M7 Mike Costa Lives: Amarna Eclipse

Ancient Egyptian Holidays:

January 1 – Paen Mekhir (Traveling of Anubis)

January 15 – Festival of Victory (Horus)

January 30 – Amun Festival of Ascension

February 1 – Festival of Ptah

February 21 – Festival of Nefer (KV)

March 4 – Festival of Bastet (Onion chewing)

March 5 – Appearance of Bastet Day

March 14 – Wadjet Day

March 25-27 – Harvest offering to Renenutet and Granary offering

April 1 – Festival of Renenutet, birthday of Nepri

April 10 – Festival of Khonsu (Moon) for 4 days

April 11 – Festival of the Departure of Min

May 1 – Ancestors Festival (flower offerings to the dead)

May 9 – Howard Carter / M7 Day

June 15 – Flood Offering Day

June 21 – Solstice (Summer)

June 30 – Eve of Hathor Festival

July 1 – Opening of the Year Day

July 24 – Festival of Ptah and Ra-Hor

July 30 – New Year’s Eve (Egypt)

Epagomenal Days (+5 Days added)

Day 1 – Birthday of Osiris

Day 2 – Birthday of Horus

Day 3 – Birthday of Set

Day 4 – Birthday of Isis

Day 5 – Birthday of Nephthys

August 1 – New Year’s Day

August 15: Offerings for good Flood

August 18 – Wag Festival (Osiris)

August 19 – Thoth Festival, Kings List

August 20 – Drinking Festival (Hathor)

August 22 – Parade of Osiris

September 15 – Opet Festival + Ptah Festival

September 18 – Festival (Khnum, Anuqet)

September 19 – Opet Festival (Ramses 3)

September 27 – Festival of Montu (Shrine dedication or consecration ceremony)

October 9 – Festival (Amon, Hathor)

October 13 – Union of 3* Tau Day

October 30 – Festival of Anuqet

November 1 – Festival (Hathor, Sakhmet)

November 18 – Khoiak Ceremonies of Osiris

November 22 – Farming Day

November 26 – Sokar Festival

November 30 – Raising the Djed Pillar Day

December 1 – Festival (Nehebkau, Min)

December 20-25 – The Traveling of Wadjet

December 30 – Traveling of Sakhmet, Festival of Mut

Grand Egyptian Temple:

Names to Invoke:

Ra – the Egyptian solar God or Creator. He was worshiped at Heliopolis, and pyramids represented his body as rays coming from the sky. His secret name (M7) was once obtained by the goddess Isis, the source of his power.

Amun – the God of Air or Wind, Fertility, Conquest, and Prosperity; he was worshiped at Thebes (Waset) and Karnak.

Aton – the Solar God as the Sun itself, worshiped at Akhetaton (Tell Al-Amarna) by the Heretic Pharaoh, Akhenaton (Amonhotep 4) of late 18^th Dynasty.

Ptah – Memphis Creator God, who opens the horizon’s “mouth” to allow Ra to enter the sky; also venerated in the Opening of the Mouth ritual. Patron of Arts & Crafts, & Genetics, his name forms part of “Egypt” (in Greek, “House of the Ka of Ptah”).

Sakhmet – Goddess of the hostile energy of the Sun, as in wildfires and nuclear energy. When angry she causes Natural Disasters; when happy she is invoked to cure diseases.

Nefertum – son of Ptah & Sakhmet, god of lotus flowers, music, and compassion.

Nu – God of the Primordial Abyss (Oceans), he has no temples or shrines. Nu is married to Nut, as portrayed in a game of Charades.

Nut – Goddess of Cosmic forces (Outer Space), her body contains stars, planets, meteors, etc. She is worshiped as a protection goddess and mother goddess (Mother Nature). Sister of Geb (Seb) the Earth god.

Shu – God of Dry Heat, Hot Winds, Desert storms or sand storms. Brother of Tefnut, the goddess of rain.

Tefnut – Goddess of Moisture, rains, floods, dew, humidity, fog, storms, etc. She is the sister of Shu.

Geb (Seb) – the Earth God, he is the brother of Nut; Geb controls Earthly movements (Earthquakes, mudslides, etc.). Geb is also a name of an ancient rain god.

Osiris – Ancient Moon and Fertility god, founder of technology & civilization, son of Geb and Nut, husband of Isis, brother of Set and Nephthys, and father of Anubis and Horus. Osiris is the God of the Afterlife, Lord of Life, and Judge / Ruler of the Dead.

Anubis – Jackal god, embalmer of Osiris, Lawyer in the Court of Osiris, the Divine Physician, he is a son of Osiris.

Nephthys – Goddess of Protection (of Pharaohs) with fiery breath, sister of Osiris, mother of Anubis, wife of Set, sister of Isis, and daughter of Geb/Nut. Her crown has a building shaped like a headrest.

Isis – (Mary) Goddess of Magic, Protection, Fertility or Love (as Hathor), and venerated for powers of resurrection (of Osiris). She is the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus (Christ). Her crown has an “L” shaped throne on it.

Hor/us – Ancient sky god with many phases or forms of existence (many god forms of Horus), as his eyes are the Sun and Moon (Horur); he leads the righteous to Heaven after Judgement before Osiris (as St. Michael the Archangel), and he vanquished Set, the murderer of Osiris.

Set – Ancient god of storms and chaos, evil in general, and war. He was venerated in the 19^th Dynasty as a god of war against the Hittites. He became King of Egypt after murdering Osiris and usurping his throne. He fought against Horus, eventually lost, and guarded Ra’s boat in the Netherworld against the Dragon-worm Apophis as his Eternal Punishment. His color is red and his sacred animal is unknown (Tapir or Aardvark).

Ma’at – Goddess of truth, honesty, laws and order, justice, and balance; deity of creation and Cosmic Balance and Order; and a Mother Goddess. Ma’at was the wife of Thoth, daughter of Ra, and her symbol is the Ostrich feather. She is the counter balance to the heart/soul on the Scales in the Court of Osiris.

Ammot – creature that devours the failing heart at the Judgement of the Dead, Ammot is part lion, hippopotamus and with a crocodile mouth (symbolic of heart attacks, which are attributed to poor diets in Ancient Egypt). She sleeps near the Lake of Fire in Duat or near the Scales of Ma’at in the Court of Lord Osiris.

Maati – Twin sister of Ma’at, and related to the Judgement process.

Seshet – Goddess of literature, writing, and a historical recorder of Chronology. She assists or is married to Thoth. She assists buildings by Cosmic alignment, as in Temples. She has a crescent and star crown with 2 plumes.

Shai – God/dess of Fate and Destiny. (S)He assists each living person from birth to the Court of Osiris, as a guide.

Selqet – Scorpion Goddess, who cures insect bites or poison; a deity of Marriage. She protects the organs in the Canopic Chest.

Sokar – God of vegetation, the Necropolis of Memphis, and of the Netherworld as a God of Death. He has a head of a (black) Hawk; associated with Osiris.

Sobek – A Crocodile God, associated with the 13^th Dynasty of Kings. He is a protective deity who protects against crocodiles.

Serapis – Greek version of the Apis Bull of Memphis, and in the Serapeum in Saqqara; he was venerated by the Ptolemies in Alexandria, Egypt.

Neith – Goddess of femininity, a skilled weaver, patron deity of domestic life, and goddess of hunting, and of war. One of the 4 Canopic Goddesses protecting the organs (Isis, Nephthys, Neith & Selqet), Neith is identified with the Greek Athena, and possible mother of Ra.

Nehmauit – is a wife of Thoth (“She who uproots evil”).

Nekhbet – Goddess of Protection, shown as a serpent or vulture, she is the guardian of Upper Egypt.

Uraeus – A fire-spewing (Pyrokinetic) cobra on the Crown of Ra, who destroys his enemies. He is a symbol of royalty and power.

Upuaut – Jackal God or “Opener of the Way” who protects the solar boat from enemies when traveling through Duat / The Netherworld.

Weng – the Scribe of Ra (this name once appeared stamped on a $100 Bill in a cruise ship Casino from the author, after winning).

Sati – first wife of Khnum, protected the upper Nile and Cataracts; she wears the white crown with 2 horns and holding archery equipment.

Khnum – ram-headed god of Upper Egypt, Creator of the bodies of humanity and the Gods on his potter’s wheel; he is a god of fertility, Creation, and abundance.

Khepera – Scarab God who was the child Ra in the morning. He pushes the solar boat across the sky (gravity holding the Sun in place). He is a god of Creation, rebirth and Eternal Life.

Khonsu – Moon God of Thebes, son of Amun & Mut, has healing powers.

Kebehut – Daughter of Anubis, goddess of freshness.

The 7 Hathors – Clairvoyant women who protected newborns and could foresee their future.

Hathor – Wife of Hor(us), goddess of love and sexual beauty. She was represented as a cow or with cow ears. She is a solar deity with her crown having a Sun between 2 horns. She is the passive form of the Sun; the aggressive form being Sakhmet. Goddess of Joy, Music, Dancing (also attributed to Bast), and a Mother Goddess; Hathor is sometimes shown with red or blond hair, and patron of the Sycamore Tree. She was venerated at Dendera, Ombos and Edfu (See: Temple of Hatshepsut).

Haroeris – (Horur), Horus the Elder or Horus the Greater, this is a name of Hor(us).

Harpocrates – Horus the Child, the “god of silence.”

Bast (Lady Bast) or Bastet – Cat Goddess, a fertility Goddess and protector of the home; she was venerated in Bubastis in the Delta.

Atum – the Evening form of Ra the Sun God. Atum is also a god of Creation (see Ptah).

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MC 2018.