3/12/2009
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Aegypt: The Rubbing
The
name of the woman on the left was “light,” and the name of the
woman on the right was “darkness.” The stone made no elaboration
of the symbols as if the identification, like that of the deities
below, was in itself sufficient.
Paul
laced his fingers in front of his face and rested his chin on his
thumbs. Something. The curtains fluttered with the night breeze.
He pulled slowly at his lip. Why light? Wasn’t Ra the god of
light? No! Ra was the god of the sun. Light was a separate
idea quite exclusive of the sun. Light was embodied in anything
that gave it off or reflected it, a lamp, the moon, certain insects,
the sun itself....