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KHEPER, OR KHEPERA
A symbol of the Self striving in the lower
nature; i.e. of the indwelling Christ.
"The majesty of this great God (Afu-Ra) taketh up his position in
this Circle (Twelfth of the Tuat) which is the uttermost limit of
thick darkness; and this great God is born in his form of Khepara in
this Circle; and Nut and Nu are in this Circle for the birth of this
great God when he cometh forth from the Tuat and taketh up his
position in the Matet boat, and when he riseth up from the thighs of
Nut." - BUDGE, Egypt. Heaven and Hell, Vol. I. p. 257.
The picture accompanying this text is emblematic of the process of
the unfoldment and consummation of the Soul, and it indicates the
actual as well as potential facts of the case. The causal-body (the
boat), is upheld or evolved through the powers of the universe (Nu),
and these yield up, as it were, that which is accomplished through
their agency. The astral plane (water) is depicted below the
causal-body (boat) to signify the process of conflict with the
desire-nature which leads to the final triumph of the Spirit within.
The globe upheld by the beetle, emblem of Khepara, the Christ,
represents the buddhic vesture, for above is the plane of atma. The
symbol of the figure of Osiris at the top curved round a space
signifies realisation,—that state which is perfect and complete as
the result of endeavour. The design altogether represents the ending
of the path to liberation; the Soul rising from the way of the
underworld (Tuat) to peace eternal, into which it is born from the
womb of Space (Nut).
“Hail, thou who risest as a Mighty Soul (Kha-ba-aa), who hast
received the things which belong to the Tuat; Af, thou guardian of
heaven, come thou, and cast thou thine eye in the name of the Living
One, Khepara, at the head of the Tuat." - Ibid., p. 40.
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See Also
AFU-RĀ
ASCENSION (Osiris)
ASTRAL PLANE
BOAT (Sektet)
CAUSAL-BODY
CIRCLE OF EXISTENCE
CONFLICT
CRUCIFIXION (Jesus)
HUMAN BODY
LIBERATION
Monad
Nu
Nut
OSIRIS
RA
RESURRECTION
ROBE
SCARABÆUS
SOUL
TREASUre
Tuat
UPLIFTING RA
VICTORY
WATER (lower)
WOMB
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