative impacts seem more lasting and troubling. Beginning in 1957, and more rapidly in the 1960s, political independence came in quick succession. Even so, conditions on the continent seem not to have improved significantly. For instance, transiting from agrarianism to modernity, the modernization of the economy, and the issue of governance and leadership seem to be the three main problems faced by the continent. However, the inability to get the question of leadership right have hindered the continent’s progress.]]> 11522386 yes yes Wed, 27 Nov 2024 21:46:58 +0100 2024-11-27T21:46:58+01:00 55:22 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-98-161023-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ 10464704 yes yes Sun, 12 Nov 2023 19:59:40 +0100 2023-11-12T19:59:40+01:00 1:03:38 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-97-220823-mixed-by-lebsesv8/
I left Accra on 21st February 1966. I was seen off at the airport by most of the leading government and Party officials, and by service chiefs. I recall the handshakes and the expressions of good wishes from Harlley, Deku, Yakubu, and others. These men, smiling and ingratiating, had all the time treason and treachery in their minds. They had even planned my assassination on that day, though they later abandoned the idea. I remember shaking hands with Major-General Barwah—to be murdered in cold blood three days later when he refused to surrender to the rebel army soldiers. I little thought then that I would never see him again, or that Zanerigu, Commander of the Presidential Guard Regiment, Kojo Botsio, Kofi Baako and other ministers who were there at the airport, would be shortly seized by renegade soldiers and policemen and thrown into prison. After a week of so-called “manoeuvres,” the operation began early in the morning of Wednesday, 23rd February 1966 when the garrison at Kumasi, numbering 600 men, was ordered to move southwards to Accra.

On the way, the convoy of some 35 vehicles was met and halted by the two arch-traitors Colonel Emmanuel Kwesi Kotoka, Commander of the Second Infantry Brigade Group, and Major Akwasi Amankwa Afrifa of the Second Brigade. Kotoka had only recently been put in charge of the Kumasi garrison, and I had not yet confirmed his appointment.

https://accradotalt.tumblr.com/post/157653311880/excerpts-of-kwame-nkrumahs-dark-days-in-ghana]]>
I left Accra on 21st February 1966. I was seen off at the airport by most of the leading government and Party officials, and by service chiefs. I recall the handshakes and the expressions of good wishes from Harlley, Deku, Yakubu, and others. These men, smiling and ingratiating, had all the time treason and treachery in their minds. They had even planned my assassination on that day, though they later abandoned the idea. I remember shaking hands with Major-General Barwah—to be murdered in cold blood three days later when he refused to surrender to the rebel army soldiers. I little thought then that I would never see him again, or that Zanerigu, Commander of the Presidential Guard Regiment, Kojo Botsio, Kofi Baako and other ministers who were there at the airport, would be shortly seized by renegade soldiers and policemen and thrown into prison. After a week of so-called “manoeuvres,” the operation began early in the morning of Wednesday, 23rd February 1966 when the garrison at Kumasi, numbering 600 men, was ordered to move southwards to Accra.

On the way, the convoy of some 35 vehicles was met and halted by the two arch-traitors Colonel Emmanuel Kwesi Kotoka, Commander of the Second Infantry Brigade Group, and Major Akwasi Amankwa Afrifa of the Second Brigade. Kotoka had only recently been put in charge of the Kumasi garrison, and I had not yet confirmed his appointment.

https://accradotalt.tumblr.com/post/157653311880/excerpts-of-kwame-nkrumahs-dark-days-in-ghana]]> 9901092 yes yes Tue, 22 Aug 2023 22:11:20 +0200 2023-08-22T22:11:20+02:00 1:18:55 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-96-030623-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ Frantz Fanon

Summary
The Wretched of the Earth analyzes the postwar decolonization movement, focusing on Africa and on Algeria in particular. Fanon argues the violence of colonial rule sows the seeds of its violent overthrow. Taking violent action restores the colonized people, giving them back their humanity. The first three chapters of the book tell a narrative. The narrative progresses from spontaneous uprising, through national revolution, to postcolonial government. The fourth chapter argues in favor of a nation rather than a culture. The fifth chapter draws on case histories to show the effects of torture and war.

Preface
The book's preface was written by 20th-century French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. He begins by describing the world's population as consisting of "men" and "natives." The "men" are the citizens of colonial empires, while the "natives" are the colonized people. Sartre does not really believe "natives" are lesser than "men." He is repeating one of Fanon's points: colonialism dehumanizes people. He also believes the book's ideas will affect Europeans, although he says Fanon's book is not addressed to Europeans. "We in Europe too are being decolonized," writes Sartre. He means decolonization will change the mindset of Europeans.

Concerning Violence
In this chapter Fanon shows how colonialism sows the seeds of its own violent overthrow. He discusses those involved in the colonial situation in terms of singular, ideal types: the settler, the native, and the native intellectual, to name just three. The settler teaches the native that they are only an animal. The settler drives this lesson home through violence. When the native realizes they are human, they are predisposed to rebel against the settler. Fanon is not arguing the native's violence is morally justified. He is simply offering a description—given these conditions, here is what happens: "Decolonization is always a violent phenomenon." Decolonization means taking the place of the settler. Despite the abstract tone, Fanon is mainly writing about Algeria, where he had lived and worked. At the time Fanon was writing, Algerians were fighting to free themselves from the French.

Violence in the International Context
In this section Fanon describes the international political relationship between newly independent nations and former colonial powers. He points out how the colonizing nations have enriched themselves at the expense of the colonies. According to Fanon the colonial powers owe their former colonies reparations payments.

Spontaneity: Its Strength and Weakness
In this chapter Fanon argues the peasants in the countryside are more resolutely anticolonial than leaders of nationalist parties in the cities. The nationalist parties are modeled on their counterparts in the mother country. But in the colonial context, the nationalist parties aren't effective. The peasants are the source of spontaneous uprising, but they cannot do it all by themselves. They must be joined by others.

The Pitfalls of National Consciousness
In this chapter Fanon analyzes a class he calls the "national bourgeoisie." They are doctors, lawyers, and administrators. He shows how self-interested they are. He argues this class must not be allowed to dominate the government of the newly independent nation. If they do dominate, they will maintain the old structures of exploitation and oppression, with themselves at the top. His solution is "decentralization in the extreme." The hinterlands must be integrated with the city.

On National Culture
In this chapter Fanon describes the damage colonialism does to a people's sense of past and culture. He sees the appeal and the psychological benefits of recovering a people's glorious past. However, he argues against promoting a global black culture or a global Arab culture. Culture must be national, he claims. He also argues the building of the nation politically and economically is more important than the building of a national culture. The struggle to create the nation will give rise to the national culture.

Colonial War and Mental Disorders
The previous chapters often focused on types rather than actual people: the settler, the native, the national bourgeois. In this chapter Fanon cites actual cases from his work as a psychiatrist. He uses the cases of real individuals to show how colonialism has affected people's minds and spirits. Some of the cases are drawn from his work at the Blida-Joinville Hospital in Algeria. Others are people he encountered while working with the FLN in Tunisia. The chapter is divided into four "series," four classes of mental disorder met with under colonialism. At the end of the chapter Fanon discusses theories of Algerian criminality.

Conclusion
Fanon's conclusion is a rousing call to action. He calls on "brothers" and "comrades" to turn away from Europe. He also advises against trying to catch up to Europe economically and culturally. Instead the new nations will "go forward" on their own path. Ultimately the liberation of colonized peoples will benefit all of humanity.]]> Frantz Fanon

Summary
The Wretched of the Earth analyzes the postwar decolonization movement, focusing on Africa and on Algeria in particular. Fanon argues the violence of colonial rule sows the seeds of its violent overthrow. Taking violent action restores the colonized people, giving them back their humanity. The first three chapters of the book tell a narrative. The narrative progresses from spontaneous uprising, through national revolution, to postcolonial government. The fourth chapter argues in favor of a nation rather than a culture. The fifth chapter draws on case histories to show the effects of torture and war.

Preface
The book's preface was written by 20th-century French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. He begins by describing the world's population as consisting of "men" and "natives." The "men" are the citizens of colonial empires, while the "natives" are the colonized people. Sartre does not really believe "natives" are lesser than "men." He is repeating one of Fanon's points: colonialism dehumanizes people. He also believes the book's ideas will affect Europeans, although he says Fanon's book is not addressed to Europeans. "We in Europe too are being decolonized," writes Sartre. He means decolonization will change the mindset of Europeans.

Concerning Violence
In this chapter Fanon shows how colonialism sows the seeds of its own violent overthrow. He discusses those involved in the colonial situation in terms of singular, ideal types: the settler, the native, and the native intellectual, to name just three. The settler teaches the native that they are only an animal. The settler drives this lesson home through violence. When the native realizes they are human, they are predisposed to rebel against the settler. Fanon is not arguing the native's violence is morally justified. He is simply offering a description—given these conditions, here is what happens: "Decolonization is always a violent phenomenon." Decolonization means taking the place of the settler. Despite the abstract tone, Fanon is mainly writing about Algeria, where he had lived and worked. At the time Fanon was writing, Algerians were fighting to free themselves from the French.

Violence in the International Context
In this section Fanon describes the international political relationship between newly independent nations and former colonial powers. He points out how the colonizing nations have enriched themselves at the expense of the colonies. According to Fanon the colonial powers owe their former colonies reparations payments.

Spontaneity: Its Strength and Weakness
In this chapter Fanon argues the peasants in the countryside are more resolutely anticolonial than leaders of nationalist parties in the cities. The nationalist parties are modeled on their counterparts in the mother country. But in the colonial context, the nationalist parties aren't effective. The peasants are the source of spontaneous uprising, but they cannot do it all by themselves. They must be joined by others.

The Pitfalls of National Consciousness
In this chapter Fanon analyzes a class he calls the "national bourgeoisie." They are doctors, lawyers, and administrators. He shows how self-interested they are. He argues this class must not be allowed to dominate the government of the newly independent nation. If they do dominate, they will maintain the old structures of exploitation and oppression, with themselves at the top. His solution is "decentralization in the extreme." The hinterlands must be integrated with the city.

On National Culture
In this chapter Fanon describes the damage colonialism does to a people's sense of past and culture. He sees the appeal and the psychological benefits of recovering a people's glorious past. However, he argues against promoting a global black culture or a global Arab culture. Culture must be national, he claims. He also argues the building of the nation politically and economically is more important than the building of a national culture. The struggle to create the nation will give rise to the national culture.

Colonial War and Mental Disorders
The previous chapters often focused on types rather than actual people: the settler, the native, the national bourgeois. In this chapter Fanon cites actual cases from his work as a psychiatrist. He uses the cases of real individuals to show how colonialism has affected people's minds and spirits. Some of the cases are drawn from his work at the Blida-Joinville Hospital in Algeria. Others are people he encountered while working with the FLN in Tunisia. The chapter is divided into four "series," four classes of mental disorder met with under colonialism. At the end of the chapter Fanon discusses theories of Algerian criminality.

Conclusion
Fanon's conclusion is a rousing call to action. He calls on "brothers" and "comrades" to turn away from Europe. He also advises against trying to catch up to Europe economically and culturally. Instead the new nations will "go forward" on their own path. Ultimately the liberation of colonized peoples will benefit all of humanity.]]> 9200162 yes yes Sun, 04 Jun 2023 11:30:56 +0200 2023-06-04T11:30:56+02:00 1:04:51 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-95-290523-mixed-by-lebsesv8/
The Isis Papers: The Keys to Colors by Dr. France’s Cress Welsing is my favorite book. It is a collection of essays written over 18 years; inspired by Neely Fuller’s book, The United Independent Compensatory Code. Fuller demonstrated what racism is, and where it functions. However, The Isis Papers shows how and why racism functions. Dr. Welsing analyses racism and its horrific effects by decoding the symbolism of European domination. It is interesting to note that symbols do not arise from conscious levels of thought. Hence, the dynamics of racism also operate below our conscious awareness, unless of course we are awakened to its subtleties. What Dr. Welsing makes clear is that what all non-European people are dealing with is the neurosis of European people, particularly the projection of their false consciousness. https://kentakepage.com/7-things-you-would-have-learned-if-you-read-the-isis-papers/

of inadequacy and inferiority.”]]>
The Isis Papers: The Keys to Colors by Dr. France’s Cress Welsing is my favorite book. It is a collection of essays written over 18 years; inspired by Neely Fuller’s book, The United Independent Compensatory Code. Fuller demonstrated what racism is, and where it functions. However, The Isis Papers shows how and why racism functions. Dr. Welsing analyses racism and its horrific effects by decoding the symbolism of European domination. It is interesting to note that symbols do not arise from conscious levels of thought. Hence, the dynamics of racism also operate below our conscious awareness, unless of course we are awakened to its subtleties. What Dr. Welsing makes clear is that what all non-European people are dealing with is the neurosis of European people, particularly the projection of their false consciousness. https://kentakepage.com/7-things-you-would-have-learned-if-you-read-the-isis-papers/

of inadequacy and inferiority.”]]> 9155389 yes yes Mon, 29 May 2023 23:32:52 +0200 2023-05-29T23:32:52+02:00 49:12 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/01-on-the-mix-volume-94-280523-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ Chancellor Williams

The Destruction of Black Civilization took Chancellor Williams sixteen years of research and field study to compile. The book, which was to serve as a reinterpretation of the history of the African race, was intended to be ""a general rebellion against the subtle message from even the most 'liberal' white authors (and their Negro disciples): 'You belong to a race of nobodies. You have no worthwhile history to point to with pride.'"" The book was written at a time when many black students, educators, and scholars were starting to piece together the connection between the way their history was taught and the way they were perceived by others and by themselves. They began to question assumptions made about their history and took it upon themselves to create a new body of historical research. The book is premised on the question: ""If the Blacks were among the very first builders of civilization and their land the birthplace of civilization, what has happened to them that has left them since then, at the bottom of world society, precisely what happened? The Caucasian answer is simple and well-known: The Blacks have always been at the bottom."" Williams instead contends that many elements--nature, imperialism, and stolen legacies-- have aided in the destruction of the black civilization. The Destruction of Black Civilization is revelatory and revolutionary because it offers a new approach to the research, teaching, and study of African history by shifting the main focus from the history of Arabs and Europeans in Africa to the Africans themselves, offering instead ""a history of blacks that is a history of blacks. Because only from history can we learn what our strengths were and, especially, in what particular aspect we are weak and vulnerable. Our history can then become at once the foundation and guiding light for united efforts in serious[ly] planning what we should be about now."" It was part of the evolution of the black revolution that took place in the 1970s, as the focus shifted from politics to matters of the mind.]]> Chancellor Williams

The Destruction of Black Civilization took Chancellor Williams sixteen years of research and field study to compile. The book, which was to serve as a reinterpretation of the history of the African race, was intended to be ""a general rebellion against the subtle message from even the most 'liberal' white authors (and their Negro disciples): 'You belong to a race of nobodies. You have no worthwhile history to point to with pride.'"" The book was written at a time when many black students, educators, and scholars were starting to piece together the connection between the way their history was taught and the way they were perceived by others and by themselves. They began to question assumptions made about their history and took it upon themselves to create a new body of historical research. The book is premised on the question: ""If the Blacks were among the very first builders of civilization and their land the birthplace of civilization, what has happened to them that has left them since then, at the bottom of world society, precisely what happened? The Caucasian answer is simple and well-known: The Blacks have always been at the bottom."" Williams instead contends that many elements--nature, imperialism, and stolen legacies-- have aided in the destruction of the black civilization. The Destruction of Black Civilization is revelatory and revolutionary because it offers a new approach to the research, teaching, and study of African history by shifting the main focus from the history of Arabs and Europeans in Africa to the Africans themselves, offering instead ""a history of blacks that is a history of blacks. Because only from history can we learn what our strengths were and, especially, in what particular aspect we are weak and vulnerable. Our history can then become at once the foundation and guiding light for united efforts in serious[ly] planning what we should be about now."" It was part of the evolution of the black revolution that took place in the 1970s, as the focus shifted from politics to matters of the mind.]]> 9149542 yes yes Mon, 29 May 2023 05:59:48 +0200 2023-05-29T05:59:48+02:00 36:04 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-93-17-04-23-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ By Molefi Kete Asante

"Asante's book, Kemet,Afrocentricity,and Knowledge, continues his project of forging a new discipline out of the many strands of Black Studies. Like his previous works, this is a profound statement of the Afrocentric perspective."...C. Tsehloane Keto, Ph.D., Director of Graduate Studies, Dept of African American Studies, Temple University. "This volume is a joy to read. It is accessible to anyone because of its richly textured images, ideas, and concepts. It is filled with intellectual allusions and rate isight into african culture. If ind this book truly refreshing."...Milgun Anadolu Okur, Ph.d.,american Studies, Izmir University, Turkey. "This book addresses the most important theoretical and methodological questions facing the discipline of African American Studies. Asante's point is that Africology is a discipline, not a group of courses related only in their subject matter. He makes a phenomenal advance in our conceptualization."...Patrick D. Bellegarde-smith, Ph.D., Chair, Dept of Afro-American Studies, university of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Molefi Kete Asante is chairperson of the Temple University Dept of African American Studies and a leading figure in the Afrocentrism School. He is the author or twenty-five books, including Afrocentricity.]]> By Molefi Kete Asante

"Asante's book, Kemet,Afrocentricity,and Knowledge, continues his project of forging a new discipline out of the many strands of Black Studies. Like his previous works, this is a profound statement of the Afrocentric perspective."...C. Tsehloane Keto, Ph.D., Director of Graduate Studies, Dept of African American Studies, Temple University. "This volume is a joy to read. It is accessible to anyone because of its richly textured images, ideas, and concepts. It is filled with intellectual allusions and rate isight into african culture. If ind this book truly refreshing."...Milgun Anadolu Okur, Ph.d.,american Studies, Izmir University, Turkey. "This book addresses the most important theoretical and methodological questions facing the discipline of African American Studies. Asante's point is that Africology is a discipline, not a group of courses related only in their subject matter. He makes a phenomenal advance in our conceptualization."...Patrick D. Bellegarde-smith, Ph.D., Chair, Dept of Afro-American Studies, university of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Molefi Kete Asante is chairperson of the Temple University Dept of African American Studies and a leading figure in the Afrocentrism School. He is the author or twenty-five books, including Afrocentricity.]]> 8760922 yes yes Mon, 17 Apr 2023 21:57:41 +0200 2023-04-17T21:57:41+02:00 2:08:28 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-92-040423-mixed-by-lebsesv8/
“Three thousand years before the birth of Jesus Christ and perhaps even before, a civilization thrived on the banks of the Nile River in northern Africa that was called by its inhabitants Kemet (‘Black Land’). This land is known today by the Greek name Egypt. By virtue of extensive archaeological study, we know a great deal about this ancient culture which in some ways was more advanced than our own; a culture that embraced multiple expressions of Deity, provided fro social equality across race and gender, boasted a government and civil service to rival that of ancient China; and had remarkably practical religious philosophy.”

“Though there were more than 200 different rulers (both male and female), at least three major foreign occupations and many rewriting of ‘official’ history, philosophy and religious dogma, the faith of both the people and the priest(ess)hood of Kemet was highly celebratory and life-affirming. Though different Neteru were worshipped under different rulers and from place to place, They all has something in common: They were accessible to all and to each other, and Their worship covered every facet of life, from conception to death to rebirth and everything in between.”

“This workbook is intended as an adjunct to personal study and meditation on the Neteru, not as a total overview of the Kemetic religion. It is best used by someone who is either already familiar with the history and philosophy of Kemet or who is interested in learning of the Neteru and Their expression.”

“Meditative work with these Neteru can provide a sound introduction to the religion of Kemet, as all of Them are readily accessible to the sincere seeker. (An important note: ‘sincere’ in the Kemetic philosophy does not mean addressing Neter as an archetype or focus point of the Higher Self, known as the ka or ‘double.’ As in other indigenous African religions, Neteru are actual spiritual beings and do not respond favorably to New Age philosophy’s ‘I am God/ess’ arrogance.)” — from the Introduction]]>
“Three thousand years before the birth of Jesus Christ and perhaps even before, a civilization thrived on the banks of the Nile River in northern Africa that was called by its inhabitants Kemet (‘Black Land’). This land is known today by the Greek name Egypt. By virtue of extensive archaeological study, we know a great deal about this ancient culture which in some ways was more advanced than our own; a culture that embraced multiple expressions of Deity, provided fro social equality across race and gender, boasted a government and civil service to rival that of ancient China; and had remarkably practical religious philosophy.”

“Though there were more than 200 different rulers (both male and female), at least three major foreign occupations and many rewriting of ‘official’ history, philosophy and religious dogma, the faith of both the people and the priest(ess)hood of Kemet was highly celebratory and life-affirming. Though different Neteru were worshipped under different rulers and from place to place, They all has something in common: They were accessible to all and to each other, and Their worship covered every facet of life, from conception to death to rebirth and everything in between.”

“This workbook is intended as an adjunct to personal study and meditation on the Neteru, not as a total overview of the Kemetic religion. It is best used by someone who is either already familiar with the history and philosophy of Kemet or who is interested in learning of the Neteru and Their expression.”

“Meditative work with these Neteru can provide a sound introduction to the religion of Kemet, as all of Them are readily accessible to the sincere seeker. (An important note: ‘sincere’ in the Kemetic philosophy does not mean addressing Neter as an archetype or focus point of the Higher Self, known as the ka or ‘double.’ As in other indigenous African religions, Neteru are actual spiritual beings and do not respond favorably to New Age philosophy’s ‘I am God/ess’ arrogance.)” — from the Introduction]]> 8649470 yes yes Tue, 04 Apr 2023 22:08:05 +0200 2023-04-04T22:08:05+02:00 1:06:23 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/01-on-the-mix-volume-91-280323-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ Derek A. Welsby

"The Kingdom of Kush, lying to the south of Egypt, upstream of the first Nile cataract, flourished for a thousand years. During the eighth and seventh centuries BC its rulers controlled Egypt as pharaohs of the Twenty Fifth Dynasty. Extensive remains of pyramids, settlements and temples can still be seen. Yet, the early development and much of the later history of the kingdom is obscure, and the Kushites have always been overshadowed in the popular imagination and in academic studies by their more famous northern neighbour." "In part, this is due to our inability to understand their language, which remains undeciphered. Also, although there has been considerable archaeological work devoted to Kushite material culture, it has been concentrated in the area flooded by the succession of dams at Aswan, leaving much of their kingdom - which extended deep into central Sudan - largely unexplored." "This book attempts to draw together all the information on this fascinating people and their history. Derek Welsby has been directing fieldwork in the area since 1982, and he uses both the ancient classical sources and modern data from archaeological excavations to illustrate all aspects of Kushite life and to show how the kingdom interacted over the centuries with Egypt - Pharaonic, Ptolemaic and Roman."]]> Derek A. Welsby

"The Kingdom of Kush, lying to the south of Egypt, upstream of the first Nile cataract, flourished for a thousand years. During the eighth and seventh centuries BC its rulers controlled Egypt as pharaohs of the Twenty Fifth Dynasty. Extensive remains of pyramids, settlements and temples can still be seen. Yet, the early development and much of the later history of the kingdom is obscure, and the Kushites have always been overshadowed in the popular imagination and in academic studies by their more famous northern neighbour." "In part, this is due to our inability to understand their language, which remains undeciphered. Also, although there has been considerable archaeological work devoted to Kushite material culture, it has been concentrated in the area flooded by the succession of dams at Aswan, leaving much of their kingdom - which extended deep into central Sudan - largely unexplored." "This book attempts to draw together all the information on this fascinating people and their history. Derek Welsby has been directing fieldwork in the area since 1982, and he uses both the ancient classical sources and modern data from archaeological excavations to illustrate all aspects of Kushite life and to show how the kingdom interacted over the centuries with Egypt - Pharaonic, Ptolemaic and Roman."]]> 8587468 yes yes Tue, 28 Mar 2023 21:42:23 +0200 2023-03-28T21:42:23+02:00 1:03:13 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-90-210323-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ by Indus Khamit Kush

Enoch, the Ethiopian, Patriarch and Prophet, Greater than Abraham, Holier than Moses, is the first perfect human being in the Bible and the first important man according to Moses the lawgiver. (Gen. 5:18, 22, 24) And yet he has been kept a secret until the printing of this revealing book. The Bible states that only three men ascended body, mind and soul into heaven. Enoch was the first. Elijah was the second and Jesus Christ was the third. Enoch, however is unique. He was the first to have both 'walked with God' and to have ascended into heaven without experiencing death. Enoch lived such a righteous life that he did not die. Enoch, the son of Jared, the seventh seed of Adam, the great grandfather of Noah, father of Methuselah. This prophetic man, an outstanding spiritual leader before the Biblical flood, is the most towering biblical character in history whose flawless credentials and heavenly achievements are recounted by Moses. The greatest Biblical revelation since the discovery of the dead sea scrolls.]]> by Indus Khamit Kush

Enoch, the Ethiopian, Patriarch and Prophet, Greater than Abraham, Holier than Moses, is the first perfect human being in the Bible and the first important man according to Moses the lawgiver. (Gen. 5:18, 22, 24) And yet he has been kept a secret until the printing of this revealing book. The Bible states that only three men ascended body, mind and soul into heaven. Enoch was the first. Elijah was the second and Jesus Christ was the third. Enoch, however is unique. He was the first to have both 'walked with God' and to have ascended into heaven without experiencing death. Enoch lived such a righteous life that he did not die. Enoch, the son of Jared, the seventh seed of Adam, the great grandfather of Noah, father of Methuselah. This prophetic man, an outstanding spiritual leader before the Biblical flood, is the most towering biblical character in history whose flawless credentials and heavenly achievements are recounted by Moses. The greatest Biblical revelation since the discovery of the dead sea scrolls.]]> 8460821 yes yes Tue, 21 Mar 2023 20:53:39 +0100 2023-03-21T20:53:39+01:00 1:01:50 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-89-140323-mixed-by-lebsesv8/
The thesis of the text is that United States schools are failing to educate Black people, both in terms of obtaining professional careers and in terms of supporting the larger Black community to be economically sustained. Woodson undergirds this argument with several supporting ideas: that teachers in schools that serve Black students cannot achieve this task due to their racist belief systems; that schools themselves aren’t designed to truly prepare students for professional careers; and that the curriculum in schools is inherently racist and thus perpetuates racial inequities.

Another important thematic element of Woodson’s text is his description of how various intersecting institutions are related to the racist failure of schools in the United States. Woodson describes how Black churches have negative impacts on their communities, whether as the result of individualistic, uneducated preachers or as the result of theology built with White supremacist thinking and colonialist ideas. Similarly, Woodson describes the limitations of colleges and universities to prepare Black students for successful careers, both because of racist curriculum as well as racist treatment in those institutions.

This study guide utilizes the term “Black” to refer to people whom Woodson describes as “Negro.” Woodson explicitly chooses to use the term “Negro or black […] in referring to this particular element because most persons of native African descent approach this color” (102) and does not wish to “[run] away from the name” (103). By using “Black,” this study guide adheres to Woodson’s original intent without using the potentially offensive or inaccurate term “Negro.”]]>
The thesis of the text is that United States schools are failing to educate Black people, both in terms of obtaining professional careers and in terms of supporting the larger Black community to be economically sustained. Woodson undergirds this argument with several supporting ideas: that teachers in schools that serve Black students cannot achieve this task due to their racist belief systems; that schools themselves aren’t designed to truly prepare students for professional careers; and that the curriculum in schools is inherently racist and thus perpetuates racial inequities.

Another important thematic element of Woodson’s text is his description of how various intersecting institutions are related to the racist failure of schools in the United States. Woodson describes how Black churches have negative impacts on their communities, whether as the result of individualistic, uneducated preachers or as the result of theology built with White supremacist thinking and colonialist ideas. Similarly, Woodson describes the limitations of colleges and universities to prepare Black students for successful careers, both because of racist curriculum as well as racist treatment in those institutions.

This study guide utilizes the term “Black” to refer to people whom Woodson describes as “Negro.” Woodson explicitly chooses to use the term “Negro or black […] in referring to this particular element because most persons of native African descent approach this color” (102) and does not wish to “[run] away from the name” (103). By using “Black,” this study guide adheres to Woodson’s original intent without using the potentially offensive or inaccurate term “Negro.”]]> 8390276 yes yes Tue, 14 Mar 2023 23:09:13 +0100 2023-03-14T23:09:13+01:00 1:01:46 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-88-050323-mixed-by-lebsesv8/
Ancient Greeks were not the original authors of Greek philosophy, was mainly based on ideas and concepts that were borrowed without acknowledgment, and indeed stolen, from the ancient Egyptians. "Greek philosophy is somewhat of a drama, whose chief actors were Alexander the Great, Aristotle and his successors in the peripatetic school, and the Emperor Justinian. Alexander invaded Egypt and captured the Royal Library at Alexandria and plundered it. Aristotle made a library at Alexandria and plundered books, while his school occupied the building and used it as a research center. Finally, Justinian, the Roman Emperor, abolished the Temples and schools of philosophy, i.e., another name for the Egyptian Mysteries, which the Greeks claimed as their product, and on account of which, they have been falsely praised and honored for centuries by the world, as its greatest philosophers and thinkers. This contribution to civilization was really and truly made by the Egyptians and the African continent, but not by the Greeks and the European continent." This Classic book is a must have for all who seek to learn more about Ancient Cultures from around the World including Moorish, Greek, Egyptian, and Rome. James uncovers the true historical origins of man and how the knowledge and wisdom of the ancients paved the way to establish several systems of learning that is still in use today.]]>
Ancient Greeks were not the original authors of Greek philosophy, was mainly based on ideas and concepts that were borrowed without acknowledgment, and indeed stolen, from the ancient Egyptians. "Greek philosophy is somewhat of a drama, whose chief actors were Alexander the Great, Aristotle and his successors in the peripatetic school, and the Emperor Justinian. Alexander invaded Egypt and captured the Royal Library at Alexandria and plundered it. Aristotle made a library at Alexandria and plundered books, while his school occupied the building and used it as a research center. Finally, Justinian, the Roman Emperor, abolished the Temples and schools of philosophy, i.e., another name for the Egyptian Mysteries, which the Greeks claimed as their product, and on account of which, they have been falsely praised and honored for centuries by the world, as its greatest philosophers and thinkers. This contribution to civilization was really and truly made by the Egyptians and the African continent, but not by the Greeks and the European continent." This Classic book is a must have for all who seek to learn more about Ancient Cultures from around the World including Moorish, Greek, Egyptian, and Rome. James uncovers the true historical origins of man and how the knowledge and wisdom of the ancients paved the way to establish several systems of learning that is still in use today.]]> 8318313 yes yes Sun, 05 Mar 2023 21:22:45 +0100 2023-03-05T21:22:45+01:00 49:49 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-87-2600223-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ 8262570 yes yes Sun, 26 Feb 2023 20:59:21 +0100 2023-02-26T20:59:21+01:00 49:54 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-86-200223-mixed-by-lebsesv8/
E.A. Wallis Budge

In 1798, in the Egyptian settlement of Rashid (Rosetta), near Alexandria, a French soldier unearthed a large slab of black basalt on which was engraved an inscription in three scripts—Greek, demotic or New Egyptian, and hieroglyphics. The inscription was a decree honoring the good deeds of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes (203–181 B.C.). More importantly, it provided the long-sought key that enabled scholars to decipher the mysterious language of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.

In the present volume, one of the 20th century's foremost Egyptologists tells the fascinating story of the Rosetta Stone—from its discovery during a French military excavation to its enshrinement in the British Museum as one of the great cornerstones of linguistic studies. In addition to an historical account of the Stone's discovery, its acquisition by the British, and the arrival of the Stone in London, Dr. Budge provides a concise and revealing history of the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics, full original texts and annotated English translations of the decree, and two appendixes containing translations of the stelae of San (Tanis) and Tall al-Maskutah.

The heart of the book is a full and detailed description of the painstaking scholarship and inspired intuition that enabled a handful of scholars to crack the age-old code. Among the most important of these linguistic savants were Thomas Young, an English physician who first grasped the idea of a phonetic principle in reading Egyptian hieroglyphics, and Jean-François Champollion, the great French linguist who used Young's system of decipherment to produce a hieroglyphic alphabet that is the basis of the one used by Egyptologists today. Professor Budge shows how their ground-breaking contributions and the work of other linguists over the years eventually led to a true understanding of the once-inscrutible symbols. The implications of this breakthrough were vast. It opened a new and vitally important field of study to historians and linguistics experts, among whom were biblical scholars who could now find in previously untranslatable Egyptian texts substantiation of events related in the Bible.

Enhanced with over 20 photographs, The Rosetta Stone is immensely erudite but unstuffy; replete with linguistic details but clear and accessible to the layman; in short, it is the definitive treatment of a richly engrossing linguistic detective story—one that will fascinate any student of Egyptology, languages, or the history of the ancient Near East.]]>
E.A. Wallis Budge

In 1798, in the Egyptian settlement of Rashid (Rosetta), near Alexandria, a French soldier unearthed a large slab of black basalt on which was engraved an inscription in three scripts—Greek, demotic or New Egyptian, and hieroglyphics. The inscription was a decree honoring the good deeds of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes (203–181 B.C.). More importantly, it provided the long-sought key that enabled scholars to decipher the mysterious language of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.

In the present volume, one of the 20th century's foremost Egyptologists tells the fascinating story of the Rosetta Stone—from its discovery during a French military excavation to its enshrinement in the British Museum as one of the great cornerstones of linguistic studies. In addition to an historical account of the Stone's discovery, its acquisition by the British, and the arrival of the Stone in London, Dr. Budge provides a concise and revealing history of the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics, full original texts and annotated English translations of the decree, and two appendixes containing translations of the stelae of San (Tanis) and Tall al-Maskutah.

The heart of the book is a full and detailed description of the painstaking scholarship and inspired intuition that enabled a handful of scholars to crack the age-old code. Among the most important of these linguistic savants were Thomas Young, an English physician who first grasped the idea of a phonetic principle in reading Egyptian hieroglyphics, and Jean-François Champollion, the great French linguist who used Young's system of decipherment to produce a hieroglyphic alphabet that is the basis of the one used by Egyptologists today. Professor Budge shows how their ground-breaking contributions and the work of other linguists over the years eventually led to a true understanding of the once-inscrutible symbols. The implications of this breakthrough were vast. It opened a new and vitally important field of study to historians and linguistics experts, among whom were biblical scholars who could now find in previously untranslatable Egyptian texts substantiation of events related in the Bible.

Enhanced with over 20 photographs, The Rosetta Stone is immensely erudite but unstuffy; replete with linguistic details but clear and accessible to the layman; in short, it is the definitive treatment of a richly engrossing linguistic detective story—one that will fascinate any student of Egyptology, languages, or the history of the ancient Near East.]]> 8213012 yes yes Mon, 20 Feb 2023 21:23:30 +0100 2023-02-20T21:23:30+01:00 42:35 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-85-120223-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ by Simon Starr

Thoth, Hermes or Djehuty as this book refers to him is a mythical ancient Egyptian (Kemetian) sage whose wisdom is said to have transformed him into a god. Djehuty, who was venerated in Kemet from at least 3000 B.C.E., is credited with the invention of sacred hieroglyphic writing and his figure, portrayed as a scribe with the head of an Ibis, can be seen in many temples and tombs. He is the dispatcher of divine messages and recorder of all human deeds. In the great hall of judgement, the after-life court of the god Asar (Osiris) where the dead are judged, Djehuty would establish whether the deceased had acquired spiritual knowledge and purity, and so deserved a place in Heaven. Djehuty was said to have revealed to the Kemetians (Ancient Native Egyptians) all knowledge on astronomy, architecture, engineering, botany, geometry, medicine and religion, land surveying, and was believed by the ancient Greeks to be the architect of the pyramids. The Greeks, who were in awe of the knowledge and spirituality of the Kemetians, depicted him through their narrow view of the mysteries as Hermes, the messenger of the gods and guider of souls in the realm of the dead. To distinguish the Kemetian Djehuty, from their own, the Greeks referred to him using the title “Trismegistus," meaning Thrice Great, to honor his sublime wisdom. The remnants of the wisdom of Djehuty have been passed on in texts mistakenly referred to today as the Hermetica. Although largely unknown today, the writings attributed to Djehuty have been immensely important in the history of Western thought. They profoundly influenced the Greeks and, through their rediscovery in the fifteenth- century Florence helped to inspire the “ Renaissance” which gave birth to our modern age. The list of people who have acknowledged a debt to the wisdom of the Scribe of the gods reads like a “Who’s Who” of greatest philosophers, scientists and artists that the West has produced- Leonardo da Vinci, Durer, Botticelli, Roger Bacon, Paracelcus, Thomas More, William Blake, Kepler, Copernicus, Isaac Newton, Sir Walter Raleigh, Milton, Ben Johnson, Daniel Defoe, Shelley, Victor Hugo and Carl Jung. It heavily influenced Shakespeare, John Donne, John Dee and all the poet philosophers who surrounded the court of Queen Elizabeth I, as well as the founding scientists of the Royal Society in London, and even the leaders who inspired the Protestant reformation in Europe. The list is endless with the Djehuty’s influence reaching well beyond the frontiers of Europe. Islamic mystics and philosophers also trace their inspiration back to the Scribe of the gods, and the esoteric tradition of the Jews equated him with their mysterious prophet Enoch. The Hermetica, as Djehuty’s works are referred to today act like a cornerstone of Western Culture. In substance and importance it is equal to well known eastern scriptures like Upanishads, the Dhammapada and the Tao Te Ching. Yet unlike these texts which are readily available and widely read, the works of Djehuty have been lost under the dead weight of academic translations, Christian prejudice and occult obscurities.]]> by Simon Starr

Thoth, Hermes or Djehuty as this book refers to him is a mythical ancient Egyptian (Kemetian) sage whose wisdom is said to have transformed him into a god. Djehuty, who was venerated in Kemet from at least 3000 B.C.E., is credited with the invention of sacred hieroglyphic writing and his figure, portrayed as a scribe with the head of an Ibis, can be seen in many temples and tombs. He is the dispatcher of divine messages and recorder of all human deeds. In the great hall of judgement, the after-life court of the god Asar (Osiris) where the dead are judged, Djehuty would establish whether the deceased had acquired spiritual knowledge and purity, and so deserved a place in Heaven. Djehuty was said to have revealed to the Kemetians (Ancient Native Egyptians) all knowledge on astronomy, architecture, engineering, botany, geometry, medicine and religion, land surveying, and was believed by the ancient Greeks to be the architect of the pyramids. The Greeks, who were in awe of the knowledge and spirituality of the Kemetians, depicted him through their narrow view of the mysteries as Hermes, the messenger of the gods and guider of souls in the realm of the dead. To distinguish the Kemetian Djehuty, from their own, the Greeks referred to him using the title “Trismegistus," meaning Thrice Great, to honor his sublime wisdom. The remnants of the wisdom of Djehuty have been passed on in texts mistakenly referred to today as the Hermetica. Although largely unknown today, the writings attributed to Djehuty have been immensely important in the history of Western thought. They profoundly influenced the Greeks and, through their rediscovery in the fifteenth- century Florence helped to inspire the “ Renaissance” which gave birth to our modern age. The list of people who have acknowledged a debt to the wisdom of the Scribe of the gods reads like a “Who’s Who” of greatest philosophers, scientists and artists that the West has produced- Leonardo da Vinci, Durer, Botticelli, Roger Bacon, Paracelcus, Thomas More, William Blake, Kepler, Copernicus, Isaac Newton, Sir Walter Raleigh, Milton, Ben Johnson, Daniel Defoe, Shelley, Victor Hugo and Carl Jung. It heavily influenced Shakespeare, John Donne, John Dee and all the poet philosophers who surrounded the court of Queen Elizabeth I, as well as the founding scientists of the Royal Society in London, and even the leaders who inspired the Protestant reformation in Europe. The list is endless with the Djehuty’s influence reaching well beyond the frontiers of Europe. Islamic mystics and philosophers also trace their inspiration back to the Scribe of the gods, and the esoteric tradition of the Jews equated him with their mysterious prophet Enoch. The Hermetica, as Djehuty’s works are referred to today act like a cornerstone of Western Culture. In substance and importance it is equal to well known eastern scriptures like Upanishads, the Dhammapada and the Tao Te Ching. Yet unlike these texts which are readily available and widely read, the works of Djehuty have been lost under the dead weight of academic translations, Christian prejudice and occult obscurities.]]> 8114674 yes yes Sun, 12 Feb 2023 17:53:49 +0100 2023-02-12T17:53:49+01:00 1:12:38 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-84-050123-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge

Kemetic Literature is a set of sacred works written in Ancient Egypt. These works have been preserved for thousands of years and hold powerful information about one of the first great empires. This epic book contains: The Book of the Dead, The Negative Confessions, Egyptian Tales, Cuneiform Inscriptions and Hieratic Papyri, Hymn to Asar, Hymn to the Nile, The Solemn Festal Dirge of Kemet, Hymns to Amen, Hymn to Pharaoh, Hymns to Amen Ra, The Lamentations of Aset and Nephthys, The Litany of Ra, The Book of Respirations, and more... Be prepared to step back into the world of the Pharaohs!]]> Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge

Kemetic Literature is a set of sacred works written in Ancient Egypt. These works have been preserved for thousands of years and hold powerful information about one of the first great empires. This epic book contains: The Book of the Dead, The Negative Confessions, Egyptian Tales, Cuneiform Inscriptions and Hieratic Papyri, Hymn to Asar, Hymn to the Nile, The Solemn Festal Dirge of Kemet, Hymns to Amen, Hymn to Pharaoh, Hymns to Amen Ra, The Lamentations of Aset and Nephthys, The Litany of Ra, The Book of Respirations, and more... Be prepared to step back into the world of the Pharaohs!]]> 8059870 yes yes Sun, 05 Feb 2023 20:18:26 +0100 2023-02-05T20:18:26+01:00 1:15:06 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-83-290123-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ 7991486 yes yes Sun, 29 Jan 2023 21:21:36 +0100 2023-01-29T21:21:36+01:00 59:04 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-82-230123-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ 7895133 yes yes Mon, 23 Jan 2023 00:44:32 +0100 2023-01-23T00:44:32+01:00 1:20:02 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-81-150123-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ by Cheikh Anta Diop

In Discourse on Colonialism, Césaire draws on the symbolic meanings of a pair of terms to illustrate his view of colonialism and its impacts on the world. The word civilization generally symbolizes goodness and virtue, while the word barbarism represents evil and chaos. Césaire argues that the white supremacist idea that European “civilization” is superior to the rest of the world’s “barbarism” has caused and justified a colossal amount of violence throughout history. Césaire intentionally flips the script: he contrasts the complex, developed “civilizations” that once ruled most of the world with the “barbarism” of the European invaders who destroyed them. Since Ancient Greece, when Greeks considered themselves “civilized” and all non-Greek foreigners “barbarians,” these two terms have explicitly combined the opposition between Europe and the rest of the world with the value judgment that certain (“civilized”) people and nations are superior to other (“barbarian”) ones. In Césaire’s time, many Europeans simply assumed that European intervention would inherently “civilize”—or improve—the rest of the world. While celebrating this so-called “civilization,” however, European governments were destroying the democratic societies that already existed in those other places. This continues today: when people argue that “Western civilization” is uniquely free and democratic, they are not only being historically inaccurate, but also defending a white supremacist idea that has justified colonialism, genocide, and terrorism for centuries. Accordingly, to point out how Europeans used the concept of “civilization” as a cover for violence, Césaire carefully inverts the usual geographical associations of “barbarism” (which is actually European) and “civilization” (which properly belongs to the rest of the world), but maintains the value judgments that are usually tied to them: “civilization” is moral and “barbarism” is evil. His strategy also shows how Europeans and North Americans—including, potentially, his readers—continue using these white supremacist concepts to implicitly praise colonialism, often without understanding the full implications of what they are saying.]]> by Cheikh Anta Diop

In Discourse on Colonialism, Césaire draws on the symbolic meanings of a pair of terms to illustrate his view of colonialism and its impacts on the world. The word civilization generally symbolizes goodness and virtue, while the word barbarism represents evil and chaos. Césaire argues that the white supremacist idea that European “civilization” is superior to the rest of the world’s “barbarism” has caused and justified a colossal amount of violence throughout history. Césaire intentionally flips the script: he contrasts the complex, developed “civilizations” that once ruled most of the world with the “barbarism” of the European invaders who destroyed them. Since Ancient Greece, when Greeks considered themselves “civilized” and all non-Greek foreigners “barbarians,” these two terms have explicitly combined the opposition between Europe and the rest of the world with the value judgment that certain (“civilized”) people and nations are superior to other (“barbarian”) ones. In Césaire’s time, many Europeans simply assumed that European intervention would inherently “civilize”—or improve—the rest of the world. While celebrating this so-called “civilization,” however, European governments were destroying the democratic societies that already existed in those other places. This continues today: when people argue that “Western civilization” is uniquely free and democratic, they are not only being historically inaccurate, but also defending a white supremacist idea that has justified colonialism, genocide, and terrorism for centuries. Accordingly, to point out how Europeans used the concept of “civilization” as a cover for violence, Césaire carefully inverts the usual geographical associations of “barbarism” (which is actually European) and “civilization” (which properly belongs to the rest of the world), but maintains the value judgments that are usually tied to them: “civilization” is moral and “barbarism” is evil. His strategy also shows how Europeans and North Americans—including, potentially, his readers—continue using these white supremacist concepts to implicitly praise colonialism, often without understanding the full implications of what they are saying.]]> 7794708 yes yes Sun, 15 Jan 2023 23:44:04 +0100 2023-01-15T23:44:04+01:00 1:03:49 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-80-080123-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ by Cheikh Anta Diop, Harold Salemson (Translation)

Precolonial Black Africa is one of three major works by Cheikh Anta Diop that attempts to reconstruct African history and the black contribution to the foundations of Western civilization. In this book, Diop compares the political and social systems of Europe and black Africa from antiquity to the formation of modern states. Throughout, his intent is not to provide a history as such, but rather guidelines for historians and others who seek a scientific understanding of precolonial societies in Africa, the Mediterranean, and Europe and their links with the earliest known stages of human development. Students and scholars of Africa and world history will be challenged by Diop's original - though controversial - analysis of the similarities and striking differences between black Africa and the West. Since 1974, when Diop's African Origin of Civilization first appeared in English translation, his ideas have transformed the basic thrust of African studies in the United States. Now in its tenth printing, this classic work reclaims thousands of years of African history that were either glossed over or suppressed by the Western missionaries and scholars who "opened up" Africa. In the words of John Henrik Clarke: "Those who read this book seriously are in for a shock and a rewarding experience in learning. This is a major work by a major Black historian. At last, the renaissance of African historiography from an African point of view has begun, and none too soon." Educated in his native Senegal and at the Sorbonne, Cheikh Anta Diop was director of the Radio Carbon Dating Center at the University of Dakar, Senegal until his death in February, 1986.]]> by Cheikh Anta Diop, Harold Salemson (Translation)

Precolonial Black Africa is one of three major works by Cheikh Anta Diop that attempts to reconstruct African history and the black contribution to the foundations of Western civilization. In this book, Diop compares the political and social systems of Europe and black Africa from antiquity to the formation of modern states. Throughout, his intent is not to provide a history as such, but rather guidelines for historians and others who seek a scientific understanding of precolonial societies in Africa, the Mediterranean, and Europe and their links with the earliest known stages of human development. Students and scholars of Africa and world history will be challenged by Diop's original - though controversial - analysis of the similarities and striking differences between black Africa and the West. Since 1974, when Diop's African Origin of Civilization first appeared in English translation, his ideas have transformed the basic thrust of African studies in the United States. Now in its tenth printing, this classic work reclaims thousands of years of African history that were either glossed over or suppressed by the Western missionaries and scholars who "opened up" Africa. In the words of John Henrik Clarke: "Those who read this book seriously are in for a shock and a rewarding experience in learning. This is a major work by a major Black historian. At last, the renaissance of African historiography from an African point of view has begun, and none too soon." Educated in his native Senegal and at the Sorbonne, Cheikh Anta Diop was director of the Radio Carbon Dating Center at the University of Dakar, Senegal until his death in February, 1986.]]> 7711312 yes yes Sun, 08 Jan 2023 19:59:57 +0100 2023-01-08T19:59:57+01:00 55:03 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-79-030123-mixed-by-lebsesv8/
Homo sapiens began in Africa and began as black people. It was as black people that they spread over Asia and Europe, taking the place of the Neanderthals. The rise of different races: Over time black people in northern Eurasia became light-skinned and began to look like the people who live there today.

Between -3000 and -1500, the region stretching from North Africa through the South West Asia to India became civilized: Egypt, Canaan, Elam, Indus, etc. People were dark-skinned, like they still are today in Ethiopia and southern India. The Bible calls them the sons of Ham. The Greeks saw them as Ethiopians of one sort or other.

After -1500 this region has become whiter over time as wave after wave of light-skinned barbarians over thousands of years have come down from the north. In India people were separated into light- and dark-skinned castes. Elsewhere they have mixed more thoroughly.

Egyptian civilization spreads north of the Sahara to Western Europe by way of Greece and south of the Sahara to West Africa by way of Nubia.

I have written a post on each chapter:

1. Diop: What were the Egyptians? – the ancients saw the Egyptians as closely related to the Ethiopians
2. Diop: Birth of the Negro Myth – where the idea that black people are incapable comes from
3. Diop: Modern Falsification of History – how European scholars in the 1800s began to distance Egypt from the rest of Africa
4. Diop: Origination in the Delta? – Egyptian civilization did not start in the Delta
5. Diop: An Asian Origin? – civilization did not come from Mesopotamia
6. Diop: Egyptian Race Seen by Anthropologists – there is no proof from science that Egyptians were mostly white when civilization arose there
7. Diop: Arguments for a Negro Origin – Ancient Egypt was rooted in African culture, not Asian or European culture
8. Diop: Arguments Against a Negro Origin -Diop knocks these down
9. Diop: Peopling of Africa from the Nile Valley – particularly from the country now called Sudan
10. Diop: Evolution of Ancient Egypt – mostly about the whitening of Egypt
11. Diop: Contribution of Ethiopia-Nubia and Egypt – the idea of “the Greek miracle” is rooted in a white racist reading of history
12. Diop: Reply to a Critic – replies to French historian Raymond Mauny of the Sorbonne
13. Diop: Early History of Humanity: Evolution of the Black World – how mankind started out black and stayed that way for a long time

Even apart from how right or wrong Diop is, the book is an excellent account of how whites twist history and science for their own ends and why blacks need to write and know their own history.]]>
Homo sapiens began in Africa and began as black people. It was as black people that they spread over Asia and Europe, taking the place of the Neanderthals. The rise of different races: Over time black people in northern Eurasia became light-skinned and began to look like the people who live there today.

Between -3000 and -1500, the region stretching from North Africa through the South West Asia to India became civilized: Egypt, Canaan, Elam, Indus, etc. People were dark-skinned, like they still are today in Ethiopia and southern India. The Bible calls them the sons of Ham. The Greeks saw them as Ethiopians of one sort or other.

After -1500 this region has become whiter over time as wave after wave of light-skinned barbarians over thousands of years have come down from the north. In India people were separated into light- and dark-skinned castes. Elsewhere they have mixed more thoroughly.

Egyptian civilization spreads north of the Sahara to Western Europe by way of Greece and south of the Sahara to West Africa by way of Nubia.

I have written a post on each chapter:

1. Diop: What were the Egyptians? – the ancients saw the Egyptians as closely related to the Ethiopians
2. Diop: Birth of the Negro Myth – where the idea that black people are incapable comes from
3. Diop: Modern Falsification of History – how European scholars in the 1800s began to distance Egypt from the rest of Africa
4. Diop: Origination in the Delta? – Egyptian civilization did not start in the Delta
5. Diop: An Asian Origin? – civilization did not come from Mesopotamia
6. Diop: Egyptian Race Seen by Anthropologists – there is no proof from science that Egyptians were mostly white when civilization arose there
7. Diop: Arguments for a Negro Origin – Ancient Egypt was rooted in African culture, not Asian or European culture
8. Diop: Arguments Against a Negro Origin -Diop knocks these down
9. Diop: Peopling of Africa from the Nile Valley – particularly from the country now called Sudan
10. Diop: Evolution of Ancient Egypt – mostly about the whitening of Egypt
11. Diop: Contribution of Ethiopia-Nubia and Egypt – the idea of “the Greek miracle” is rooted in a white racist reading of history
12. Diop: Reply to a Critic – replies to French historian Raymond Mauny of the Sorbonne
13. Diop: Early History of Humanity: Evolution of the Black World – how mankind started out black and stayed that way for a long time

Even apart from how right or wrong Diop is, the book is an excellent account of how whites twist history and science for their own ends and why blacks need to write and know their own history.]]> 7641361 yes yes Tue, 03 Jan 2023 17:50:40 +0100 2023-01-03T17:50:40+01:00 57:14 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-78-251222-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ Hap(i)/Hapy - "Runner" Hapi is the body of the River Nile itself, the world's longest waterway, without which the Two Lands would cease to exist. Hapi is venerated both as the physical sacred waters of the river and symbologically as the concept of life and fertility, reenacted every day in the land along the "Old Man River's" body. Kemetics saw in their precarious existence between mountains and deserts a miracle of life, bestowed upon them by the blessings of Hapi, Who inundated them each winter and provided the Black Land of Wesir which secured the harvest. Hapi could be capricious, however; no flood or too much flood meant disaster, either from famine or from inability to run from His rushing force. Since the erection of the High Dam at Aswan in the latter part of this century, Hapi's influence is not felt in Egypt as strongly as it was in antiquity - but the Nile still remains the central feature of Egyptian culture and spirituality - Copts, Nubians and Muslims still celebrate holy days with river cruises, boat processions and water blessings.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> Hap(i)/Hapy - "Runner" Hapi is the body of the River Nile itself, the world's longest waterway, without which the Two Lands would cease to exist. Hapi is venerated both as the physical sacred waters of the river and symbologically as the concept of life and fertility, reenacted every day in the land along the "Old Man River's" body. Kemetics saw in their precarious existence between mountains and deserts a miracle of life, bestowed upon them by the blessings of Hapi, Who inundated them each winter and provided the Black Land of Wesir which secured the harvest. Hapi could be capricious, however; no flood or too much flood meant disaster, either from famine or from inability to run from His rushing force. Since the erection of the High Dam at Aswan in the latter part of this century, Hapi's influence is not felt in Egypt as strongly as it was in antiquity - but the Nile still remains the central feature of Egyptian culture and spirituality - Copts, Nubians and Muslims still celebrate holy days with river cruises, boat processions and water blessings.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 7513423 yes yes Sun, 25 Dec 2022 22:53:13 +0100 2022-12-25T22:53:13+01:00 1:14:21 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-77-201222-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ Other Names:
Anukis, Anuket
Anuket/Anket (GR Anukis) - "Embracing Lady," consort (or alternately, daughter) to Khnum, Anuket is depicted as a woman wearing an unusual tall crown of ostrich feathers, probably a Nubian headdress. She is, along with Khnum and Satet, one of the three Names worshipped at Abu (Elephantine) in Upper Kemet, and can be seen on the walls of the temple of Ramses II at modern-day Abu Simbel, as well as in other Nubian temples. As a Name of Netjer associated with Elephantine and Sehel Island, in the area considered by Kemetics to be the source of the Nile, Anuket is a protectress of the mighty river (see Hapi). In earliest times She is also called a daughter of Ra.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> Other Names:
Anukis, Anuket
Anuket/Anket (GR Anukis) - "Embracing Lady," consort (or alternately, daughter) to Khnum, Anuket is depicted as a woman wearing an unusual tall crown of ostrich feathers, probably a Nubian headdress. She is, along with Khnum and Satet, one of the three Names worshipped at Abu (Elephantine) in Upper Kemet, and can be seen on the walls of the temple of Ramses II at modern-day Abu Simbel, as well as in other Nubian temples. As a Name of Netjer associated with Elephantine and Sehel Island, in the area considered by Kemetics to be the source of the Nile, Anuket is a protectress of the mighty river (see Hapi). In earliest times She is also called a daughter of Ra.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 7446134 yes yes Tue, 20 Dec 2022 13:18:36 +0100 2022-12-20T13:18:36+01:00 1:06:25 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/01-on-the-mix-volume-76-111222-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ (Amset; WB Meshtha) "The Kindly One" One of the "Four Sons of Heru" depicted in funerary literature as protecting the throne of Wesir in the Underworld, Imset is depicted as a mummified human wearing the "nemes" headcloth on funerary furniture and especially the "canopic" jars which held the organs of the deceased (Imset's jar held the liver). Later Hermetic philosophers would equate Imset with the element of water because of his association with the funerary protectress Aset and the direction of west.]]> (Amset; WB Meshtha) "The Kindly One" One of the "Four Sons of Heru" depicted in funerary literature as protecting the throne of Wesir in the Underworld, Imset is depicted as a mummified human wearing the "nemes" headcloth on funerary furniture and especially the "canopic" jars which held the organs of the deceased (Imset's jar held the liver). Later Hermetic philosophers would equate Imset with the element of water because of his association with the funerary protectress Aset and the direction of west.]]> 7376427 yes yes Sun, 11 Dec 2022 18:14:19 +0100 2022-12-11T18:14:19+01:00 1:14:20 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-75-051222-mixed-by-lebsesv8/
Other Names:
Har-wer, Haroeris
(Har-wer; G/R Haroeris) - "Great Heru/Heru the Elder" Heru in His most abstract, "original" form is known as a hawk, primarily a divinity of sky, even on Predynastic pottery and other objects. The hawk of Her-wer came to be associated with the kingship and was depicted seated atop the ruler's name in the original "serekh" (palace facade) style of hieroglyphic rendering. Her-wer is viewed as a brother, rather than son, of Wesir; His main opposite being Set, the Lord of the Red Land, and the storms in Her-wer's placid blue sky. Confusion of Her-wer's attributes with Heru-sa-Aset's led in later times to both Netjeru being intertwined; however, in His earliest depictions, Her-wer is strictly a celestial and sometimes solar divinity; only later is He associated with the kings and with the myth cycle of the Wesirian cult.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]>
Other Names:
Har-wer, Haroeris
(Har-wer; G/R Haroeris) - "Great Heru/Heru the Elder" Heru in His most abstract, "original" form is known as a hawk, primarily a divinity of sky, even on Predynastic pottery and other objects. The hawk of Her-wer came to be associated with the kingship and was depicted seated atop the ruler's name in the original "serekh" (palace facade) style of hieroglyphic rendering. Her-wer is viewed as a brother, rather than son, of Wesir; His main opposite being Set, the Lord of the Red Land, and the storms in Her-wer's placid blue sky. Confusion of Her-wer's attributes with Heru-sa-Aset's led in later times to both Netjeru being intertwined; however, in His earliest depictions, Her-wer is strictly a celestial and sometimes solar divinity; only later is He associated with the kings and with the myth cycle of the Wesirian cult.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 7328946 yes yes Mon, 05 Dec 2022 22:40:18 +0100 2022-12-05T22:40:18+01:00 58:57 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-74-271122-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ Other Names:
Wennefer
(Wennefer) - "Uniquely Beautiful; Beautiful One" A specific title of Wesir as the Lord of the Beautiful West, the metaphorical land of Amenti where the blessed dead dwell.

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Wennefer
(Wennefer) - "Uniquely Beautiful; Beautiful One" A specific title of Wesir as the Lord of the Beautiful West, the metaphorical land of Amenti where the blessed dead dwell.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 7269242 yes yes Sun, 27 Nov 2022 20:36:50 +0100 2022-11-27T20:36:50+01:00 45:14 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/01-on-the-mix-volume-73-201122-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ "She Who hoes"; a Predynastic Name of Netjer associated with cows, the sky and fertility; later assimilated into Hethert. Bat's front-facing, cow-eared visage would become synonymous with the ritual rattle used in invocation and purification rituals known as the sistrum.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> "She Who hoes"; a Predynastic Name of Netjer associated with cows, the sky and fertility; later assimilated into Hethert. Bat's front-facing, cow-eared visage would become synonymous with the ritual rattle used in invocation and purification rituals known as the sistrum.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 7234786 yes yes Sun, 20 Nov 2022 22:08:57 +0100 2022-11-20T22:08:57+01:00 59:27 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-72-131022-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ Heru-sa-Aset

Other Names:
Harseisis
(G/R Harseisis) - "Heru, son of Aset" Probably the best-known and most widely worshipped of the Names of Heru, Heru-sa-Aset, the miraculous child of Aset and Wesir, is symbolized directly in the ruler of Kemet - as the caretaker of the legacy of his predecessor (called "Wesir" upon death in honor of the Lord of the Deceased), and as the defender of the weak and the innocent against outside forces (symbolized in Set, Lord of foreign lands, strength and violence). During some periods the rulers were believed to be incarnations or avatars of Heru-sa-Aset, and their wives incarnations of Hethert (Heru's consort at Idfu/Edfu and Ta-Netjer/Dendera), or Aset. Even female rulers of Kemet, such as Hatshepsut and Twosret of the New Kingdom, were referred to as "the (Living) Heru." Heru-sa-Aset is usually depicted as a hawk-headed man wearing the Double Crown and a breastplate over His kilt. Heru-sa-Aset's rise to kingship, embodied in a series of popular tales which are referred to in English as "the Contendings of Heru and Set," probably echoes the process of Kemet's unification undertaken by the early Upper Kemetic Predynastic chiefs, who considered themselves "Shemsu Heru" or "Followers of Horus."

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> Heru-sa-Aset

Other Names:
Harseisis
(G/R Harseisis) - "Heru, son of Aset" Probably the best-known and most widely worshipped of the Names of Heru, Heru-sa-Aset, the miraculous child of Aset and Wesir, is symbolized directly in the ruler of Kemet - as the caretaker of the legacy of his predecessor (called "Wesir" upon death in honor of the Lord of the Deceased), and as the defender of the weak and the innocent against outside forces (symbolized in Set, Lord of foreign lands, strength and violence). During some periods the rulers were believed to be incarnations or avatars of Heru-sa-Aset, and their wives incarnations of Hethert (Heru's consort at Idfu/Edfu and Ta-Netjer/Dendera), or Aset. Even female rulers of Kemet, such as Hatshepsut and Twosret of the New Kingdom, were referred to as "the (Living) Heru." Heru-sa-Aset is usually depicted as a hawk-headed man wearing the Double Crown and a breastplate over His kilt. Heru-sa-Aset's rise to kingship, embodied in a series of popular tales which are referred to in English as "the Contendings of Heru and Set," probably echoes the process of Kemet's unification undertaken by the early Upper Kemetic Predynastic chiefs, who considered themselves "Shemsu Heru" or "Followers of Horus."

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 7218996 yes yes Sun, 13 Nov 2022 20:14:09 +0100 2022-11-13T20:14:09+01:00 58:44 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-71-061122-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ Other Names:
Ra-Horakhty
(G/R Ra-Horakthy) - "Ra-Heru of Two Horizons" A specialized early form of Ra, composite with Heru the predynastic Name of the sky, Ra-Heru-akhety came to symbolize the inherent majesty of the sun itself and is the patron of the ruling class as well as of the institution of kingship. Ra-Heru-akhety is the most common form of Ra venerated after the Middle Kingdom, with His hawk-headed image surmounted by a red sun-disk and a full cobra wrapped around it. He is sometimes more simply referred to as Heru-akhety. The phrase "two horizons" notes the eternal quality of the Name (from sunrise to sunset, and back again).

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The
]]> Other Names:
Ra-Horakhty
(G/R Ra-Horakthy) - "Ra-Heru of Two Horizons" A specialized early form of Ra, composite with Heru the predynastic Name of the sky, Ra-Heru-akhety came to symbolize the inherent majesty of the sun itself and is the patron of the ruling class as well as of the institution of kingship. Ra-Heru-akhety is the most common form of Ra venerated after the Middle Kingdom, with His hawk-headed image surmounted by a red sun-disk and a full cobra wrapped around it. He is sometimes more simply referred to as Heru-akhety. The phrase "two horizons" notes the eternal quality of the Name (from sunrise to sunset, and back again).

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda
The
]]> 7204281 yes yes Sun, 06 Nov 2022 19:35:42 +0100 2022-11-06T19:35:42+01:00 1:14:51 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-70-301022-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ Other Names:
Aton, Yiten
(Aton, Yiten) - "Sun's Disk" Aten is the physically visible sun, the yellow sphere in earth's sky that can fructify or scorch. The Aten-disk is venerated as a form of Shu, Ra, or Heru from the late Middle Kingdom onward and was not, as some have erroneously stated, "invented" by New Kingdom pharaoh Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten. However, beginning with Akhenaten's father, Amenhotep III, Aten enjoyed a higher level of worship, and during Akhenaten's reign, for reasons not entirely clear in the historic record, Akhenaten declared all other Names invalid and Their priests useless, and ordered Kemet to worship him as the "Sole One of Aten," who would then take the people's prayers to His Father (he did not order them to worship Aten; the texts state that only Akhenaten is qualified to do this as the Disk's intermediary). Akhenaten's religious reforms, which did not represent monotheism as has been often suggested (Akhenaten offers Ma'at in friezes, and some of his hymns refer to "Ra-Heru-akhety in His Name of Shu Who is in Aten," indicating Akhenaten's "destruction" of other Names was selective), did not long outlast him; a backlash against the Atenist movement by the priesthood of Amen-Ra after Akhenaten's death resulted in the loss of much of this Name's information.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> Other Names:
Aton, Yiten
(Aton, Yiten) - "Sun's Disk" Aten is the physically visible sun, the yellow sphere in earth's sky that can fructify or scorch. The Aten-disk is venerated as a form of Shu, Ra, or Heru from the late Middle Kingdom onward and was not, as some have erroneously stated, "invented" by New Kingdom pharaoh Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten. However, beginning with Akhenaten's father, Amenhotep III, Aten enjoyed a higher level of worship, and during Akhenaten's reign, for reasons not entirely clear in the historic record, Akhenaten declared all other Names invalid and Their priests useless, and ordered Kemet to worship him as the "Sole One of Aten," who would then take the people's prayers to His Father (he did not order them to worship Aten; the texts state that only Akhenaten is qualified to do this as the Disk's intermediary). Akhenaten's religious reforms, which did not represent monotheism as has been often suggested (Akhenaten offers Ma'at in friezes, and some of his hymns refer to "Ra-Heru-akhety in His Name of Shu Who is in Aten," indicating Akhenaten's "destruction" of other Names was selective), did not long outlast him; a backlash against the Atenist movement by the priesthood of Amen-Ra after Akhenaten's death resulted in the loss of much of this Name's information.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 7179275 yes yes Sun, 30 Oct 2022 16:36:58 +0100 2022-10-30T16:36:58+01:00 51:46 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-69-231022-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ Other Names:
Imouthis
(G/R Imouthis) - "In peace" Imhotep is one example of the "personality cult" of Kemet, whereby a learned sage or otherwise especially venerated person could be deified after death and become a special intercessor for the living, much as the saints of Roman Catholicism and forms of Orthodox Christianity. Imhotep the man is recorded as having lived during the Third Dynasty of the Old Kingdom. He is said to have been a chief lector-priest (kher-heb/hery-hebt hery-tep) as well as a famed architect and physician. The Step Pyramid complex of King Djoser at modern-day Saqqara is just one monument attributed to Imhotep's design. In the Late Period, Imhotep was identified with the Greek demigod Asklaepios and attributed with feats of miraculous healing. During this period, Imhotep was declared the son of Ptah and Sekhmet in the Triad of Mennefer (Memphis), and was sometimes identified with Their son, Nefertem.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> Other Names:
Imouthis
(G/R Imouthis) - "In peace" Imhotep is one example of the "personality cult" of Kemet, whereby a learned sage or otherwise especially venerated person could be deified after death and become a special intercessor for the living, much as the saints of Roman Catholicism and forms of Orthodox Christianity. Imhotep the man is recorded as having lived during the Third Dynasty of the Old Kingdom. He is said to have been a chief lector-priest (kher-heb/hery-hebt hery-tep) as well as a famed architect and physician. The Step Pyramid complex of King Djoser at modern-day Saqqara is just one monument attributed to Imhotep's design. In the Late Period, Imhotep was identified with the Greek demigod Asklaepios and attributed with feats of miraculous healing. During this period, Imhotep was declared the son of Ptah and Sekhmet in the Triad of Mennefer (Memphis), and was sometimes identified with Their son, Nefertem.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 7165131 yes yes Sun, 23 Oct 2022 14:52:52 +0200 2022-10-23T14:52:52+02:00 1:03:54 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-68-161022-mixed-by-lebsesv8-sc4/ "Sun" Embodied in the golden sun which is His Symbol, Ra is Netjer of light, life, and heat, and the power inherent in the sun which warms our planet. In several forms, Ra has been venerated as the central Name of Netjer of the Kemetic faith through its entire history, considered both Father and the King of All Netjeru, the Great One Who both creates and destroys. Ra rose to prominence as the early dynasties of the Old Kingdom, who venerated Him as their family patron, began to call themselves "sons of Ra" in official titularies and constructed sun-temples and pyramids (a special symbol of Ra via their connection to the Ben-ben, a pyramidal-shaped stone from which Ra as a Bennu (a white heron, called "Phoenix" by the Greeks) rose from Nun and sang the song of creation) in His honor. Ra's popularity, as immanent as sunlight itself, continued throughout Kemetic history; even great Names as Amen and Ptah had to "share the spotlight" with Ra, and in Amen's case, a composite Name, Amen-Ra, King of Netjeru, was created to avoid slighting either cult, which by New Kingdom times had power and wealth to rival even the royal house. Ra "lives" within the actual physical disk of sun, mythologically described as the "Boat of Millions of Years" which rises and sets each day, riding from horizon to horizon on the back (or belly) of Nut, and traversing during the hours of darkness the netherworlds where the enemies of Ma'at reside. Even in modern Egypt, the sun is often referred to as Ra, especially on bright summer days.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> "Sun" Embodied in the golden sun which is His Symbol, Ra is Netjer of light, life, and heat, and the power inherent in the sun which warms our planet. In several forms, Ra has been venerated as the central Name of Netjer of the Kemetic faith through its entire history, considered both Father and the King of All Netjeru, the Great One Who both creates and destroys. Ra rose to prominence as the early dynasties of the Old Kingdom, who venerated Him as their family patron, began to call themselves "sons of Ra" in official titularies and constructed sun-temples and pyramids (a special symbol of Ra via their connection to the Ben-ben, a pyramidal-shaped stone from which Ra as a Bennu (a white heron, called "Phoenix" by the Greeks) rose from Nun and sang the song of creation) in His honor. Ra's popularity, as immanent as sunlight itself, continued throughout Kemetic history; even great Names as Amen and Ptah had to "share the spotlight" with Ra, and in Amen's case, a composite Name, Amen-Ra, King of Netjeru, was created to avoid slighting either cult, which by New Kingdom times had power and wealth to rival even the royal house. Ra "lives" within the actual physical disk of sun, mythologically described as the "Boat of Millions of Years" which rises and sets each day, riding from horizon to horizon on the back (or belly) of Nut, and traversing during the hours of darkness the netherworlds where the enemies of Ma'at reside. Even in modern Egypt, the sun is often referred to as Ra, especially on bright summer days.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 7148514 yes yes Sun, 16 Oct 2022 13:47:27 +0200 2022-10-16T13:47:27+02:00 59:19 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-67-091022-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ Other Names:
Ausar, Osiris
(Ausar; G/R Osiris) - (unclear; possibly "He Sees the Throne") A Name of obscure origin Who, like Aset, rose to prominence over antiquity to become one of the most lasting Names of all time, Wesir is first noted in the Pyramid Texts as a shadowy figure to which the deceased ruler is promised not to be abandoned (a rather undesired state is given to "Wesir and His spirits" in a dark and airless underworld). In later times, Wesir absorbed the forms and functions of nearly all other Names associated with death and the afterlife including Wepwawet, Yinepu, Sokar and Sebek to become Foremost of Westerners, Judge of the Dead and overseer of the blessed spirits (those who had died and been judged favorably in the Hall of Double Truth). Eventually Wesir would embody the "popular religion" of the people as final arbiter of destiny after death; the story of Wesir's death, from which life came nonetheless (note that it was not his OWN life or resurrection, as Wesir is the Lord of the Dead - he is NOT the lord of resurrection, a "green man" or a "Christ" figure in this sense) was borrowed and retold in both the Greek mysteries and other mystery cults abroad in the ancient world. In addition to His associations with death and afterlife, Wesir is the firstborn son of Geb and Nut (alternately Ra and Nut) and embodies the Black Land of the Two Lands itself, the fertile soil which yearly is "murdered" by the encroachment of the Red Land (Set's desert), yet returns to growth at the rising of the Sopdet-star attributed to Aset, Wesir's sister-wife. "Corn mummies" of seeded dirt formed in the shape of Wesir were placed in tombs to germinate in the darkness, demonstrating Wesir's power; such a corn-mummy in Tutankhamen's tomb was carried into the light by Carter and Carnarvon's team to reveal sprouts of barley and emmer, frozen forever in time.

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]]> Other Names:
Ausar, Osiris
(Ausar; G/R Osiris) - (unclear; possibly "He Sees the Throne") A Name of obscure origin Who, like Aset, rose to prominence over antiquity to become one of the most lasting Names of all time, Wesir is first noted in the Pyramid Texts as a shadowy figure to which the deceased ruler is promised not to be abandoned (a rather undesired state is given to "Wesir and His spirits" in a dark and airless underworld). In later times, Wesir absorbed the forms and functions of nearly all other Names associated with death and the afterlife including Wepwawet, Yinepu, Sokar and Sebek to become Foremost of Westerners, Judge of the Dead and overseer of the blessed spirits (those who had died and been judged favorably in the Hall of Double Truth). Eventually Wesir would embody the "popular religion" of the people as final arbiter of destiny after death; the story of Wesir's death, from which life came nonetheless (note that it was not his OWN life or resurrection, as Wesir is the Lord of the Dead - he is NOT the lord of resurrection, a "green man" or a "Christ" figure in this sense) was borrowed and retold in both the Greek mysteries and other mystery cults abroad in the ancient world. In addition to His associations with death and afterlife, Wesir is the firstborn son of Geb and Nut (alternately Ra and Nut) and embodies the Black Land of the Two Lands itself, the fertile soil which yearly is "murdered" by the encroachment of the Red Land (Set's desert), yet returns to growth at the rising of the Sopdet-star attributed to Aset, Wesir's sister-wife. "Corn mummies" of seeded dirt formed in the shape of Wesir were placed in tombs to germinate in the darkness, demonstrating Wesir's power; such a corn-mummy in Tutankhamen's tomb was carried into the light by Carter and Carnarvon's team to reveal sprouts of barley and emmer, frozen forever in time.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda

]]> 7128202 yes yes Sun, 09 Oct 2022 20:15:09 +0200 2022-10-09T20:15:09+02:00 1:01:03 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-66-021022-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ Other Names:
Tau-Urt, Thoueris
(Tau-Urt; G/R Thoueris) - "Great Female of the Land" Thousands of smiling statues of hippopotami with pendulous breasts, long pleated hair and Hethert's horns-and-crescent headdress have been found as testament to the popularity of Taweret in ancient times as the protectress of childbearing women. She was also considered the main protectress of infants and children, along with Bes. The hippopotamus which is Her theophany was probably not venerated particularly for its mothering skills, but for brute strength and staying power - and its ability to scare just about anything that shouldn't be there away. In some texts, Taweret is also called "Opet," which is also the name given to the first festival of the Kemetic year held in honor of Amen and Mut at Karnak.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> Other Names:
Tau-Urt, Thoueris
(Tau-Urt; G/R Thoueris) - "Great Female of the Land" Thousands of smiling statues of hippopotami with pendulous breasts, long pleated hair and Hethert's horns-and-crescent headdress have been found as testament to the popularity of Taweret in ancient times as the protectress of childbearing women. She was also considered the main protectress of infants and children, along with Bes. The hippopotamus which is Her theophany was probably not venerated particularly for its mothering skills, but for brute strength and staying power - and its ability to scare just about anything that shouldn't be there away. In some texts, Taweret is also called "Opet," which is also the name given to the first festival of the Kemetic year held in honor of Amen and Mut at Karnak.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 7109370 yes yes Sun, 02 Oct 2022 15:39:52 +0200 2022-10-02T15:39:52+02:00 1:05:01 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-65-250922-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ "She Who Loves Silence" - the Name of Netjer said to inhabit the peak of the highest mountain behind the Great Place at Uaset, (today known as Biban el-Muluk, or the Valley of the Kings, at Luxor). The peak itself is strikingly pyramid-shaped, and perhaps reminded the New Kingdom rulers of the great monuments Old Kingdom rulers had erected north at Giza and other locations. Mertseger was considered either to be a full lioness or a lion-headed woman (like Sekhmet and forms of Mut and Het-hert). Hymns honoring the "lion of the Peak," warning men to "Beware the Peak of the West!", along with prayers and appeals for Mertseger's mercy, have been found in the workmen's village at Deir-el-Medina, in the shadow of the Peak.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> "She Who Loves Silence" - the Name of Netjer said to inhabit the peak of the highest mountain behind the Great Place at Uaset, (today known as Biban el-Muluk, or the Valley of the Kings, at Luxor). The peak itself is strikingly pyramid-shaped, and perhaps reminded the New Kingdom rulers of the great monuments Old Kingdom rulers had erected north at Giza and other locations. Mertseger was considered either to be a full lioness or a lion-headed woman (like Sekhmet and forms of Mut and Het-hert). Hymns honoring the "lion of the Peak," warning men to "Beware the Peak of the West!", along with prayers and appeals for Mertseger's mercy, have been found in the workmen's village at Deir-el-Medina, in the shadow of the Peak.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 7092596 yes yes Sun, 25 Sep 2022 19:05:43 +0200 2022-09-25T19:05:43+02:00 1:03:54 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-64-180922-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ Other Names:
Atum, Temu
(Atum, Temu) - "The Complete" The most abstract Name of Netjer; and indeed, in the myth cycle of An (GR Heliopolis), the Netjer from Whom all Names emanate; a very similar concept in another African religion would be Olodumare of Ifa (Yoruba/Nigeria). Like the Biblical God, Tem begins creation alone in the Nun, the deep void, or waters of potentiality. By one of two methods Tem is said to have created both all the other Names of Netjer and all creation; either through masturbation and self-impregnation, as "that Great He-She"; or through tears, mucus or other bodily fluids. Tem's first creations, Shu and Tefnut (sometimes seen as air and water), in turn create Geb (earth), Nut (sky), and sometimes Ra (sun). Geb and Nut then have five children Who are the five final Names of the Heliopolitan Ennead (see Pesedjet): Wesir, Her-wer, Set, Aset and Nebt-het. In later times, Tem assumes the symbolism of the setting sun, receiving the Boat of Ra as it descends to the western horizon.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> Other Names:
Atum, Temu
(Atum, Temu) - "The Complete" The most abstract Name of Netjer; and indeed, in the myth cycle of An (GR Heliopolis), the Netjer from Whom all Names emanate; a very similar concept in another African religion would be Olodumare of Ifa (Yoruba/Nigeria). Like the Biblical God, Tem begins creation alone in the Nun, the deep void, or waters of potentiality. By one of two methods Tem is said to have created both all the other Names of Netjer and all creation; either through masturbation and self-impregnation, as "that Great He-She"; or through tears, mucus or other bodily fluids. Tem's first creations, Shu and Tefnut (sometimes seen as air and water), in turn create Geb (earth), Nut (sky), and sometimes Ra (sun). Geb and Nut then have five children Who are the five final Names of the Heliopolitan Ennead (see Pesedjet): Wesir, Her-wer, Set, Aset and Nebt-het. In later times, Tem assumes the symbolism of the setting sun, receiving the Boat of Ra as it descends to the western horizon.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 7081127 yes yes Sun, 18 Sep 2022 16:41:29 +0200 2022-09-18T16:41:29+02:00 44:58 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-63-110922-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ Other Names:
Hekat
(Hekat) - (meaning unknown; perhaps derived from the words for "ruler" and "sceptre" given Her purview over royal and divine births) Depicted as a woman with the head of a frog (viewed by the Kemetic people to be a particularly fertile animal), Heqet is the midwife of Netjer, presiding over all births and particularly those of royal parentage, as witnessed in paintings in tombs and temples. In the company of Aset, Meshkhenet and Khnum, Heqet was attributed with the deliverance of the three initial kings of Dynasty V in a folktale (preserved in Papyrus Westcar) which comes down to us by the popular name of "Khufu and the Magicians." As midwife, Heqet is sometimes paired with Khnum, who creates the form of the infant and its ka upon His potter's wheel. Heqet is also sometimes considered the wife of Her-wer, and at least in the Old Kingdom, Her priestesses served as trained midwives.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> Other Names:
Hekat
(Hekat) - (meaning unknown; perhaps derived from the words for "ruler" and "sceptre" given Her purview over royal and divine births) Depicted as a woman with the head of a frog (viewed by the Kemetic people to be a particularly fertile animal), Heqet is the midwife of Netjer, presiding over all births and particularly those of royal parentage, as witnessed in paintings in tombs and temples. In the company of Aset, Meshkhenet and Khnum, Heqet was attributed with the deliverance of the three initial kings of Dynasty V in a folktale (preserved in Papyrus Westcar) which comes down to us by the popular name of "Khufu and the Magicians." As midwife, Heqet is sometimes paired with Khnum, who creates the form of the infant and its ka upon His potter's wheel. Heqet is also sometimes considered the wife of Her-wer, and at least in the Old Kingdom, Her priestesses served as trained midwives.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 7068636 yes yes Sun, 11 Sep 2022 13:52:14 +0200 2022-09-11T13:52:14+02:00 51:02 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-62-040922-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ Other Names:
Seb, Keb, Qeb
(WB Seb, Keb, Qeb) - "Earth (also "goose")" Geb is the "Father Earth" (unlike many ancient religions which understood the physical planet Earth as feminine) of the Kemetics; mountains are said to be His bones, and He lies forever inert below his sister-wife, Nut, the starry vault of the sky. Geb and Nut's five children would make up the personalized part of the Pesedjet (Great Nine Names) of the city of An (Heliopolis): Wesir, Her-wer, Set, Aset and Nebt-het. As the father of Wesir, Geb is often invoked as the "first ruler" of Kemet and some ancient king-lists actually list Him and His immediate descendants (Wesir and Heru-sa-Aset) as if they had ruled as physical kings. Geb's theophany is the goose (whose name in Kemetic is also "Geb"), which according to one mythological cycle was the form the Creator took on the day of creation (the "First Time"), cackling His delight into existence in the myriad creatures who walk upon Geb's body.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> Other Names:
Seb, Keb, Qeb
(WB Seb, Keb, Qeb) - "Earth (also "goose")" Geb is the "Father Earth" (unlike many ancient religions which understood the physical planet Earth as feminine) of the Kemetics; mountains are said to be His bones, and He lies forever inert below his sister-wife, Nut, the starry vault of the sky. Geb and Nut's five children would make up the personalized part of the Pesedjet (Great Nine Names) of the city of An (Heliopolis): Wesir, Her-wer, Set, Aset and Nebt-het. As the father of Wesir, Geb is often invoked as the "first ruler" of Kemet and some ancient king-lists actually list Him and His immediate descendants (Wesir and Heru-sa-Aset) as if they had ruled as physical kings. Geb's theophany is the goose (whose name in Kemetic is also "Geb"), which according to one mythological cycle was the form the Creator took on the day of creation (the "First Time"), cackling His delight into existence in the myriad creatures who walk upon Geb's body.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 7052260 yes yes Sun, 04 Sep 2022 20:37:23 +0200 2022-09-04T20:37:23+02:00 52:12 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-61-270822-mixed-by-lebsesv/
Other Names:
Mayet
(G/R Mayet) - "Truth" Both the concept and the Name of Netjer associated with truth, justice, order, and "that which is right." Kemetic society hinged completely upon the furtherance of Ma'at, Who was considered to be the first emanation of Tem/Ra, and depicted as a woman with wings or alternately a woman with Her symbol, a single white ostrich feather, bound to Her head. Ma'at in antiquity was patroness of judges, magistrates and all court officials; the phrase "priest of Ma'at" in inscriptions can be understood as a euphemism for "judge." Ma'at's feather symbol is weighed against the heart of the deceased in the Hall of Judgment after death, a place which is also known as the Hall of Ma'ati, or Double Truth ("double" in Kemetic implying something more serious or intense than a "single" something, much as we use the terms "extra" or "advanced" or in the English language).

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]>
Other Names:
Mayet
(G/R Mayet) - "Truth" Both the concept and the Name of Netjer associated with truth, justice, order, and "that which is right." Kemetic society hinged completely upon the furtherance of Ma'at, Who was considered to be the first emanation of Tem/Ra, and depicted as a woman with wings or alternately a woman with Her symbol, a single white ostrich feather, bound to Her head. Ma'at in antiquity was patroness of judges, magistrates and all court officials; the phrase "priest of Ma'at" in inscriptions can be understood as a euphemism for "judge." Ma'at's feather symbol is weighed against the heart of the deceased in the Hall of Judgment after death, a place which is also known as the Hall of Ma'ati, or Double Truth ("double" in Kemetic implying something more serious or intense than a "single" something, much as we use the terms "extra" or "advanced" or in the English language).

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 7031119 yes yes Sat, 27 Aug 2022 21:00:54 +0200 2022-08-27T21:00:54+02:00 58:02 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-60-210822-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ "Bender" A predynastic earth-Netjer symbolized in the two horizons of setting and rising sun; sometimes called "Yesterday and Today" as His symbol is a two-headed lion (two heads at either end of one body). Aker is the protector of Ra in His overnight travels, and represents the edges of reality and the separation between the reckoning of past and future.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> "Bender" A predynastic earth-Netjer symbolized in the two horizons of setting and rising sun; sometimes called "Yesterday and Today" as His symbol is a two-headed lion (two heads at either end of one body). Aker is the protector of Ra in His overnight travels, and represents the edges of reality and the separation between the reckoning of past and future.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 7013601 yes yes Sun, 21 Aug 2022 13:19:06 +0200 2022-08-21T13:19:06+02:00 59:32 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-59-140822-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ "Birthing-Place" A Name of Netjer associated, along with Heqet, with the midwifery and birth process, Meshkhenet's face was inscribed on the bricks or stools pregnant Kemetic women squatted upon while giving birth. In antiquity, Meshkhenet was considered to be something like the "fairy godmother" of European traditions, declaring the destiny of a child upon its birth and assisting in the blessing processes required to ensure the child would grow to be a healthy adult. Infant mortality in Kemet, as in many societies at the time, was a grave concern and so Meshkhenet's role at the birthing was considered crucial to the furtherance of Ma'at and life. Meshkhenet's role is sometimes equated or intertwined with that of both Heqet (the Midwife of Netjer) and Renenet (the Lady of the Year).

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> "Birthing-Place" A Name of Netjer associated, along with Heqet, with the midwifery and birth process, Meshkhenet's face was inscribed on the bricks or stools pregnant Kemetic women squatted upon while giving birth. In antiquity, Meshkhenet was considered to be something like the "fairy godmother" of European traditions, declaring the destiny of a child upon its birth and assisting in the blessing processes required to ensure the child would grow to be a healthy adult. Infant mortality in Kemet, as in many societies at the time, was a grave concern and so Meshkhenet's role at the birthing was considered crucial to the furtherance of Ma'at and life. Meshkhenet's role is sometimes equated or intertwined with that of both Heqet (the Midwife of Netjer) and Renenet (the Lady of the Year).

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 6984978 yes yes Sun, 14 Aug 2022 15:04:27 +0200 2022-08-14T15:04:27+02:00 1:06:11 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-58-070822-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ Other Names:
Apuat
(Apuat) - "The Messenger of the Road; The Opener of the Ways" Originally a Name of its own provenance, Wepwawet was depicted even from predynastic times as a jackal-headed Netjer associated with "opening the ways," and Wepwawet's standard-bearers led processions for both religious and martial purposes (an example can be found on the Narmer Palette). Over time, Wepwawet's form and functions were absorbed by another jackal-Netjer, Yinepu, who became "Opener of the Ways" when His own titles including Khenty-amentiu ("Foremost of the Westerners") passed to Wesir as premier patron of the deceased. Other than their different names, Wepwawet can sometimes be distinguished from Yinepu by coloring; Yinepu's jackal-head is always black, whereas Wepwawet can appear as gray or brown. A Greek source states that Wepwawet was associated with the wolf, as opposed to the jackal; no definitive answer is found in Kemetic sources.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> Other Names:
Apuat
(Apuat) - "The Messenger of the Road; The Opener of the Ways" Originally a Name of its own provenance, Wepwawet was depicted even from predynastic times as a jackal-headed Netjer associated with "opening the ways," and Wepwawet's standard-bearers led processions for both religious and martial purposes (an example can be found on the Narmer Palette). Over time, Wepwawet's form and functions were absorbed by another jackal-Netjer, Yinepu, who became "Opener of the Ways" when His own titles including Khenty-amentiu ("Foremost of the Westerners") passed to Wesir as premier patron of the deceased. Other than their different names, Wepwawet can sometimes be distinguished from Yinepu by coloring; Yinepu's jackal-head is always black, whereas Wepwawet can appear as gray or brown. A Greek source states that Wepwawet was associated with the wolf, as opposed to the jackal; no definitive answer is found in Kemetic sources.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 6971028 yes yes Sun, 07 Aug 2022 16:58:15 +0200 2022-08-07T16:58:15+02:00 46:35 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-57-310722-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ Other Names:
Renenet
(Renenet) - "Nurse" Patron Name of the New Year which brought the Inundation to Kemet and marked the return to the season of fertility after the long Shomu season of dryness and famine, Renenet is depicted as a cobra or, more unusually, as a woman with a cobra's head, as is Wadjet, protectress of Lower Kemet. Renenet was invoked as a form of "fate" upon a newborn, who was said to "have Renenet upon his shoulder from his first day." She represents the cyclical nature of time and that which is foreordained, as a form of destiny or fate in accordance with Ma'at. In some myths, Renenet is attributed as the Name who gives the ren, or soul name (a pun on Renenet's own name makes it "She Who is in the Name") to the newborn child, the name which defines his or her life purpose.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> Other Names:
Renenet
(Renenet) - "Nurse" Patron Name of the New Year which brought the Inundation to Kemet and marked the return to the season of fertility after the long Shomu season of dryness and famine, Renenet is depicted as a cobra or, more unusually, as a woman with a cobra's head, as is Wadjet, protectress of Lower Kemet. Renenet was invoked as a form of "fate" upon a newborn, who was said to "have Renenet upon his shoulder from his first day." She represents the cyclical nature of time and that which is foreordained, as a form of destiny or fate in accordance with Ma'at. In some myths, Renenet is attributed as the Name who gives the ren, or soul name (a pun on Renenet's own name makes it "She Who is in the Name") to the newborn child, the name which defines his or her life purpose.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 6953860 yes yes Sun, 31 Jul 2022 14:14:37 +0200 2022-07-31T14:14:37+02:00 49:29 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/01-on-the-mix-volume-56-0722-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ Other Names:
Month, Mentu, Monthis
(Month, Mentu; G/R Monthis) - "Nomad" Montu, like Min, is another early Name which was assimilated into the cult of Amen at Uaset. Montu is originally depicted as either a bull, a hawk, or a hawk-headed man and is patron of all manner of martial arts and warfare, strength and masculine virility. The Greeks considered Montu a form of Ares, their war-god. Montu's prowess at leading armies and war parties caused his invocation before battles, and Kemet's greatest general-kings would call themselves "mighty bulls," the sons of Montu. Montu eventually would become nearly enfolded within the syncretic concept of Amen-Ra and that composite figure would absorb most of Montu's fighting nature, becoming the patron Netjer of the warrior-Pharaohs of the New Kingdom Empire.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> Other Names:
Month, Mentu, Monthis
(Month, Mentu; G/R Monthis) - "Nomad" Montu, like Min, is another early Name which was assimilated into the cult of Amen at Uaset. Montu is originally depicted as either a bull, a hawk, or a hawk-headed man and is patron of all manner of martial arts and warfare, strength and masculine virility. The Greeks considered Montu a form of Ares, their war-god. Montu's prowess at leading armies and war parties caused his invocation before battles, and Kemet's greatest general-kings would call themselves "mighty bulls," the sons of Montu. Montu eventually would become nearly enfolded within the syncretic concept of Amen-Ra and that composite figure would absorb most of Montu's fighting nature, becoming the patron Netjer of the warrior-Pharaohs of the New Kingdom Empire.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 6931676 yes yes Sun, 24 Jul 2022 14:26:45 +0200 2022-07-24T14:26:45+02:00 1:18:31 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-55-170722-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ "Sky" Both the concept and Netjer of the starry heavens, Nut is personified sky and especially the starry sky of nighttime which all people can look up into and see eternity. Nut is often depicted as a tall or long woman bending over the body of Her consort/husband/brother Geb, colored dark blue and spangled with five-pointed golden stars. Daily the sun is said to be born of Nut's womb and return to Her body via Her mouth at evening. Metaphorically, the earliest forms of funerary literature speak of the deceased rising to become one with Nut in the heavens, to be "an immortal star in Her bosom," and Nut's star-studded body is often painted on the inside of coffins and sarcophagi with outstretched arms, so that she may "embrace the deceased." As Hethert is usually the Netjer of the daytime sky, Nut is Netjer of the nighttime sky and the two share many symbols and titles.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> "Sky" Both the concept and Netjer of the starry heavens, Nut is personified sky and especially the starry sky of nighttime which all people can look up into and see eternity. Nut is often depicted as a tall or long woman bending over the body of Her consort/husband/brother Geb, colored dark blue and spangled with five-pointed golden stars. Daily the sun is said to be born of Nut's womb and return to Her body via Her mouth at evening. Metaphorically, the earliest forms of funerary literature speak of the deceased rising to become one with Nut in the heavens, to be "an immortal star in Her bosom," and Nut's star-studded body is often painted on the inside of coffins and sarcophagi with outstretched arms, so that she may "embrace the deceased." As Hethert is usually the Netjer of the daytime sky, Nut is Netjer of the nighttime sky and the two share many symbols and titles.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 6912382 yes yes Sat, 16 Jul 2022 21:54:51 +0200 2022-07-16T21:54:51+02:00 1:05:56 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-54-100722-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ "Dry" One of the two first creations of the Self-Created One, Tem, Shu is twin to Tefnut and embodies the concept of air, wind or atmosphere (Tefnut embodies the concept of airborne moisture, clouds, dew, or rain). Shu was invoked in antiquity to give a good wind to boats and metaphorically to "lift up" the spirits of the deceased in order that they might rise to the afterlife, depicted in the Pyramid Texts of the Old Kingdom as "lightland" existing above a "ladder" which Shu (or alternately, Heru and Set or Wesir and Set) held up. Shu is generally shown as a man with a single ostrich feather (the hieroglyph of His name, "shu") on His head; He is sometimes shown as a lion along with His sister/twin Tefnut. Shu's action to divide Geb and Nut allowed the creation of earthly life to occur. And so, symbolically, the ancient myths explain why there is wind/atmosphere (Shu) between the earth (Geb) and sky (Nut).

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> "Dry" One of the two first creations of the Self-Created One, Tem, Shu is twin to Tefnut and embodies the concept of air, wind or atmosphere (Tefnut embodies the concept of airborne moisture, clouds, dew, or rain). Shu was invoked in antiquity to give a good wind to boats and metaphorically to "lift up" the spirits of the deceased in order that they might rise to the afterlife, depicted in the Pyramid Texts of the Old Kingdom as "lightland" existing above a "ladder" which Shu (or alternately, Heru and Set or Wesir and Set) held up. Shu is generally shown as a man with a single ostrich feather (the hieroglyph of His name, "shu") on His head; He is sometimes shown as a lion along with His sister/twin Tefnut. Shu's action to divide Geb and Nut allowed the creation of earthly life to occur. And so, symbolically, the ancient myths explain why there is wind/atmosphere (Shu) between the earth (Geb) and sky (Nut).

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 6891237 yes yes Sun, 10 Jul 2022 14:48:53 +0200 2022-07-10T14:48:53+02:00 51:06 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-53-030722-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ "Sky-spittle (i.e., rain)" One of the two first creations of the Self-Created One, Tem, Tefnut is twin to Shu and embodies the concept of airborne moisture, clouds, dew, or rain (Shu embodies the concept of air, wind or atmosphere). Tefnut is sometimes equated with Nit and Nut, and is depicted in New Kingdom jewelry and art as a female sphinx trampling the enemies of the Two Lands, equated with the Great Royal Wife of the king. Tefnut is generally depicted as a woman with a lion's head, surmounted by the sun-disk (resembling Sekhmet; however, Tefnut's ears are routinely pointed, whereas Sekhmet's are rounded), seated on a throne. She is sometimes shown as a full lion along with Her brother/twin Shu.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> "Sky-spittle (i.e., rain)" One of the two first creations of the Self-Created One, Tem, Tefnut is twin to Shu and embodies the concept of airborne moisture, clouds, dew, or rain (Shu embodies the concept of air, wind or atmosphere). Tefnut is sometimes equated with Nit and Nut, and is depicted in New Kingdom jewelry and art as a female sphinx trampling the enemies of the Two Lands, equated with the Great Royal Wife of the king. Tefnut is generally depicted as a woman with a lion's head, surmounted by the sun-disk (resembling Sekhmet; however, Tefnut's ears are routinely pointed, whereas Sekhmet's are rounded), seated on a throne. She is sometimes shown as a full lion along with Her brother/twin Shu.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 6871360 yes yes Sun, 03 Jul 2022 14:51:12 +0200 2022-07-03T14:51:12+02:00 1:02:04 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-52-260622-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ Anuket was usually depicted as a woman with a headdress of either reed or ostrich feathers She was usually depicted as holding a sceptre topped with an ankh, and her sacred animal was the gazelle. She was also shown suckling the pharaoh through the New Kingdom and became a goddess of lust in later years.]]> Anuket was usually depicted as a woman with a headdress of either reed or ostrich feathers She was usually depicted as holding a sceptre topped with an ankh, and her sacred animal was the gazelle. She was also shown suckling the pharaoh through the New Kingdom and became a goddess of lust in later years.]]> 6854286 yes yes Sun, 26 Jun 2022 19:04:28 +0200 2022-06-26T19:04:28+02:00 49:30 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-black-labone-live-mix/ 6848111 yes yes Thu, 23 Jun 2022 22:59:42 +0200 2022-06-23T22:59:42+02:00 51:26 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-51-190622-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ Other Names:
Menu, Amsu
(Menu, Amsu) - "The Firm One" Originally probably a fertility-Name worshipped at Qubt (GR Coptos), even in Predynastic times, Min became associated with nearby Amen of Uaset and eventually an alternate depiction of the King of the Netjeru in all manner of temples and monuments. Min's image caused consternation both among the early Coptic Christians (who routinely defaced His monuments in temples they co-opted) and Victorian Egyptologists, who would take waist-up photographs of Min, or otherwise find ways to cover His protruding manhood (Min is always depicted ithyphallic, or with erect and uncovered phallus). Min's cult celebrated the fertility of the land with special festivals. The long-leaf lettuce which was Min's favorite food was also (probably not coincidentally) considered a powerful aphrodisiac. As this same lettuce is in later mythological cycles said to be the favorite food of Set, there may be a connection between the two Names as yet undiscovered.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> Other Names:
Menu, Amsu
(Menu, Amsu) - "The Firm One" Originally probably a fertility-Name worshipped at Qubt (GR Coptos), even in Predynastic times, Min became associated with nearby Amen of Uaset and eventually an alternate depiction of the King of the Netjeru in all manner of temples and monuments. Min's image caused consternation both among the early Coptic Christians (who routinely defaced His monuments in temples they co-opted) and Victorian Egyptologists, who would take waist-up photographs of Min, or otherwise find ways to cover His protruding manhood (Min is always depicted ithyphallic, or with erect and uncovered phallus). Min's cult celebrated the fertility of the land with special festivals. The long-leaf lettuce which was Min's favorite food was also (probably not coincidentally) considered a powerful aphrodisiac. As this same lettuce is in later mythological cycles said to be the favorite food of Set, there may be a connection between the two Names as yet undiscovered.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 6837786 yes yes Sun, 19 Jun 2022 14:33:04 +0200 2022-06-19T14:33:04+02:00 59:17 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-50-120622-mixed-by-lebsesv8/
Other Names:
Anubis, Anpu
(Anpu; G/R Anubis) "The Royal Child" A Name of predynastic origins, depicted either as a full jackal or as a jackal-headed man, Yinepu originally, as Khenty-amenti or "Foremost of Westerners," was both embalmer and caretaker of the deceased, and the guardian of tomb and necropolis.

Over time Wesir's popularity would absorb much of Yinepu's nature, causing Him to be written into the myths as Wesir's son by Nebt-het (alternately Set's son or Aset's son) and relegating Him to the role merely of embalmer and overseer of the funerary processes. Masks of Yinepu were routinely worn by the Sem-priest officiating at the funeral and the 70-day mummification process; images of Yinepu wrapping bandages, pouring oils or embracing the coffin are generally not actually images of the Netjer Himself, but of His servants doing His work.

In later times Yinepu would be syncretised with Greek Hermes and seen as a "psychopompos"or messenger/guide of the deceased soul; in Kemetic iconography, Yinepu can be seen leading the deceased person into the Hall of Double Truth, where He then weighs the deceased's heart against the feather of Ma'at.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]>
Other Names:
Anubis, Anpu
(Anpu; G/R Anubis) "The Royal Child" A Name of predynastic origins, depicted either as a full jackal or as a jackal-headed man, Yinepu originally, as Khenty-amenti or "Foremost of Westerners," was both embalmer and caretaker of the deceased, and the guardian of tomb and necropolis.

Over time Wesir's popularity would absorb much of Yinepu's nature, causing Him to be written into the myths as Wesir's son by Nebt-het (alternately Set's son or Aset's son) and relegating Him to the role merely of embalmer and overseer of the funerary processes. Masks of Yinepu were routinely worn by the Sem-priest officiating at the funeral and the 70-day mummification process; images of Yinepu wrapping bandages, pouring oils or embracing the coffin are generally not actually images of the Netjer Himself, but of His servants doing His work.

In later times Yinepu would be syncretised with Greek Hermes and seen as a "psychopompos"or messenger/guide of the deceased soul; in Kemetic iconography, Yinepu can be seen leading the deceased person into the Hall of Double Truth, where He then weighs the deceased's heart against the feather of Ma'at.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 6819936 yes yes Sun, 12 Jun 2022 13:12:59 +0200 2022-06-12T13:12:59+02:00 46:45 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-49-050622-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ "She of Nekheb" Vulture-Netjer associated with both the land of Upper Kemet itself and its protection, and the protection and symbolism of the White Crown (Hedjet), Nekhbet is often depicted as a full vulture, flying over the head of the ruler bearing the feather of Ma'at and a shen, the circular symbol for eternity, grasped in Her claws. On depictions of the Udjat, She is often accompanied by Wadjet, the cobra-Netjer of the North, and symbolizes one half of the Two Lands which make up Kemet politically. Her head was mounted on the nemes-headdress of rulers alongside Wadjet's uraeus or cobra-head (witness the beautiful vulture on the forehead of King Tutankhamen's funerary mask), and a vulture-headdress was worn by the chief queen/consort from the New Kingdom forward, identifying her both with Nekhbet and with Mut of Uaset.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> "She of Nekheb" Vulture-Netjer associated with both the land of Upper Kemet itself and its protection, and the protection and symbolism of the White Crown (Hedjet), Nekhbet is often depicted as a full vulture, flying over the head of the ruler bearing the feather of Ma'at and a shen, the circular symbol for eternity, grasped in Her claws. On depictions of the Udjat, She is often accompanied by Wadjet, the cobra-Netjer of the North, and symbolizes one half of the Two Lands which make up Kemet politically. Her head was mounted on the nemes-headdress of rulers alongside Wadjet's uraeus or cobra-head (witness the beautiful vulture on the forehead of King Tutankhamen's funerary mask), and a vulture-headdress was worn by the chief queen/consort from the New Kingdom forward, identifying her both with Nekhbet and with Mut of Uaset.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 6801048 yes yes Sun, 05 Jun 2022 19:37:27 +0200 2022-06-05T19:37:27+02:00 58:13 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-48-290522-mixed-by-lebsesv8/
Other Names:
Tehuti, Thoth
(Tehuti; G/R Thoth) - "Leader (derivative form)" Ibis-headed Lord of Time, Writing and Wisdom, Djehuty is said to have invented the hieroglyphic script and negotiated five extra days from the moon in order to perfect the 365-day year. As a result of these mythological connections, Djehuty is the patron of writers, teachers, accountants and all persons involved in the dissemination of knowledge, writing and/or calculation. His consorts are alternately Ma'at, Netjeret of Truth and Order; or Seshat, patroness of recordkeeping, libraries and the foundation of buildings.

Djehuty is the nominal head of the Ogdoad (group of eight Names of Netjer) honored at the city of Khemenu (Hermopolis of the Greeks), overseeing four pairs of natural syzygies: Eternity (Heh/Hehet), Darkness (Kek/Keket), Water/Potentiality (Nun/Nunet) and Wind/Hiddenness (Amen/Amenet). Along with the ibis, Djehuty is associated with baboons of the genus Cynocephalis, which the ancients observed raising their hands and "singing" to the rising sun; He stands at the side of the scales in the Hall of Two Truths to record the verdict which Yinepu delivers after weighing the deceased's heart against the feather of Ma'at.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]>
Other Names:
Tehuti, Thoth
(Tehuti; G/R Thoth) - "Leader (derivative form)" Ibis-headed Lord of Time, Writing and Wisdom, Djehuty is said to have invented the hieroglyphic script and negotiated five extra days from the moon in order to perfect the 365-day year. As a result of these mythological connections, Djehuty is the patron of writers, teachers, accountants and all persons involved in the dissemination of knowledge, writing and/or calculation. His consorts are alternately Ma'at, Netjeret of Truth and Order; or Seshat, patroness of recordkeeping, libraries and the foundation of buildings.

Djehuty is the nominal head of the Ogdoad (group of eight Names of Netjer) honored at the city of Khemenu (Hermopolis of the Greeks), overseeing four pairs of natural syzygies: Eternity (Heh/Hehet), Darkness (Kek/Keket), Water/Potentiality (Nun/Nunet) and Wind/Hiddenness (Amen/Amenet). Along with the ibis, Djehuty is associated with baboons of the genus Cynocephalis, which the ancients observed raising their hands and "singing" to the rising sun; He stands at the side of the scales in the Hall of Two Truths to record the verdict which Yinepu delivers after weighing the deceased's heart against the feather of Ma'at.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 6787582 yes yes Sun, 29 May 2022 11:38:49 +0200 2022-05-29T11:38:49+02:00 1:11:36 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-47-220522-mixed-by-lebsesv8/
(Meaning unknown, but may be derivative from the same root as the Netjer-name of Bast) A Name of Netjer with unknown but probably Sub-Saharan origin, Bes is unusually depicted as a man of dwarf stature, facing forward (as opposed to the nearly universal canonical profile), wearing the mask and tail of a lion and carrying a large knife. Bes is the Name associated most strongly with protection of the household and specifically its children and pregnant women; he was also seen (possibly also explaining his depiction as a Pygmy-like being, as Pygmies were known to serve a court-jester function in the Old Kingdom) as the patron of laughter, dancing, happiness and fertility. Bes's masked face with lolling tongue can be seen on amulets and pieces of furniture throughout Kemetic history as well as funerary stelae of the Late Period.

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(Meaning unknown, but may be derivative from the same root as the Netjer-name of Bast) A Name of Netjer with unknown but probably Sub-Saharan origin, Bes is unusually depicted as a man of dwarf stature, facing forward (as opposed to the nearly universal canonical profile), wearing the mask and tail of a lion and carrying a large knife. Bes is the Name associated most strongly with protection of the household and specifically its children and pregnant women; he was also seen (possibly also explaining his depiction as a Pygmy-like being, as Pygmies were known to serve a court-jester function in the Old Kingdom) as the patron of laughter, dancing, happiness and fertility. Bes's masked face with lolling tongue can be seen on amulets and pieces of furniture throughout Kemetic history as well as funerary stelae of the Late Period.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 6771122 yes yes Sun, 22 May 2022 11:37:36 +0200 2022-05-22T11:37:36+02:00 1:15:53 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-45-150522-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ "Mother" Wife of Amen of Uaset, Mut is depicted as a woman wearing the Double-Crown of Kemet's rulers. She was also sometimes given the head of a lioness and associated with both Sekhmet and Mertseger. At Karnak, Mut's great temple (now known as the Temple of Luxor, but in antiquity called Ipet-isut, or "the southern harem,") housed the great statues and sacred processional boat which went out once per year to make the trek up the canal to the Great Temple of Amen at Karnak, and would also receive Amen's statue and boat once per year during the Opet festival, celebrated to coincide with the Kemetic New Year. Mut's name can also mean "death" or "vulture," and so She was also given some of the attributes of Mertseger (the lion/vulture Netjer of the Valley of the Kings) and of Nekhbet (the vulture-Netjer protectress of Upper Kemet, of which Uaset was the capital). Beyond Her associations with Amen, Mut is not a very well-known Name but often is given similar attributes to Het-hert as patroness of women (especially mothers, as Her name implies), or of Sekhmet as a protectress of the innocent and a righter of wrongs.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> "Mother" Wife of Amen of Uaset, Mut is depicted as a woman wearing the Double-Crown of Kemet's rulers. She was also sometimes given the head of a lioness and associated with both Sekhmet and Mertseger. At Karnak, Mut's great temple (now known as the Temple of Luxor, but in antiquity called Ipet-isut, or "the southern harem,") housed the great statues and sacred processional boat which went out once per year to make the trek up the canal to the Great Temple of Amen at Karnak, and would also receive Amen's statue and boat once per year during the Opet festival, celebrated to coincide with the Kemetic New Year. Mut's name can also mean "death" or "vulture," and so She was also given some of the attributes of Mertseger (the lion/vulture Netjer of the Valley of the Kings) and of Nekhbet (the vulture-Netjer protectress of Upper Kemet, of which Uaset was the capital). Beyond Her associations with Amen, Mut is not a very well-known Name but often is given similar attributes to Het-hert as patroness of women (especially mothers, as Her name implies), or of Sekhmet as a protectress of the innocent and a righter of wrongs.

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Other Names:
Seshet, Sefkhet-abwy
(Seshet, Sefkhet-abwy) - "The Female Scribe (Seshat); The Seven-Horned (Sefkhet-abwy)" - Seshat is patroness of libraries and all forms of writing and notation including census, accounting, and other record-keeping. Consort to Djehuty Who invented the written word, Seshat is depicted assisting the ruler in the "stretching of the cord" ceremonies which marked the foundation-starting of major building projects, as well as recording the lives and deeds of men on the leaves of the sacred persea tree. She also often offers palm branches (the hieroglyph for "many years") as a gift to a ruler, as other Names offer ankhs (life). Seshat is depicted as a woman dressed in the long skirt and leopard-skin of a Sem priest, with an obscure symbol on Her head comprised of a seven-pointed star or rosette crowned by either downturned horns or a bow.

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Other Names:
Seshet, Sefkhet-abwy
(Seshet, Sefkhet-abwy) - "The Female Scribe (Seshat); The Seven-Horned (Sefkhet-abwy)" - Seshat is patroness of libraries and all forms of writing and notation including census, accounting, and other record-keeping. Consort to Djehuty Who invented the written word, Seshat is depicted assisting the ruler in the "stretching of the cord" ceremonies which marked the foundation-starting of major building projects, as well as recording the lives and deeds of men on the leaves of the sacred persea tree. She also often offers palm branches (the hieroglyph for "many years") as a gift to a ruler, as other Names offer ankhs (life). Seshat is depicted as a woman dressed in the long skirt and leopard-skin of a Sem priest, with an obscure symbol on Her head comprised of a seven-pointed star or rosette crowned by either downturned horns or a bow.

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"Protector/Enricher" Depicted as a ram-headed man, Khnum is the form of the Self-Created One most venerated in Upper Kemet (as opposed to the Ra/Tem family of Mennefer and the Delta). Khnum is a potter, who molds the souls and bodies of all living things from the clay of the earth, and gives them the breath of life. His island at Abu (modern-day Elephantine, near Aswan) was said to be "the Seat of the First Time" - the place of creation - and kings would make pilgrimages to Khnum's temple to secure the inundation (and with it, the life of the lands) for another year. Khnum is given two consorts (or alternately, one consort and a daughter): Satet and Anuket. The situation of this island perhaps lent to Khnum's ability to predict or secure a viable inundation, as witnessed by ancient texts which tell of invocations to Khnum to "make Hapy smile on the land."

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"Protector/Enricher" Depicted as a ram-headed man, Khnum is the form of the Self-Created One most venerated in Upper Kemet (as opposed to the Ra/Tem family of Mennefer and the Delta). Khnum is a potter, who molds the souls and bodies of all living things from the clay of the earth, and gives them the breath of life. His island at Abu (modern-day Elephantine, near Aswan) was said to be "the Seat of the First Time" - the place of creation - and kings would make pilgrimages to Khnum's temple to secure the inundation (and with it, the life of the lands) for another year. Khnum is given two consorts (or alternately, one consort and a daughter): Satet and Anuket. The situation of this island perhaps lent to Khnum's ability to predict or secure a viable inundation, as witnessed by ancient texts which tell of invocations to Khnum to "make Hapy smile on the land."

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 6729209 yes yes Sun, 01 May 2022 17:42:24 +0200 2022-05-01T17:42:24+02:00 50:09 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-43-240422-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ Other Names:
Chons
(Chons) - "Traveller" Originally simply identified as the son of Amen and Mut of Uaset (Thebes), Khonsu is depicted as a youth standing on a plinth and mummified (very like Ptah), and having the princely side-lock, a beard, and a crescent moon headdress. Khonsu is especially associated with the moon (hence possibly the origins of His name), as His father Amen is with the sun. In later times, Khonsu became identified closely with Heru-sa-Aset and Heru-pa-khered as the "divine son" of the "King of Netjeru." In the 19th Dynasty, Ramses II sent a statue of Khonsu with great fame for miraculous healing powers to the kingdom of the Bactrians (Bekhten in Kemetic) to heal the Bekhteny king's daughter of a supposed demon possession - the story of this healing and the statue's part in it can be read in anthologies of ancient texts.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> Other Names:
Chons
(Chons) - "Traveller" Originally simply identified as the son of Amen and Mut of Uaset (Thebes), Khonsu is depicted as a youth standing on a plinth and mummified (very like Ptah), and having the princely side-lock, a beard, and a crescent moon headdress. Khonsu is especially associated with the moon (hence possibly the origins of His name), as His father Amen is with the sun. In later times, Khonsu became identified closely with Heru-sa-Aset and Heru-pa-khered as the "divine son" of the "King of Netjeru." In the 19th Dynasty, Ramses II sent a statue of Khonsu with great fame for miraculous healing powers to the kingdom of the Bactrians (Bekhten in Kemetic) to heal the Bekhteny king's daughter of a supposed demon possession - the story of this healing and the statue's part in it can be read in anthologies of ancient texts.

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Other Names:
Sachmis
(G/R Sachmis) - "Powerful Female" First noted in a myth describing Ra's vengeance upon his enemies, Sekhmet, an unstoppable force from which humankind was delivered only by the timely intervention of a moment of levity (embodied in public drunkenness), is an "aggressive" form of the Name of Hethert (Sekhmet was not originally a Name in and of Herself; it is in fact more accurate to refer to Her from earlier times as Sekhmet-Hethert, or Hethert-Sekhmet.) Eventually Sekhmet would develop both a cult and a "personality" quite distinct from Hethert, as the Eye of Ra associated with divine vengeance. As a healer, Sekhmet's power to destroy things utterly would be invoked against the invisible "demons" of plague and disease; Sekhmet's priesthood in antiquity were trained surgeons of remarkable caliber, given the standards for medicine in the ancient world. Thousands of statues of Sekhmet, carved from Aswan red granite, were erected to line processional ways during the New Kingdom as a way to placate the "Red Lady" and encourage Her to turn back the plagues which came into the country at that time. Sekhmet as a destroyer is paired with Ptah the creator and Nefertem the healer at Mennefer, and Her destructive lioness-visage found echo in the images of the Names of Mut and Mertseger down-country in Uaset. Sekhmet's strongest attribute, like that of the lioness Her symbol, is that of appropriate action, especially appropriate violence/destruction.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]>
Other Names:
Sachmis
(G/R Sachmis) - "Powerful Female" First noted in a myth describing Ra's vengeance upon his enemies, Sekhmet, an unstoppable force from which humankind was delivered only by the timely intervention of a moment of levity (embodied in public drunkenness), is an "aggressive" form of the Name of Hethert (Sekhmet was not originally a Name in and of Herself; it is in fact more accurate to refer to Her from earlier times as Sekhmet-Hethert, or Hethert-Sekhmet.) Eventually Sekhmet would develop both a cult and a "personality" quite distinct from Hethert, as the Eye of Ra associated with divine vengeance. As a healer, Sekhmet's power to destroy things utterly would be invoked against the invisible "demons" of plague and disease; Sekhmet's priesthood in antiquity were trained surgeons of remarkable caliber, given the standards for medicine in the ancient world. Thousands of statues of Sekhmet, carved from Aswan red granite, were erected to line processional ways during the New Kingdom as a way to placate the "Red Lady" and encourage Her to turn back the plagues which came into the country at that time. Sekhmet as a destroyer is paired with Ptah the creator and Nefertem the healer at Mennefer, and Her destructive lioness-visage found echo in the images of the Names of Mut and Mertseger down-country in Uaset. Sekhmet's strongest attribute, like that of the lioness Her symbol, is that of appropriate action, especially appropriate violence/destruction.

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Other Names:
Satis
(G/R Satis) - "She Who Shoots (Arrows)" Consort to Khnum of Abu (and sometimes of Montu at Uaset), Satet is protectress of Kemet's southern border, felling the enemies of the Two Lands with Her bow. She is depicted as a woman wearing the Hedjet (White Crown) of Upper Kemet decorated with either ostrich plumes (called an atef crown, like one commonly worn by Wesir), or more often, gazelle or antelope horns. Satet protected the source of the Nile and was said to purify the ruler with jars of its sacred waters. She is sometimes attributed as being the mother of Anuket.

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Other Names:
Satis
(G/R Satis) - "She Who Shoots (Arrows)" Consort to Khnum of Abu (and sometimes of Montu at Uaset), Satet is protectress of Kemet's southern border, felling the enemies of the Two Lands with Her bow. She is depicted as a woman wearing the Hedjet (White Crown) of Upper Kemet decorated with either ostrich plumes (called an atef crown, like one commonly worn by Wesir), or more often, gazelle or antelope horns. Satet protected the source of the Nile and was said to purify the ruler with jars of its sacred waters. She is sometimes attributed as being the mother of Anuket.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 6673310 yes yes Sun, 10 Apr 2022 10:23:33 +0200 2022-04-10T10:23:33+02:00 51:07 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-40-030422-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ Other Names:
Mihos, Maahes
(G/R Mihos) - "True Before Her(?)" A fairly obscure Name of Netjer depicted as a lion-headed man and worshipped especially in Upper Kemet and into Nubia (perhaps through confusion with the Nubian lion-god Apedemak) in later times, Maahes is often said to be the son of Bast and Ptah, and is sometimes considered another son of the Triad of Mennefer (beside Nefertem and sometimes Imhotep). He is depicted carrying a large knife and is invoked to protect the innocent and to punish transgressors of Ma'at.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> Other Names:
Mihos, Maahes
(G/R Mihos) - "True Before Her(?)" A fairly obscure Name of Netjer depicted as a lion-headed man and worshipped especially in Upper Kemet and into Nubia (perhaps through confusion with the Nubian lion-god Apedemak) in later times, Maahes is often said to be the son of Bast and Ptah, and is sometimes considered another son of the Triad of Mennefer (beside Nefertem and sometimes Imhotep). He is depicted carrying a large knife and is invoked to protect the innocent and to punish transgressors of Ma'at.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 6657864 yes yes Sun, 03 Apr 2022 11:57:43 +0200 2022-04-03T11:57:43+02:00 47:14 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-39-280322-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ Hap(i)/Hapy - "Runner" Hapi is the body of the River Nile itself, the world's longest waterway, without which the Two Lands would cease to exist. Hapi is venerated both as the physical sacred waters of the river and symbologically as the concept of life and fertility, reenacted every day in the land along the "Old Man River's" body. Kemetics saw in their precarious existence between mountains and deserts a miracle of life, bestowed upon them by the blessings of Hapi, Who inundated them each winter and provided the Black Land of Wesir which secured the harvest. Hapi could be capricious, however; no flood or too much flood meant disaster, either from famine or from inability to run from His rushing force. Since the erection of the High Dam at Aswan in the latter part of this century, Hapi's influence is not felt in Egypt as strongly as it was in antiquity - but the Nile still remains the central feature of Egyptian culture and spirituality - Copts, Nubians and Muslims still celebrate holy days with river cruises, boat processions and water blessings.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> Hap(i)/Hapy - "Runner" Hapi is the body of the River Nile itself, the world's longest waterway, without which the Two Lands would cease to exist. Hapi is venerated both as the physical sacred waters of the river and symbologically as the concept of life and fertility, reenacted every day in the land along the "Old Man River's" body. Kemetics saw in their precarious existence between mountains and deserts a miracle of life, bestowed upon them by the blessings of Hapi, Who inundated them each winter and provided the Black Land of Wesir which secured the harvest. Hapi could be capricious, however; no flood or too much flood meant disaster, either from famine or from inability to run from His rushing force. Since the erection of the High Dam at Aswan in the latter part of this century, Hapi's influence is not felt in Egypt as strongly as it was in antiquity - but the Nile still remains the central feature of Egyptian culture and spirituality - Copts, Nubians and Muslims still celebrate holy days with river cruises, boat processions and water blessings.

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"Creator" Great Name of Netjer of Mennefer (G/R Memphis), the capital of the dual Kemetic state for most of its history, Ptah is depicted as a mummified man wearing a skullcap and bearing the symbols of life, power and stability (ankh, was, djed) in his unfettered arms, standing on the plinth which is part of Ma'at's hieroglyphic name and was used as a straightedge by stonemasons and architects. Ptah is sometimes seen as an abstract form of the Self-Created One, Who effected creation through the actions of His heart (identified with Her-wer) and His tongue (identified with Djehuty), and Who "set all the Netjeru in their places and gave all things the breath of life." As a creator (and more directly involved with the physical act of creating than either Ra or Tem), Ptah is intimately connected with the plastic arts and especially with architecture and stonemasonry, and is patron of sculptors, painters, builders and carpenters, as well as anyone who creates with his or her hands. The transit which was the stock tool of masons, and the title of Ptah's High Priest, "Master Builder," would centuries later be picked up by a pseudo-Egyptian Western fraternal organization known to the world simply as Masonry.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]>
"Creator" Great Name of Netjer of Mennefer (G/R Memphis), the capital of the dual Kemetic state for most of its history, Ptah is depicted as a mummified man wearing a skullcap and bearing the symbols of life, power and stability (ankh, was, djed) in his unfettered arms, standing on the plinth which is part of Ma'at's hieroglyphic name and was used as a straightedge by stonemasons and architects. Ptah is sometimes seen as an abstract form of the Self-Created One, Who effected creation through the actions of His heart (identified with Her-wer) and His tongue (identified with Djehuty), and Who "set all the Netjeru in their places and gave all things the breath of life." As a creator (and more directly involved with the physical act of creating than either Ra or Tem), Ptah is intimately connected with the plastic arts and especially with architecture and stonemasonry, and is patron of sculptors, painters, builders and carpenters, as well as anyone who creates with his or her hands. The transit which was the stock tool of masons, and the title of Ptah's High Priest, "Master Builder," would centuries later be picked up by a pseudo-Egyptian Western fraternal organization known to the world simply as Masonry.

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Other Names:
Khepri, Khoprer, Xepera
(Khepri; Khoprer; G/R Xepera) - "Becoming" As a theophany of the solar-god, the scarab beetle (Scarabeus sacer) is large, golden, and winged. It rolls balls of dung, sometimes for long distances, in order to have a place in which to lay its eggs. The young beetles then spring forth from the ball of dung, seemingly as if created from nothing. In this process, the ancients saw a metaphor for the daily progress of the sun (rolling as a ball across the sky every day), and for the mystery of creation and birth. Khepera as a full scarab or a scarab-headed man is often shown either within the Disk of the physical sun, or rolling it, as it were, from the eastern mountains in the morning and back into Tem's watchful embrace in the evening. Khepera is associated with the life-giving powers of sunlight and with the act of sunrise itself, forming a special triad with Ra (noontime sun) and Tem (setting sun).

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]>
Other Names:
Khepri, Khoprer, Xepera
(Khepri; Khoprer; G/R Xepera) - "Becoming" As a theophany of the solar-god, the scarab beetle (Scarabeus sacer) is large, golden, and winged. It rolls balls of dung, sometimes for long distances, in order to have a place in which to lay its eggs. The young beetles then spring forth from the ball of dung, seemingly as if created from nothing. In this process, the ancients saw a metaphor for the daily progress of the sun (rolling as a ball across the sky every day), and for the mystery of creation and birth. Khepera as a full scarab or a scarab-headed man is often shown either within the Disk of the physical sun, or rolling it, as it were, from the eastern mountains in the morning and back into Tem's watchful embrace in the evening. Khepera is associated with the life-giving powers of sunlight and with the act of sunrise itself, forming a special triad with Ra (noontime sun) and Tem (setting sun).

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 6617200 yes yes Sun, 13 Mar 2022 11:34:48 +0100 2022-03-13T11:34:48+01:00 58:31 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-36-060322-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ Other Names:
Selkis, Selqet, Selket, Serket
(G/R Selkis; WB Selqet, Selket, Serket) - "She Who Breathes" Depicted as a woman with a scorpion on Her head, poised to strike, Serqet is one of the four protective Names of Netjeru seen in the canopic shrines along with Aset, Nit and Nebt-het; She is intimately connected with Aset as a protectress of Heru (and hence, metaphorically, of both children and the ruler), and was devoted in antiquity both to protect the innocent and children, and to ward against the sting of deadly scorpions, a pervasive threat in Kemet's climate. Serqet seems to be associated with protection and healing/recovery from poisons and threats of all sorts, and in modern times, Serqet has been invoked as a "goddess of detoxification" as well as a source of strength to those going through the detoxification process, especially recovering from illicit drug abuse. It is possible that Serqet is not Her own Name, but a specialized form of Aset, as Nebt-het may be a specialized form of Nit.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> Other Names:
Selkis, Selqet, Selket, Serket
(G/R Selkis; WB Selqet, Selket, Serket) - "She Who Breathes" Depicted as a woman with a scorpion on Her head, poised to strike, Serqet is one of the four protective Names of Netjeru seen in the canopic shrines along with Aset, Nit and Nebt-het; She is intimately connected with Aset as a protectress of Heru (and hence, metaphorically, of both children and the ruler), and was devoted in antiquity both to protect the innocent and children, and to ward against the sting of deadly scorpions, a pervasive threat in Kemet's climate. Serqet seems to be associated with protection and healing/recovery from poisons and threats of all sorts, and in modern times, Serqet has been invoked as a "goddess of detoxification" as well as a source of strength to those going through the detoxification process, especially recovering from illicit drug abuse. It is possible that Serqet is not Her own Name, but a specialized form of Aset, as Nebt-het may be a specialized form of Nit.

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(Am-mut) - "Dead-Swallower" Stationed just to the side of the scales in the Hall of Double Truth [see Ma'at], Ammit's function is to await the postmortem judgment of a soul (envisioned as the deceased's heart being weighed on a scale against the feather of Ma'at) and then, if the soul fails the test, Ammit snatches up the heart and devours it, causing the soul to cease to exist. As the ultimate punishment of the wicked, Ammit is depicted as a hideous composite of the animals Kemet's people feared most: crocodile snout and head, feline claws and front, and a hippopotamus body and back legs. Ammit is also sometimes referred to as "Great of Death," and papyri depict Her patiently watching Yinepu weighing a man's heart against the feather of Ma'at.]]>
(Am-mut) - "Dead-Swallower" Stationed just to the side of the scales in the Hall of Double Truth [see Ma'at], Ammit's function is to await the postmortem judgment of a soul (envisioned as the deceased's heart being weighed on a scale against the feather of Ma'at) and then, if the soul fails the test, Ammit snatches up the heart and devours it, causing the soul to cease to exist. As the ultimate punishment of the wicked, Ammit is depicted as a hideous composite of the animals Kemet's people feared most: crocodile snout and head, feline claws and front, and a hippopotamus body and back legs. Ammit is also sometimes referred to as "Great of Death," and papyri depict Her patiently watching Yinepu weighing a man's heart against the feather of Ma'at.]]> 6589380 yes yes Sun, 27 Feb 2022 15:22:46 +0100 2022-02-27T15:22:46+01:00 1:10:59 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-34-200222-mixed-by-lebsesv8/
Other Names:
Sebek, Suchos
(Sebek; G/R Suchos) - "Watching over You" Son of Nit (and also, according to some myths, Set), Sebek is either depicted as a full crocodile, or, less often, as a crocodile-headed man. He is often given the epithets of Heru-sa-Aset as a Netjer of protection, healing and vengeance over the wrongdoer. In some mythologies Sebek is a powerful and awe-inspiring denizen of the underworld, and was invoked to do away with annoyances and negative situations, in the phrase "to Sebek with it(him)!," much as modern-day slang consigns bothersome things and persons "to Hell."

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]>
Other Names:
Sebek, Suchos
(Sebek; G/R Suchos) - "Watching over You" Son of Nit (and also, according to some myths, Set), Sebek is either depicted as a full crocodile, or, less often, as a crocodile-headed man. He is often given the epithets of Heru-sa-Aset as a Netjer of protection, healing and vengeance over the wrongdoer. In some mythologies Sebek is a powerful and awe-inspiring denizen of the underworld, and was invoked to do away with annoyances and negative situations, in the phrase "to Sebek with it(him)!," much as modern-day slang consigns bothersome things and persons "to Hell."

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Other Names:
Hathor, Het-Heru, Het-heret

(Het-heret, Het-Heru; G/R Hathor) - "House of Heru" Another Name known from predynastic times, Hethert represents the feminine principle, as reflected in several of Her symbols: the cow, the mirror, and the ritual rattle or sistrum. Hethert is patroness of women, and professions given to Her priesthood include dancers, singers, actors and acrobats; even up to Greek times the arts were under Hethert's dominion. Hethert's temples, especially that at Ta-Netjer (Arabic Dendera) were centers for both healing (with a hospital/sanatorium on-site) and midwifery. Priests in the temple of Ta-Netjer conducted oracles with Hethert in trance rituals held in crypts underneath the sanctuary, and any person could sleep on the temple roof and hope for a dream, which could be interpreted the next morning by the priests. Even today, one can see graffiti and gameboards left behind by those pilgrims, carved into the stones of Ta-Netjer's roof. Hethert's association with both cows and the sistrum probably results from Her assimilation of the Predynastic Netjer Bat; "sistrum capitals" atop the pillars throughout Kemetic temples show Hethert's full face with cow's ears atop a "naos"-style sistrum. Hethert was closely associated with Heru-Behdety at Edfu, perhaps influencing the fact that She was a patroness of Kemet's queens (as Heru is to the king, so Hethert is to the queen). Some queens are referred to by Hethert's titles of "Mistress of Heaven" and "Lady of Gold." Nefertary's spectacular temple at Abu Simbel in Nubia depicts the Great Royal Wife as Hethert in many places; and her husband Ramses II is depicted in its sanctuary, suckling from the udder of Hethert as a divine cow.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]>
Other Names:
Hathor, Het-Heru, Het-heret

(Het-heret, Het-Heru; G/R Hathor) - "House of Heru" Another Name known from predynastic times, Hethert represents the feminine principle, as reflected in several of Her symbols: the cow, the mirror, and the ritual rattle or sistrum. Hethert is patroness of women, and professions given to Her priesthood include dancers, singers, actors and acrobats; even up to Greek times the arts were under Hethert's dominion. Hethert's temples, especially that at Ta-Netjer (Arabic Dendera) were centers for both healing (with a hospital/sanatorium on-site) and midwifery. Priests in the temple of Ta-Netjer conducted oracles with Hethert in trance rituals held in crypts underneath the sanctuary, and any person could sleep on the temple roof and hope for a dream, which could be interpreted the next morning by the priests. Even today, one can see graffiti and gameboards left behind by those pilgrims, carved into the stones of Ta-Netjer's roof. Hethert's association with both cows and the sistrum probably results from Her assimilation of the Predynastic Netjer Bat; "sistrum capitals" atop the pillars throughout Kemetic temples show Hethert's full face with cow's ears atop a "naos"-style sistrum. Hethert was closely associated with Heru-Behdety at Edfu, perhaps influencing the fact that She was a patroness of Kemet's queens (as Heru is to the king, so Hethert is to the queen). Some queens are referred to by Hethert's titles of "Mistress of Heaven" and "Lady of Gold." Nefertary's spectacular temple at Abu Simbel in Nubia depicts the Great Royal Wife as Hethert in many places; and her husband Ramses II is depicted in its sanctuary, suckling from the udder of Hethert as a divine cow.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 6562407 yes yes Sun, 13 Feb 2022 11:30:18 +0100 2022-02-13T11:30:18+01:00 48:59 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-32-050222-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ Narmer was the King of the southern lands of Upper Egypt whose capital was Hierakonpolis.
His opponents were based at Buto and ruled over the northern kingdom of the Nile Delta, called Lower Egypt.

The slate artefact measures 64 centimetres (over 2 feet) in height and 42 centimetres (about 17 inches) in width.
It was discovered by British archaeologists James E. Quibell and Frederick W. Green 1897–1898.
It was found in the Temple of Horus at Hierakonpolis, which was originally known as Nekhen.
The ‘Narmer Palette’ is important because it contains some of the earliest hieroglyphic inscriptions ever found.
It dates from the reign of the king c3100BC.
Meaning:
The meaning of the artefact refers to the unification of Egypt. This is clearly depicted in the front of the artefact with the king wearing the White Crown of Upper Egypt, and on the reverse he wears the the Red Crown of Lower Egypt.

Deshret Crown of Lower Egypt, Hedjet Crown of Upper Egypt
The artefact is now one of the many exhibits at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
It is one of the most important sources of information about Early Dynastic Egypt and the unification of the ‘two lands’.]]> Narmer was the King of the southern lands of Upper Egypt whose capital was Hierakonpolis.
His opponents were based at Buto and ruled over the northern kingdom of the Nile Delta, called Lower Egypt.

The slate artefact measures 64 centimetres (over 2 feet) in height and 42 centimetres (about 17 inches) in width.
It was discovered by British archaeologists James E. Quibell and Frederick W. Green 1897–1898.
It was found in the Temple of Horus at Hierakonpolis, which was originally known as Nekhen.
The ‘Narmer Palette’ is important because it contains some of the earliest hieroglyphic inscriptions ever found.
It dates from the reign of the king c3100BC.
Meaning:
The meaning of the artefact refers to the unification of Egypt. This is clearly depicted in the front of the artefact with the king wearing the White Crown of Upper Egypt, and on the reverse he wears the the Red Crown of Lower Egypt.

Deshret Crown of Lower Egypt, Hedjet Crown of Upper Egypt
The artefact is now one of the many exhibits at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
It is one of the most important sources of information about Early Dynastic Egypt and the unification of the ‘two lands’.]]> 6545327 yes yes Sat, 05 Feb 2022 22:34:17 +0100 2022-02-05T22:34:17+01:00 58:31 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-31-300122-mixed-by-lebsesv8/
Other Names:
Sachmis
(G/R Sachmis) - "Powerful Female" First noted in a myth describing Ra's vengeance upon his enemies, Sekhmet, an unstoppable force from which humankind was delivered only by the timely intervention of a moment of levity (embodied in public drunkenness), is an "aggressive" form of the Name of Hethert (Sekhmet was not originally a Name in and of Herself; it is in fact more accurate to refer to Her from earlier times as Sekhmet-Hethert, or Hethert-Sekhmet.) Eventually Sekhmet would develop both a cult and a "personality" quite distinct from Hethert, as the Eye of Ra associated with divine vengeance. As a healer, Sekhmet's power to destroy things utterly would be invoked against the invisible "demons" of plague and disease; Sekhmet's priesthood in antiquity were trained surgeons of remarkable caliber, given the standards for medicine in the ancient world. Thousands of statues of Sekhmet, carved from Aswan red granite, were erected to line processional ways during the New Kingdom as a way to placate the "Red Lady" and encourage Her to turn back the plagues which came into the country at that time. Sekhmet as a destroyer is paired with Ptah the creator and Nefertem the healer at Mennefer, and Her destructive lioness-visage found echo in the images of the Names of Mut and Mertseger down-country in Uaset. Sekhmet's strongest attribute, like that of the lioness Her symbol, is that of appropriate action, especially appropriate violence/destruction.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]>
Other Names:
Sachmis
(G/R Sachmis) - "Powerful Female" First noted in a myth describing Ra's vengeance upon his enemies, Sekhmet, an unstoppable force from which humankind was delivered only by the timely intervention of a moment of levity (embodied in public drunkenness), is an "aggressive" form of the Name of Hethert (Sekhmet was not originally a Name in and of Herself; it is in fact more accurate to refer to Her from earlier times as Sekhmet-Hethert, or Hethert-Sekhmet.) Eventually Sekhmet would develop both a cult and a "personality" quite distinct from Hethert, as the Eye of Ra associated with divine vengeance. As a healer, Sekhmet's power to destroy things utterly would be invoked against the invisible "demons" of plague and disease; Sekhmet's priesthood in antiquity were trained surgeons of remarkable caliber, given the standards for medicine in the ancient world. Thousands of statues of Sekhmet, carved from Aswan red granite, were erected to line processional ways during the New Kingdom as a way to placate the "Red Lady" and encourage Her to turn back the plagues which came into the country at that time. Sekhmet as a destroyer is paired with Ptah the creator and Nefertem the healer at Mennefer, and Her destructive lioness-visage found echo in the images of the Names of Mut and Mertseger down-country in Uaset. Sekhmet's strongest attribute, like that of the lioness Her symbol, is that of appropriate action, especially appropriate violence/destruction.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 6531257 yes yes Sun, 30 Jan 2022 11:07:17 +0100 2022-01-30T11:07:17+01:00 56:06 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-30-220122-mixed-by-lebsesv8/
Over time Wesir's popularity would absorb much of Yinepu's nature, causing Him to be written into the myths as Wesir's son by Nebt-het (alternately Set's son or Aset's son) and relegating Him to the role merely of embalmer and overseer of the funerary processes. Masks of Yinepu were routinely worn by the Sem-priest officiating at the funeral and the 70-day mummification process; images of Yinepu wrapping bandages, pouring oils or embracing the coffin are generally not actually images of the Netjer Himself, but of His servants doing His work.

In later times Yinepu would be syncretised with Greek Hermes and seen as a "psychopompos"or messenger/guide of the deceased soul; in Kemetic iconography, Yinepu can be seen leading the deceased person into the Hall of Double Truth, where He then weighs the deceased's heart against the feather of Ma'at.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]>
Over time Wesir's popularity would absorb much of Yinepu's nature, causing Him to be written into the myths as Wesir's son by Nebt-het (alternately Set's son or Aset's son) and relegating Him to the role merely of embalmer and overseer of the funerary processes. Masks of Yinepu were routinely worn by the Sem-priest officiating at the funeral and the 70-day mummification process; images of Yinepu wrapping bandages, pouring oils or embracing the coffin are generally not actually images of the Netjer Himself, but of His servants doing His work.

In later times Yinepu would be syncretised with Greek Hermes and seen as a "psychopompos"or messenger/guide of the deceased soul; in Kemetic iconography, Yinepu can be seen leading the deceased person into the Hall of Double Truth, where He then weighs the deceased's heart against the feather of Ma'at.

Source Author: Rev. Dr. Tamara L. Siuda]]> 6516416 yes yes Sat, 22 Jan 2022 21:10:15 +0100 2022-01-22T21:10:15+01:00 1:06:57 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-29-160122-mixed-by-lebsesv8/
That last point is important, because Ausar does not represent death alone. He represents life and the rebirth that comes as a natural revolution of the process of death.

Ausar is described as the “Lord of love”, “He Who is Permanently Benign and Youthful” and the “Lord of Silence”.

The Suten (Kings) of Egypt were associated with Osiris in death — as Osiris rose from the dead they would, in union with him, inherit eternal life.

Osiris was widely worshiped as Lord of the Dead until the the Christian era, when old Kemet traditions were destroyed.]]>
That last point is important, because Ausar does not represent death alone. He represents life and the rebirth that comes as a natural revolution of the process of death.

Ausar is described as the “Lord of love”, “He Who is Permanently Benign and Youthful” and the “Lord of Silence”.

The Suten (Kings) of Egypt were associated with Osiris in death — as Osiris rose from the dead they would, in union with him, inherit eternal life.

Osiris was widely worshiped as Lord of the Dead until the the Christian era, when old Kemet traditions were destroyed.]]> 6504895 yes yes Sun, 16 Jan 2022 12:27:06 +0100 2022-01-16T12:27:06+01:00 1:32:07 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-28-090122-mixed-by-lebsesv8/
The Basti are passionate creatures, prone to quick outbursts of violence and heated argument. they are unrivaled as warriors, possessing enhanced strength, speed and agility that make them formidable opponents.

Within the Court of the Cosmos, they act as royal guards, enforcers and assassins. Their skills at combat are well suited to dealing with all sorts of supernatural threats and this ability helps the Court maintain authority over their territory even amongst other creatures of the unknown.]]>
The Basti are passionate creatures, prone to quick outbursts of violence and heated argument. they are unrivaled as warriors, possessing enhanced strength, speed and agility that make them formidable opponents.

Within the Court of the Cosmos, they act as royal guards, enforcers and assassins. Their skills at combat are well suited to dealing with all sorts of supernatural threats and this ability helps the Court maintain authority over their territory even amongst other creatures of the unknown.]]> 6492422 yes yes Sun, 09 Jan 2022 03:02:45 +0100 2022-01-09T03:02:45+01:00 1:01:06 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-27-020122-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ 6480892 yes yes Sun, 02 Jan 2022 13:01:12 +0100 2022-01-02T13:01:12+01:00 45:13 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-26-251221-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ 6468744 yes yes Sat, 25 Dec 2021 17:33:21 +0100 2021-12-25T17:33:21+01:00 1:10:52 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-25-191221-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ 6458270 yes yes Sun, 19 Dec 2021 09:18:28 +0100 2021-12-19T09:18:28+01:00 55:30 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-24-111221-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ 6445290 yes yes Sat, 11 Dec 2021 11:09:14 +0100 2021-12-11T11:09:14+01:00 1:28:36 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-23-051221-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ 6434592 yes yes Sat, 04 Dec 2021 23:48:40 +0100 2021-12-04T23:48:40+01:00 53:37 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-22-281121-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ 2. Crimeapple - Cutting Onions
3. J-Live - Nat Turner
4. Stu Bangas - Candy From A Baby feat. Mr. Lif
5. Career Crooks - SP Situations
6. Stu Bangas - Skull Fucker feat. Starvin B
7. NapsNdreds - Trendz On The Endz feat. Jamil Honesty
8. Napoleon Da Legend & Amerigo Gazaway - Sine Qua Non feat. Awon
9. Swank & King Draft - Stars
10. Crimeapple - Platano On The Pole
11. Stu Bangas - Dead Body feat. Lord Goat & Recognize Ali
12. Napoleon Da Legend & Amerigo Gazaway - Gorbachev Wallets feat. Awon
13. Swank & King Draft - W.D.Y.L. feat. Reuben Vincent & Jalisa
14. Chong Wizard - I Don't Wanna Come Down feat. Nolan The Ninja, Nate Barksdale & Sean Rosati
15. Napoleon Da Legend & Amerigo Gazaway - Return to Crooklyn feat. Skyzoo & Awon (Remix)
16. Jedi Mind Tricks - Albatross
17. DJ TMB - P.A.I.N.E
18. John Jigg$ - Righteous feat. Shabaam Sahdeeq & Ethemadassassin
19. J-Live - Hating
20. John Jigg$ - Bad Guys feat. The Bad Seed & Swab
21. Chong Wizard - Blessing Season
22. Remedy - Supreme Intellect feat. RZA]]> 2. Crimeapple - Cutting Onions
3. J-Live - Nat Turner
4. Stu Bangas - Candy From A Baby feat. Mr. Lif
5. Career Crooks - SP Situations
6. Stu Bangas - Skull Fucker feat. Starvin B
7. NapsNdreds - Trendz On The Endz feat. Jamil Honesty
8. Napoleon Da Legend & Amerigo Gazaway - Sine Qua Non feat. Awon
9. Swank & King Draft - Stars
10. Crimeapple - Platano On The Pole
11. Stu Bangas - Dead Body feat. Lord Goat & Recognize Ali
12. Napoleon Da Legend & Amerigo Gazaway - Gorbachev Wallets feat. Awon
13. Swank & King Draft - W.D.Y.L. feat. Reuben Vincent & Jalisa
14. Chong Wizard - I Don't Wanna Come Down feat. Nolan The Ninja, Nate Barksdale & Sean Rosati
15. Napoleon Da Legend & Amerigo Gazaway - Return to Crooklyn feat. Skyzoo & Awon (Remix)
16. Jedi Mind Tricks - Albatross
17. DJ TMB - P.A.I.N.E
18. John Jigg$ - Righteous feat. Shabaam Sahdeeq & Ethemadassassin
19. J-Live - Hating
20. John Jigg$ - Bad Guys feat. The Bad Seed & Swab
21. Chong Wizard - Blessing Season
22. Remedy - Supreme Intellect feat. RZA]]> 6423469 yes yes Sun, 28 Nov 2021 15:06:49 +0100 2021-11-28T15:06:49+01:00 1:03:28 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-21-211121-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ 6408349 yes yes Sun, 21 Nov 2021 11:02:01 +0100 2021-11-21T11:02:01+01:00 58:51 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-20-141121-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ 6390397 yes yes Sun, 14 Nov 2021 09:16:31 +0100 2021-11-14T09:16:31+01:00 1:12:41 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-19-071121-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ 6370281 yes yes Sun, 07 Nov 2021 14:46:12 +0100 2021-11-07T14:46:12+01:00 52:08 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-18-311021-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ 6355278 yes yes Sun, 31 Oct 2021 14:44:33 +0100 2021-10-31T14:44:33+01:00 1:02:46 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-17-24.10.21-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ 6337229 yes yes Sun, 24 Oct 2021 12:16:52 +0200 2021-10-24T12:16:52+02:00 1:10:21 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-16-17.10.21-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ 6324000 yes yes Sun, 17 Oct 2021 12:44:46 +0200 2021-10-17T12:44:46+02:00 47:15 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-68-161022-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ 6308239 yes yes Sun, 16 Oct 2022 12:47:00 +0200 2022-10-16T12:47:00+02:00 40:26 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-15-side-a-12.10.21-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ 6308222 yes yes Tue, 12 Oct 2021 20:31:51 +0200 2021-10-12T20:31:51+02:00 43:47 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-14-03.10.21-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ 6286260 yes yes Sun, 03 Oct 2021 15:37:12 +0200 2021-10-03T15:37:12+02:00 50:55 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-13-260921-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ 6271653 yes yes Sun, 26 Sep 2021 10:10:49 +0200 2021-09-26T10:10:49+02:00 53:17 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-12-200921-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ 6261489 yes yes Mon, 20 Sep 2021 20:38:13 +0200 2021-09-20T20:38:13+02:00 50:49 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-11-120921-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ 6239986 yes yes Sun, 12 Sep 2021 18:22:50 +0200 2021-09-12T18:22:50+02:00 49:58 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-10-040921-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ 6216263 yes yes Sat, 04 Sep 2021 20:35:37 +0200 2021-09-04T20:35:37+02:00 51:14 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-9-29.08.21-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ 6199555 yes yes Sun, 29 Aug 2021 09:59:32 +0200 2021-08-29T09:59:32+02:00 51:34 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-8-210821-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ 6178416 yes yes Sat, 21 Aug 2021 20:02:39 +0200 2021-08-21T20:02:39+02:00 57:28 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-7-150821-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ 6158258 yes yes Sun, 15 Aug 2021 13:16:36 +0200 2021-08-15T13:16:36+02:00 54:06 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-6-090821-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ 6147566 yes yes Mon, 09 Aug 2021 12:22:33 +0200 2021-08-09T12:22:33+02:00 54:40 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-5-010821-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ 6123674 yes yes Sun, 01 Aug 2021 14:18:46 +0200 2021-08-01T14:18:46+02:00 55:13 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-4-250721-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ 6107039 yes yes Sun, 25 Jul 2021 02:14:19 +0200 2021-07-25T02:14:19+02:00 59:40 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-3-180721-mixed-by-lebsesv8/ 6092465 yes yes Sun, 18 Jul 2021 10:20:34 +0200 2021-07-18T10:20:34+02:00 53:45 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/on-the-mix-volume-2-110721by-lebses/ 6074097 yes yes Sun, 11 Jul 2021 12:40:51 +0200 2021-07-11T12:40:51+02:00 56:43 https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/doubless/ 6057969 yes yes Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:37:51 +0200 2021-07-05T08:37:51+02:00 56:42