Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Akhenaten and his Aten (sun) cult of materialism


 Akhenaten with the phallic head dress. Representative of Aten (the Sun). The Sun is destructive when not properly balanced with the night. Light must be diffused, or you will be blinded to true Gnosis and Reason. The Good comes from the scales balancing the 2 opposites.

 


Notice the hands of Aten (Sun) taking material objects


Akhenaten (soul of Aten or soul of the Sun) saw only materialism in my opinion. He left behind the important aspects of Egyptian Theology, such as, balance, mind, mythological metaphors, zodiacal elements etc. (Enead/Ogdoad). So, it is then, easy to see why his new Aten Cult caused such an uproar with the High Priests of Egypt. Those theological ideals that he ignored were extremely important when it came to understanding the workings of man's Mind, the Cosmos, and the equilibrium that must be sustain within the Universe and Humanity.


"On each day, the Royal Family approached the temple on chariots after riding up and down the Royal Road,[4] and entered the temple precinct and presented offerings in front of the Gem-Aten.[1] The King and Queen then consecrated their offerings with the hrp while their daughters rattled instruments called sistra.[1] The family then passed through the pylons of the Gem-Aten and mounted the steps of the High Altar where there were offerings of meat, poultry, vegetables, and flowers already laid out and surmounted by three pans of burning incense.[1] As the King and Queen officiated, priests then placed offerings on many of the other altars for the public people while music was played. The Princesses continued to rattle the sistra while four male chanters sang hymns to the Aten within the Gem-Aten court.[1] Outside the Gem-Aten were female musicians who performed along with the temple choir which was made up of blind singers and a blind harpist. These musicians performed at intervals throughout the day and were never allowed beyond the outer court.[1]  "    - Wikipedia


More images of Aten (the Sun) taking material objects as sacrificial offerings. In this piece Akhenaten is pictured in the same way as Isis with baby Horus on lap. This would, in my opinion, be outrageous to see as a Priest who holds Isis/Horus/Osiris and their esoteric spiritual meanings in high regard.

Thanks to Michael Tsarion for bringing me to this subject.

 Ouroboros 

 

"self-reflexivity or cyclicality, especially in the sense of something constantly re-creating itself, the eternal return" - Wikipedia

 

 The Mind is a great Serpent (Dragon) with it's tail in it's mouth. (Ouroboros)
Also, it is Representative of the cycle of the Sun and Zodiacal progression back to its start...Aries. This can also be interpenetrated as a veil. It, in my opinion, can be considered a type of "star gate" and one must break through it to reach the divine or to progress to the highest of spiritual levels.












I must not fear... Fear is the mind killer

Esoteric Gnosis of DUNE

 

 

 Bondage of the Mind and Freewill

   
The teacher will tell me what to do, the Pope is telling me what to believe.... It is Bondage, you are safe and secure. You do not need any freewill. You are re-leaved. These are the guidelines to death of mind. You do not have to think for yourself. The system thinks for you. (paraphrased Michael Tsarion)