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Mid-Winter Solstice Celebration Holiday 2024 A fabulous sixteen day trip to Egypt visiting many ancient sites culminating in celebrating the mid-winter solstice at the magnificent temple of Queen Hatshepsut. 8 - 23 December 2024: |
Abydos - Temple of Seti IThe town and district of Abydos is located west of the Nile, on the border between the valley and the desert some 145 km from Luxor. It was here that the ancient kings of Egypt were buried and from predynastic times the area grew to become an important religious centre. It is particularly associated with Osiris, one of the great gods of Ancient Egypt, one of whose epithets is the "Lord of Abydos." His mysteries were celebrated there annually and the ritual re-enactment of Osiris' death and resurrection brought pilgrims from all over Egypt. The Temple of Seti I The quality of carvings In this temple, particularly those from the time of Seti, are of a very fine order. The temple also holds a number of mysteries some of which are, perhaps, the invention of a rich imagination and others merit real attention. The Helicopter Mystery
Kinesiology and the 'Water Sign' This same sign can be also seen in the hands of another goddess in the tomb of Ramses III in the Valley of the Kings. It has been considered that this sign was simply a form of greeting or offering of water (life) to the pharaoh but the inner significance and spiritual message of the hieroglyphs cannot be denied so a deeper explanation is most likely. The Ancient Egyptians were famed for their magical practices. Perhaps the water sign when held in the hand indicated the transfer of magical or healing energy to the person it was being offered to, which in this case was the king. We might therefore surmise that this information was known and understood by the Ancient Egyptians and indicated how healing energy can be channelled through the hands to help sustain and balance the subtle energies of another. King Lists
Re is the name of the supreme god who was sometimes also called Ra. His symbol was the sun, which always appears at the top or first in the cartouche in deference to his supremacy. The Djed symbol represents the backbone of the god Osiris and the viper snake because it sheds its skin is seen as a symbol of eternal life. So we might translate Djedfure’s name as the “The eternal strength (backbone) of Re” Khafre's name has a phonetic sound like the ‘ch’ in loch and is a symbol of the rising sun over the hills at dawn. We might therefore translate his name as ‘The eternal rising Sun of Re.’ Menkaure's name is a little more complex. The ‘men’ hieroglyph means stability or balance. The ‘n’ we have already discussed and here might mean ‘hidden’ or ‘connecting’ resonance. The ka is the name of the spirit form of a living person and could perhaps be equated with the spiritualist concept of the ‘etheric’ double. The ‘u’ makes this plural so we would have to translate this to the ‘spirit forms of Re’. We might therefore translate Menkaure’s name as “The stability that comes from the unseen (hidden) energy of the spirit forms of Re’. This is quite a complex concept captured in a few simple hieroglyphic signs. Such is the beauty of the hieroglyphic language. The Osirion Full details of the Osirion can be found at the following link:
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information: Does Egypt call to you? Then why not join us for this trip?
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