Braving the Days is an existential, mystical column by Jordannah Elizabeth.

Red Scarab
The Center of Love
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Defying time
Khepera “He has come forth” – Heart Scarab

Ancient amulet – Egyptian offering protection & good fortune – mummification, burial – Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom, Kherpri

To my heart – “Do not speak against me”.

The Book of the Dead

O my heart which I had from my mother,
O my heart which I had upon earth,
Do not rise up against me as a witness
In the presence of the Lord of Things;
Do not speak against me concerning
What I have done, do not bring against me
Anything, I have done in the presence
Of the God of the West (Osiris).

The Emperor – King of Wands – Aries – Mars – Messenger of a Spiritual Guidance Program, Spiritual Sensitivity Trainer, Spiritual Symbols.

An Aries visiting realm in the time of Mars Visitation, Mars retrograde in Aries

Egyptian – Scarab (red)
Astrology – Aries / Fire
Tarot – The Emporer
Subconscious – Dreams
Psychic – Karma
Eastern – (Re)incarnation

The continued exploration of Earthly Karma enveloping the psychic, spiritual Realm

The Hermetica*

Ra, the sun, unites heaven and Earth,
Sending down Energy from above
And raising matter from below.
He draws Life to himself –
Ceaselessly lavishing light on all.

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The Upanishads*

The immortal Self is the sun shining in the sky,
He is the breeze blowing in space,
He is the fire burning on the altar
He is the guest dwelling in the house;
He is all men, he is in the gods,
He is in the ether
He is wherever there is truth;
He is the fish that is born in the water,
He is the plant that grows in the soil,
He is the river that gushes from the mountain –
He, the changeless reality,
The illimitable!

 

 

 

*The Hermetica: The Lost Wisdom of the Pharaohs by Timothy Freke & Peter Gandy

*The Upanishads: Breath of the Eternal translated by Swami Prabhavananda & Frederick Manchester