RELIGION: EGYPTIAN - Meaning of Ankh

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The ankh is an ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol representing the word for "life" and is used as a symbol of life itself.

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It consists of a cross surmounted by a loop and is often held or offered by gods and pharaohs.

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This is life, the knot of life, it represents the Sacred, the Divine and its many facets.

The cross of life symbolizes both people and gods.

Unlike the Christian cross, which is a deliberate distortion, it is equal to the plus sign.

Due to the perfect balance between the four elements and ether, the fifth element binds all the others.

Thus, there are five lines in the center of the Ankh.

Fire, the first element, the fundamental component, Water, Air and Earth are the elements that live and serve the Gods in creation and destruction.

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Any permanent imbalance of one of them causes bodily diseases.

Ankh embodies Life in its form and power.

The elements spread and circulate in the human body, nourishing organs, bones and blood, not forgetting about other bodies, all those that are outside the human flesh.

So, the heart chakra, located in the middle of the chest, is a node, a junction point.

The form of Ankh, which is a symbol of the planet Venus, is associated with love and creativity, the door to the Bird.

Paris is closely associated with the goddess Isis, who is known to be the patroness of the City of Light.

Legend has it that the first inhabitants of Paris were a group of worshippers of the Egyptian goddess who came from Greece, Parisia (Par-Isis, which means "Temple of Isis" in Egyptian).

Several churches in Paris have the "black virgin", a statue of a mother and her child painted black, which is known to be Isis and Horus, the original version of Mary and Jesus.

Only a few have survived, a significant part of them were destroyed by Christian patriarchal fanaticism.


RELIGION: EGYPTIAN - Meaning of Ankh


RELIGION: Meaning of Ankh – Library of Rickandria