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Djehuty Brings Back TefNut/Sekhmet
Uben Nefer! Beautiful Rising.
May 14 in the Neterian Calendar of Holy Days: Djehuty brings back Sekhmet. Back to Kemet, and back to her Divinity.
Opening Prayers:
Offerings to Anpu
O Anpu Opener of the Ways
4 Great Truths of Shetaut Neter
ONKAO
Dua Djehuty
Dua Hetheru Neteritah, Sekima
dua Sekhmet, Dua Net
Dua Sekhmet, Dua Aset
Be Enlightened: Dua Sekhmet
Pillars of ra: Festivals of Ancient Egypt
https://books.google.com/books?id=MpJRAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA131&lpg=PA131&dq=djehuty+brings+back+sekhmet&source=bl&ots=8QPOEhLFOC&sig=ACfU3U0SbOX4tr7YYm2BnN9Gh40f1Pr7lg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjT0b669N73AhVJFTQIHQFcBEgQ6AF6BAgOEAM#v=onepage&q=djehuty%20brings%20back%20sekhmet&f=false
Who is TefNut/Sekhmet
Tree of Life pg 94: Sekhmet is the power to destroy evil.
pg 263: Lionness
Djehuty: The Cosmic Mind of Creation; Divine Intelligence
TOL pg 121
Djehuty Opened Sekhmet’s Mouth with 4 Parables. which will be studied in fullness on another Holy Day. Today, the emphasis is on coming back from spiritual amnesia by the Cosmic Mind, Divine Intellect.
The eye of Ra and the Eye of Heru: PMH pg 94 ebook
GLM
Nuk Hekau Nuk Ra Akhu Nuk Ba Ra Nuk Hekau
PMH chapter 4 vs 19 pg 181
gloss pg 189
Selections from PMH pg 108 Egyptian Yoga vol. 1
Sekhem – a em mu ma aua Set:
I have gained power over the water as I conquered Set
Rex – a em Ab – a Sekhem – a em hati – a
I know my heart, I have gained power over my heart
Controlling the Emotions:
Egyptian Yoga Vol. 1 pg 178 proverbs.
Egyptian magic from Egyptian Yoga Vol. 1 pg 208-209
Quotes from the Kybalion:
“To change your mood or mental state, change your vibration”
“To destroy an undesirable rate of mental vibration, concentrate on the opposite vibration to the one to be suppressed”
PMH Vol 3 by Sebai Maa
pg 118-119
vs E, F, G
Aset pu her sheta im-s
aha en san n-s sheny z im ar Wadjyt
Nebt emu chetu Arit Ra pu
ankh udja seneb
Dua Djehuti, Dua Sekhmet
Nuk Pu Djehuty, Nuk Pu Sekhmet
Dua Nehast, Nuk Pu Nehast
Ancient African Adorations for May
Uben Nefer.
I am so grateful that the Idea popped into my mind about how to schedule these concerts. The “normal” method of time and space e, growing weaker each year, doing the same things at the same time of day, day of week, was well. slowly draining me.
Now that my life is centered around the Solar Sidereal calendar, the Sirius Sidereal calendar, the Lunar calendar, the Galactic Calendar, plus the Calendar of Neterian Holy Days, Life is really flowing for me more abundantly instead of time and chaos perpetually stopping me.
This month there are 2 Neterian Holy Days. These will occur the same date every year…
May 14: Djehuty brings back Sekhmet
May 21: The Day of Djehuty
Mid Spring Reggae Music Experience
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MAY 17, 2022 UPDATE!
This event is Rain for Shine! either Inside the Studio at 9911 S. Walden Pkwy in Beverly, OR, if it is Sunshiney and Warm, we will be Outside at the Yard at Tranquility Salon 9908 S. Walden Pkwy in Beverly!
RAIN OR SHINE, WE WILL HAVE A GREAT TIME! Bring chairs, bring refreshments, bring good vibez….
Sprinquinox was indeed a success. Now it is time to celebrate the Middle of Spring, with MID SPRING REGGAE MUSIC EXPERIENCE. We are gonna keep flowing with Natural Time: the next event is scheduled for MAY 17, 7-10 pm ct, Live and Live Stream. This event will be OUTDOORS, at the Lovely Stage for the Joplin Marley Studio.9908 Walden Pkwy I Beverly, Chicago.
This event will carry on the tradition of Live, LIVESTREAM & Replay.
And of course, Name Your Price!
Suggested Donation for Live Concert is $22
Livestream and Replays Suggested Price remains at $11
However, even $1 is appreciated….
RAIN OR SHINE WE WILL HAVE A GREAT TIME!
Mid-Spring Reggae Music Experience
Newsletter Update
Festivity of Ra & His Followers
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
Tjez -n-a im sens m Nunu {Net} m nenu
an gem-na bet aha n-a
imy
akht {mdj} m abt
Joy of Pauti
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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
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…
Akhus Move Upstream
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Anpu
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4 Great Truths
Dua ra Cheft
Dua Asar
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/soul.htm
- Akhu (Akh, Khu, Ikhu) – This was the immortal part, the radiant and shining being that lived on in the Sahu, the intellect, will and intentions of the deceased that transfigured death and ascended to the heavens to live with the gods or the imperishable stars.
- While the Khat lies in the tomb, ready to be animated by the Ka, the Ba might be traveling the underworld with Ra. While the Ab is with the gods, the Khaibit might be with the Ba on the barque, or in the tomb eating some offerings. At the same time, the Akhu, Sekhem and Sahu might be contentedly living in the stars, looking down at the earth.
from wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_conception_of_the_soul
numerous parts of the soul:
- Khet or the “physical body”
- Sah or the “spiritual body”
- Ren or the “name, identity”
- Ba or the “personality”
- Ka or the “double”
- Ib or the “heart”
- Shut or the “shadow”
- Sekhem or the “power, form”
Collectively, these spirits of a dead person were called the Akh after that person had successfully completed its transition to the afterlife.[2][a] Egyptologist R. David,[3] at the University of Manchester, explains the many facets of the soul as follows:The Egyptians believed that the human personality had many facets—a concept that was probably developed early in the Old Kingdom. In life, the person was a complete entity, but if he had led a virtuous life, he could also have access to a multiplicity of forms that could be used in the next world. In some instances, these forms could be employed to help those whom the deceased wished to support or, alternately, to take revenge on his enemies.[3]
Akh (Spirit)
https://ancientegyptonline.co.uk/soul/
The Akh is a tricky concept perhaps best understood as the effective spirit of the deceased. When a person died, their Ka left their body. The Opening of the Mouth ritual allowed the Ba to leave the body. The akh was the result of the successful union of the Ba and Ka which occurred if the person’s heart passed the test in the Hall of Judgment. Thus the primary purpose of the funerary texts and rituals was to help the deceased become an akh.
Although the akh was not itself divine, it shared some characteristics with the gods and was immortal. During the Old Kingdom, only kings and gods are identified with the akh, but as time progressed all people could hope to be transfigured as one of the blessed dead. Living people could pray to the akh of their ancestors for help, but the akhu could also inflict punishments on the living if not appeased.
The akh also relates to the effectiveness of a person when they undertook any act considered glorious or righteous. For example, a king building a temple for a god or a man feeding and clothing the poor could both be considered akhut (that which is akh).
Temple of Shetaut Neter, sema Institute:
Akhu, Akhu, from Temple of Aset, Dr. Muata Ashby Sebai Maa
Ra Akhu, Dr. Muata Ashby Sebai Maa
DEfinition oif Moving upstream:
Something that is moving upstream is moving toward the source of a river against the current, from a point further down the river. Something that is upstream is toward the source of a river.Salmon manage to swim upstream to lay their eggs….the river police, whose headquarters are just upstream of the Ile St. Louis.
PMH pg 134 Sebai Maa
The Akhu is represented by the ibis, a symbol of Djehuty….
pg 135, pg 140, pg 143,
pg 157 Chapter 1
Ha em reu nu pert m heru
setjesu sakhu pert hait
em neter-khert Akhu
Em Amentet nefert djedtu heru
N qeres aq em chet pert
Djed in Asar Any
Asar Sesh Any
Inetedj her-k ka
`Amentet
In Djehuty Suten heh
Imi nuk Neter aaa nem depet
Ahay ni her-k nuk ua m neu en nen
Neteru udjaudjau se-malak-heru
Asar er cheftau-f heru
Puy n udajad medutu
Nuk imtu Asar!!
Nuk ua M enemu n netery mesu
Nut semaaiu cheft nu
Asar chnr sebiu her f nu
imitu k Heru
pg 181 vs 21; pg 201 vs 7;
pg 209, gloss form chapter 10: vs 8-12
pgm 229: Gpddess Nut and the Concept of Heaven
pg 238 last paragraph; pg 262, footnotes;
pg 278: supplication Appendix 1 plus footnotes
pg 328 last paragraph
Tree of Life Sebai Maa
pg 44
pg 46 bottom of page
pg 143
Dua Ankh Herakhuti
pg 237
breakdown…pg 261
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Springtime Music: March 2022
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Ancient African Adorations CONTINUES in 2022!
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
Tchiya Amet Music YouTube channel
REGGAE MUSIC REBORN IN 2022
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
Due to Social Distancing, there are only 20 seats available for the Live Concert…
get your ticket soon, you can even Name Your Price!
In case you missed the launching of my very first OFFICIAL Music Video, here it is!
TWO ROADS is Kemetic ROCK!
Spring Festival of Goddess Aset
March 5
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.
https://fiercelybrightone.com/2014/04/19/aset-and-set/
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.
https://www.carnaval.com/isis/
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.
https://www.landofpyramids.org/sun-boat.htm
“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.
The Storm
TOL pg 192
PMH pg. 46
pg 111
pg 189
Readings from Teachings by Sage Amenemopet presented by Sebai Maa and Seba Dja:
Dr. Muata Ashby and Dr. Karen Dja Ashby…
Erdi Necht
https://tchiya.bandcamp.com/track/erdi-necht
If you would like to obtain a copy of the calendar of Neterian Holy Days, visit
https://templeofamun.com/order-calendar
Kemetic Wisdom Teachings and Classes
https://EgyptianYoga.com
Feast of Ra in his Boat
https://youtu.be/rJk1Pd2buIU
Anpu
ONKAO
Dua Ra Cheft
Dua Ra Dua Ra Dua Ra Khepera
Dua Khepera, Dua Ra, Dua Ra Tem
Adorations to Ra when he rises… pg 28 devotional manual from hymn to Ra #1 pmh
The Twelve Hours of the Duat
The Regions of Night and Thick Darkness
Watercourse of Ra
Ur-nes, Ouranos
Watercourse of the only God
Living one of forms
Hidden
Abyss of waters
Secret cavern
Sarcophagus of the gods
Procession of images
Abyss of waters, lofty of banks
Mouth of the cavern
Darkness has fallen, and births shine forth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3VKIy00mhc
https://www.landofpyramids.org/sun-boat.htm
The Sun Boat and the Book of the Dead
A hymn to Ra is included in the Papyrus of Ani a Book of the Dead that includes reference to the Matet sun boat and the Sektet sun boat as follows:.
“Hail, thou Disk, thou lord of rays, who risest on the horizon day by day! Shine thou with thy beams of light upon the face of Osiris Ani, who is true of voice; for he singeth hymns of praise unto thee at dawn, and he maketh thee to set at eventide with words of adoration, May the soul of Ani come forth with thee into heaven, may he go forth in the Matet boat, may he come into port in the Sektet boat, and may he cleave his path among the never-resting stars in the heavens.
https://www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ael/ael14.htm
Here are a few highlights from this text.
The Hours:
At the entrance of every country of the Duat is a gate; tall are the walls, and narrow is the passage. None may pass by him save those only to whom his name is known.
In the evening Ra descends in majesty to the Western horizon of heaven, to the portals of the Duat at the Gap of Abydos. Splendid is the Mesektet Boat, glorious its trappings, and its colours are of amethyst and emerald, jasper and turquoise, lazuli and the lustre of gold. At the Gap of Abydos waits a company of gods to prepare the Boat for the journey through the Duat, the land of night and of thick darkness. Stripped is the Boat of its splendour, bare and without glory is it when it passes through the portals of the Duat, and in it is the body of Ra, lifeless and dead.
“Watercourse of Ra”
In the cabin of the Boat is Ra, dead and lifeless
Ur-nes, Ouranos.
In this country Ra is Lord and King, and those who live here are in peace, for none can pass the great hooded snakes who guard the gates, whose breath is mingled flame and venom. Happy are those who inhabit this land, for here dwell the spirits of the corn, Besa and Nepra and Tepu-yn. These are they who make the wheat and barley to flourish and cause the fruits of the earth to increase.
Watercourse of the only God: Scale of Maat
“the souls of men are not able to participate of the divine nature whilst they are encompassed about with bodies and passions…When they are freed from these impediments and remove into those purer and unseen regions…’tis then that this God becomes their Leader and King; upon him they wholly depend, still beholding without satiety, and still ardently longing after that beauty, which ’tis not possible for man to express or think.”
“Living one of forms”
Sokar has dominion in this land. Dreary is the waste of sand, limitless the desert, gloomy and sombre the landscape.
Men call this place Re-stau, the Mouth of the Tomb. Even in this gloomy desert Osiris has dominion; Lord of Re-stau is he called, therefore
And now the Boat of Ra can no longer float upon the water, but is changed into a great and mighty serpent with glittering scales. At the prow is a serpent’s head with eyes watchful and fierce, at the stern is a serpent’s head with poison-fangs prepared. Over the sand it glides
“Hidden” is the name of the fifth country of the Duat, and in this dark and gloomy region dwells Sokar, its Lord and King, god of those who are buried…
Savage and fierce as a hawk is Sokar, and terrible is the punishment he metes out to those who rebel against him. Hard by his dwelling is a lake where the water boils and bubbles with heat as water boils in a pot. Into the boiling lake are cast the rebels, and they cry to Ra for help, but Ra lies cold and lifeless, waiting for the coming of Khepera, and their cries are unheeded while the Boat passes on its way.
Slowly goes the Boat of Ra, passing through the Duat, through regions of thick darkness, of terror and dismay, to the place where the abominable Apep lies in wait for the coming of Ra.
“Abyss of waters” is the name of the sixth country of the Duat, The river rises out of the sand again, and the Boat floats upon its waters, and those who are in it rejoice, for the hours of the night are passing away.
Here also lives the great coiled serpent with five heads, and within his coils lies Khepera, god of resurrection. On his head he places the scarab, beneath his feet is the sign of flesh; thus does he send Life into the dead, and thus will he re-vivify Ra. For this is the farthest point of the Duat, and beyond the gate lies the way to the sunrise.
“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.
“Sarcophagus of the gods” is the name of the eighth country of the Duat, for here dwell the dead gods. Dead and buried are they, embalmed and bandaged as men embalm and bandage the dead upon earth.
Softly goes the Boat of Ra, passing through the Duat, moving through the darkness to the sunrise and the day.
“Procession of images” is the name of the ninth country of the Duat.
From them the dwellers in this land receive the offerings which are made to them upon the earth. Then the star-gods break into singing; and the twelve goddesses and the weaving gods and the dwellers in this land chant the glory and honour of Ra, praising the Lord of the Boat, the Maker of earth and of heaven. With joy and singing they follow the appointed path.
“Abyss of waters, lofty of banks” is the name of the tenth country of the Duat, and the ruler is Ra. By the side of the river are four goddesses; upon the darkness they cast beams of light, making bright the way of Ra upon the gloomy river. Before the Boat of Ra moves the Star of Morning…The greatest of all the countries of the Duat is this, for in this realm of wonder and mystery Khepera joins himself to Ra, and Ra himself is created anew. Yet the dead body of Ra remains in the Boat; but his soul is united to the soul of Khepera.
“Mouth of the cavern” is the name of the eleventh country of the Duat, and Ra is its ruler.
“Darkness has fallen, and births shine forth” is the name of the twelfth country of the Duat. On the prow of the Boat is the great scarab of Khepera, ready to make the transformations of Ra ere he reaches the end of the Duat.
TOL pg 22
pg 157
pg 183 Aset
pg 219-220 outcomes of journey
pg 223
pg 245
pg 246 Hymn to Ra
pg 248: Principles of then Hymn to Ra
African religion Vol4: Asian Resurrection
pg 68 A Hymn to ra vs 1, vs 2
pg 73; Maat pedestal
pg 100 vs 45-46 Aset stops the Boat
pg 126 vs 142-143: Ra is tired of the battle between Heru and Set and takes a nap.
Who is on the Boat?
pg 113 Sailing in a Boat (?)
pg 143 who is on the boat
pg 201 movement of boat starts creation
PMH
pg 73 Boat of Ra
pg 76
pg 119 mysticism of the boat ride
Chapter 1 pg 157
pmh Vol 5: Temple of Amun Ra pg 221
Divine Boat
African Religion vol. 2 Theban Theology pg 219
Yhe Voyage of Ra and the Journey of the Soul
Maat Teaching #4: Course of Ra centered and non-dual established by Maat chap 15.
Vol 2 PMH Dr. Ashby pg 108
Aaaa Asar Any
Sheps maa-kheru im hetep
maa-kheru djesef
Anetej her k
uben k
im akhet k
im Ra hetep
her Maat
Closing chant: Sailing to Eternity