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“The Black Man Must Fashion Himself After Heru and Avenge His Dismembered Father (Ausar)” by Jermaine Thomas
In the Book of Gates, Heru asserts that he will avenge his father’s death and he instructs people (gods) to punish those who have done harm to his father. This is an instructive mission for Black men. Black men ought to relate to White Supremacists in the same way that Heru related to Set and his minions, on the behalf of his murdered father. Black men ought to fight and subdue the White Supremacists who have figuratively dismembered the original father of humanity – the Black man. Furthermore, the Black man must repair the Black father by reincarnating as him, but become more alert (eye of Heru) and stronger than the father, as to better defend against the machinations of the father’s evil younger brother – the White Supremacist (Set).
Excerpt from The Book of Gates:
“(Horus speaks:) My heart sails upstream to my father. My heart is honest, my father! I protect you against those who have acted against you, I glorify you with what belongs to you. Power belongs to you, Osiris. Dignity belongs to you, Foremost of the Westerners. Your provision belongs to you, Ruler of the Duat, with high manifestation in the Shetit! The Akh-spirits are in fear of you, the dead are in awe of you. Replacement be for your headcloth. I am your son Horus. I repair the damage in it” (Hornung & Abt, 2013/ 1305 BCE, p. 120-121).
“Horus says to these gods: ‘Seize for you the enemies of my father, whom you have dragged away to your pits, on account of this pain they have inflicted against the Great One who has been found and who has given birth to me” (Hornung & Abt, 2013/ 1305 BCE, p. 128-130).
Reference:
Hornung, E. & Abt, T. (2013). The Egyptian book of gates. Zurich: Living human heritage publications. Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/the-egyptian-book-of-gates/mode/1up. (Originally published c. 1305 BCE).
