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PTAH

A symbol of the Divine Mind,- the Logos energising as the creative power on the higher mental plane.

"Ptah was one of the most active of the three great gods who carried out the commands of Thoth, who gave expression in words to the will of the primeval creative Power; he was self-created, and was a form of the Sun-god Ra as the Opener' of the day. From certain allusions in the Book of the Dead he is known to have opened the mouth' of the gods. His feminine counterpart was the goddess Sekhet." - BUDGE, Egyptian Ideas, etc., p. 98.

"Ptah bore the titles, Father of the mighty fathers (the other gods), father of the beginnings, he who created the sun egg and the moon egg.'. . . He is also called the 'creator of his own image, he who created himself, who establishes truth, king of both lands, lord of heaven,' etc." - WIEDEMANN, Rel. of Anc. Egyptians, pp. 132-3.

The Divine Mind or Self manifesting on the mental plane becomes the progenitor of higher and lower conditions inclusive of the individuality (sun-egg) and the personality (moon-egg). He creates his own image- the Archetypal Man, and rules the higher and the lower planes (both lands). The Self is allied with the buddhic principle (goddess Sekhet).

 

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ARCHETYPAL MAN
BUDDHI
CREATION
EGYPT
GODS
HEPHAISTOS
IMAGE OF GOD
MOON
MOUTH (opening)
RA
SELF (supreme)
SUN
TEM
THOTH