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What’s this thread about, again? lol (already multiple splits from original)

Bravo.

Science is nice, and science can stop you, From doing all the things in life you’d like to. If there’s something you’d like to try, If there’s something you’d like to try, Ask me I won’t say no how could I?

Not strictly relevant but I managed to reduce my intra- ocular pressure from 21 to 16 by palming, acupressure and massaging round the eye sockets.

That's a good observation and ties in with Egyptian thought, I think. I think I read her some years ago - but I can't remember too much. Yes. Gosh, interesting. But is the taboo to protect the process or a real fear of the dead? I mean they may think something is going on, a process which can be damaged by attention and so it become taboo to speak of it - if you see what I mean. Sorry for the terrible typing - I just read through it and realised I skipped a few letters

Migration?

Old man shouldn't feel his end, he will go blind.

One mistake which many make, including myself at times, in talking about gods is to say for instance Nut goddess of the sky, Ra god of the sun etc. Strictly speaking gods are entities and not one dimensional like this. The way that the Egyptians expressed this is to say for instance that the sky is the Ba (soul) of Nut or that the sun is the Ba of Ra. As the Ba is a luminous entity which prjects forms of itself. You could say that the sky is an expression of Nut. In fact the whole cosmos is in this way seen as being composed of the Bas of the gods. Nothing is dead or unalive, everything that exists is an actve expression of divine power. When the Egyptian built sacred spaces, a tomb, a temple or even a coffin, the ceiling is the sky, the floor the earth and the walls are the pillars of the air god Shu which hold the sky from the earth. S on our stele the body of Nut stretched overhead is exactly this idea, that a sacred space is formed which reflects the very structure of the cosmos. A microcosm reflecting the macrocosm. So what is taking place? The funerary rites were said to be good to be done on earth (i.e. when alive). So in many ways the daily practice is a death rehearsal. This is because on death the various constituent parts of being which make up a person are separated and become in a way clearer and more visible. There are five main constituent entities which are important. The body (heart), the ka, the ba, the shadow and the akh. The Egyptians had other possible entities like Ren, the name' but they are not so important here. On death the body ceases to function. In mummification four main organs were removed and preserved in jars and the rest of the body was treated so it would not decompose. The main organs were associated with the sons of Horus, the four cardinal points and four protecting goddesses arranged in a pattern like a mandala. The mummy became a kind of anchor for the post mortem process. Closely associated with the body, the Ka (often called the double) would remain close by the body. For the Ka not to run down and dissipate offering were made and spells repeated. This was done by priests called hemka (literally Ka servants). At the same time as the energy of the Ka was being preserved, the body is being identified with the undying primeval god which is either Atum or Osiris. This means two things were happening concurrently. The Ka-energy which is ultimately solar is being 'boosted' by offerings and the attention of the ka priest ; and the substance of the person was being merged with the primeval substance of Nu in the form of Atum or Osiris. The heart of the person is then weighed - which we have already discussed. Then the Ba is released and travels to the East (from out of the West) together with the Shadow. They see the sunrise and have a non-dual experience seeing their identity with the sun. Then they return and reunite with the heart and the ka. The most important part of this being the union of the Ba with the Ka. This if done successfully gives birth to the Akh which is then free to come and go as it pleases. Obviously there is a lot of detail missed out in this quick summary but this is the essence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emblem_of_the_West

Turmeric is really being pushed in my timeline. Has anyone any experience with this? Does it really reduce inflammation???

As far as I know the horizontal patterns are decorative or possibly to show the top and bottom of a wall. The verticals lines below the semi circle are just part of the glyph of the West ( a bird perch).

Ah ok thanks.

EMR? Is what?

good question I don’t know

I think the pills I have qualify as low dose so I’m not too worried by this. I don’t think I can source organic turmeric here but I’ll see if I can get it online.

I bought some pills which you take two a day and have black pepper extract for absorption. The dose is 560 mg turmeric in powder form. I was told that eating turmeric in food was not enough because the powdered turmeric is only a few percent actual herbs.

I have very little dairy apart from milk in coffee and very occasionally cheese.

Which leads us all back to the main picture: Ankh-n-f-khonsu stands before an offering table which contains meat, fowl, fish and bread. He is wearing a leopard skin, which marks him out as a Sem priest. The Sem priests go back thousands of years to the Old Kingdom and probably before, descended from the earliest shaman/magicians, the role developed into one skilled in the funerary cult. Particularly in the 'opening the mouth' in which mummies and statues were ritually brought to life using a magical adze (a wood working tool). The opening of the mouth had a mudra of the closed fist with the little finger extended. This is drawn from midwifery, where the birthing nurse would insert her little finger into the babies mouth to remove mucous and allow it to breathe and feed. In the same way the statues and mummies had their mouths opened so that their Kas could receive sustenance from the offering. There are two related ideas to offerings. One is the Eye of Horus which is the ultimate offering, Horus offers his eye to his father Osiris and Thoth offers the healed eye after it become injured either to Horus or the Sun God. So in this sense the Eye is the type of all offerings. Also the word 'hotep' which means peace, contentment, fulfilment or satisfaction is represented by a mat with a loaf of bread on it as an offering. Hotep is found in names like Ptah-hotep etc. and is a key Egyptian concept. So in making offerings and receiving them what arises is perfect contentment. The deity that he offering to, sat upon a throne, is Ra-Horakhty, a syncretic god. He is shown with a falcon's head and solar disk as a crown, holding a 'was' sceptre representing power. This deity is formed from merging two gods. Ra as the sun, or the power behind the sun and Horus the ancient sky god who is associated with awareness and keen sight. The 'akhety' part of the name means between the two horizons (of East and West). The two horizons represents the extent of the known cosmos, the East is where things come into being and West where they die. So this could be understood as placed Ra-Horus over all that is between birth and death rather like the alpha and omega of the Bible. So this god, which is Ankh-f-n-khonshu's highest value, is energy/awarness over all that is. Behind the god if the symbol of the West ... a bird perch with a falcon on it and a feather of ma'at. Above them stretches Nut the sky goddess and over their heads is the winged disk of Horus Bedhety (which Crowley calls Hadit). So how are we to interpret all this ....

Hi @Wordless and welcome.

I have been feeling of late mild physical inflammatory discomfort. On occasion I have taken NSAIDs but I don’t like taking them. When I read online about turmeric I felt that it might be helpful but I wasn’t sure if it was just the latest fad being pushed online - so I thought I’d ask on here if anyone had tried it and if it really worked. I bought some today and will start it tomorrow - I’ll let you know if it seems to help.

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Or alternatively do qigong or cultivate stillness through meditation to get all the proof you need.