The Ancient Gods have returned!
Thebes
Location Luxor,
Luxor Governorate, Egypt
Region Upper Egypt
Type Settlement
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name Ancient
Thebes with its Necropolis
Type Cultural
Criteria I, III, VI
Designated 1979
(3rd session)
Reference no. 87
Region Arab States
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.
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
