Pesdjet (eniad) the creative principles.
ntr cosmic principles of creation
Ntr of Pautii
Kheper Ra Atum
shu
tefnut
geb
Asar
Aset
Set
Nebt-het
(all above are how creation manifests)
Het-heru - life force
Djehuti - mind
Ma'at- order/truth
Anpu is not listed here. Dr.Ashby's (and most people's school of thought is that Anpu is the son of Asar. However, through archiological research it seems that there is another, older myth stating that Anpu is the son of set. I am a subscriber to that beliefe. It is a theory due to some evidence that the cult of Asar, through the unification changed the myth as in southern land Set was reveard)
So looking through this book we see, what some of us are used to seeing as far as the qaballic tree of life, in kemetic terms.
For some reason, today it strikes me of the first Trinity of Ra
Khepri, Ra, Atum
Showing posts with label Set. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Set. Show all posts
Monday, December 14, 2009
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Sekhmet and Set from Christian Jacq
She rules band of messengers armed with knives, who wander through the
earth, brining illness, famine and death, notabley durring those times
of the year, the periods of transition when evil is swallowed up --
the passage from one year to another, and beginning of night. These
hordes are exorcised by the most competent magicians firstly as State
level and then in the private shere. To pacify Skehmet's anger, one
must use an amulet or statue representing her. Evil influence then
becomes beneficent, power is cleansed of its impurities. On the last
day of the year, she is invoked while recalling the role of the
assassins who came from the Evil Eye sowing panic and darkness,
hurling thier darts fromt heir mouths: may they stay far from the
magician. They will have no power over him for he is Ra, he is
Sekhmet. These words must be spoken over a piece of fine linen upon
which the gods are drwwn. The magi offers them bread and beer, burns
incense, makes twelve knots and put the material on the neck of the
one who wished to be protected. To ward off the murderers and
arsonists of Sekhmet, the magi takes the identity of Heru, the unique.
He speaks the spells over a wooden cane, hodling it in his hand. Then
he must leave his house and walk around it.
She whose power is great as infinity.
Set
When Horus, suffering from a headache, lies on a cushion, his brother
Set watches over him, and prevents him being attacked by demons who
wish to paralyse him.
This divine act is repeated on earth. The magician acts like a weaver.
He cuts off a piece of material, ties seven knots in it and attaches
it to the patients big toe. To succeed in this, the magus must take
the identity of Set, who has considerable power "I am he who has
divided that which was reunited. I am he who is full of vigour and
great in power, Set."
Let us not forget that the dead man has been given a perfect shroud,
which is also that of the initiant being reborn to life as a spirit
-Set's skin. THe house of resurrection will then be the very being of
the enemy, the adversary who has been vanquished and mastered by magic
power.
All the techniquet of the martial arts rest on the same principle, to
use the strength of the opponant who seeks to desrtoy you to increase
your own power.
Set is an efficient healer. In a special spell against the mysterious
"Asian illness' an appeal is made to Set who calms the sea. Thus the
bodily fluids themselves will also be at peace and the illness will go
away. If necessary, the sick man will be confined and his mouth closed
with the skin of the tortoise.
A magical papyrus from Paris teaches us that the magician invokes the
gods with the aid of a vase. He speaks to Set who is thought of as the
god of gods. The magician is so bold because Set's
power enables him to make the gods come at his bidding.
Set of the seven faces banishes the dead , enemies and advisaries both
male and female and the sow who devours the West.
The magi walkes at night with Heru in front and Set to his right. He
does not fear demons in the shadows and the dead can not disturb him.
It is he who threatens them: he can cut off thier hands, blind thier
eyes, close thier mouths. I am Heru-Set. Theh proclamation creating a
union beyond duality, beyond good and evil.
earth, brining illness, famine and death, notabley durring those times
of the year, the periods of transition when evil is swallowed up --
the passage from one year to another, and beginning of night. These
hordes are exorcised by the most competent magicians firstly as State
level and then in the private shere. To pacify Skehmet's anger, one
must use an amulet or statue representing her. Evil influence then
becomes beneficent, power is cleansed of its impurities. On the last
day of the year, she is invoked while recalling the role of the
assassins who came from the Evil Eye sowing panic and darkness,
hurling thier darts fromt heir mouths: may they stay far from the
magician. They will have no power over him for he is Ra, he is
Sekhmet. These words must be spoken over a piece of fine linen upon
which the gods are drwwn. The magi offers them bread and beer, burns
incense, makes twelve knots and put the material on the neck of the
one who wished to be protected. To ward off the murderers and
arsonists of Sekhmet, the magi takes the identity of Heru, the unique.
He speaks the spells over a wooden cane, hodling it in his hand. Then
he must leave his house and walk around it.
She whose power is great as infinity.
Set
When Horus, suffering from a headache, lies on a cushion, his brother
Set watches over him, and prevents him being attacked by demons who
wish to paralyse him.
This divine act is repeated on earth. The magician acts like a weaver.
He cuts off a piece of material, ties seven knots in it and attaches
it to the patients big toe. To succeed in this, the magus must take
the identity of Set, who has considerable power "I am he who has
divided that which was reunited. I am he who is full of vigour and
great in power, Set."
Let us not forget that the dead man has been given a perfect shroud,
which is also that of the initiant being reborn to life as a spirit
-Set's skin. THe house of resurrection will then be the very being of
the enemy, the adversary who has been vanquished and mastered by magic
power.
All the techniquet of the martial arts rest on the same principle, to
use the strength of the opponant who seeks to desrtoy you to increase
your own power.
Set is an efficient healer. In a special spell against the mysterious
"Asian illness' an appeal is made to Set who calms the sea. Thus the
bodily fluids themselves will also be at peace and the illness will go
away. If necessary, the sick man will be confined and his mouth closed
with the skin of the tortoise.
A magical papyrus from Paris teaches us that the magician invokes the
gods with the aid of a vase. He speaks to Set who is thought of as the
god of gods. The magician is so bold because Set's
power enables him to make the gods come at his bidding.
Set of the seven faces banishes the dead , enemies and advisaries both
male and female and the sow who devours the West.
The magi walkes at night with Heru in front and Set to his right. He
does not fear demons in the shadows and the dead can not disturb him.
It is he who threatens them: he can cut off thier hands, blind thier
eyes, close thier mouths. I am Heru-Set. Theh proclamation creating a
union beyond duality, beyond good and evil.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Spell 39
O Ra, your crew... may you rest there, for your possessions are there. Bring to the house, bringyour Eye to the house, bring what is good; may no evil opposition come forth from your mouth against me, being what you might do against me, for I am Set, who can raise a tumult of storm in the horizon of the sky like one whose will is destruction --so says Atum.
The Book of the Dead
faukner
copyrite 1979
Nubti
Kinda looks like Set is peeking out from behind Heru's back and oover his sholder doesnt it? This is a composite symbol with many ramificactions. First we have Heru as being prominant, but what does that mean exactally? Heru is 'vicoriuos' he is 'with in the laws of Ma'at ' he is an incarnation of Ra, he is the light of the sun.
Who is this Set guy? The perception of Set changed a bit depending on the redion and the dynasty. Even now, among those hard core Reconstructionalists of Kmt Traditons to those who fancy themselves as such you will get a few differant answers.
ohhh citing sources
The Book of Doors
by Anthon Veggi and Alison Davidson
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
by Budge
The Sacred Tradition of Ancient Egypt
by Rosemary Clark
Various Writings by Petrie
His name, shown in a plethera of spellings and ways from Sutekh to Seth basically means 'throne', 'to cut' 'tail' and 'stone'.
The myth according to Plurtarch (and any egyptologist will warn you that greeks are known for thier fabrications while citing them in the next paragraph...) is that Set was born of the Third day, neither at night nor at the right place or the right time, apparently he bore his way out of a wound he infliced in Nut.
Of courser this will bring anyone to the question regarding the right day and time, and what is this third day?
Aparenty shu said that Nut and geb were NOT to have children. EVER. Not durring the year, nor the day or night. or something like that. So, Djehuti interviened and baught an extra five days from the moon. Im not entirely sure I get all that, since Djehuti one of the Ntr associated with the moon, but more on that later. The Ntr born to Nut and Geb were as folows: Wsr (Osirus), Wst (Isis) Set, Nebt-Het (Nephthys) and according to some myths... Heru the elder. He was thus 'born' out of order and durring the New Moon. From kmt Tradition to Celtic, the new moon is a time for reflection and meditation. (see the do not do any kind of crafworking clause most traditions teach as well)
Not to be confused with the son of Wst and Wsr. That Heru was an incarnation of Ra. (the one in the pic above)
Wsr decided to go a roving and teach. He left his brother Set in charge of Kmt/Tamery.
As far as old kingdom myth goes Set was a rather descent guy. He was worshiped in the Southern Lands and in predynastic times, and the Lybian deaserts as benevolant, yes he is the Ntr of storms, but those storms braught water to the land.
Keep in mind, the rulers of the Southern lands held the title of Sa Set, or Sutekh. His crown was silver whitek, representing the harsh white deasert heat.
In early myths Set assisted the dead in climing the ladder to heaven, there are hymns in this regard. Also in the older versions of funery text of the journy throught the Dudat (underworld) Set is the one who kills Apep every night, it is said that he is the only one strong enough.
Now on to Set and his relation to Heru the Elder (not to be confused w/the guy in the above pic)
[Im redundant with this because many authors, good renoun egyptologists dont seem to notice that heru the elder born of Geb and Nut is not the same Heru born of Wst and Wsr]
Set and Heru the elder were regared as equal, opposite forces working in congunction for balance and unity of the material world. Some authors go so far as to say they are twin ntr.
Heru the Elder was Ntr of the day sky,personifying Light
Set was the Ntr of of the night sky, personifying darkness and death.
(actually both Heru's are viewed this way...probably why things get so confusing)
heru and set of course represent the completeness of day followed by night, wakefullness and restfullness.
When Wsr comes back from his walkabout, Set is rather testey, to say the least. So he kills off Wsr and then engages in a very long back and forth battle with Heru, son of Wsr.
Niether won. Some of those battles were pretty messey too. Heru lost an eye, Set lost his left nutsack.... among other things.... intestines and body parts flew... Heru was alwys defeating Sets compatiots in the form of The Sun disk (now you know what the sun and winges thingie represents -- the smiter !)
In the end they are braught to arbitration before the rest of the Ntr. It is Geb who decides what is what. At first he decides that Heru gets the Northlands whial Set gets all the deasert, and then Geb goes back on it and decides that Heru will in fact rule the two kingdoms of kmt/Tamery. That is the end of that, you would think Set would rais a fuss, but he didnt. Ma'at /Law, order/jusctice was very much respected by the Ntr.
So what all does Set represent?
He 'govorns' the forces of choas, so he is like the great devider of order which leads us into disorder.... seperation, isolation. He is NOT the ntr of 'evil' that woudl be apep.
His, is a cosmic state ... order must be broken down in order for creation to occure. With out the struggle through adversity, what would we conqure? How would we become stronger? I have met a few Kemetic Orthadox practitioners who believe it is Set that assists us through adversity and teaches us how to become strong both mentally and physically.
On the flip side
Evilllllllllllllllllllllllllll may use 'chaos' at great leangths, of course, but that doesnt mean that chaos is itself evil.
and of course weirdo psudo satanic groupies calling themselves the house of set.
Nubti
The figure of Heru and Set represents the over comming of the base chakra
the conquering of the lower/fixated self in order to advance toward a more spiritual exsistance.
Then Set, the strong one, the son of Nut, said "As for me, I am Set, the strongest of the Divine Company. Every day I slay the enemy of Ra when I stand at the helm of the Barque of Millions of Years, which no other god dare do."
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