9 World Chronicles

Heka"He Who Activates the Ka"

 Alternative Names: Hike

Role & Function: The personification of magic, the power of word.

Status:  Heka was a member of the Triad of Latopolis, consisting of Neith, Khnum and Heka

Symbols:              The side lock, Hemhem crown, ankh, flail and scepter

Cult Center:        Hermopolis (Khmunu) in the Nile Delta lands of Lower Egypt

Titles:   

Heka, the Egyptian god of Magic and Medicine.. Heka, also known by the name of Hike, the god with magic powers and spells was the personification of divine magic that the ancient Egyptians believed produced the magical power of the sun and of life. As the god of magic he was also associated with medicine and healing and the power of the written and spoken words. The priests of Heka invoked his magical powers when practicing their arts, called themselves 'Priests of Heka'. Ancient Egyptian temples included a type of hospital where the priest practised their form of medicine and magic.

At the beginning of time, the god Atum emerged from the swirling waters of chaos to stand on the first dry land, the primordial ben-ben, to begin the act of creation.

The universe was created and given form by magical means, and magic sustained both the visible and invisible worlds. Heka was thought to have been present at creation and was the generative power the gods drew upon in order to create life.

To me belonged the universe before you gods came into being. You have come afterwards because I am Heka" (Spell, 261).

Heka was linked to the creative aspects of the heart and the tongue. The heart was considered the seat of one's individual personality, thought, and feeling, while the tongue gave expression to these aspects. Sia was a personification of the heart, Hu of the tongue, and Heka the power which infused both.

Heka was depicted as a young, beautiful and healthy child god. In ancient Egyptian art children were illustrated with a finger pointing towards their mouth (sucking their thumb) or pointing towards the lips. The Hieroglyphic Symbol for a child was indicated by a finger inserted in mouth. Heka was also depicted wearing a side lock, as worn by ancient Egyptian boys and the style of headdress called a Hemhem crown. He forms a Triad with Khnum and Neith. Hermopolis (Khmunu) in the Nile Delta lands of Lower Egypt

Magic was considered present at the birth of creation - was, in fact, the operative force in the creative act - and so Heka is among the oldest gods of Egypt, recognized as early as the Predynastic Period in Egypt (c. 6000 - c. 3150 BCE) and appearing in inscriptions in the Early Dynastic Period (c. 3150 - 2613 BCE).

He is frequently seen in funerary texts and inscriptions guiding the soul of the deceased to the afterlife and is often mentioned in medical texts and spells. The Pyramid Texts and the Coffin Texts both claim Heka as their authority (the god whose power makes the texts true)

Heka was honored throughout Egypt's history from the earliest times through the Ptolemaic Dynasty (332-30 BCE) and into Roman Egypt. There was a statue of him in the temple of the city of Esna where his name was inscribed on the walls. He was regularly invoked for the harvest, and his statue was taken out and carried through the fields to ensure fertility and a bountiful crop.

Chaos is represented in most belief systems. It is the state from which all existence initially comes. And at the same time the force that threatens to consume us all. Being in a primordial ooze or a vibrating string.

Chaos is possibility it is potential,

It is unpredictable and enigmatic. Chaos is both the spark of life that came from the vibrations of the ancient deities of the Ogdoad Cosmology and the force that would ultimately overwhelm the 9 realms at the time of Ragnarok.

Chaos

What is the full meaning of chaos?

any confused, disorderly mass

a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order. any confused, disorderly mass: a chaos of meaningless phrases.

Chaos theory is a branch of mathematics focusing on the study of chaos —is an interdisciplinary theory stating that, within the apparent randomness of chaotic complex systems, there are underlying patterns, interconnectedness, constant feedback loops, repetition, self-similarity, fractals, and self-organization.[3] The butterfly effect, an underlying principle of chaos, describes how a small change in one state of a deterministic nonlinear system can result in large differences in a later state (meaning that there is sensitive dependence on initial conditions). A metaphor for this behavior is that a butterfly flapping its wings in Texas can cause a hurricane in China.

In Germanic tradition chaos or more actually the struggle against chaos (Chaoskampf is typically defined by the depiction of a culture hero battling a chaos monster most often in the form of a serpent of dragon.

As we would see in Thor’s battle against the Midgard serpent. Nut this is a microcosm of the Norse beliefs. The Aesir constantly fought the forces of chaos. And as predicted in its most famous story, the prophecy called Ragnarök. Chaos would win the.

North African parallels would include Maat vs Isfet and Horus the younger battling his uncle Set.

Set was the most famous representation of the chaos force. He was dangerous and claimed the life of his brother Ausar. His reign reflected a time of difficulties in the empire.

But we was an important figure in the protection of  Ra on his nightly voyage to the underworld.

 most Greek cosmologies tell us – the very first of all, the origin of everything, the empty, unfathomable space at the beginning of time.

in the beginning, Chaos was all that there was, the dark majesty and mystery of creation incarnate. And that it was from Chaos that the first three primordial gods sprang forth: the wide-bosomed Gaea (Earth), Tartarus (the Underworld), and Eros (Love), the fairest among the deathless gods. Erebus (Darkness) and Nyx (Night). True, their sexual union would produce luminous offspring – Aether (the Divine Air) and Hemera (the Day).

We can not ignore the association of chaos and dark matter of which accounts for 85% of the matter in the universe and a quarter of its mass.

God of Chaos

Set, Loki

Canaanite, Yam who was a god of the sea the primordial chaos.

Mesopotamia – Tiamat

In Zorostrian is wa Angra Mainyu

Definition of sacred

1a: dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity

a tree sacred to the gods

b: devoted exclusively to one service or use (as of a person or purpose)

a fund sacred to charity

2a: worthy of religious veneration : HOLY

b: entitled to reverence and respect

3: of or relating to religion : not secular or profane

sacred music

Sacred describes something that is dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity;[1] considered worthy of spiritual respect or devotion; or inspires awe or reverence among believers. The property is often ascribed to objects (a "sacred artifact" that is venerated and blessed), or places ("sacred ground").

French sociologist Émile Durkheim considered the dichotomy between the sacred and the profane to be the central characteristic of religion: "religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say, things set apart and forbidden." In Durkheim's theory, the sacred represents the interests of the group, especially unity, which are embodied in sacred group symbols, or totems. The profane, on the other hand, involve mundane individual concerns.

terms sacred and holy, which are also sometimes us   ed interchangeably, there are subtle differences.  Holiness is generally the term used in relation to persons and relationship, whereas sacredness is used in relation to objects, places, or happenings.  Thus, a saint may be considered as holy, but would not be viewed as sacred. Conversely, some things can be both holy and sacred, such as the Holy Bible.

The Sutras of Buddhist beliefs

The Vedas of Hindu beliefs

The Quran and Hadith of Islam

Talmud and Midrash