Friday, April 3, 2009

Its KEMET... Not Egypt!

The proper name for 'Egypt' is Kemet. Egypt is a Greek corruption of the phrase 'Het-ka-Ptah', which means 'House of the spirit of Ptah'. Ptah, Pteh, Peteh. Ptaj is not created, b.u.t simply is. (Memphis is the ancient capitol of Kemet/Egypt), in Memphite theology Ptah is the primal creator, first of the Gods, creator of the world and all that is in it. He is the God of creation and rebirth, craftsmen, artisans and artists, designers, builders, architects, masons and metal workers. They called him the 'master architect of the universe'. His wife is Bast or Sekhmet. His children are Nefertem, Mahes, and Imhotep. Ptah's staff is made up of 3 symbols: the ankh, djed, sceptor (the symbols for life, stability, and power). He sometimes wears a skullcap crown and stands on the heiroglyph for Maat.

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