Trismegistos: Reality is not upon earth, my son, and it cannot be thereon.... Nothing on earth is real, there are only appearances.... He (man) is not real, my son, as man. The real consists solely in itself and remains what it is... Man is transient, therefore he is not real, he is but appearance, and appearance is the supreme illusion.
Tatios: Then the celestial bodies themselves are not real, my father, since they also vary?
Trismegistos: That which is subject to birth and to change is not real ... There is in them a certain falsity, seeing that they too are variable.
Tatios: And what then is the primordial Reality?
Trismegistos: That which is one and alone, O Tatios; That which is not made of matter, nor in any body. Which has neither colour nor form, which changes not nor is transmitted but which always is.
Hermes Trismegistos and his son, Tatios
The Virgin of the World, a Book of Hermes
Part VII
“From the beginning to the end of the written Ritual [The Book of The Dead/Life] we shall find it based upon the mythical representation which was primary. The mythical representation was first applied to the phenomena of external nature and the mode of representation was continued and re-applied to the human soul…” (Massey; Book 4, pgs 188-189)
And so, we have encountered a second station in the sequence to the combination of our vault; the most secret and sacred one. Every type, such as the ankh, every god, being no more than a personification of a natural element was considered to be both synonymous with but more specifically in wo/man. This conclusion was systematically developed over the millennia and grant us a silent whisper to a secret of a grander plan for wo/mankind. In the beginning of the ancient Africans’ observation, zoology played an indispensable role in their description of nature powers. Partly because beasts such as hawks and the hippopotamus for example, were considered to have super-human prowess and possessed an uncanny accord with nature. Therefore they were included into daily expression and illustration. But over time, Africans reasoned that wo/man was a more sufficient representation of the Hidden Causeless Cause (or NTR) and ultimately considered the human body to be its temple. The Sphinx is an example of this reasoning and holds many more meanings to be unlocked by personal interpretation.
“The mythology remained extant in Egypt, so that the beginnings of the theology could be known and tested and were known to the mystery teachers and the origins referred to for the purpose of verification.” This spiritual aspect was jealously safeguarded by the priest but is now captured so plainly in the ancient axiom, “as above, so below”. (Kybalion; by the Three Initiates) "What is below is like that which is above, and what is above is similar to that which is below, to accomplish the wonders of one only thing," -- which is MAN.” (Egyptian Immortality) Correspondence is but one of seven ancient principles ascribed to the god=personification of wisdom, Thoth/Hermes. From planets that orbit our sun, to protons that orbit its nucleus. From water swirling in a whirlpool, to our vast galaxy, the existence of correspondence, in its myriad forms, may be recorded by way of our eyes yet can remain undetectable, hidden or a mystery. You see, it is the function of the heart, not of the intellect. One is a processing engine, used to cross reference physical data and information. The heart, however, deals in abstract qualities and realities separate from the physical. Hence, the human development of mythology, stories, imagination etc. They mark the development of our capacity to obtain the great WHY, which is not physical but is only reasoned and obtained by the heart. It is heart that is able to link a tangible relationship with nature, man and especially the afterlife as being inseparable! And it is through our heart that the Causeless Cause manifests its plan. Those abstract ideas in us explain our corporeal reality. And the Causeless Cause is expressed by each and every one of us. I, myself personally imagine that this will be so until all the possible variables and possibilities will be fleshed out by us over nearly innumerable epochs. But that’s another entry….
So then, it is this wisdom that remains hidden from the prudent and those who consider themselves wise in their own eyes. It stronger than technical might of insatiable wo/men. It never finds its way into their heart and it never leads their reasoning. Rather, it evaded their hard hearts. The invisible, immortal essence animating every creature, every person, every movement of the wind and water, in all its infinite wisdom chose to express its divine nature and plan of our salvation/growth in everyday phenomena (Rom 1:20) as mundane or trivial as it (1 Cor 1:27) might seem.
Let me ask you a good question. What is a “great cloud of witnesses” (Hebrews 12) if they are not always readily present to offer testimony? Nevertheless, this wisdom is an eternal testimony given daily to us by nature, via the heart. We have only to open it and listen. The “Word” will then speak to us in regards to the secrets of life and guidance of everyday affairs.
In this manner, Egyptians were persuaded of the sun being a representation of our internal/eternal potential. As we are born daily from darkness=Geb=our mother’s womb, from between her khepesh=thighs; just like a seed, we must first shed the protective shell of the embryonic sac. The sun comes forth from the lack of light in Geb=the earth, child like, becoming virile at its peak, giving life. It finally loses its potency=ability to reproduce life and is buried in Geb. Do we stray at all from this example? So now I will ask you yet another question. Answer it according to this humble wisdom and you will have solved one of the most nagging mysteries of our age. When a seed=man is planted in Geb, when a bird is hatched, or even when women conceive, what should come forth in newness of life: the shell or that life which the shell housed?
The work for eternity, our destiny was completed since before the universe began. To shed this earthly tabernacle is to finally know the Absolute. This was the reasoning of Kemetu/Egyptians personifying this spiritual work as being made possible in the form of Horus, from the beginning. From here, according to our deeds we will either return again or be worthy of unifying with Horus and be glorified. Paul’s words in 1st Corinthians 1:29 “that no flesh should glory in His presence” echoes this divine design. But while holding this archetypal blueprint, we come across a hitch in Christianity’s design and notice that because of faulty construction, a gaping crack has developed. In the pillar of “Redeemer of man”, Christ himself is raised bodily and received up into glory in the flesh! And it is here that you both dim your own reasoning and continue to believe it literally or go deeper into it from a view of metaphor. From the metaphorical standpoint you then can drink from the hidden realities in all literature. Scripture is merely the glass holding the water. Not the water. And those levels vary from say, a soft drink which actually dehydrates you, to pure spring water, to the true water which quenches your thirst forever. This is why a person can spend their whole life in church and still have need of a more pure inner path and interpretation. They have yet to drink from within of the unquenchable source given to wo/man from the start. The “Word” from the first was SPIRIT and shall remain so. By believing it to be flesh causes you to search outside of yourself for the answers! It places you at the will of the glass while never drinking from it. Perfect provision placed son/daughter ship; that “Word” (Logos) in us for all time from the first. It is both our consciousness and conscience. The “Word” is that spiritual cause which causes us to reason, think, feel etc. You must exercise them and grow in them, then you will have fulfilled the spirit of the word which is a “law written in your heart”. Jesus can’t do this for you; he is but an example. Literal or metaphor, it still is a function exclusive to YOUR heart.
Tell me; what good is an immutable promise of immortality, given by an “all powerful God”, if it could have been snatched away so easily by one fleshly man?
Rather, we will all grow into it. “Evil” or darkness=ignorance will be weeded out of us.
Reflect on this mystery; the individual stages of your life; from child to teenager so forth and so on are a testimony with you toward the destiny of humanity! Children who are helplessly foolish one day eventually become wise in another. The pains of growth shape you, mold you, define you. One day wo/mankind will put away its childish and selfish conduct. We will grow into the realm where our 7th soul, our Ka, called Atuma will channel our conduct. Not by works but by divine grace/provision. This way no wo/man will be able to boast. Just as our five senses rule our perception, our higher senses will return in time as well on an even greater scale. The most precious gems and diamonds have become so only through countless millennia of extreme heat, pressure and travail.
Currently our divine awareness exists as in winter; our true potential is Karas, partly by this dreamy fable. That is, our need for organized religions. More dishonest folks are drawn to it because it is such an easy way to take advantage of people. We are like lambs because of it, are we not? I say that it has cut asunder our divinely imparted reason and ability to separate fact from fiction. It exists, however for a divine reason. A hurdle to be overcome or rather, a trait to be outgrown.
And it was no other original revelation in man, no other structure that was altered. While hiding those natural features, they defaced it by transporting the integral ones, morphing it into a more hideous and threatening portrait of divine revelation. Boasting of eternal torture through unbelief, while scourging countless victims into un willful belief of it in the process.(Christian Crusades) Leaving those with rope still in hand and scaffolds strung about with the tall but lucrative task of providing shelter in the form of services, offerings and tithes from the terror invoked by the new, unnatural image!
And so at last, we have come to the most crucial station of the combination: your heart. Have I brow beat you, telling you to believe, but don’t question? Have I told you to throw your reasoning out the window for something you have not adequately researched? Rather, with statements offering references that you may familiarize yourself with. Begin (if you haven’t already started) to dispel your own darkness=ignorance by taking control you were meant to exercise. Enhance your soul in reason and truths that you don’t here every Sunday. This paradigm given to Kemet stands as the dawn of human spirituality. As sure as the sun sets, darkness reigns yet the sun dawns once more so that it is all the more glorious.
