I stumbled upon a noteworthy website while looking for information about the New Year's Festival and Seshat. My interest was peaked in the knot-tying ritual recently after reading about the mathematics behind it from a surveyor's website, as well as recalling its mention in the Book of Solomon, King Solomon's Knot, as a symbol of wisdom.
Dispite the connotations derived from the url, I read on to see what this "spell" on the website was all about. Now, considering in my view that spells, which the Romans and Europeans among others ritualized, were originally in Egyptian language the spoken word, which was sometimes poetic. Or more aptly, as in the Book Of Life and Book of Thoth "words to be spoken" as though the intended reader were an actor reading a written script (lets just say for a festival).
As millenia progressed and the art of writing flourished worldwide, various cultures continued to use the symbols from the teachings of Seshat (she who scrivens) without maintaining the authentic science or reason behind what the objects were originally intended. However, today, through archaeology, we are able to get a glympse of this ancient african history as it was and see its progression and alterations through time. For instance, several thousand years ago a surveyor's tool (I will post more about this) used to build temples was later used only ritualistically as the ages passed. Its demonstrations of use repeated at festivals and during church services, see the stretching of the cord ceremony in the Holy Bible. I share this not to endorse the usage of magic or spells but to show how humans have integrated Old Kingdom science from the "Mistress of the Books" ('ss3t in Egypt or 'srt among the Hebrew) into ritual.
Dispite the connotations derived from the url, I read on to see what this "spell" on the website was all about. Now, considering in my view that spells, which the Romans and Europeans among others ritualized, were originally in Egyptian language the spoken word, which was sometimes poetic. Or more aptly, as in the Book Of Life and Book of Thoth "words to be spoken" as though the intended reader were an actor reading a written script (lets just say for a festival).
As millenia progressed and the art of writing flourished worldwide, various cultures continued to use the symbols from the teachings of Seshat (she who scrivens) without maintaining the authentic science or reason behind what the objects were originally intended. However, today, through archaeology, we are able to get a glympse of this ancient african history as it was and see its progression and alterations through time. For instance, several thousand years ago a surveyor's tool (I will post more about this) used to build temples was later used only ritualistically as the ages passed. Its demonstrations of use repeated at festivals and during church services, see the stretching of the cord ceremony in the Holy Bible. I share this not to endorse the usage of magic or spells but to show how humans have integrated Old Kingdom science from the "Mistress of the Books" ('ss3t in Egypt or 'srt among the Hebrew) into ritual.
New Year’s Day Magick
New Year’s Day Magick: A spell requesting Seshat grant your wish for the new year. Tie four knots equal distance into a piece of red hemp twine less than one meter (or one yard) long. Red represents life force. The hemp twine represents time. Tie the knots from left to right and concentrate on your wish for the year being tied into the fabric of time. Open your front door. Tie the knotted hemp twine into a circle. On the first knot tell Seshat your hope. On the second knot tell Seshat your wish. On the third knot tell Seshat your belief. On the fourth knot receive Seshat’s blessings. Place the knotted red hemp twine on your altar to remind yourself of your request of Goddess. Note that this spell involves breathing on knots and therefore carries the death penalty in Islamic nations.
New Year’s Day Magick
New Year’s Day Magick: A spell requesting Seshat grant your wish for the new year. Tie four knots equal distance into a piece of red hemp twine less than one meter (or one yard) long. Red represents life force. The hemp twine represents time. Tie the knots from left to right and concentrate on your wish for the year being tied into the fabric of time. Open your front door. Tie the knotted hemp twine into a circle. On the first knot tell Seshat your hope. On the second knot tell Seshat your wish. On the third knot tell Seshat your belief. On the fourth knot receive Seshat’s blessings. Place the knotted red hemp twine on your altar to remind yourself of your request of Goddess. Note that this spell involves breathing on knots and therefore carries the death penalty in Islamic nations.
