THE ACTS OF BEING AND ANCIENT FIGURES

                              

        THE ACTS OF BEING ARE PRISTINE

         THE PLOT IS SUBLIMINAL

         AND THE RESULTS, ECSTATIC

         LIKE NATURE, THE ACTS OF BEING ARE DUAL

         NEGATIVE, POSITIVES, SUBJECTIVES AND OBJECTIVE ARE POLARITIES OF HARMONY

         THEREIN REST THE SECRET OF VITALITY

         FORCES OF VITALITY ARE VIBRATORY

         RESPONSE TO SUCH IS CONSCIOUSNESS

         AND CONSCIOUSNESS IS AWARENESS

         AWARENESS IS QUEEN TO REVELATION

         REVELATION UNVEILS THE ACTS OF TRINITY;

         LIGHT, LIFE AND LOVE

         SUPERSTITION WEAVES FEAR

         SELFISHNESS GERMINATES CONTEMPT

         AND VANITY FERMENTS EGOTISM

         FEAR DESECRATES FAITH

         CONTEMPT FORNICATES LOVE

         AND EGOTISM PROFANES DEVOTION

         DARKNESS IS OF A LESSER BRIGHTNESS

         INIQUITY IS AN ABSENCE OF CLARITY

         AND EVIL IS DEFICIENCY OF BENEVOLENCE

         THE OPPOSITION OF NIGHT IS DAY

         THE EXTREME OF WINTER IS SUMMER

       AND THE ESSENCE OF DEATH IS LIFE

       LIGHT IS THE ILLUMINATION, THE TRUTH, THE SUMMATION OF ONENESS

       LIFE IS ABSOLUTE, THE SOURCE, THE EMERGENCE OF ONENESS

       LOVE IS DEITY, THE SUPREME, THE UNITY WITH ONENESS

       UNITY WITH ONENESS IS WHOLESOME

       ONENESS IS THE PRIMARY, THE COSMIC AND ONENESS IS THE ULTIMATE TRANSCENDENCE

       THE ARCHITECT OF ONENESS IS TRINITY

       AS BEING CONSTRUCTS TO REACH DIVINITY

       DIVINITY MOVES NEARER BEING

       HEAVEN IS THE UNIVERSAL MIND

       AND IT IS IMPARTIAL

                                          EGYPTIAN ALABASTER

From earliest times, the Egyptians quarried a range of Granite Mountains between the Nile and the Red sea. These mountains were rich with deposits of alabaster and quantities of various fine rocks along with veins of gold.

Large numbers of men were employed, especially at the Hatnub quarry behind Tell-el-Amarna, where beautiful translucent alabaster was found in great abundance.

The early Egyptians used this material extensively for statuary work and the carving of ornamental objects and functional artifacts, such as the famous CANOPIC JARS in which the internal organs of the deceased were placed.

Alabaster is usually white, pink, or yellowish in color, often with darker streaks and patches. It has a very soft texture, and can be readily distinguished from marble in that it does not effervesce when acid is applied.

The best type of alabaster is pure white and translucent, as may be seen in this elegant and priceless vessel from the New Kingdom [1557-343 B.C.] This is one of many authentic alabaster artifacts in the extensive collection found in Egypt.

 

                                  SEKHMET: THE POWERFUL ONE

This priceless statue of the Egyptian goddess Sekhment holding a staff is made from black granite, and dates back to the 18^th Dynasty [1580-1350 B.C.] Sehment symbolized the violent heat of the noonday sun to the ancient Egyptians.

Her name literally means “The Powerful One.” As the goddess of war, she would destroy all the enemies of the sun god Ra, all those who did not obey the laws of the Pharaohs and who tried to disrupt the cosmic order of things.

Her fury was so devastating that the other gods had to intervene in order to save humankind from total destruction. The priests of Sekhmet formed one of the oldest associations of doctors and veterinary surgeons. Certain hieroglyphic inscriptions speak of Sekhmet as “She who knows how to kill also knows how to kill.”

Pharaoh Amenhotep III increased the number of these lioness-headed statues in the temple of Mut at Karnak and in his funerary temple. This leonine goddess, wife of Ptah and mother of Nefertum, formed part of the Divine Memphis Triad. The city of Memphis was the principal center of her worship.