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Complementary symbolic principles

in Egyptian hieroglyphs

 

The characters seem to cluster to address a theme in pairs, and groups of three.

Above &  Below

A above, ave - bird, vulture.

   Arm vs. foot: arm reaches above head.

b below, boot, foot

Covered & Displayed

kh keep, cover, eclipse. Claw. Back, Dark

D display, give, dawn. Light, palm of hand

Air and Fire

f fffff Breath feather air, life

g gas incense. Hollow gourd. Fire?

Breath vs. Digestion. Processes of Life.

Helix of Life. House of Bondage.

h house, prison, labyrinth. b is beit, house. Hebrew

h helix, ropes. hurricane, twist, DNA.

Flight & Imagination

y feathers, sky, reeds. Flight of wings.

dj The cobra that emerges from the foreheads of the Pharaohs. It represents flights of imagination, telepathic intuition, and the uraeus, a potent weapon of destruction. DJ is Wadjet, the goddess of protection.

K - keep, carry vs Dj project and distribute.

Transportation methods: Bird flight, signal transmission, and basket carrying

Social classes 

k Carriers, commoners (kul) who carry baskets.

l Leaders, powerful lions, strength

m Magicians, wise owls, masters of mystery

Water

n water current, like river.

w water, waves like sea

o water drop. 

   coil, loop, whirlpool, circle

Plains and Peaks

p plancher, (floor, French). Plank. Pedestal.

   pedestrian, ground level, flat plain

^ q peak, accumulation, hill, climb

Words and Wisdom

r mouth discrete word. 

r door, mouth

s surface, side, skin.

R is mouth, words,

S is boustrophedon script, wisdom, spell.

R Enter, S spring out, issue. Sortie, exit.

Springs, Streams, and Pools

sh pool water shore wash shower

t earth mound, loaf of bread.

S is streaming water. Sh pool is standing water. T bread is solid and stationary.

Closers

tch latch. Fetters of hands.

z bolt  of door.

Draft 9-13-19, 8-21-18 

 

Meta-language Interpretation of Egyptian Hieroglyphics

 

There are the perhaps two thousand hieroglyphs. Here are twenty-four which  most closely approximate the letters of the alphabet.

 

A  is an Arrow Aiming Above ^. The Ascending association of A affects the meaning of words like Aerial, Angel, Arch, Attic, Atmosphere, and Aviation! In hieroglyphics, the connection between A and the air above is evident. The glyph is a vulture, the Avian Avatar of the afterlife.

A also represents an arm. The figure of A traces an animation of an arm swinging back and forth, and flexing at the elbow. An A also illustrates the Angle of a wAving or flApping wing. The arm A is also associated with ABOVE because the arm can extend above the head.

 

A is above, b is below

b  means below in meta-language symbology. B is the basis of words like bottom, basement, below, boot, and baja (low) in Spanish. It is the complement of A which Aims Above. B is a foot in hieroglyphics, whereas A is an arm. 

 

 

Kh is identified with the placenta in hieroglyphics. In meta-language, K relates to the hand. Kaph is a claw-like character in Phoenician. The claw K corresponds to keeping and clasping. In basket, however, it is porous and allows things to come out.

 

The letter h depicts a hand reaching down from a higher position. The words have, hold, and harvest illustrate the association of the letter h with the hand. A hand also represents keeping and coming out. The placenta provides oxygen and nutrients to the baby growing in the womb, a filtering and nourishing baby basket! Sunrise in hieroglyphics uses KH, the (K)crowning, or (K)coming forth of H - Heaven's Heat, Helios (Greek), the Sun!  Kheper is the name Egyptians gave to the rising sun. 

To make the KH sound, you use the hard, rocky, palate of the mouth to both keep in the breath, but let some K come out. To both retain and release is the sieving function of a basket.

This sound may also correspond to the idea of covert, black, and obscured, as in the new moon, another possible interpretation for this disk with hazy lines across it.

 

K is the reflecting, sun-covering moon which lights the blacK of night. We may only see the bacK side, its true face is hidden.

 

H is the the sun, Helios, the hot Hub of the Heavens. 

Kh is cover and keep, D is display and give

D is represented by a hand in hieroglyphics. In meta-language symbology, D also represents the hanD, and in particular the palm, or heel of the hanD. The fingers are represented F and by n as in index finger pointing up. D is associated Doing and giving, as in Deal, Donate, Distribute, and Discharge

F is represented by a "horned viper" in hieroglyphics. This is a mysterious and interesting character ...  (read more)

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S - savoir (know, French)

      Serpent of Wisdom

      Sage, sensible, science

      Scholar, scribe, sane.
      思 Sī  is think in Chinese.

      Wisdom

r - future, front, branch,

      return

n - now, point, in and out

p - Past, Present, Path, stoP 

R - future

       vertical present, plus

       angled question-mark             shaped khopesh ?                  Decapitator, without              head, signifying the                great Unknown.

     

SR - know future

Hieroglyphs A -  L.

Hieroglyphs M - Z

S is script (written in boustrophedon alternating direction style), scribe, and wisdom

 

SIA, (Egyptian hieroglyphs) recognize, wise man.  

Meta-language analysis of SIA, wise man in Hieroglyphs:

S = SAGE, SCHOLAR, SAVANT, SENSEI, savoir-faire, WISDOM

      signal, sense, sophistication, science, Socrates.

      Sī   - thought, Chinese. Character shows square field above        the heart. Psychic projection of the heart and soul. The heart of          an idea and the network of its associations.

      S ----H--- - to know. Hieroglyphics. E.A. Wallis Budge (1920, 1978). An Egyptian                         Hieroglyphic Dictionary. (New York: Dover). pg 583

         SA, SAA - Wisdom or knowledge deified. pg 634.

i = lit candle, reflected sunlight, idea, light, inspiration

A = eye looking down, Ayin (eye, Hebrew, Phoenician) awareness, idea, understanding

Sia, recognize:  S=signal, knowledge, wisdom; i = idea, lit candle light; I = identity; A = open eye, awareness.

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