Apophis (Apep), the Enemy of Re
With the possible exception of Aten only during the Amarna Period, no single Egyptian god was considered to be really all powerful. Many lived with the threat of destruction, and even one of the greatest of Egyptian gods faced such threats every single night. Apophis (Egyptian Apep) was the great adversary of the sun god, Re. and was the very embodiment of the powers of dissolution, darkness and non-being. There is no evidence of this god prior to the Middle Kingdom. Apophis was sometimes equated with Seth, the god of chaos, yet the nature of Apophis seems to have always been dark and threatening, while Seth could at times be beneficial. However, in other accounts, Re's companions and even the dead themselves, who could transform themselves into a form of the god, Shu, were involved in this cyclical battle for the survival of creation and order. Apophis was, of course, never worshipped. References:
Book of the Heavenly Cow
The sky goddess Nut depicted as a cow and supported by the eight Heh gods Description[edit] The book appears in complete form on the walls of chambers in the tombs of Seti I, Ramesses II, and Ramesses III, and a portion appears in a niche in the tomb of Ramesses VI. Its earliest known appearance, in a truncated form, is on the burial shrines of Tutankhamun.[4] Origins[edit] The book may have originated from the Pyramid Texts dawn myth accounts but by the New Kingdom the idea was developed to explain death and suffering in an imperfect creation.[6] The work has been viewed as a form of theodicy and a magical text to ensure the King's ascent into heaven.[7] It has also been viewed as thematically similar to more developed accounts of the destruction of humanity in the Mesopotamian and biblical stories of the flood.[3]The reign of Akhenaten, the pharaoh who had attempted to bring about a break in the existent religious traditions, may be the inspiration for the work.[8] Content[edit]
Eye—Hathor, in her aggressive manifestation as the lioness goddess Sekhmet
The Malevolent Gaze of Apep's own Eye
Eye of Ra
The Eye of Ra could be equated with the disk of the sun, with the cobras coiled around the disk, and with the white and red crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt. The Eye of Ra or Eye of Re is a being in ancient Egyptian mythology that functions as a feminine counterpart to the sun god Ra and a violent force that subdues his enemies. The Eye is an extension of Ra's power, equated with the disk of the sun, but it also behaves as an independent entity, which can be personified by a wide variety of Egyptian goddesses, including Hathor, Sekhmet, Bastet, Wadjet, and Mut. The Eye goddess acts as mother, sibling, consort, and daughter of the sun god. She is his partner in the creative cycle in which he begets the renewed form of himself that is born at dawn. The Eye's violent aspect defends Ra against the agents of disorder that threaten his rule. Roles[edit] Solar[edit] The Egyptians often referred to the sun and the moon as the "eye"s of particular gods. Procreative[edit] Manifestations[edit]
Chapter II. The Illuminati, Proofs of a Conspiracy, by John Robison:
Proofs of a Conspiracy, by John Robison, [1798], at sacred-texts.com p. 57 The Illuminati. I AM now arrived at what I should call the great epoch of Cosmo-politism, the scheme communicated to Baron Knigge by the Marchese di Constanza. This obliges me to mention a remarkable Lodge of the Eclectic Masonry, erected at Munich in Bavaria, in 1775, under the worshipful Master, Professor Baader. It was called The Lodge Theodore of Good Counsel. p. 58 Of the zealous members of the Lodge Theodore the most conspicuous was Dr. p. 59 superstition. This was in 1777. The Lodge Theodore was the place where the above-mentioned doctrines were most zealously propagated. p. 60 of the same kind increased the alarm, and the Elector ordered a judicial enquiry into the proceedings of the Lodge Theodore. In the beginning of 1783, four professors of the Marianen Academy, founded by the widow of the late Elector, viz. p. 61 to refuse admission into the higher degrees to all who adhered to any of the three confessions.
