Cosmic puzzles

[Zephonith Serpent Woman]

Myth is not a synonym for delusion; rather, it is the record of actual events , as viewed through the eyes of the contemporary scribes of the day and undoubtedly , their views were influenced and directed by the Spiritual tradition they adhered to.

The Egyptian Myths would seem empty without Au-Set, or Isis, The Great Sorceress, The Beginning and the Ending and Everything-in-between.

This myth has great hidden meaning, which is not easily unlocked. Can you find the Keys and unravel the true Mystery that is evident within? :) Good Luck!

THE LEGEND OF RA AND ISIS.

Now Isis was a woman who possessed words of power; her heart was wearied with the millions of men,
and she chose the millions of the gods, but she esteemed more highly the millions of the khu's. And she
meditated in her heart, saying, "Cannot I by means of the sacred name of God make myself mistress of
the earth and become a goddess like unto
Ra in heaven and upon earth?"

Now, behold, each day Ra entered at the head of his holy mariners and
established himself upon the throne of the two horizons. The holy one had grown old, he dribbled at the
mouth, his spittle fell upon the earth, and his slobbering dropped upon the ground.

And Isis kneaded it
with earth in her hand, and formed thereof a sacred serpent in the form of a spear; she set it not upright
before her face, but let it lie upon the ground in the path whereby the great god went forth, according to
his heart's desire, into his double kingdom.

Now the holy god arose, and the gods who followed him as
though he were Pharaoh went with him; and he came forth according to his daily wont; and the sacred
serpent bit him. The flame of life departed from him, and he who dwelt among the cedars (?) was
overcome.

The holy god opened his mouth, and the cry of his majesty reached unto heaven. His company
of gods said, "What hath happened?" and his gods exclaimed, "What is it?" But Ra could not answer, for
his jaws trembled and all his members quaked; the poison spread swiftly through his flesh just as the Nile
invadeth all his land. When the great god had stablished his heart, he cried unto those who were in his
train, saying, "Come unto me, O ye who have come into being from my body, ye gods who have come
forth from me, make ye known unto Khepera that a dire calamity hath fallen upon me. My heart
perceiveth it, but my eyes see it not; my hand hath not caused it, nor do I know who hath done this unto
me. Never have I felt such pain, neither can sickness cause more woe than this. I am a prince, the son of a
prince, a sacred essence which hath preceded from God. I am a great one, the son of a great one, and my
father planned my name; I have multitudes of names and multitudes of forms, and my existence is in
every god. I have been proclaimed by the heralds Tmu and Horus, and my father and my mother uttered
my name; but it hath been hidden within me by him that begat me, who would not that the words of
power of any seer should have dominion over me. I came forth to look upon that which I had made, I was
passing through the world which I had created, when lo! something stung me, but what I know not. Is it
fire? Is it water? My heart is on fire, my flesh quaketh, and trembling hath seized all my limbs. Let there
be brought unto me the children of the gods with healing words and with lips that know, and with power
which reacheth unto heaven."

The children of every god came unto him in tears, Isis came with her
healing words and with her mouth full of the breath of life, with her enchantments which destroy
sickness, and with her words of power which make the dead to live.

And she spake, saying, "What hath
come to pass, O holy father? What hath happened? A serpent hath bitten thee, and a thing which thou
hast created hath lifted up his head against thee. Verily it shall be cast forth by my healing words of
power, and I will drive it away from before the sight of thy sunbeams."

The holy god opened his mouth and said, "I was passing along my path, and I was going through the two
regions of my lands according to my heart's desire, to see that which I had created, when lo! I was bitten
by a serpent which I saw not. Is it fire? Is it water? I am colder than water, I am hotter than fire. All my
flesh sweateth, I quake, my eye hath no strength, I cannot see the sky, and the sweat rusheth to my face
even as in the time of summer."

Then said Isis unto Ra, "O tell me thy name, holy father, for whosoever

shall be delivered by thy name shall live."

[And Ra said], "I have made the heavens and the earth, I have
ordered the mountains, I have created all that is above them, I have made the water, I have made to come
into being the great and wide sea, I have made the 'Bull of
his mother, from whom spring the delights of love. I have made the heavens, I have stretched out the two
horizons like a curtain, and I have placed the soul of the gods within them. I am he who, if he openeth his
eyes, doth make the light, and, if he closeth them, darkness cometh into being. At his command the Nile
riseth, and the gods know not his name. I have made the hours, I have created the days, I bring forward
the festivals of the year, I create the Nile-flood. I make the fire of life, and I provide food in the houses. I
am Khepera in the morning, I am Ra at noon, and I am Tmu at even." Meanwhile the poison was not
taken away from his body, but it pierced deeper, and the great god could no longer walk.

Then said Isis unto Ra, "What thou hast said is not thy name. O tell it unto me, and the poison shall
depart; for he shall live whose name shall be revealed."

Now the poison burned like fire, and it was
fiercer than the flame and the furnace, and the majesty of the god said, "I consent that Isis shall search
into me, and that my name shall pass from me into her." Then the god hid himself from the gods, and his
place in the boat of millions of years was empty. And when the time arrived for the heart of Ra to come
forth, Isis spake unto her son Horus, saying, "The god hath bound himself by an oath to deliver up his
two eyes" (i.e., the sun and moon).

Thus was the name of the great god taken from him, and Isis, the lady
of enchantments, said, "Depart, poison, go forth from Ra. O eye of Horus, go forth from the god, and
shine outside his mouth. It is I who work, it is I who make to fall down upon the earth the vanquished
poison; for the name of the great god hath been taken away from him. May Ra live! and may the poison
die, may the poison die, and may Ra live!"

These are the words of Isis, the great goddess, the queen of
the gods, who knew Ra by his own name.

[Zephonith Serpent Woman]

[Zephonith Serpent Woman]

No clues!!!

[L. Love]

Hmm...it is a little crazy in work today to give this full justice here!  I'll have to wait until I get home and can give it the time it needs dearest.  I'll revisit this once I get home and get back online later on ;)

[3epswd9bs9g4t]

He, with the knowledge of genetic manipulation, became full of himself and his ability to shape life thus forgetting that the womb who manifested the All is Mother.  He was taught by his parents of his divinity which was a great thing but they forgot about the Mother of manifestation.  She came in one of her forms to remind him that even the most powerful spells can be undone, even the impossible can be achieved by Mother.  To prove to him where the essence lies.  To remind him that to achieve true Divinity one must become transfigured by the sacred flame and reside in the void in consciousness.

The Sun, which Ra as a star has his Soul in, is a Feminine force by it's own nature.  The Nature of giving.  The Stars give birth to the planets in huge explosions of life.  Ra forgot his female inside, his Goddess nature, and She came to remind Him of his Balance.

[Zephonith Serpent Woman]

 

[Zephonith Serpent Woman]

This tale is repeated in two other Hirstorical instances -------------------------:) , separated by millennia.

A very good answer, Ankara! 

There are other layers of meaning within the saga :)

[3epswd9bs9g4t]

Yes there are ;)

Also the equivalent of Ra in Summer is Marduk.  When he says he did all that in creation was by taking what belongs to Mother (Tiamat) to do it.  He took away her 'name' and killed her in that embodiment.  Ra is the son of Enki.  Enki is the Earth Lord.  Ra sat on the throne of Heaven beyond the Gates where is Mother's place and beyond all that Mother still loves him very much for Ra is a baby and he is family too.  She could have killed him violently like he did to her but she loves him.  That was just a reminder.

Tell about the other two historical instances :)

[L. Love]

I have read and re-read this now and its the first time I have seen this story.  One things that comes to mind to me is that you have the male/female divide.  Isis asks why can she not be the equal of Ra, and be Goddess of Earth as Ra is of the sky? She deceives him into revealing a sacred truth.  

It brings to my mind the story of Adam and Eve and the serpent.

[Zephonith Serpent Woman]

Reading the story a couple of times over to start is a wise move. Then , read this story and see if there any similarities. And actually, I was wrong ~ there are three other hirstorical instances of the same mythological tale that we know of.

There is a common meaning to these four tales, and the stories are so closely related that there cannot be any randomness or co-incidence ~ as they are separated by thousands of years ~ and there is another thing that they all have in common ~ they were written by men!

What is the actual message concealed within these tales, and what relevance does that message have for contemporary Goddessians?

Anzu ~ In the Beginning, a Goddess, in the later mythology of  Sumer, depicted as a powerful and cunning male God who flew off with the Tablets of Wisdom, ,which contained within them Words of Power.

[L. Love]

What comes to mind is duality....aspects of male and female.  But as men wrote the stories, the male side takes the lead....

This is a great puzzle dearest :)

[Zephonith Serpent Woman]

Indeed, dearest sister :) ;

and I do apologize in advance for not being too specific, however, it usually takes the average seeker many years of hard work to be able to gain a peek behind the Veil.

If one seeks, one shall find as they say.

As an aside, when doing a study of ancient mythologies, one will gain much if it is approached in a comparative manner ~ identifying the common aspects of the various myths, and then seeing how the same essential mythos has been retold.

And, puzzles are meant to be fun! Enjoy :))

[L. Love]

Oh I am having fun honey ;)  And I am also learning and hearing new stories :)

It seems a common thread here is the male entity taking the lead role and the power.  The female having to ask or demand her power back. Hmm....I shall keep digging ;) LOL