Seven Pillars of Wisdom

I read this passage in the bible and it reminded me of Seshat, Lady Wisdom, was also her title in ancient Egypt.

Book of Proverbs 9:1: "Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars" (KJV).

Seshat has been written about for over 7,000 years in regards to building and also the number seven denotes her mark. Here is an example from an ancient kemetic text: in chapter 57 of the Book of the Dead:

My mouth and nostrils are opened in the Djedu,
and I have my place of peace in Annu, wherein is my House;
it was built for me by the goddess Seshat,
and the god Khnum set it up for me upon its walls."

Temple at Abydos, 1300BC, Djed Pillar

Etymology of the Eye Daughter of the Eye & 3rd Eye Knowledge

It is my belief that the daughter of the eye is indeed Seshat. There are many instances in ancient script where knowledge and understanding is associated with the eye or sight. The eye as a portal like the opening of the mouth and the symbolism held within the peacock.

Here are some instances in which the eye is used figuratively with the concept of the learned.

 “his eyes were like a fiery flame” in the midst of the lampstands (Rev. 1:14). 

1. When our attention is attracted to something remarkable, we call it “eye-catching,” or an “eye-opener.”
2.  When we watch something carefully, we are said to “keep our eye on the ball,” or are asked to “keep our eyes peeled” for the object we seek. 
3. When a person is skilled at a task, he is said to “have an eye for” it, as when an interior decorator “has an eye for color.” 
4. In the Bible the eye is the organ of perception, and perception involves more than physical sight.
5. When we understand a point that a teacher makes, we say, “Oh, I see now.” 
6. When we do not plan ahead, we are said to be “short-sighted,” or conversely when we do plan strategically, we are “far-sighted.” 
7. When we ignore an action, we “turn a blind eye” toward it, and when we disapprove of an action, we “take a dim view of” it. 
8. When we supervise a project, we take “oversight” of it.
9. The blind poet John Milton asked God to “shine [his light] inward and the mind through all her powers / Irradiate” so that he might have the wisdom to write his great poem, Paradise Lost(3. 52-53).
10. When the prophet Isaiah speaks of the time when the Lord will reveal Messiah to them, he writes, “The people walking in darkness have seen a great light” (Isa. 9:2). 
11. When C. S. Lewis talked about reading literature, he said reading allows us to see with others’ eyes.
A very brief time could be called “the twinkling of an eye.” G. R. Driver and John C. Miles, The Babylonian Laws, vol. 2 (Oxford: Clarendon, 1960), 100, 101. 

In all these instances, knowledge and wisdom are associated with sight, ignorance and sin with darkness.

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