"The Chants"

"Traverse thou the land in thy manifestations, stride thou like Nut over the four quarters of the world.

Thou passest over the land, above the godly temples of the two goddesses, Isis and Nephthys:

At thy proceeding thou art exalted twice over.

Behold, Set in his chariot--thy enemies are not his enemies!

Come thou into thy temple, oh Osiris, and seek for thy place;

Behold thou, and hearken to the speech of Horus, lying in the arms of his mother, Isis:

Overcome thou indeed in the two lands, oh lord!

Carry out thy word, preserve it in the temple, inscribe thou it, oh great God;

Restrain with thy manifestations, in thy going forth from thy temple, oh Osiris!

Come thou in peace to thy seat, oh lord, Conqueror!

Show us the great Bull, the lovable lord, as he shall become!

Thy duck, thy sister, Isis, produceth the sweet odours belonging to thee and with thee,

Yet thy way doth not tend toward us, oh our lord!

Give thou life from the beginning unto believers!"

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▪ Excerpted from:

The Burden of Isis: Being the Laments of Isis and Nephthys [1910]
Translated from the Egyptian
With An Introduction
By James Teackle Dennis

Source:
http://www.sacred-texts.com/egy/boi/boi05.htm#page_28

Musing: Sun Tzu - "Laying Plans"

SUN TZU ON THE ART OF WAR

THE OLDEST MILITARY TREATISE IN THE WORLD

Translated from the Chinese

By

LIONEL GILES, M.A. (1910)

I. LAYING PLANS

"26. Now the general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple ere the battle is fought.

The general who loses a battle makes but few calculations beforehand. Thus do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat: how much more no calculation at all!

It is by attention to this point that I can foresee who is likely to win or lose."

Musing 06.10.2010

"Fitina yako faida yangu"

("Your bad words against me, actually benefit me. When you incite others against me, you actually benefit me.")

~ Swahili Proverb

Source: Swahili Language & Culture
http://www.glcom.com/hassan/kanga.html

Musing 06.07.2010

"Sorcery has been called Magic, but Magic is Wisdom, and there is no wisdom in Sorcery."

▪ Paracelsus - Physician and Alchemist

Musing 06.02.2010

The fact of the matter is--one's learning curve should only plateau momentarily in order to absorb and process all of the information / knowledge...but never ceases.

Musing: Change within the Universe

"The Universe is not a composition of chaos or 'entropy changes'.  There is, however, a universal pattern of movement and fluidity governed by positive and negative reactions which lead to change, then balance or harmony...one would hope." ▪ Dr. Kheti A. Sahure

Image Credit: Antelligent

Tenebrae Lucem Praecedunt

Tenebrae Lucem praecedunt et illa est Mater

"Darkness precedes Light and She is Mother"

~ Inscription found in the Salerno Cathedral at the altar of the Black Madonna

Chinua Achebe (Quotes)

"When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool."

"One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised."

▪ Chinua Achebe ▪

Quotes from Lao Tzu

Lao Tzu

Ability
"For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions."
Character
"Kindness in words creates confidence Kindness in thinking creates profoundness Kindness in giving creates love."
Confidence
"Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love."

Astrological Musing

Astra non mentiuntur,
sed astrologi bene mentiuntur de astris.

Musing: Hoodoo, Voodoo...

"Hoodoo, or Voodoo, is burning with a flame in America, with all intensity of a suppressed religion. It has its thousands of secret adherents."
~ Zora Neale Hurston

Musing: Corporate America Bailouts

It would be absolutely wonderful if the average financially struggling American citizen could just as easily visit with the U.S. Congress and demand to be financially rescued...just another pork barrel.

It is a perceived notion that the citizenry of the United States of America has a say so in preventing the Congressional Insanity, concerning Corporate America Bailouts, from continuing to spread any further.

Wake up, America!

Musing: Moral Sense

". . . a man's moral sense suffers loss just as trees suffer under the axe."
~ Mencius

Musing: U.S. Homeland Security

"Those who would give up essential Liberty,
to purchase a little temporary Safety,
deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

[1775]

~ Benjamin Franklin ~
[1706-1790]

Musing: Freedom of Thought & Speech

"Without freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech."
[1722]

~ Benjamin Franklin ~
[1706-1790]

Musing: Morality

To teach morality is neither to preach nor to indoctrinate; it is to explain.

~ Émile Durkheim

Musing: I Ching

Meditate upon the mysticism of the I Ching as you ponder the inner vision of its ultimate spiritual and numerological wisdom throughout your daily life...

~Dok Kheti

Musing: Judgment

Some small sacrifices may be called for in order to attain your larger goal.

Generally favorable.

I Ching

[1985, 1987]

by

K. and R. Huang

Musing: Shamanic Thought

"In shamanic thinking all natural forces are considered as sentient beings, capable of thought, motivation, and with individual wills। Native American shamans respond directly to the interplay of elements within their environments, such as the relationship established between sun, sand, sky and trees . . ."

▪ Excerpted from -
Shamanism in North America [2002]
by Dr. Norman Bancroft Hunt

Shamanic Musing 09.09.08

"Mira! Look!
The Raven eye-to-eye
And then
Learn of
The Raven's tongue
Is indeed
A conduit
Of all
Encompassing
Power...
As is,
The Eye of
The Tiger!

Blessed Be
Unto
The Eye of
The Raven!"

By Frater Kheti VIº,
Ab Templum Condita,
Temple of Kemetic (Egyptian) Wicca
© Renpet MCMLXXIX C.E. (Common Era)