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This
ancient symbol, also know as Ra-Horakhty, is found over doorways,
archways and entrances to temples throughout Egypt. The double serpents
flanking the solar disk are symbolic of the ever-present dual nature
of reality, while the wings, indicative of a bird, represent heaven
in contrast to the earth bound qualities of the cobra snakes. Feathered
serpent symbols are found in many ancient cultures worldwide, including
those of Mexico, Peru, China, etc. The "Unity in Duality"
principle that inspires them is a universal principle of spiritual
transformation.
As
an innovation upon the traditional design of Ra-Horakhty, within
the solar disk is the Scarab beetle pushing up a tiny red sun. It
represents Khebera, the Lord of the Dawn, who brings the sunrise
with every day. The ancient Egyptians made this association because
they noticed that scarab beetles put their eggs in a ball of dung
which they tend to push in an eastwards direction; hence the correlation
to an unseen force that pushes up the ball of the sun on the eastern
horizon. Because of its shape when viewed from above, the scarab
also represents the three lobes of the brain, and hence the higher
mind or crown chakra.
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