The Egyptian Meaning of 'Life' = Ankh

[A. Ben-Shema]

Now what I am about to propose might sound a little strange at first, especially if one is not familiar with what a "BERAGON" is. The beragon is simply an ancient ' T ' shaped aid to formal meditation, which has been used in India (and probably many ancient 'Spiritual' communities) since time immemorial. Below is a picture of this instrument (from the "Self Realization Fellowship" web-site at ~ https://www.srfbooks.com/Item.asp?id=1460 ):

https://www.srfbooks.com/images/Catalog/Large/am_100.jpg

The beragon is an aid to Mystic 'LIGHT' & 'SOUND' meditation, and looks like a capital letter T.



Also, the mandala is an ancient circular symbol of total Mystic 'Awareness' ~ the (Spiritual) 'ALL' ~ the Experience of True Enlightenment ~ the vision of True LIGHT ~ TRUTH & LIFE!
See image below of a contemporary mandala (and also article at ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandala ).

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Woodland_fairylodge_600.jpg/180px-Woodland_fairylodge_600.jpg





Now, when you combine these two objects, this is what you get ~ the Egyptian ANKH symbol, meaning LIFE !

http://maged-m.freeyellow.com/ankh.jpg



http://www.landoe.com/images/ankh.jpg



Could it possibly be that the two aforementioned symbols were combined to make the Ankh, or is it merely coincidence?

PLU :)

[Naomi]

Traditionally in folk lore of modern Egypt, going back about a hundred years, the ankh is said to represent a vagina and a penis, and the two side bars represent the progeny of the union.

Scholars, remain somewhat reserved on a decision. It is doubtful that something as widespread as the ankh arose from something as insignificant as a meditation tool, as it is not a part of the body itself, the Egyptians were very body centric, viewing the organs as seats of the divine and preserving the body itself as a means of immortality into the beyond. They viewed the body as something divine, not a thing to be discarded.

SO I would be inclined to think that the ankh is actually a body part or a symbol of a meditational process, as it easily fits the shapes of other commonly known sexual iconography the world over...for instance, the top part is almost a dead ringer for the yoni.

Notice the ankh similarily is never (or rarely if I missed one) a full circle....there's a distinctive dip at the bottom that comes to a point just like the inner labia round at the top and pointed at the bottom- try it yourself if you've got one handy...

This doesn't mean that the same raw natural images didn't inspire both your meditational armrest and circle shapes meditation images.

[MythMath]

Here's link to and image
I worked out called:

HermAphroditus

http://forums.abrahadabra.com/showpost.php?p=27823&postcount=88

[Catalytic Subterfuge]

Nice!