“Cerridwen’s Cauldron” A print from the original acrylic painting by Emily Balivet, 2009.
Month: June 2013
Critics angered by new Canada law making it illegal to wear a mask at unlawful protests
National Post
June 2, 2013A new change to the Criminal Code that makes it illegal to wear a mask at a protest or riot is likely to be challenged in the courts as limiting freedom of expression, experts say.
The clause makes it a crime for a person to attend an unlawful protest “while wearing a mask or other disguise to conceal their identity without lawful excuse.” Supporters say it is one more tool to help the police maintain order, while civil liberties advocates say it tramples constitutional freedoms.
“It’s outrageous, there’s all kinds of legitimate reasons to mask your face in terms of a protest,” said Micheal Vonn, policy director with the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association.
Anglo Saxon objects, late 6th to 7th century AD. In the British Museum, part of the early European collection.
Described as “Insular Style II animal ornament:
16 Harness fitting, from Hardingstone.
17 Bird-shaped brooch or mount.
18 Mount with 3 interlaced animals, from Barham (Suffolk).
19 Gold pendants, from Wingham and Faversham (Kent).
20 Pendant with 3 bird heads, from Faversham (Kent).
21 Pair of miniture gold buckles with bird heads and ribbon animals, from Faversham (Kent).
22 (below 20) Buckle with 2 interlocked animals.”—
Heart Scarab of Bak-en-Djehuti, Ancient Egyptian, dates to between 1186 and 718 BC (late New Kingdom-Third Intermediate), made of grey-green greywacke.
The ancient Egyptians believed that the dung beetle, the Scarabaeus sacer, was one of the manifestations of the sun god. Representations of these beetles were used as amulets, and for ritual or administrative purposes.
This scarab is a so-called Heart scarab which was used for the deceased. The linearly incised bottom inscription contains spell 30 B of the Book of the Dead. The left reading text is displayed in ten lines, separated by nine, very straight text-divider, and framed by an oval line. The hieroglyphs are less detailed and slightly irregular. The layout is well organized, and the signs evenly spaced. The back of the scarab is very high, and the highest point at the partition between pronotum (dorsal plate of the prothorax) and elytron (wing cases). Both parts have incised borderlines, a slightly curved double partition lines, and a triple division line between the wing cases. The rectangular head is flanked by quarter-spherical, two-stage eyes with lid markings. The side plates and the clypeus (front plate) are trapezoidal.
On the left wing case is an inscription with name and title of the owner: “the priest of Amun: Bak-en-Djehuti,” and on the right wing case a crossed lines pattern and a formula wishing him life. The style of the inscription on the back differs from that on the bottom, and it is most likely that the text on the back with the individualization was added later by another hand. The crossed lines on the right wing case are less deeply incised, and might have been added later, only the ankh-sign (meaning “life”) looks similar to the inscription on the left wing case. The extremities have natural form, and vertical and diagonal hatch lines for the tibial teeth and the pilosity (hair). The low, oval base is slightly asymmetrical and has a smaller head.
The scarab was produced to be placed in the wrappings of a mummy. It was individualized by his name of the deceased: Bak-en-Djehuti. Such funerary amulet should cause the renewal of the deceased, and support him in the Weighing of the Heart procedure in the Judgement hall of the underworld.
Courtesy & currently located at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA.
This is the second in our series of etexts of pre-1923 Alice A. Bailey books. This covers her concept of the hierarchy of spiritual entities, and the role initiation plays in that system.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/eso/ihas/index.htm
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