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PSA!!
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What’s the source of this proverb?
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@tenkamenin, you beat me to the punch
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Ok, If I must: Egyptian Proverbs by Dr. Muata Ashby, “On Self Knowledge” page 25
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I’m not sure about @tenkamenin, but I was looking for a primary source from Kmt. The proverb sounds fishy and phrased a little to new-age to be authentic to me.
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I just purchased the book, and I like the structure. It’s a meditation book in accordance with the Temple of Aset which I’m not familiar with. However, what makes it hard to digest is the lack of sources for the proverbs. I hate to be at the mercy of someone else’s translation especially when we’re dealing with Kemetic texts.
The proverbs are divided into various topics for example,
WHO IS GOD?
“God is one and alone, none other existeth with Him, God is One.”
The One who has made all things. GOD is a Spirit, a hidden Spirit, the Spirit of Spirits…The Divine Spirit.”
The head scratcher aside from the word “God” is “existeth,” who uses that word today? I think he’s probably using Miriam Litchtheim’s translations which is surprising since he’s written a Mdw Ntr grammar book.
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Ɔpanyin Perry, thanks! I am interested in the primary text as well to see how he arrived at this translation.
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@Tenkamenin, the one you posted I recognized immediately from that quote being used in Person, Divinity, and Nature. In the book, the source is Budge’s translation of the Book of Coming Forth by Day https://books.google.com.gh/books?id=axFJDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=%E2%80%9Cnone+other+existeth+with+Him.%E2%80%9D&source=bl&ots=4kyViRtVsX&sig=ACfU3U3iPJoV-3X76Kn9BcjzQ_jGK9e1BQ&hl=ak&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiC6KfusrXpAhWETxUIHbB8DzgQ6AEwC3oECAYQAQ #v=onepage&q=%E2%80%9Cnone%20other%20existeth%20with%20Him.%E2%80%9D&f=false I looked up the mdw nTr and it is Amen-Ra that is spoken about, not “god.” There is no way anyone who actually reads mdw nTr would be doing any sort of copy and paste from Budge. I assume that he also doesn’t cite the source of any of these “proverbs” either primary or secondary so that the tracks are swept away. @tenkamenin, are you familiar with the concept of aggressive mimicry in nature?
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This is his bibliography at the end of the book and its not helpful.
Bibliography All sayings used in this volume were taken from the following sources.
1– Pert Em Heru (Book of Coming Forth by Day – Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead) The Papyrus of Ani The Papyrus of Anhai The Papyrus of Hunefer The Papyrus of Qenna The Papyrus of Nu And other Hieroglyphic texts.
2– The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts The Pyramid of Unas The Pyramid of Pepi
3– The Ancient Egyptian Wisdom Texts The Precepts of Ptahotep The Instructions of Ani The Instructions of Amenemope The Instructions of Merikara The Teachings of Kaqemna And other Hieroglyphic texts.
4– Wisdom Teachings Ascribed to Akhenaton (Sage King of Ancient Egypt) Hyms to Aton
5– Thrice Greatest Hermes – The Wisdom Teachings ascribed to the Ancient Egyptian God Djehuti.
6– The Kybalion — The Wisdom Teachings ascribed to the Ancient Egyptian God Djehuti..
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A Devotee of ASET is:
“One who ponders over sacred matters and seeks therein for hidden truth.”
“Salvation is the freeing of the soul from its bodily fetters; becoming a God through knowledge and wisdom; controlling the forces of the cosmos instead of being a slave to them; subduing the lower nature and through awakening the higher self, ending the cycle of rebirth and dwelling with the Neters who direct and control the Great Plan.”
I do wonder where this passage came from.
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