Forwarded from Daily Ancient Egypt - 𓆎 𓅓 𓏏𓊖
#NewKingdom - 18th Dynasty - ca. 1492–1473 B.C.E - source
Heart Scarab of Hatnefer
From: Tomb of Hatnefer and Ramose (TT 71), Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Luxor (Thebes), Upper Egypt.
Currently expropriated and displayed in the MET Museum, New York.
The heart scarab is an amulet that also was used as jewelry, a memorializing artifact, or a grave good. For the ancient Egyptians the heart was not only the center of life, but also of thinking, memory, and moral values. In the final judgement the heart was thought to be weighed against Maat. Understandably, the Egyptians feared a negative outcome and special amulets like this ones were used to ensure a positive judgment. Hatnefer's heart scarab has the typical inscription in the base with spells of the Book of the Dead, inscribed with chapter 30A of the Book of the Dead, the so-called heart scarab spell
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Dualism •
Dualism in Gnosticism is the belief that reality is fundamentally divided between two opposing principles: a transcendent, unknowable true God associated with spirit, light, and perfection, and an inferior or false creator deity (often called the Demiurge) responsible for the material world, which is viewed as flawed, corrupt, or imprisoning; in this framework, the human being contains a divine spark trapped within physical matter, and salvation comes not through faith alone but through gnosis—direct experiential knowledge of one’s true spiritual origin—which awakens the soul and enables it to escape the material realm and return to the higher spiritual reality.
#Gnosticism
Dualism in Gnosticism is the belief that reality is fundamentally divided between two opposing principles: a transcendent, unknowable true God associated with spirit, light, and perfection, and an inferior or false creator deity (often called the Demiurge) responsible for the material world, which is viewed as flawed, corrupt, or imprisoning; in this framework, the human being contains a divine spark trapped within physical matter, and salvation comes not through faith alone but through gnosis—direct experiential knowledge of one’s true spiritual origin—which awakens the soul and enables it to escape the material realm and return to the higher spiritual reality.
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Scrying 🔮
Scrying is a divination practice in which a person fixes a relaxed, unfocused gaze on a reflective or visually ambiguous surface—such as a mirror, water, crystal, or flame—to induce spontaneous mental imagery, impressions, or symbolic visions that are then interpreted as insight or guidance; psychologically, it works by reducing external sensory input and analytical thinking, allowing the brain’s natural pattern-recognition processes (including pareidolia and projection of subconscious material) to generate meaningful images from ambiguity, while traditional spiritual interpretations hold that the surface acts as a medium or gateway through which information from divine, spiritual, or unseen realms can be perceived.
#Mysticism
Scrying is a divination practice in which a person fixes a relaxed, unfocused gaze on a reflective or visually ambiguous surface—such as a mirror, water, crystal, or flame—to induce spontaneous mental imagery, impressions, or symbolic visions that are then interpreted as insight or guidance; psychologically, it works by reducing external sensory input and analytical thinking, allowing the brain’s natural pattern-recognition processes (including pareidolia and projection of subconscious material) to generate meaningful images from ambiguity, while traditional spiritual interpretations hold that the surface acts as a medium or gateway through which information from divine, spiritual, or unseen realms can be perceived.
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