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Maat
Other Names: Ma'at

Patron of: truth, law and universal order.

Appearance: A woman wearing a crown surmounted by a huge ostrich feather. Her totem symbol is a stone platform or foundation, representing the stable base on which order is built.

Description: Maat was the personification of the fundamental order of the universe, without which all of creation would perish. The primary duty of the pharaoh was to uphold this order by maintaining the law and administering justice. To reflect this, many pharaohs took the title "Beloved of Maat," emphasizing their focus on justice and truth.

At any event in which something would be judged, Maat was said to be present, and her name would be invoked so that the judge involved would rule correctly and impartially. In the underworld, the heart of the deceased was weighed by Anubis against Maat's feather. If the heart was heavy with wicked deeds, it would outweigh the feather, and the soul would be fed to Ammit. But if the scales were balanced, indicating that the deceased was a just and honorable person in life, he would be welcomed by Osiris into the Blessed Land. Maat's presence in all worlds was universal, and all the gods deferred to her.

Worship: Worshipped and revered widely throughout all of Egypt. Even the gods are shown praising Maat.

Ma'at, Goddess of Truth, Balance, Order...

Ma'at, unlike Hathor and Nephthys, seemed to be more of a concept than an actual goddess. Her name, literally, meant 'truth' in Egyptian. She was truth, order, balance and justice personified. She was harmony, she was what was right, she was what things should be. It was thought that if Ma'at didn't exist, the universe would become chaos, once again!

For the Egyptian believed that the universe was above everything else an ordered and rational place. It functioned with predictability and regularity; the cycles of the universe always remained constant; in the moral sphere, purity was rewarded and sin was punished. Both morally and physically, the universe was in perfect balance.
Because of Ma'at, the Egyptians knew that the universe, that everything in the universe, worked on a pattern, just as, later on, the Greeks called the underlying order of the universe logos (meaning, order, pattern).
"In the beginning was the logos*, and the logos* was with God and the logos* was God." - John 1:1
* Logos was the 'Word', another name for Jesus.
Egypt, then, was seen to be nothing without Ma'at.

Ma'at was reality, the solid grounding of reality that made the Sun rise, the stars shine, the river flood and mankind think. The universe itself, all the world around them, was sacred in the ancient view. "Ethics" is an issue of human will and human permission. It is a function of the human world of duality. What is "ethical" for one group is sin for another. But Ma'at, the reality that made all groups what they are is transcendent of ethics, just as a rock or a flower is amoral, a-ethical, without "truth or falsehood." How can a flower be "false" or "ethical." It just is. How can the universe be "ethical or moral, right or wrong"? It simply is. That is Ma'at.
Despite being a winged goddess (like Nephthys), she was judge at the Egyptian underworld at the Halls of Ma'ati or Halls of the Double Ma'at.
The dead person's heart was placed on a scale, balanced by Ma'at herself, or by the Feather of Ma'at (her symbol that she wore on her head was an ostrich feather).

Thoth (god of writing and scribes) weighed the heart... if the deceased had been found to not have followed the concept of ma'at during his life (if he had lied or cheated or killed or done anything against ma'at) his heart was devoured by a demon (she was called Ammut - Devouress of the Dead) and he died the final death. If the heart weighed the same as Ma'at, the deceased was allowed to go on to the afterlife.

In life, it was the pharaohs' duty to uphold ma'at. "I have done Ma'at" has been spoken by several pharaohs, as well as being called "beloved of Ma'at".

The ruler who forcibly emphasizes his adherence to Maat on his monuments in Akhenaten — the very king whom later pharaohs considered to have deviated immensely from her laws.
Ma'at, as would be logical, was also was the justice meeted out in ancient Egyptial law courts. It is likely that a "Priest of Ma'at" referred to people who were involved in the justice system, as well as being priests of the goddess herself.
There is a small temple dedicated to Ma'at (in ruins) at Karnak. The temple is inside Precinct of Montu, the smallest of three enclosures at Karnak. The temple seems to have been built by Hatshepsut, then reconstructed by Thuthmose III. You can see a computer reconstruction of Ma'at's temple at http://www.ifrance.com/homann/t3maatec.jpg.

Ma'at did not exist until Ra rose from the waters of Nun (various gods and goddesses of Chaos). She was known as a Neter goddess, and as such, was described as a daughter of Ra. But without Ma'at, Egyptians believed that Nun would reclaim the universe. She was also thought to be the wife of Thoth, moon god and god of the wisdom.

She was, really, the most important deity of them all.

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1. Psalm 26:4
I do not sit with deceitful men, nor do I consort with hypocrites;
Psalm 26:3-5 (in Context) Psalm 26 (Whole Chapter)
2. Matthew 6:2
"So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.
Matthew 6:1-3 (in Context) Matthew 6 (Whole Chapter)
3. Matthew 6:5
[ Prayer ] "And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.
Matthew 6:4-6 (in Context) Matthew 6 (Whole Chapter)
4. Matthew 6:16
[ Fasting ] "When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.
Matthew 6:15-17 (in Context) Matthew 6 (Whole Chapter)
5. Matthew 7:5
You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
Matthew 7:4-6 (in Context) Matthew 7 (Whole Chapter)
6. Matthew 15:7
You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:
Matthew 15:6-8 (in Context) Matthew 15 (Whole Chapter)
7. Matthew 22:18
But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, "You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me?
Matthew 22:17-19 (in Context) Matthew 22 (Whole Chapter)
8. Matthew 23:13
"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.
Matthew 23:12-14 (in Context) Matthew 23 (Whole Chapter)
9. Matthew 23:15
"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.
Matthew 23:14-16 (in Context) Matthew 23 (Whole Chapter)
10. Matthew 23:23
"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cummin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.
Matthew 23:22-24 (in Context) Matthew 23 (Whole Chapter)

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The Bible: A Jewish Conspiracy
and
Hoax on the Gentiles

http://www.freewebs.com/666runes/Jewish_Conspiracy.html

Forcing the Gentiles to give up all occult knowledge and power so all psychic power is in the hands of select Jews for total control.

Indoctrinating the the Gentile masses into pacifism and a slave-like mentality of servitude

Jewish monotheism was stolen from Egyptian Akhenaton

The Jewish creation was stolen from the Egyptian Creation ¹

The Jewish Yahweh's use of the word to create was stolen from the Egyptians (Jewish Yaweh replaces Ptah) ²

Jewish Cain, Abel and Seth were stolen from Osiris, Set and Horus8

The conflict between Cain and Abel was stolen from Set and Osiris and as the story goes on, it is later based upon the Sumerian Dumuzi and Enkimdu 9

Jewish Matthew was stolen from Thoth 36

The Jewish book of Proverbs, along with the writings in the book of Ecclesiastes were stolen from the Teachings of Egyptian Ptah-Hotep.28

The Mason's know...The Templars know.....The Vatican know........
The Pagan's know.....

I did a timeline search and found that throughout history only 1% of
the world population at the times of 1000 yr periods over 8,000yrs
could read or write......so most of mankind never knew about what
the religions were really about....only small groups that heard the
telling from a priesthood....the the ideal that Christians were telling
the world and missioning about christ is not true....it's always been
about control from Kingdoms with information propaganda to enslave
and murder the masses.....it's only been less than last 30 yrs out of 8,000
that mankind has had the opportunity to learn the truth and it will
cost us deeply unless there is a Divine Intervention. I believe that
the New Testament scrolls were written by those that knew that this
generation would happen and saw that the Torah would do...was
this done on purpose because of the feud of brotherhoods...I see
that the play is being played out and both sides know the truth yet
they keep at it.........If both sides ARE the same coin and because
of the knowledge they hold, they WANT mankind to figure it out,
how far will they let the story go....and If it is figured out....is that
enough for the events to change....and how do we let them know
we have seen the LIGHT.......I think we are still only around 1%..
but idea is chilling because it mean it's only been 1% for a reason.

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http://vincentbridges.com/Egypt/religion.html

I. Notes on the Great Myth

We see the religion of ancient Egypt through the filters of the royal cult and the theology of immortality. Consequently, much of the marginally related, but nonetheless significant, material has been lost or overlooked. The Great Myth, the mythological framework in which Egyptian Theology functions and gains expression, was unstated; perhaps because it was secret, jealously held by the temple initiates, or possibly because it was so well known as to be universal. Recovery of this lost Great Myth supplies a pattern in which the chaotic pieces of Egyptian mythology can be comfortably accommodated.

To discern the Great Myth, we must first examine the different theological systems co-existent in Egyptian religious thought. The ancient Egyptians never codified their myths into one orthodoxy; mythology for them was a sub-set of philosophy or natural science, not a revealed truth. Therefore, the Egyptians' creation myths read like anthropomorphised versions of cosmology texts. In fact, the great intellectual feat of the Memphite Recension was the insistence that these concepts are abstract images, not concrete, placed-in-time events. Humanity has seldom formulated a more inclusive and subtle statement of ontological and eschatological concerns than the Memphite theology. Its inclusiveness points up the lack of orthodoxy by accommodating several other traditions within the metaphor. Atum-Ra, Tehuti and Osiris are seen as forms of the Great Design, Ptah. As such, they are complementary, not antithetical.

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In this spirit, we can begin to look for the threads of inter-relationship that define the boundaries of the Great Myth. We shall examine this question from three perspectives: 1) the five great traditions and their relationships, 2) the mythic structure derived from these relationships, and 3) the nature of myth as language.

1) The Five Great Traditions - These traditions can be sub-divided into the three traditions based on temples and localities: the Memphis/Hermopolis/Heliopolis, the Theban and the Edfu/Dendara of Upper Egypt; and two non-local traditions, that of the Great Goddess and Osiris.

a) Memphis/Hermopolis/Heliopolis - Because of its political clout in the IVth through VIth Dynasties, the tradition of Heliopolis is the best known of all the Egyptian theologies. It was also extremely influential in the development of all the other traditions. The myths of Heliopolis form one portion of the bedrock on which the Great Myth rests. Only slightly less influential are the traditions of Hermopolis. These very esoteric myths are the intellectual underpinning of the later Memphite Theology. Tehuti, Thoth of the Greeks, was never assimilated as were Atum-Ra and Ptah. He remained as the Divine Ambassador no matter who was High God. Tehuti's peculiar relationship to all the traditions is an important clue to the structure of the underlying myth. We will return to this point later. At some time during the late Vth or early VIth Dynasty, the priest of Ptah in Memphis produced a unitary version of the creation myths that tried to gather both Hermopolis and Heliopolis into the same mythic form.

b) Thebes/Luxor - The Egyptian city of Waset attained political prominence at the beginning of the Middle Kingdom. Its creator deity, a fragment of the Hermopolitan Ogdoad known as Amun with the attribute of invisibility, did not become the state deity until the New Kingdom. Amun, said to be simultaneously created by the spirits of Hermopolis and Ra the Sun God, was a composite, and ultimately political, tradition. The ancient local deity of the nome was Montu, the falcon-headed warrior god related to the Edfu/Dendara tradition. As Amun, the Hidden One, seen as an ancient serpent god who formed the world and then retreated, evolved during the Middle Kingdom, Montu became Khonsu, the Moon God; while Sekhmet, as Mut, became the Sun Goddess. This Theban Triad became a syncretic focus for the official religious expression of the New Kingdom.

c) Edfu/Dendara - This tradition spans the whole range of Egyptian history, from the pre-dynastic murks to the last flash of Ptolemaic splendor. Focused on the myths of Horus the Elder and Hathor/Sekhmet, this tradition presents a somewhat revamped cosmology, although it agrees in outline with the basic Heliopolitian position. This tradition holds the divine right by which the King held office. The union of the disk, a new year ceremony, was an Edfu tradition that was celebrated in every temple and affirmed the authority of Horus as Divine King. The sacred marriage of Horus and Hathor, celebrated at both Dendara and Edfu, commemorated an important but almost overlooked moment in Egyptian mythological history. The Edfu traditions were overshadowed by the Cult of Amun, but managed to retain a degree of political power until Roman times. The Goddess myths of Dendara survived as a component of the Great Goddess Tradition.

d) The Great Goddess Tradition - The Isis cult formed a core for a large collection of goddesses. She was Isis at Philae, Hathor at Dendara, Neith at Sais, Mut at Thebes, Sekhmet at Memphis, and Ejo at Buto and Nekhabit at El Kab; these last two the goddesses of Lower and Upper Egypt whose union was symbolized by the snake and vulture crown of the King. The Goddess tradition supported the various political and traditional arrangements, but was most closely identified with Osiris and the Younger Horus.

e) The Osiris Tradition - Osiris is the theological glue that holds the Egyptian system together. Traces of the Osiris cult are found in pre-dynastic cultures, surviving until the Arab conquest. The Osiris tradition emerged in the late IVth Dynasty as a component of the Heliopolitian "orthodoxy." This was a brilliant stroke of theological politics, and perhaps formed the basis of the Heliopolitian influence. The matter of Osiris bridged the mythological gap between cosmology and human history. Osiris was worshipped in many places, even Karnak, the Egyptian Vatican, has its Osiris chapel. Busiris in the Delta and Abydos in Upper Egypt were both important cult centers.