Apech

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  1. Buddhist/Bon Dream Yoga Resources

    You need that like a hole in the head!
  2. Is It Over? The Dao Bums Fall

    If you see a lot of tinned food around you might be in the Cannery Islands.
  3. Autumnal Equinox

    Spare some change, Mister?
  4. The Serpent Which Came Forth

    well yes the brain thing was just poetic license to tie in with Cobie. I am impressed by the way that you can type so well from a rowing boat in the Atlantic.
  5. The Serpent Which Came Forth

    Let me explain more. The particular pyramid text quoted was placed on the wall above the sarcophagus which held the kings mummy. The dead king is identified with Osiris. While Osiris is often called a god of resurrection actually he only resurrects sufficiently to impregnate Isis. So while he is dead he is able to achieve an erection and ejaculate. This is how Horus the son is conceived. So in effect his penis has risen while he remains brain dead … or his brain is in the gutter as @Cobie put it.
  6. The Serpent Which Came Forth

    Well actually that’s pretty close!
  7. The Serpent Which Came Forth

    Horus being the god in question. I don’t know though given their culture lasted over 3000 years that it was that harmful. Similarly the Chinese culture is now even older - so some secret in this use of heavy metals maybe?
  8. The Serpent Which Came Forth

    Agriculture spread out from the fertile crescent (i.e. south Turkey/Anatolia, the Levant and Mesopotamia) and Egypt etc were early adopters. There is no doubt that transfer of tech includes transfer of culture.
  9. The Serpent Which Came Forth

    Hello I can't help but answer this since the Pyramid Texts of Unas are something of a specialist subject for me (or were when I was studying Egypt). @Nungali has for some reason changed the quote - to give a slightly different meaning as indicated in the translations you quote. So his meaning is specific to him (no less valid though). I checked Sethe's original transcription for what is called Utterance 233 (lines 237/8) just to see what they were saying. Old Kingdom Egyptian is like a no frills version and so there is very little context or explanation in the text. But you can gain some context etc. by seeing where these texts were placed in the pyramid structure. In this case they are on the West gable of the sarcophagus chamber - and are part of a series of 'spells' against inimical beings. That is 'entities' or forces which act against the the process being undertaken in the pyramid (which is one of transformation and 'rebirth' as a spiritual being called an 'akh'.) The words are intended to be spoken to ward off these negative forces. These types of spells occur twice in the Pyramid once here on the West gable above the sarcophagus and once on the East wall of the akhet chamber (that is on the opposite end of the pyramid chambers so they reflect each other). So there are two instances in the process which takes place in the pyramid where negative forces have to be warded off. Translated without interpretation the text says: To be spoken: Falls down the serpent from the earth, Falls down the flame from the Nun (primeval waters), Fall down, slither away. We have to break this down a bit to see what they were saying. First as I said it is a spell to be spoken out loud and its purpose is to ward off a negative force. One of the ways the Egyptians denoted negative forces was by a state of inversion. So there is a right order for things (ma'at) and there is its invert which is negative/evil. So the first two lines describe a negative state which has arisen. That is the serpent has fallen and the flame has fallen. This describes a negative state. Why because serpents like the uraeus (Egypt. Iaret ) literally means 'risen up one' and obviously also flames rise, they don't fall. I think also that the word flame or fire which has the determinative of a torch is referring to light rather than heat. So it is referencing light = awareness which has fallen back into the primeval waters which are dark (kek). So if you imagine that the right (ma'at) state of things would be a risen serpent (like the cobra on the brow of the king) and light emerging from darkness. But because of the interference of inimical beings/forces the opposite has happened and this needs to be addressed. The way this is done is to turn back the negative force onto itself. Like saying 'you made these things fall, now you fall!'. This symmetry is very Egyptian. So the last part of the spell is saying to the negative being 'You fall! and slither away!' (or you fall slitherer) In fact the very last word 'sbn' (slither) gives us a clue to which category of beings is being addressed - it is that of the Sebau fiends ... or Slithering beings. This refers to forces of dissolution or perhaps wasteful energy loss. Like for instance lustful thoughts and the like which drain energy. So my rather free translation would be: "You who made the earth serpent fall, who made the flame from Nun fall; You fall and slither away!!!"
  10. Saruman's Demise

    He changed ‘white’ into many colours… representing his disintegration?
  11. Saruman's Demise

    Hobbits had holes.
  12. Soul Ages

    Strikes me as very New Agey.
  13. Is It Over? The Dao Bums Fall

    It has been exhausting placing mines at all the beaches and landing sites in Portugal. But I have finished now and am relaxing at home.
  14. Is It Over? The Dao Bums Fall

    Look both ways at the zebra crossing.
  15. The Controversy

    Willie the pimp?
  16. The Controversy

    Is that you John Lennon?
  17. The Controversy

    I stopped taking a skate home from work when my neighbours said it was a bit fishy.
  18. The Controversy

    IEDs
  19. The Controversy

    I knew it!
  20. The Controversy

    Being a bad sport is not extreme.
  21. Hello!

    Bem vindo
  22. Is It Over? The Dao Bums Fall

    No, no you will be welcome with open arms. By arms I mean small arms or possibly an assault rifle or two.
  23. change name request

    Forthwith thou shalt be known as bradley.