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COW, GODDESS MEH-URT 

A symbol of primordial matter, Truth-Reality, which brings forth the Self (Bull) on the highest plane.

"The homage of the scribe Nebseni to the goddess Meh-urt, lady of heaven, and mistress of earth." - BUDGE, Book of the Dead, Ch. LXXI.

'I behold Ra who was born yesterday from the buttocks of the goddess Meh-urt; his strength is my strength, and my strength is his strength. What then is this? It is the watery abyss of heaven, or as others say, It is the image of the Eye of Ra in the morning at his daily birth. Meh-urt is the Eye (Utchat) of Rā." - Ibid., Ch. XVII.

The soul acclaims the Self, who, at the beginning of the cycle, was brought forth from primordial matter. The life and energy of the Self is within the soul, and the soul's life and energy is the Self's. What then is Meh-urt? It is Truth-Reality (water); or in other terms,-It is the counterpart of the Self at his forthgoing into mani. festation ;-It is the mode by which the Self perceives Himself.  

See Also

AUDUMBLA
BIRTH OF BUDDHA
OF CHRIST
BULL
MATTER
MAYA
MOTHER
PRAKRITI
ÚTCHAT
WATER