Were you Aware of Chicagohenge? It is like Stonehenge, except that the alignment takes place in Chicago!
from timeout.com/chicago Half-natural, half- man-made, Chicagohenge refers to the phenomenon that occurs twice a year during the spring and fall equinoxes (the official start of each respective season), when the sun rises and sets directly east and west. Because Chicago’s streets are aligned on a north-south grid system, that allows for gorgeous views of the sun hanging low between the buildings on the city’s east-west streets—especially in the Loop, where towering skyscrapers offer the perfect frame for sunrise and sunset. You can typically view Chicagohenge for a few days after the equinox, too.
Big arterial streets in the Loop (like Madison, Kinzie, Randolph or Lake Streets) usually offer picturesque set-ups. Try not to fret if you miss this one, though—there’s always next time!
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LIVE at The Katalyst 13257 S. Baltimore Ave on Chicago’s Southside in Hegewisch or, you can watch the concert right here on YouTube or tiktok: Livestream or the Replay
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Putting on events that coincide with the Spiral Dance, the 8 points around the Wheel of Life, brings me joy, alignment, breakthroughs. MUSIC! I love it! I have been doing Medicine Wheel Circles at these points for many years now. Excited to add a trip downtown for #Chicagohenge, for another great Equinox experience. Perhaps I will see you there! I will probably choose Lake Street, then head Straight to the Lake!
Then just a few days later, we will meet up at the KATALYST for a Night of Original Reggae. 13257 S. Baltimore and bring in the Autumnal Equinox with Music.
We are so grateful to announce that Tchiya Amet and Band will be performing at the African festival of the Arts on the World Music Stage Saturday 9-3 at around 3pm. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Since 1989. This event is the flagship of the Africa International House. This 4 day event has stayed perfectly true to its mission: to promote, preserve and propagate African American culture. The AFA is a series of festivals within a festival built around African culture: art, music, dance, history and current interests and pursuits. Stimulation is the operative word used to describe the African Festival of the Arts (AFA). The visitor’s first rush of sights, sounds and sweet and savory smells are almost overwhelming. The senses can barely take it all in. The event site spans more than twelve acres and each one of them is jam packed with cultural entertainment, education, shopping, food, drink and fun including: • A Fine Arts Pavilion where more than $1M in art sales are exchanged. • An African Market. • A Drum Village. • Three entertainment stages. • National music headliners. • Sponsorable pavilions that focus on African Heritage, literature, automotive, family and children, technology, spirituality, business/finance, green/energy, wellness/fitness, dance, education, film, fashion and others. • An international food court.
Opening Prayer Anpu Opener for the Ways 4 Great Truths ONKAO Know Neberdjer Dua Ra Cheft Dua Ra Dua Ra Dua Ra Khepera Dua Khepera Dua Ra Dua Ra Tem Neter Neterty Ta Mi Ra Children of Ra
CHORUS: We are the Children of Ra Children of Creation RA is the Source of Life And we are His Children
Un Mesu Ra Mesu Khepera Ra Ankh Ra Un Mesu Ra
VERSE 1: Ra knew we would forget Him, And this made him cry We are born from his tears of sadness
People all over the world, were created by Ra’s tears. When we remember Him He cries tears of gladness!
VERSE 2: No matter how people look. No matter where they come from We’re ALL Children of RA and are loved equally
We must love one another equally Cuz we’re all family We’re ALL Children of RA The Children of Creation!
VERSE 3: Ra sends to us his Wisdom, through Djehuty and Sesheta Ra speaks to us through them and hears our prayers.
When you learn something new, it’s Ra sending Wisdom to you! Dua Djehuty! Dua Sesheta!
ENDING: Nuk PU Mu NU Ar-T Ra Rim Reth
Nuk Pu Mu Nu Ar-T Ra Rim
AU-T AB AB AKHI UP! FAU MER-T RENNU-T RESHA RESH RESHIT HI! HAAUT
PMH Vol 4 pgs 110-112
shat nay rech khepra nu Ra Secher Apep djedu neberdjer Djed-f mchet Kheper-f nuk a pu Kheper a m Khepera
Kheper-na kheper kheperu kheper kheperu neb m chet kheper asha Kheperu
m pert m ra a an keeper-pet an keeper-ta an qemam satatu djeftu m bet puy
March 27, 2020 was the first presentation of the Breath Concert.
We will revisit this on April 10, 2022 at 8pm ct. Here are my notes and resources. Hotep
Open the ways…Offering Prayer Anpu ONKAO
Dua Ra Chef
Uben F em aket abdet ent Pet Anetej Ra-k iti em Khepera Khepera qema neteru Cha-k-uben-k psd Mut-k Cha ti em suten neteru Iri -nek-mut Nut aiui -em iri nini Manu em Hetep hept-tu Maat er tra
Ra for the Corona
“Nini” act of worship is shown by the Nini/energy flowing from the hands of the god or goddess, sometimes during purification ritual, sometimes in adorations/making offerings
Dua Sekhmet, Dua Net Om Ndj Hna Nini
Dua Asar Un nefer Neterah. DRUM Her Ab Abdu; Suten heh Neb Djeta, Sebeby Heh
Dua Asar M aha-f, sa dep, n chat Nut, utet n Geb, Rpat neb
Dua Asar Ureret tai hed ity, neteru rmteg
Breath: Tree of Life pg 249 “God created the Universe….”
Aset: brought people back to life. Divine Intuition made the way for the redemption and the Victory of the Soul.
Speech of Aset:
Medtu-dj in Ast ay un m sa-k Hun n-a k nafu er fed-k mechtyu N sheray-afu-k pert m Temu Zk- n-a n-k hyt (afu) k Eddy n-a un n-k m Neter Cheftiu k cher kjhert teby k Z-maa kheru k m mut usertu ma neteru
4 Great Truths of Shetaut Neter
The Four Great Truths of Shetaut Neter
Pa Neter Ua Ua Neberdjer m Neteru An Maat Swy Saui Set s Khemn S-Uashu S-Nafu N Saiu Set Ari Shedy Rekh Ab M Maakheru
Focus on S-Uashu S-Nafu N Saiu Set (5 minutes)
Devotion to the Divine leads to Freedom from the Fetters of Set
Snafu: s-nafu
Reshert Sherety K Neter.
Joy Bliss Breathing thee the Divinity
It is a blissful experience to breathe in Divinity though the nostrils and experience the ecstasy of switching the awareness of ego personality to the fullness of my Divine nature instead.
At the Remembrance of Amun, located in the Temple of Amun at Luxor, in the Holy of Holies. This was discovered, or remembered by Sebai Maa on one of his visits there.
Myrrh has an affect on the Breath and being able to experience the Bliss.
Seba Dja is currently teaching a class on this Divine meditation at KemetUniversity.com
SHU
The Inner Space, Discover the Connection between Heaven and Earth Human interaction cannot take place without Space and Air. Atum Ra (ATOM) created Shu and Tefnut, Air and Moisture: Sneezed Shu into Existence Spit out Mucous: Spit out TefNut into Existence: The Common Cold played a significant role in the Creation Myth! Eternity SHU: Pg. 128
Follower of Djehuty Brings Sweet Wind to Nostrils, Shu Shines Cleansing Enlightening Light and Purifies the Body #11, pg 125 Iu a em shemsy en Djehuty Hay kua em Arit n-f neb an n-f n-k nafu
Nedjm {mdj} en fend k ankh was en Her k nefer
Mehtu pert em Temu er sherety k neb
Ta djezer Diu f Uben en Shu her shent-bet {det. Heru**} k
Se-hedj f n-k wat zenket der f n-k
Dutu ary hau k en shu-achu tep ra
Book of Breathings: #5 Amun beholds you and gives air
Pg 153:
Amun ra ma k her di n-k nafuPtah her nubau hau k
Page 155: #7 Amun provides Breaths of Life even while being in a coffin
Amun sty nafu en ankh Di f ari-k zenzenu em debut k
pg 156: #8 Doing the Breathings daily is a Protective talisman
Shayt en zenzenu en Djehuty em sau k zenzenu k im s ra neb
Sema hieroglyph: represented by the union of Two Lungs and the Trachea, symbolizes that the union of the Higher Self and Lower Self leads to the One.
pg 36 Vol 3 EBOD Sema: yoga, unity Smai Tawi Unification of Upper and Lower Kemet/Egypt
Tjef Neter Sema Paut Smai Tawi
Authentic Ancient Egyptian Yoga Posture System, Yoga from Ancient Kemet. Not the same as Kemetic Yoga, which is Eastern yoga that has been “Kemetized”. This is a system that can be found inscribed in Temples throughout Ancient Egypt/Kemet.
From Sebai Maa in Tjef Sema Paut Level 2 Certification Training March 2020:
Conspiracy: to Breathe Together. Sema Nafu UaShu means Devotion: One Breath. Rhythmic Breathing leads to the Discovery of Neberdjer
Sema Nafu UaShu.
Hotep/Hetep di S Neter iri metti wadj
Peace Offering is made to Propitiate that God may make the Vascular Systems Flourish, this is an Indication of Health.
Goddess Maat
Maat Akhu Maat Maat Nebu Ten Cha Hena Maat Ankh Hena Maat Ha Sema Maat Dua Maat Nebu ten
HA SEMA MAAT (5 minutes)
JOIN WITH MAAT LET HER GUIDE YOUR ACTIONS
The Conspiracy Chant: S-uashu s-nafu n saiu Set Sema Nafu Uashu Ha Sema Maat
Om Hotep Titi Supreme Peace, the End of Duality, is Coming
Welcome to Ancient African Adorations for April 2: the Joy of the Pauti of Anunian Gods & Goddesses
Opening Prayer Anpu ONKAO 4 Great Truths Know Neberdjer Dua Ra Cheft Dua Asar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennead
The Pauti
According to the creation story of the Heliopolitan priests, the world originally consisted of the primordial waters of precreation personified as Nun.[1] From it arose a mound on the First Occasion.[1] Upon the mound sat the self-begotten god Atum, who was equated with the sun god Ra. Atum evolved from Nun through self-creation. Atum either spat or masturbated, producing air personified as Shu and moisture personified as Tefnut. The siblings Shu and Tefnut mated to produce the earth personified as Geb and the nighttime sky personified as Nut.
Geb and Nut were the parents of Osiris and Isis and of Set and Nephthys, who became respective couples in turn. Osiris and Isis represent fertility and order, while Set and Nephthys represent chaos to balance out Osiris and Isis. Horus, the son of Osiris and Isis, is often included in this creation tradition. Due to the duality of Ancient Egyptian myths, this is only one of many creation stories. The Egyptians believed no specific myth was more correct than the other, rather that some combination of these myths was correct. This creation story, the Heliopolitan tradition, is one of physiological creation. The other major creation traditions are the Memphite Tradition and Hermopolitian/Ogdoad.
https://ancientegyptonline.co.uk/ennead/ The Ancient Egyptians had many gods, but some were closely connected to each other in groupings known as “Pesedjets” and associated with defined locations. The Pyramid Texts (Old Kingdom) refer to a number of groups of gods, of which the Great Pesdjet is now known to us as “The Ennead”. The Ennead (derived from the Greek word for nine) are the nine ancient Egyptian Gods and Godesses associated with the creation myths of Heliopolis (Iunu) in Lower Egypt.
Procession of the Pauti hekau Dua Ra, Dua Tefnut, Dua Shu, Dua Nut, Dua Geb, Dua Asar, Dua Aset,Dua NebtHet, Dua Set, Dua Heru
Many references to the p[ower of 9, 3-6-9. However, the Medu Neter word is Pauti..let’s chack in with Sebai Maa…
PMH by Sebai Maa Ashby pg 61 definition pg 62 pg 69: Creation Myth of Asarian Resurrection pg 80
Tree of Life pg 97: What is the Purpose of the Neteru? pg 98: represents the number 10, not 9!!! The Tree of Life… pg 108: Lesson 4, The Psycho Spiritual Journey through Creation SEMA PAUT NETERU>>>AKHU SENEB coming soon…. pg 109: Image of the Paauti and description of each Pauti pg 118: The Movement of Dissolution , the Spiritual Journey to Enlightenment based on the Pauti pg 124: Numerology of 1, 9 and 10
pg 125: The Scripture from the Book of Knowing the forms of Ra Shat nty rech kheperu nu Ra per n a m oabu djd-ft nebt khepr nebt am sen mesu in Shu di-f Tfnut hna Nut mesu in Geb Nut Asar Her Khent an man Set Aset NebtHet m chat ua m sa ua im sen mesu senu ashatu sen m ta pa
pg 201: Purpose of life… the answer is that…2nd paragraph
Net, Nut Bastet, Tefnut Rennenet Dua Nut, Dua Geb, Dua Shu Om Asar Aset Heru S UaShu S Nafu N Saiu Set Order in My…
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AstMaataJi Temple of Divine Light, Healing and Sweet Sounds Light Being Wellness Center, and of course, Milky Way Records & Productions, where it all began….
Show will begin at 7pm with Kemetic DUB: Kemetic Chants and Guided Meditation withLIVE DUB Music. Followed by the Original Reggae, Native Reggae, World Music of TCHIYA AMET
Good Rising and Great Awakenings! Now streaming live on YouTube, tiktok, and various other platforms such as twitter, LinkedIn, telegram, and Melanated People. Soon will be on Pinterest as well. Here is the Schedule for March 2022 plus links and highlights of past transmissions. Currently, the series is following the Neterian Calendar of Holy Days presented by TempleofAmun.com For more information on the Kemetic Wisdom teachings, visit EgyptianYoga.com
And for the Reggae fans, I am sure you must be wondering what caused this Spiritual Direction and Intense Focus of this Music! Well it was my personal musical healing journey. To be honest, there is waaaaaaaaaayyyyyy too much toxic masculinity and colonialism for me to continue as exclusively a Reggae Artist. Too much religious oppression and spiritual enslavement. Too. much Caucasity involved in the Reggae Music Industry. I needed to get more in touch with Divinity, with the Divine Feminine, and not be involved in a movement that required me to remain silent.
So, after decades of exploring other Indigenous Practices and Spiritual technologies, I landed in Ancient Kemet. These are the teachings that allowed me to literally CHANGE NY MIND. To transform myself into My Higher Self.
If you notice, all of my music has been about putting teachings of the Four Directions to Music. I stayed in Kemet for 12 years so far, Moree to come.
During the Ancient African Adorations sessions, we dive deep into the teachings offered for the Holy day, then towards the end, the Song Writing Enchantress appears, and creates new music on the spot, based on the Scriptures or reflections of the Teachings. Sometimes, the teachings and writings of Sebai Maa (Dr. Muata Ashby) & Seba Dja (Dr. Karen “Dja” Ashby) are presented. Sometimes, just the personal reflections of the Chantress and Overseer of AstMaataJi Temple of Divine Light Healing and Sweet Sounds, Arit Neter S Mery Maati, aka Tchiya Amet.
This Music is a reflection of my spiritual journey, and is being shared to enhance your own journey as well.
And, now it is time for …..MORE GREAT ORIGINAL REGGAE MUSIC!!! SPRINQUINOX 2022
She lays to rest the storms that had not allowed the boats to make their journey
Anpu ONKAO Dua Asar Speech of Aset Dua Aset
https://www.britannica.com/topic/mystery-religion/Seasonal-festivals The March festival, as it was celebrated in Corinth, is described at length in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses, or The Golden Ass. It was a spring festival that celebrated the beginning of the seafaring season. A ship was carried on a cart (carrus navalis) through the city. It was followed by a procession of choruses, candidates, mystai in bright clothes wearing masks, and priests carrying the insignia of the goddess. The ship was let into the sea, and the participants returned to the temple, where initiation ceremonies, banquets, and dances were held.
As Set is the god of thunderstorms, Aset is the goddess of the life-giving rains. While Set’s storms cleanse so that new growth can occur from even the most desolate of lands, Aset’s cleansing has to do with the renewal of the ka of all living things. She replenishes while he destroys, but both bring renewal.
Two great Festivals are dedicated to Isis. The first was celebrated on the Vernal Equinox, to celebrate the return of life to the world (around March 20)….
Her name literally means “(female) ofthrone“, Her original headdress was an empty throne chair belonging to her murdered husband,Osiris. …
The ancient Egyptians certainly knew that feeling and celebrated it. In his essay “On Isis and Osiris,” the Greek priest Plutarch mentions an Egyptian festival that he says marked the beginning of spring and was called ‘The Entry of Osiris Into the Moon.’ Here’s what he says about it:
“Further, on the first day of the month of Phamenoth they hold a festival, which they call ‘The Entry of Osiris into the Moon,’ for it is the beginning of spring. Thus they locate the power of Osiris in the moon and say that Isis, as the creative principle, has intercourse with him. For this reason they also call the moon the mother of the world and they believe her nature to be both male and female since she is filled and made pregnant by the sun while she herself in turn projects and disseminates procreative elements in the air.“
PLUTARCH, “ON ISIS AND OSIRIS,” 43
The author of this article goes on to say the Plutarch has Greekified the myths the dates, etc, also, reversed the genders of the Sun and Moon, so, perhaps this entry is useless….
http://isis.houseofneteru.com/Festivals.html
When held in March, it was also a Spring festival of Isis as Mother of the Season. Isidis Navigum was traditionally celebrated with lights, music, mirrors, flower garlands, perfume, balsam, carnival, and torch-lit processions. It can also be celebrated by going sailing, carrying garlands of roses to the sea, pouring libations of milk into the sea, dedicating a ship to Isis, or making and launching a small votive boat in honor of Isis.
The night of the Full Moon is a traditional time for celebrating Isis and Osiris.
Isis is also traditionally honored on the first and fourth days of the New Moon.
“Secret cavern” is the name of the seventh country of the Duat.
Full of danger and peril is it, for the abominable Apep dwells in this land. As a great and monstrous serpent does he appear and with wide-open mouth he swallows the waters of the river, that the Boat may be wrecked and that Ra may perish. Then would the earth belong to the powers of darkness, and evil and wickedness would overcome the gods.
But in the prow of the Boat stands Isis, the great enchantress, whose magic none can withstand; Isis, the greatest of the goddesses, she who can raise the dead, and to whom all mankind pay love and reverence. With arms outstretched, she recites the Words of Power; calling aloud across the dark river. On a sandbank in the midst of the river lies the abominable Apep. hen Selk and Her-desuf leap from the Boat of Ra and bind him with cords, and with sharp knives they pierce his flesh, hoping to destroy him. But Apep is immortal, and every night will he await and attack the Boat of Ra. Yet Selk and Her-desuf hold him fast while the Boat continues on its way, past the great sandbanks, where he writhes and twists and struggles to get free, but the cords are strong and the knives are sharp and his efforts are in vain.
Ancient African Adorations Musical Offerings and Wisdom Teachings for Goddess Nut.
February 26 is the Day of Nut according to the Neterian Calendar of Holy Days presented by TemoleOfAmun.com In this series, Musical Offerings of Wisdom teachings are shared in alignment with the Holy Days.
ONKAO
dua Asar un nefer Neterah mph vol 1 pg 153 hymn to Asar 4 Great Truths Dua Nut Muta Ra Chapter 19 Protection Dua Nut Dua Geb Dua Shu
“O my mother Nut, spread yourself over me, so that I may be placed among the imperishable stars and may never die…that my name might remain enduring in this temple forever and ever.”
Utterance 432 – the Pyramid Texts (written circa 2500 BCE):
O Great One who became Sky, You are Strong, you are Mighty. Every place is filled with Your Beauty. The whole world lies beneath you. You possess it! As you enfold the whole Earth and all things in Your arms, enfold me too. Make me an Indestructible Star in your Body.
“I am Nut, and I have come so that I may enfold and protect you from all things evil.”
According to the Ancient Egyptian calendar, February 1st (Rekh Neds 18) is a Very Favorable Day as “It is the feast of Nut, who counts the days.“
https://ladyofthemoor.livejournal.com/82255.html
Oh my Mother Nut, stretch your wings over me. Let me become like the imperishable stars, like the indefatigable stars. May Nut extend her arms over me and her name of “She who extends her arms” chases away the shadows and makes the light shine everywhere. O Great Being who is in the world of the Dead, At whose feet is Eternity, in whose hand is the always, Come to me, O great divine beloved Soul, who is in the mysterious abyss, Come to me. Ancient Egyptian prayer
Tjef Neteru Sema Paut: “I Am the Cosmic Mother of Asar, I Am Your Mother. I Am the Night Sky and Outer Space. My Body is made up of stars which are my children who I invited to be with me at the time of their death. I Comfort and watch over you always. At the end of your journey on Earth, I invite you to experience the comfort of the bosom of vastness.”
Al Minya has a site with an image of the Blind Harpist, so we absolutely had to go there. Because this is a Musical Initiatic Journey. I had never heard of this place before. My first visit was in 2018, then again in 2020.
. We spent the entire day there both times, visiting many different sites and locations that were completely mind-blowing, everything happened so fast, I simply must return every time I am in Kemet…
Here is an introduction from askaladdin.com
Monuments And Ancient Sites In Al Minya
Al Minya is 246 km away from Cairo and is one of the most important governorates of Upper Egypt because of its unique location midway between northern and southern Egypt. In addition Al Minya has many historical sites and monuments that go back to different eras from the Pharaonic era to modern times.
Al Minya stretches for around 135 kilometers on both banks of the Nile at 18 kilometers wide from the east to the west. The size of the city is approximately 32,000km and its population is around 4 million.
Al Minya was the capital of Egypt in (1373 – 1390) BC when Ikhnaton and his beautiful queen, Nefertiti, lived there in the small village of Tel El Amarna in the Markez of Malawi, which was the center of the worship of the God Aten. This was the first time in Egyptian history when the Egyptians worshiped one god, changing the religion that encouraged worshiping many gods especially the famous god Amun.
The bridge of Upper Egypt had an important role in other stages of the Egyptian history. During the Roman era, it was the center of the worship of the god Thut, the god of wisdom and knowledge…..
Akhenaten: Okht Aten or Tel Al Amarna, the capital of his kingdom.
There is a small museum for Akhenaten, and most of his abode is in ruins. When he changed the culture to One God, he lost the support of most of the Kingdom, and was unable to obtain limestone and other enduring materials for construction. So, he used the Sun and Clay. This is why most of his structures are in ruins….you can still feel the energy however….
Adam my guide told me that Queen Nefertiti and her mother-in-law Queen Tye, did not get along, living together was very unpleasant, An Nefer, and so Queen Nefertiti moved out of the palace, down the street. They eventually got a divorce! It is said that after the divorce, he married KIya and made her his beloved Wife, however, she was never known as the Royal Wife….
Blind Harpist: High Priest of Aten, during reign of Akhenaten; the Tomb of Meryre, Meirire; Al Amarna, New Kingdom.
There are at least 47 sites with a Blind Harpist, which marks another one of the Harpists Songs. “These songs display varying degrees of hope in an afterlife that range from the skeptical through to the more traditional expressions of confidence” (Ancient Egyptian Literature Volume 1: The Old and Middle Kingdom”, Miriam Lichtheim, University of California, 1976, pg. 115, pg. 175-178
Harper’s Songs
The singer Tjeniaa says: How firm you are in your seat of eternity, Your monument of everlastingness! It is filled with offerings of food, It contains every good thing. Your ka is with you, It does not leave you, O Royal Seal-Bearer, Great Steward, Nebankha! Yours is the sweet breath of the northwind! So says his singer who keeps his name alive, The honorable singer Tjeniaa, whom he loved, Who sings to his ka every day
Harper Song from the Tomb of Paatenemheb, the time of Akhenaten
Make holiday, don’t weary of it!! Look, there is no one allowed to take their things with them, and there is no one who goes away comes back again.[1]
In Ancient Egypt the “Harper’s Song” (or Song of the Harper) is a poem which was inscribed in the tomb along with the image of a blind man playing a harp. It is thought that the harpist played and sang the song during the mortuary feats for the deceased.
From Harper’s Song: Tomb of Intef “Hence rejoice in your heart! Forgetfulness profits you, Follow your heart as long as you live! Put myrrh on your head, Dress in fine linen, Anoint yourself with oils fit for a god, Heap up your joys, Let your heart not sink! Follow your heart and your happiness,”
Harper’s Song: Tomb of Inherkhawy ” set your home well in the sacred land that your good name last because of it; Care for your works in the realm under God that your seat in the West be splendid The waters flow north, the wind blows south, and each man goes to his hour. So, seize the day! Hold holiday! Be unwearied, unceasing, alive, you and your own true love; Let not your heart be troubled during your sojourn on earth, but seize the day as it passes! Put incense and sweet oil upon you, garlanded flowers at your breast, While the lady alive in your heart forever delights as she sits beside you. Grieve not your heart, whatever comes; let sweet music play before you; Recall not the evil, loathsome to God, but have joy, joy, joy, and pleasure! O upright man, man just and true, patient and kind, content with your lot, rejoicing, not speaking evil Let your heart be drunk on the gift of Day.”
Basically, the older songs discuss the struggles of living with the knowledge that death comes no matter how wonderful life is. And the newer songs (ie, after the Greek Invasions) discuss enjoying life to the fullest because no one escapes death anyway…
Now that I have started playing the harp, I would like to learn some of these songs, and of course, write a few of my own. When I was there in 2020, a lovely chant came through me as I sat in from of the Blind harpist: Mery Maati Mery Ra. You will hear it in one of the videos below. My experience at the site revealed to me that as the Blind harpist, I must remain Blind to the politics and chaos around me and remain in the stillness, blind to the ignorance and hypocrisy, and remain focused on creating beautiful music and sweet sounds that keep us in tune with the Divine, with Neberdjer, and lead us to Enlightenment.
The first time I visited El Minya, it was the first stop on a whirlwind tour. The second time, we began in Aswan and worked our way towards Cairo. By the time we got to the Blind Harpist ,for the very first time, I recall being in a state of shock/euphoria. I had no real understanding of where we were, or the significance. This is why I am going back every time….We had so much fun going from Temple to Temple. Next time, I will have my bearings, and, I will have a battery pack and extra data cards for all of the photos! AND, they will be labeled with names and locations….and, maybe you will join me?????
2021 Update: I made it back, with battery packs, however, I did not label my photos well, and lost almost half of them! LOL! I am planning another trip once it is safe to travel again.
Click the link above for a detailed description of the site, from ask-aladdin.com. I have included some photos from this site in the video.
Djehuty: Tuna Al Jebel
There were like 2000 roads underground, filled with tombs, mummies, in the catacombs. We saw actual baboon mummies, Ibis mummies. It was like an underground city. There were even street signs! A wonderful song for Djehuty came through while I was in the catacombs, standing near the tomb of a priest from ling ago….
In 2020, I had an amazing time meeting some of the children that were playing outside of these sacred sites. They were fascinated by my presence, and kept asking me my name! lOL! Then they were following our group. I am sorry to say that those were some of the photos and videos that went missing. Perhaps they will remember me when I return….
Funeral Houses: Tomb of Isadora
Isadora was a wealthy and beautiful young woman living in Hermopolis during the time when the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius (AD 138–161) ruled over Ægyptus. She fell in love with a young soldier from Antinopolis (current Sheikh ‘Ibada), and they wanted to get married. However, her father refused, so the young couple decided to elope. Unfortunately, Isadora drowned while crossing the Nile. Her body was mummified, and her father built an elaborate tomb for her, featuring a poem of 10 lines inscribed in Greek elegiac couplets. At some time after her death, a cult developed around her tomb. Isadora’s mummified remains are still present, encased in glass, in her mausoleum—a prominent building at Tuna el-Gebel.
Take a Day Trip!
Al Minya is considered a Day Trip from Cairo. I hope to spend more time at all of these sites again very soon. Because it is not on the usual, well-traveled Tourist Path, it is very different from the other places that I have been. I can still recall the joy at seeing the Blind Harpist for the first time, and the hospitality of the vendors and guards, that were surprised that we traveled so far out of the way to experience the wonders of Al Minya.
Here are video slide shows only visit in 2018, and 2021
When we visited the Akentanyen Temple Ruins, I gathered some sand. When I got home, you won’t believe what I found!!!
