Sunday, March 14, 2010

Maāt Kheru - True Voice

כ״ח באדר תש"ע
Keowulf 30

In my previous entry (The Immortals), I described the mark of the immortals:

I noticed that each immortal had a mark on the side of his or her neck. The mark was in a artery-like stave form of Ogham writing, the specific written code unique on each immortal. The mark was beautifully radiant under the skin of the neck and sparked like glowing light-filled blood.

In the dream, I recognized that each mark, though similar, was unique. Interestingly, I didn't translate the mark into words because, within the context of the dream, a translation of the writing mattered very little.

We find an explanation of this detail in Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection, volume 1:

Understand from these words that Thoth made Osiris to use his voice in such a way that the words which he spoke had exactly the effect he wished them to have. The words maā kheru are written after every 'dead' follower of Osiris, and of all the meanings which have been assigned to them by scholars, none represents their general meaning better than 'victorious' or 'triumphant.' With what words we translate maā kheru matters very little, for the general sense of the [hieroglyphic] word is perfectly plain. When a god, [or a goddess], or a man, or a woman is said to be maā kheru [fem. maāt kheru] we are to understand that when he or she has spoken, or 'uttered words', the words are followed immediately by the desired effect, that is to say, she who is maāt kheru possesses unlimited power, and there is nothing she cannot do or obtain.

From my dream, it is also written:

I had the power to unlock and open up the silos and to release the imprisoned immortals. I had the power to do it. I could release the terrifyingly awesome power of the immortals. I did it.

Thus, while the specific code written in the blood sign was unique to each immortal, it's general meaning is maāt kheru.

On the connection between the concept of maāt kheru and coffins (also in the dream), it is written:

Maat is an ancient Egyptian word meaning 'justice' and 'balance.' At the end of a civil trial, one party or the other was declared maat kheru, 'true of voice' or 'justified.' After death, each Egyptian expected to face a trial in the next world. In the final phase of this trial, the heart, the seat of intelligence and moral judgment as well as of emotions, was weighed against an ostrich feather that represented Maāt, the goddess of Truth and Justice. If the heart balanced, against the feather, the person had lived a good life, and could enter into the Afterlife. If the heart did not balance, a monster called The Devourer consumed it. The weighing of the heart is a common motif on coffins of the Late Period, and can also be seen in Books of the Dead.

The immortals are those declared maāt kheru.

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