Sacred Geography of Egypt III

 The 4 Helmsmen of the Sky

In the previous article we established the fundamental relationships with the stars, with the directions of space, and with the Milky Way and the Nile. Now we will go a little deeper into the understanding of the four directions of space.

More than 5,000 years ago —when the first rudiments of the zodiacal system that we use today probably appeared (which does not mean that it had not been born before)—, any observer of the celestial vault could visualize among the 25 brightest stars four that were of great importance. These stars were called by the Persians the Royal Stars, because not only their position, but also their isolation and brightness made them special.

Sacred Geography of Egypt II

 Egypt: Golden Capsule Out of Time

The multiple correspondences ─ between heaven and earth, the directions of space, between the terrestrial Nile and the celestial Nile (the Milky Way) ─ are integrated with the "Mythical Time": the time of Beginnings and of the Gods, a time to which the Egyptians always tried to return, an ancient nostalgia always present in their history. That is why each new Pharaoh began his reign beginning with the year one, the first year. Egypt was a Golden Capsule, eternal, always repeated, a habitable place for gods, men and animals, beyond time.

Sacred Geography of Egypt

 Sacred Geography of Egypt 

The sky, the Milky Way, is reflected in the Sacred Nile.

There are three related concepts on different levels or dimensions: Sacred Geography, Sacred Architecture, and Sacred Geometry. 

In all three cases, a territory is defined, a space, and a direct relationship to the agent that defines it. Reduced to its simplest expression, it is the application of a physical or visual form to a more or less extensive territory, and the form applied is nothing more or less than an intelligent idea. 

The potter imagines the object in his mind, which he then shapes in clay. In the same way, the perception of a sacred idea, a heavenly cause, may be reflected in the earth, and it is man with his perceptions of the ideal archetypes who impresses the earth, or the building or temple, which corresponds to that sacred idea.