Intro to the worldview of kmt
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Intro to the Worldview of KMT
The spiritual practices of the people of KMT thoroughly permeated their entire society. Many of their traditions are based on concepts different from the traditions of the European society that we live under. The leaders and followers of European society and non-believers in general have negatively classified these practices, which were very real to the Kemetic people, as magic or worse since the formative years of the Greco-Roman Empire. Thousand of years before the birth of Greece and Rome what is often called magic was used throughout every period of KMT’s history in all aspects of their lives (Budge, intro; 1988). Similar spiritual practices were used throughout the entire Afrikan continent from the days of KMT until the present. The people of the Sudan (Budge; 1973), Burkina Faso (Some’; 1997), South Afrika (Mutwa; 1996), and the Gambia (Mali; 1999), who have not been co-opted by the western world, still hold rites of passage ceremonies that often involve all the children of the villages traversing to another dimension. The adults also make and use talismans or what we would call good luck charms and direct spells for good or bad at other living entities. All of these actions have parallels in the glory days of KMT.
The most powerful Afrikan country in the history of the world was KMT, the land we now call Egypt. KMT’s science was developed and safeguarded by an orderly, beneficent priesthood. All the authors of ancient Greek texts voice the opinion that KMT was the cradle of all knowledge and wisdom. The most famous Greek sages and philosophers crossed the sea in search of initiation into new knowledge by the priests of KMT (Sauneron; 2000). "The priests taught them many different subjects with geometry and astronomy being mentioned by the Greeks most often." (Sauneron; 2000) A closer look at the Moscow Mathematical Papyrus and the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus reveals that the priests also knew and most probably invented trigonometry (Finch; 1998). The cosmological system of KMT taught much that is now referred to as mystical. One of the most elementary concepts of KMT’s cosmology is all of creation and time is cyclical. Therefore time and space move in a circle rather than a straight line from A to B as western civilization has taught for hundreds of years. Western scholars have long regarded the cyclical nature of space and time as idiotic. Using mathematics our western scholars have discovered that two lines moving in opposite directions will join in infinity (Ashby; 1997). The relatively new science of quantum physics has found evidence that our universe is not made of solid matter. Instead all we see, taste, and touch is simply energy vibrating at different rates (Ashby; 1997). The implications of this "discovery" are enormous. If nothing is actually solid then what is real? Compare this illusory aspect of reality, according to quantum physics, with the Kemetic concept of the afterlife. The bedrock of Kemetic belief in the afterlife is that our essence continues to exist on another plane when our physical bodies stop functioning. They teach that our essence (or soul) is held in our body to be released by death or by conscious direction through training. All who receive the proper training can see and communicate with life that exists in other planes or dimensions. To frame that statement in a manner that the acolytes of quantum physics may understand is important. If the physical groupings we call matter are just energy vibrating at various frequencies then by altering our sense perceptions to become in tune with various frequencies we should be able to communicate or at least observe those things which occur on those frequencies. Our current mental outlook imposes limitations that preclude the average person from the ability to visually or aurally become aware of the existence of other frequencies or dimensions. Everyone comes close to realizing this talent when dreaming. Most adults teach their children to ignore anything they see or are told in dreams. (Unless we dream a good lottery number.) Our dreams then scare us due to our lack of knowledge. In a culture that encourages the analysis of dreams as therapeutic, like the aborigines of Australia, the whole family discusses each other’s dreams every morning. Your immediate family often knows you better than you know yourself. European psychologist Sigmund Freud popularized the theory that your dreams are the doorway to deeper levels of your mind. Who do you trust more to help you understand your subconscious and unconscious mind than your family? Talking dreams over with your family is more likely to elicit a correct response than discussing them with a stranger. No matter how many degrees the psychoanalyst may hold they can not make a diagnosis until you tell them who you are and how you came to be that person. Imagine the money and time saved by not having to undergo years of Freudian or Jungian psychoanalysis. When a way of understanding the world is not only accepted but promoted by the whole community it shapes and molds the social customs of that community. In other words it becomes a religion (Quirke; 1992). The Kemetic religion served those two functions so well that it was a binding force for the entire community.
Western intellectual discourse has targeted the Kemetic civilization as the "Other." Critics of KMT often accuse the society of operating on both sides of an argument. They are said to be excessively symbolic and suffer from childish literalism (Hare; 1999). The contradiction of this statement should point to the absurdity of the argument but somehow the intellectuals close their minds to their own thoughts. The Bible and the state documents of classical Greece and Rome are two pillars of European tradition, which do not speak kindly of KMT. KMT is the oppressor in the Bible and a land of mysterious barbarians in state documents of both these countries. The fact that all the Greek philosophers were taught in KMT does not alleviate the negativity heaped on KMT. Socrates was made to commit suicide on the threat of being killed because he taught young Greek men the Kemetic principles too forcefully (Hamilton and Cairns; 1961). Plato toned it down some so they let him live and prosper.
There is evidence that surgery and contraceptives were used throughout the entire history of KMT (Edwin Smith, Ebers, and Ramesseum papyri). John Nunn, the author of the book Ancient Egyptian Medicine, commits the same intellectual double fault as earlier western intellectuals. On page 112 concerning the use of magic he writes, "With relatively few effective drugs and operations available it would be wrong to underestimate the curative value of suggestion and expectation of cure which must have accompanied the use of magic." On page 131 of the same book he writes, "There can be little doubt that the medical papyri fulfilled a role no less important than that of medical texts today. Many were in a format which simply listed remedies for named diseases and these clearly intended for reference because the drugs available to the people of KMT were far too numerous to remember." First there are few effective drugs then there are far too many to remember. Throughout his book Dr. Nunn is more sympathetic than most Egyptologists but it is difficult for someone with a Western European education to fully understand that which they ignore. He is a medical doctor so he understands many of techniques Kemetic healers used but he insists on judging them from the perspective of European medical practices. He criticizes healers in KMT for only performing surgery when treating trauma cases. This is not the practice of European culture. Our highest most well paid class of doctors are those who specialize in performing surgeries. They are trained to skillfully remove any part of the body that is malfunctioning. Our doctors will let bad medical conditions grow for years until it is life threatening and surgery is necessary. Many surgeons will cut out your body parts if you simply don’t feel comfortable. Prior to the late 1970’s tonsillectomies were done for this reason. Doctors felt the tonsils did not have a function. We now know tonsils are a vital part of the human immune system. Look at all the plastic surgeries and silicon injections being done just for the hell of it. Who's fooling who?
Many wholistic medical techniques used in KMT are classified as attempts at magic when nothing could be further from the truth. Priests and magicians in addition to doctors practiced medicine in KMT. The wholistic medical concepts that the healers of KMT practiced were a precursor to the type of medicine practiced by Asian doctors throughout history. The use of acupuncture, massage, meditation, the prescription of various herbal remedies, and the manipulation of a person’s chi or life force are staples of Asian medical practice as it was in KMT. According to our present day interpretations of Kemetic medical teachings they didn’t know that the brain was the center of thought. This makes the Kemetic doctors seem stupid to our scholars. Western scholars are overly proud of the rational mental processes to the extent that we teach the brain is superior because it is the center of thought. There is evidence that the Greeks knew the brain was the center of comprehension in the Hippocratic corpus (430-330 BC). Keep in mind that the Greeks learned all they knew from KMT. The people of KMT knew the brain enabled us to think, see, and hear. Those things were not the focus of life for them. They knew the physical things we think, see, and hear are the very things that keep humans distracted from the communicating on the frequencies quantum physics only recently informed us are the basis of reality. They felt the heart was the center of life. Most Egyptologists and western scholars have long ridiculed this but now we know the heart is the strongest organ in the body. It is capable of generating more bio-electric energy than a 120 volt battery and over 25,000 Btu’s of body heat (Matrix; 1999). Scientific studies show that the human body clearly has a vibrating bio-electric field measurable with EEG, EMG, and EKG machines (China Healthways Institute; 1999). The magnetic field of the heart extends throughout the body and has been measured to be one hundred times stronger than that of the brain. In 1991 the magnetic field of the hands of Chinese chi gong healers was measured at 1 milligauss. This is 1,000 times stronger than the magnetic field generated by the heart. Throughout the Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus the physician is instructed to put his hands on the body of the patient near the perceived problem. It is entirely possible that the physicians were not just feeling for soft tissues and broken bones as is implied by the translator of the text (Breasted; 1930). It is more likely that Kemetic physicians felt the energy meridians of the body to manipulate and influence biological functions.
One of the most universal and significant cosmogonies or creation myths known in KMT has the Neter Atum creating the original nine Neteru from his own being. These nine original Neteru or Gods became known as the Ennead. The details of the myths have Atum accumulating material for this creation by either masturbating or spitting into his hands (Barnett; 1996). This seems so sexual and nasty to us today that scholars and laypeople alike discount the whole story as a fairy tale. If this creation story is considered a metaphor it can be understood as the source of two important scientific hypotheses of modern times (James; 1992):
In Wayne Chandler’s book "Ancient Future he tells us of the Second Hermetic Axiom of Tehuti: "As Above, So Below; As Below, So Above." To this I will add "As Within, So Without; As Without, so Within." What we know to be true in the outer levels of life must also be true in the inner levels of life. In the Book of Coming Forth by Day (Egyptian Book of the Dead) the priests of KMT taught that the human soul is composed of nine inseparable parts:
While laughing at things they did not understand the European world closed their eyes and minds to some very important truths about life and existence. There have been European scholars who knew the truth about KMT. It suits their purpose not to tell the masses about the lies and half-truths that have circulated for thousands of years. Will the general public ever find out the true nature of Kemetic civilization? The answer has to be a resounding no. There are many obstacles on the path. This culture does not honor the scholar or scholarly endeavors. The search for riches and money are the driving forces in our society and there is much profit to be made believing in lies and half-truths. Knowing the truth about KMT can assist you on the journey through life. It can help you in the afterlife too.
Bibliography
E.A. Wallis Budge; From Fetish to God in Ancient Egypt, 1988 Dover Pub. New York
E.A. Wallis Budge; Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection, 1973 Dover Pub. New York
Malidoma Some’; Of Water and the Spirit, 1997 Penguin Books. New York
Credo Mutwa, Song of the Stars, 1996. Barrytown Ltd. Barrytown, NY
Isha Mali, African Powers Unveiled (video), 1999. Detroit, Mich.
Serge Sauneron, Priests of Ancient Egypt, 2000 Cornell University. Ithaca, NY
Charles Finch, Star of Deep Beginnings, 1998 Khenti Inc. Decatur, GA
Muata Ashby, The Ausarian Resurrection, 1997 Cruzian Mystic Books. Miami, Fla.
Hamilton and Cairns, The Collected Works of Plato, 1961 Bollingen Foundation Princeton
John Nunn, Ancient Egyptian Medicine, 1996 Univ. of Oklahoma Press. Norman, OK
James Breasted, Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus, 1930 Univ. of Chicago. Chicago. Ill
The Matrix, the movie, 1999 Warner Bros. California
China Healthways Institute, 1999 San Clemente, California
Mary Barnett, Gods and Myths of Ancient Egypt, 1996 Smithmark Pub. NY
George G.M. James, Stolen Legacy, 1992 Africa World Press. Trenton, NJ
Stephen Quirke, Ancient Egyptian Religion, 1995 Dover Pub. NY
Tom Hare, ReMembering Osiris, 1999 Stanford, California
The spiritual practices of the people of KMT thoroughly permeated their entire society. Many of their traditions are based on concepts different from the traditions of the European society that we live under. The leaders and followers of European society and non-believers in general have negatively classified these practices, which were very real to the Kemetic people, as magic or worse since the formative years of the Greco-Roman Empire. Thousand of years before the birth of Greece and Rome what is often called magic was used throughout every period of KMT’s history in all aspects of their lives (Budge, intro; 1988). Similar spiritual practices were used throughout the entire Afrikan continent from the days of KMT until the present. The people of the Sudan (Budge; 1973), Burkina Faso (Some’; 1997), South Afrika (Mutwa; 1996), and the Gambia (Mali; 1999), who have not been co-opted by the western world, still hold rites of passage ceremonies that often involve all the children of the villages traversing to another dimension. The adults also make and use talismans or what we would call good luck charms and direct spells for good or bad at other living entities. All of these actions have parallels in the glory days of KMT.
The most powerful Afrikan country in the history of the world was KMT, the land we now call Egypt. KMT’s science was developed and safeguarded by an orderly, beneficent priesthood. All the authors of ancient Greek texts voice the opinion that KMT was the cradle of all knowledge and wisdom. The most famous Greek sages and philosophers crossed the sea in search of initiation into new knowledge by the priests of KMT (Sauneron; 2000). "The priests taught them many different subjects with geometry and astronomy being mentioned by the Greeks most often." (Sauneron; 2000) A closer look at the Moscow Mathematical Papyrus and the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus reveals that the priests also knew and most probably invented trigonometry (Finch; 1998). The cosmological system of KMT taught much that is now referred to as mystical. One of the most elementary concepts of KMT’s cosmology is all of creation and time is cyclical. Therefore time and space move in a circle rather than a straight line from A to B as western civilization has taught for hundreds of years. Western scholars have long regarded the cyclical nature of space and time as idiotic. Using mathematics our western scholars have discovered that two lines moving in opposite directions will join in infinity (Ashby; 1997). The relatively new science of quantum physics has found evidence that our universe is not made of solid matter. Instead all we see, taste, and touch is simply energy vibrating at different rates (Ashby; 1997). The implications of this "discovery" are enormous. If nothing is actually solid then what is real? Compare this illusory aspect of reality, according to quantum physics, with the Kemetic concept of the afterlife. The bedrock of Kemetic belief in the afterlife is that our essence continues to exist on another plane when our physical bodies stop functioning. They teach that our essence (or soul) is held in our body to be released by death or by conscious direction through training. All who receive the proper training can see and communicate with life that exists in other planes or dimensions. To frame that statement in a manner that the acolytes of quantum physics may understand is important. If the physical groupings we call matter are just energy vibrating at various frequencies then by altering our sense perceptions to become in tune with various frequencies we should be able to communicate or at least observe those things which occur on those frequencies. Our current mental outlook imposes limitations that preclude the average person from the ability to visually or aurally become aware of the existence of other frequencies or dimensions. Everyone comes close to realizing this talent when dreaming. Most adults teach their children to ignore anything they see or are told in dreams. (Unless we dream a good lottery number.) Our dreams then scare us due to our lack of knowledge. In a culture that encourages the analysis of dreams as therapeutic, like the aborigines of Australia, the whole family discusses each other’s dreams every morning. Your immediate family often knows you better than you know yourself. European psychologist Sigmund Freud popularized the theory that your dreams are the doorway to deeper levels of your mind. Who do you trust more to help you understand your subconscious and unconscious mind than your family? Talking dreams over with your family is more likely to elicit a correct response than discussing them with a stranger. No matter how many degrees the psychoanalyst may hold they can not make a diagnosis until you tell them who you are and how you came to be that person. Imagine the money and time saved by not having to undergo years of Freudian or Jungian psychoanalysis. When a way of understanding the world is not only accepted but promoted by the whole community it shapes and molds the social customs of that community. In other words it becomes a religion (Quirke; 1992). The Kemetic religion served those two functions so well that it was a binding force for the entire community.
Western intellectual discourse has targeted the Kemetic civilization as the "Other." Critics of KMT often accuse the society of operating on both sides of an argument. They are said to be excessively symbolic and suffer from childish literalism (Hare; 1999). The contradiction of this statement should point to the absurdity of the argument but somehow the intellectuals close their minds to their own thoughts. The Bible and the state documents of classical Greece and Rome are two pillars of European tradition, which do not speak kindly of KMT. KMT is the oppressor in the Bible and a land of mysterious barbarians in state documents of both these countries. The fact that all the Greek philosophers were taught in KMT does not alleviate the negativity heaped on KMT. Socrates was made to commit suicide on the threat of being killed because he taught young Greek men the Kemetic principles too forcefully (Hamilton and Cairns; 1961). Plato toned it down some so they let him live and prosper.
There is evidence that surgery and contraceptives were used throughout the entire history of KMT (Edwin Smith, Ebers, and Ramesseum papyri). John Nunn, the author of the book Ancient Egyptian Medicine, commits the same intellectual double fault as earlier western intellectuals. On page 112 concerning the use of magic he writes, "With relatively few effective drugs and operations available it would be wrong to underestimate the curative value of suggestion and expectation of cure which must have accompanied the use of magic." On page 131 of the same book he writes, "There can be little doubt that the medical papyri fulfilled a role no less important than that of medical texts today. Many were in a format which simply listed remedies for named diseases and these clearly intended for reference because the drugs available to the people of KMT were far too numerous to remember." First there are few effective drugs then there are far too many to remember. Throughout his book Dr. Nunn is more sympathetic than most Egyptologists but it is difficult for someone with a Western European education to fully understand that which they ignore. He is a medical doctor so he understands many of techniques Kemetic healers used but he insists on judging them from the perspective of European medical practices. He criticizes healers in KMT for only performing surgery when treating trauma cases. This is not the practice of European culture. Our highest most well paid class of doctors are those who specialize in performing surgeries. They are trained to skillfully remove any part of the body that is malfunctioning. Our doctors will let bad medical conditions grow for years until it is life threatening and surgery is necessary. Many surgeons will cut out your body parts if you simply don’t feel comfortable. Prior to the late 1970’s tonsillectomies were done for this reason. Doctors felt the tonsils did not have a function. We now know tonsils are a vital part of the human immune system. Look at all the plastic surgeries and silicon injections being done just for the hell of it. Who's fooling who?
Many wholistic medical techniques used in KMT are classified as attempts at magic when nothing could be further from the truth. Priests and magicians in addition to doctors practiced medicine in KMT. The wholistic medical concepts that the healers of KMT practiced were a precursor to the type of medicine practiced by Asian doctors throughout history. The use of acupuncture, massage, meditation, the prescription of various herbal remedies, and the manipulation of a person’s chi or life force are staples of Asian medical practice as it was in KMT. According to our present day interpretations of Kemetic medical teachings they didn’t know that the brain was the center of thought. This makes the Kemetic doctors seem stupid to our scholars. Western scholars are overly proud of the rational mental processes to the extent that we teach the brain is superior because it is the center of thought. There is evidence that the Greeks knew the brain was the center of comprehension in the Hippocratic corpus (430-330 BC). Keep in mind that the Greeks learned all they knew from KMT. The people of KMT knew the brain enabled us to think, see, and hear. Those things were not the focus of life for them. They knew the physical things we think, see, and hear are the very things that keep humans distracted from the communicating on the frequencies quantum physics only recently informed us are the basis of reality. They felt the heart was the center of life. Most Egyptologists and western scholars have long ridiculed this but now we know the heart is the strongest organ in the body. It is capable of generating more bio-electric energy than a 120 volt battery and over 25,000 Btu’s of body heat (Matrix; 1999). Scientific studies show that the human body clearly has a vibrating bio-electric field measurable with EEG, EMG, and EKG machines (China Healthways Institute; 1999). The magnetic field of the heart extends throughout the body and has been measured to be one hundred times stronger than that of the brain. In 1991 the magnetic field of the hands of Chinese chi gong healers was measured at 1 milligauss. This is 1,000 times stronger than the magnetic field generated by the heart. Throughout the Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus the physician is instructed to put his hands on the body of the patient near the perceived problem. It is entirely possible that the physicians were not just feeling for soft tissues and broken bones as is implied by the translator of the text (Breasted; 1930). It is more likely that Kemetic physicians felt the energy meridians of the body to manipulate and influence biological functions.
One of the most universal and significant cosmogonies or creation myths known in KMT has the Neter Atum creating the original nine Neteru from his own being. These nine original Neteru or Gods became known as the Ennead. The details of the myths have Atum accumulating material for this creation by either masturbating or spitting into his hands (Barnett; 1996). This seems so sexual and nasty to us today that scholars and laypeople alike discount the whole story as a fairy tale. If this creation story is considered a metaphor it can be understood as the source of two important scientific hypotheses of modern times (James; 1992):
- The Sun is the parent of the planets in our solar system
- There are nine major planets
In Wayne Chandler’s book "Ancient Future he tells us of the Second Hermetic Axiom of Tehuti: "As Above, So Below; As Below, So Above." To this I will add "As Within, So Without; As Without, so Within." What we know to be true in the outer levels of life must also be true in the inner levels of life. In the Book of Coming Forth by Day (Egyptian Book of the Dead) the priests of KMT taught that the human soul is composed of nine inseparable parts:
- The KA: An abstract personality of the person to whom it belongs possessing the form and attributes of a person with the powers of locomotion, omnipresence, and the ability to receive nourishment like a human. It is the equivalent to eidolon (image).
- The KHAT: The concrete personality of the physical body. That which is mortal.
- The BA: Our heart-soul that dwells in the KA and sometimes alongside it in order to supply it with air and food. It has the power of metamorphosis and changes its form at will.
- The AB: Our heart, the animal life in people. The source of our rational, spiritual, and ethical nature and is associated with the BA. In the judgement scene of the Book of Coming Forth by Day it undergoes examination in the presence of Osiris.
- The KHABIT: Our shadow. Associated with and receives nourishment from the BA. It has the power of locomotion and omnipresence.
- The KHU: Our immortal spiritual soul. It is an ethereal being closely associated with the BA.
- The SAHU: Our spiritual body and location of the KHU. All the mental and spiritual attributes of the natural body are united with our own eternal nature to create new powers in the SAHU.
- The SEKHEM: The spiritual personification of the vital force of in humans. Its dwelling place is in the heavens with the spirits or KHU.
- The REN: Our name or the essential attribute for the preservation of a Being. The Kemetic people believed that in the absence of a name an individual ceased to exist.(James; 1992)
While laughing at things they did not understand the European world closed their eyes and minds to some very important truths about life and existence. There have been European scholars who knew the truth about KMT. It suits their purpose not to tell the masses about the lies and half-truths that have circulated for thousands of years. Will the general public ever find out the true nature of Kemetic civilization? The answer has to be a resounding no. There are many obstacles on the path. This culture does not honor the scholar or scholarly endeavors. The search for riches and money are the driving forces in our society and there is much profit to be made believing in lies and half-truths. Knowing the truth about KMT can assist you on the journey through life. It can help you in the afterlife too.
Bibliography
E.A. Wallis Budge; From Fetish to God in Ancient Egypt, 1988 Dover Pub. New York
E.A. Wallis Budge; Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection, 1973 Dover Pub. New York
Malidoma Some’; Of Water and the Spirit, 1997 Penguin Books. New York
Credo Mutwa, Song of the Stars, 1996. Barrytown Ltd. Barrytown, NY
Isha Mali, African Powers Unveiled (video), 1999. Detroit, Mich.
Serge Sauneron, Priests of Ancient Egypt, 2000 Cornell University. Ithaca, NY
Charles Finch, Star of Deep Beginnings, 1998 Khenti Inc. Decatur, GA
Muata Ashby, The Ausarian Resurrection, 1997 Cruzian Mystic Books. Miami, Fla.
Hamilton and Cairns, The Collected Works of Plato, 1961 Bollingen Foundation Princeton
John Nunn, Ancient Egyptian Medicine, 1996 Univ. of Oklahoma Press. Norman, OK
James Breasted, Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus, 1930 Univ. of Chicago. Chicago. Ill
The Matrix, the movie, 1999 Warner Bros. California
China Healthways Institute, 1999 San Clemente, California
Mary Barnett, Gods and Myths of Ancient Egypt, 1996 Smithmark Pub. NY
George G.M. James, Stolen Legacy, 1992 Africa World Press. Trenton, NJ
Stephen Quirke, Ancient Egyptian Religion, 1995 Dover Pub. NY
Tom Hare, ReMembering Osiris, 1999 Stanford, California
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