9 World Chronicles

Papyrus

A symbol of life merging from primeval water. The plant is used to produce the papyrus paper, the world’s first paper

Papyrus, writing material of ancient times and also the plant from which it was derived, Cyperus papyrus (family Cyperaceae), also called paper plant. The papyrus plant was long cultivated in the Nile delta region in Egypt and was collected for its stalk or stem, whose central pith was cut into thin strips, pressed together, and dried to form a smooth thin writing surface.

Papyrus is a grasslike aquatic plant that has woody, bluntly triangular stems and grows up to 4.6 m (about 15 feet) high in quietly flowing water up to 90  cm (3 feet) deep. The triangular stem can grow to a width of as much as 6 cm. The papyrus plant is now often used as a pool ornamental in warm areas or in conservatories. The dwarf papyrus (C. isocladus, also given as C. papyrus ‘Nanus’), up to 60 cm tall, is sometimes potted and grown indoors.

The ancient Egyptians used the stem of the papyrus plant to make sails, cloth, mats, cords, and, above all, paper. Paper made from papyrus was the chief writing material in ancient Egypt, was adopted by the Greeks, and was used extensively in the Roman Empire.

Due to its prevalence in the Nile Delta, the papyrus was the heraldic plant of Lower (northern) Egypt, while the lily or lotus stood for Upper (southern) Egypt.

The goddess Wadjet, depicted as a rearing cobra  or a woman with the head of a lioness , was the tutelary deity of Lower Egypt, and often is shown carrying a papyrus-shaped scepter.

In ancient Egyptian cosmology, the world was created when the first god stood on a mound that emerged from limitless and undifferentiated darkness and water, a mythical echo of the moment each year when the land began to reappear from beneath the annual floodwaters. Papyrus marshes were thus seen as fertile regions that contained the germs of creation Ceilings in temples and tombs were frequently supported with columns in the form of papyrus plants, turning their architectural settings into models of this primeval marsh

In one of the great mythic cycles central to Egyptian religion, the goddess Isis took her infant son Horus to the papyrus thickets of the north to conceal him from her brother Seth, who had murdered her husband Osiris and usurped his throne. Horus grew to manhood here, hidden among the swaying reeds whose rustling sounds soothed him and masked his cries, until he emerged to defeat his wicked uncle and reclaim his patrimony (. Horus was protected and nursed while a baby by the goddess Hathor, who was worshipped in the ritual of the Shaking of the Papyrus.

To celebrate her role as wet-nurse of Horus and symbol of rebirth and resurrection in the celestial realm, this goddess is shown in the form of a cow emerging from the papyrus thicket The handles of mirrors, associated with Hathor as the goddess of eroticism and beauty, were often in the form of papyrus plants.

The Papypus has served mankind well

Hotep: An offering table that is set before the gods. Certain pharaohs names connected to the word Hotep to the god. Amun hotep, Mentuhotep. In this form Hotep means pleasing to the god, The name of the physician Imhotep means bringer of peace. It is used as a greeting by many today

Hotep is an Egyptian word that roughly translates as "to be satisfied, at peace". The word also refers to an "offering" ritually presented to a deity or a dead person, hence "be pleased, be gracious, be at peace". It is rendered in hieroglyphs as an altar/offering table. The noun ḥtp.w means "peace, contentment

According to Dr. Molefi Kete Asante, Temple University’s Chair of African American Studies, hotep has been used as a greeting among some back people since at least the 1970s. Reporter D.L. Chandler recalled hearing the greeting in the 1980s. A letter to the editor of The Black Collegian in 1990 used the greeting hotep.

In particular, hotep is used as a greeting by adherents of Afrocentrism, a movement that looks to African history to inform values for the black diaspora. Afrocentrists often look to Ancient Egypt as the source of African culture, hence the adoption of the Egyptian term hotep.

Canopic Jar: One set of a set of 4 jar in which the liver lungs stomach and intestines of the dead were stored. These jars were generally fashioned after the sons of Horus.

Canopic jars were used by the ancient Egyptians during the mummification process to store and preserve the viscera of their owner for the afterlife. They were commonly either carved from limestone or were made of pottery. These jars were used by the ancient Egyptians from the time of the Old Kingdom until the time of the Late Period or the Ptolemaic Period, by which time the viscera were simply wrapped and placed with the body. The viscera were not kept in a single canopic jar: each jar was reserved for specific organs. the name derives from the location Canopus (now Abukir) in the western Nile Delta near Alexandria, where human-headed jars were worshipped as personifications of the god Osiris

Hieroglyphs for the four sons of Horus used on an Egyptian canopic jar

from the 19th dynasty until the end of the New Kingdom 15 39 to 10 75 BCE, the heads represented the four sons of the god Horus (jackal-headed Duamutef, falcon-headed Qebehsenuf, human-headed Imset, and baboon-headed Hapy).

The four sons of Horus were a group of four gods in ancient Egyptian religion, who were essentially the personifications of the four canopic jars, which accompanied mummified bodies. Since the heart was thought to embody the soul, it was left inside the body. The brain was discarded.

Attributes of the Sons of Horus.

Imsety, the  Human aspect, housed the liver. He was  associated with the South and the Goddess Auset.

Duamutef. the Jakal head.  protected the stomach.  he was associated with the Deity Neith and the North.

Hapi, who was the Baboon, housed the lungs and was associated with the East and Nephtys.

Qebehsenuef the falson headed, holds the intestines and is associated with the West and Serket.

1542• Portugal helps Ethiopia end the Arab invasion.

c. 1550 

In Italy the Beretta family branched into guns

Africans, bought in the Portuguese trading posts of west Africa, are shipped across the Atlantic as slaves.

1562• Britain begins slave trade in Africa

1570• Angola becomes a Portuguese colony.

7. 1591• Moroccan forces destroy the Songhai Empire

8. 1625• Holland involved in the slave trade.

1630 - The first true flintlock.

1638      

The French build a trading station on the estuary of the Senegal river in west Africa

1637-1641• Holland seizes Portugal’s Elmina, Sao Tome, and Luanda trading posts.

10. 1642• France involved in slave trade

11. 1651• Britain invades Gambia

1652      

Jan van Riebeeck establishes a Dutch settlement at the Cape of Good Hope

The Pleiades.

The Pleiadeans represent a very unique mythology having roots not only in modern alien conspiracy theory but in most major religious belief sets on the planet. I can't name another occurrent that stands out so blatantly as our belief or interpretation of the Pleiadeans.

When we talk about any belief system we like to point out when we can where they give the origins of a particular Deity or a particular occurrence. we can easily say where the Pleiadeans come from. which is the Pleiades star cluster . Which is in the Taurus constellation. This is an important notation because the Taurus star system is the celestial home of the Aesir of Norse mythology.  Norse mythology makes reference to another people who they saw as equals, who were in this case called the Vanier.

So let's understand a little bit about the star cluster.

The Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, are an open star cluster containing middle-aged, hot B-type stars in the north-west of the constellation Taurus. It is among the star clusters nearest Earth and is the cluster most obvious to the naked eye in the night sky.

Distance to Earth: 444.2 light years.

Radius: 17.5 light years.

Constellation: Taurus.

Coordinates: RA 3h 47m 24s | Dec +24° 7′ 0″

Other designations: M45, Seven Sisters, Melotte 22.

Age: 100 million years.

 In UFOlogy, Nordic aliens are humanoid extraterrestrials purported to come from the Pleiades who resemble Nordic-Scandinavians. Professed contactees describe them as being six to seven feet tall (about two meters) with long blonde hair, blue eyes, and fair skin.  UFOlogist George Adamski is credited with being among the first to claim contact with Nordic aliens in the mid 1950s, and scholars note that the mythology of extraterrestrial visitation from beings with features described as Aryan often include claims of telepathy, benevolence, and physical beauty.

Kemetic Beliefs.

According to Kemetic traditions, the seven stars, represent an open invitation to  seekers to a more refined level of consciousness. Viewed as a “school of learning” only those who have been purified of energetic block. Invitation to and initiation into the Pleiadian wisdom teachings come during  deep meditation. The Pleiades are also viewed as our solar system’s source of electrical energy from the little sister star Electra.

The Pleiades in Norse, Celtic, and Bronze Age Mythology.

To Scandinavian, or Viking cultures, the Pleiades were thought of as Freyja’s children, Frejya being the Norse goddess of love, beauty, and fertility. For protection, some would paint seven spots, representing the seven stars, of this star system. Ladybugs were associated with the cluster because of the seven spots on their wings.

The Pleiades in Asian Cosmologies.

The first astronomical mention of the star cluster was in the Chinese Annals of roughly 2350 BC and was referred to as the Blossom Stars or Flower Stars.

The sprawling Xiaoling Mausoleum the tomb complex of the founder of the Ming Dynasty. when viewed from the air, the tomb complex echos the arrangement of the visible Pleiadian stars. Called the “treasure mound,” the tomb is said to hold “great cosmic secrets beyond gold treasure.”

In Japan, the Pleiades, relates to the cultural value of “harmonious grouping,” a foundational ,  characteristic of samurai and shogun societies.

According to myth, Amaterasu, the Japanese sun goddess quarreled with her brother Susanowo, the embodiment of the power of nature. Intimidated, she hid in a cave. The world went dark, and to entice her back out, the gods gave a string of seven brilliant jewels that would later be called the Pleiades cluster.

In Hindu mythology the seven sisters, are called the Krrtika.

In Vedic astrology, One born under the influences of the sisters is said to be fiery, warlike, and adventurous.

Native American Pleiades Myths.

A Cherokee myth tells the story of seven boys who rose into the heavens and became the Pleiades cluster,

 “The Iroquois, Chumash, Zuni, Cheyenne, and Blackfoot have all labeled the shining collection as an important source of enlightenment.

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This is a small sample of Pleiadean myth and symbolism. This relatively tiny star cluster has taken on proportionally huge significance in almost every ancient tradition and cosmology. In both ancient and modern cult. They remain present.

The Pleiadian, the children of the 7 sisters, the Nordics or Vanir have always beena friend to mankind, Or so mythology tells us.