explaination of Old Egyptian Blessing
Quentin Christensen
After rewatching "Shadow Dancing", I decided to change my .sig to the
glorious peice of text at the bottom of this message, (well, to what's
at the bottom anyway :)
Someone asked me about the meaning of the old Egyptian Blessing, and I
was just wondering if anyone knew anything more about it (I know this is
probably more relevant in some other group, but I don't visit that group
and I'm probably not going to be interested in wading through thousands
of other messages just to ask my question :)
yes, so, does anyone have any insight for me?
Here's an extract of my post regarding it from alt.msdos.programmer,
where I was asked the question (by a guy who seemed to know a bit of
religion):
> It's "an old Egyptian blessing", I don't really know that much about it
> - I first heard it on an episode of the SF series "Babylon 5", As far as
> I can tell it is a genuine quote. I don't think it means empty places
> as in bare rooms, I think it refers more to places without God, or
> without love or hope or friends, that sort of this, Along the lines of
> "walking through the valley of darkness" - you seem like you'd know that
> one better than me.
>
> I think it just means "May God be with you and protect you, even when it
> seems you are alone and without God".
Regards
Quentin.
PS: I apologise again for this relatively off-topic question, Think of
it as being going a bit further into "Shadow Dancing" :)
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David Golding
>After rewatching "Shadow Dancing", I decided to change my .sig to the
>glorious peice of text at the bottom of this message, (well, to what's
>at the bottom anyway :)
>
>Someone asked me about the meaning of the old Egyptian Blessing, and I
>was just wondering if anyone knew anything more about it (I know this is
>probably more relevant in some other group, but I don't visit that group
>and I'm probably not going to be interested in wading through thousands
>of other messages just to ask my question :)
>
>yes, so, does anyone have any insight for me?
A bit, but probably nothing really worthwhile. Some people will tell you
that the Egyptians were polytheistic, and therefore the quote is
incorrect. *However*, during the reign of Akhenaten (I'd have to check
the spelling) the Egyptians were (rather unhappily) monotheistic. So
there you go.
higs, Dave
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Gben
David Golding wrote in message ...
>the spelling) the Egyptians were (rather unhappily) monotheistic. So
>there you go.
Interesting - what time period was he around, and how long did he last?
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David Golding
>*However*, during the reign of Akhenaten (I'd have to check
>>the spelling) the Egyptians were (rather unhappily) monotheistic. So
>>there you go.
>
>Interesting - what time period was he around, and how long did he last?
It is Akhenaten, around the fourteenth century BCE... He lasted as long as
he lived, I'm not sure how long that was. I understand that there is very
little known about that period - as I said, the Egyptians were rather
unhappy with his monotheistic little reordering of their culture.
higs, Dave
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>
>>*However*, during the reign of Akhenaten (I'd have to check
>>>the spelling) the Egyptians were (rather unhappily) monotheistic. So
>>>there you go.
>>
>>Interesting - what time period was he around, and how long did he last?
>
>It is Akhenaten, around the fourteenth century BCE... He lasted as long as
>he lived, I'm not sure how long that was. I understand that there is very
>little known about that period - as I said, the Egyptians were rather
>unhappy with his monotheistic little reordering of their culture.
>
>higs, Dave
.....snip.....
Akhenaten (Akhenaton) originally Amenhotep IV was thought to have been born
in 1375BC and died 1358BC. He is credited with initiating a new form of sun
worship to the exclusion of all other previously worshipped Gods....hope
this helps