Horus is understood as being of the Christ consciousness. Spirit would like to take us to a very different level of understanding when we are looking at these concepts. We are moving into the Aquarian energy and we recognize the energy of Leo which is astrologically the opposite pole. This is the energy that is pushing Aquarius forward. So there is a power that is found in this age of Leo that is supporting the movement of consciousness we have now. The symbolism we are drawing from is the age of Leo, and in particular, it is centered around the energies of Egypt.

When we think of Egypt we tend to think of the present country. Actually Egypt at the time of the energy we are moving from was a melting pot area, coming from a lot of different traditions. Nun is the primordial ocean and from that sprang forth Atum. Atum means all or nothingness.

In order to understand the Path of Horus we must understand it not only on the level of individuality but also on the level of cosmology because there is no separation. We separate ourselves from the web of consciousness, but in actuality it is all the same. So when we come to understand the point of origin of which all things emerged, then we also understand our own point of movement and those forces of energy.

So in the beginning it was said that there was the primordial ocean of Nun. Here we are talking about the point of which there is potentiality. In all things that are possible there must be force that moves on the waters. This force sprang out of the womb of desire, out of the desire to know self. Out of that desire sprang Atum. Atum being that which is all and that which is nothing. Atum is said to be the fiery spark. The fiery spark which emerged out of the waters. Atum upon emergence created Shu and Tefnut. Now this is an important understanding because Shu is associated with air. Tefnut is the lion-headed; sometimes associated with fire sometimes with humidity, but I want to take us to a different understanding because this is a level where there is expansion, and where there is expansion, there has to be contraction. This is the understanding of duality. When we speak of Horus we speak of expansion. We are also going to understand that which is called Set as contraction. You will always see in manifestation expansion and contraction energies. We understand that if we look at the primordial ocean as being expansion, Atum came forward as contraction. We have a contraction out of which something emerges. If you just have one or the other, you do not have movement. Shu and Tefnut were sent forth out of the fire. We have Shu in the understanding of air- expansion and we have Tefnut in the understanding of contraction which again on one level is seen as humidity, some say fire. What I would share with you is to perhaps consider Tefnut as volume. So we have space and volume; we have that which expands and that which fills, expansion and contraction. I would like to tell you a story about Atum.

Atum is associated with the eye of Horus. It is said Atum carries both eyes. You see in tradition after tradition, the eye is oftentimes in the palm of the hand. You will see it worn as an amulet about the neck. Atum is associated with the right eye, the eye associated with the sun. Horus is associated with the left eye, the eye associated with the moon.

The story is that once Atum had created Shu and Tefnut, Space and Volume, there was an extended period of time during which Shu and Tefnut explored their worlds. Atum felt that he had created this and they had abandoned him, so he followed them around with his eye for eons and finally after great exploration, they returned to him. It is said that when they returned to Atum, his eye became enraged and fiery. Atum took the eye and placed it upon his forehead. That is when Shu and Tefnut began the act of creating others. Remember when we are talking about creating the others we mean that they are an extension of Atum in the form of qualities of Atum. These aren't separate beings.

Why would the eye become enraged? Why would there be jealousy? Eyes are a way, a vehicle, to gain knowledge and knowledge has a powerful place. But knowledge without insight is limited. When knowledge is just steeped in physicality it is limited. Consider it this way: when these two went out and explored what there was, which was nothingness, they gained knowledge of nothingness but they recognized that in order to have wisdom there must be another level. Remember, these two are simply an extension of Atum. Atum recognized that in order to truly gain something more than knowledge there had to be a transcendence, a place where you can gain information from your eyes and take it to the next level. In Egypt the uraeus is placed on the third eye. Knowledge is transcended to the next level which is Ajna, the transcendent light. The understanding of the enraged eye was the recognition that knowledge alone does not serve, that there must be another quality put in place that transcends knowledge, that takes it to the next level: the ability to see beyond.

They understood that if indeed the god/goddess was to know self as self, knowledge alone would not serve. There had to be another quality put in place: the quality of transcendent light. And from that level there was ability, for we have Geb, earth and Nuit sky. It was understood that now knowledge could be taken to transcendent light and worlds could be created. This is a very important formula.

Many of us have done formulas for prosperity, health - for all sorts of things. We have all this knowledge, we do the formulas just so, but it doesn't click. What's the missing element? The transcendent quality. Ether is the fifth element. When you have knowledge in your life, but you don't bring it to the next level, the transcendent light, it will probably only take haphazardly. You need to rise to the next level in order to start your desire into physical manifestation.

It is from the earth that come the sons and daughters who are the extensions of Atum. We have Isis and Osiris, Nephthys and Set, and then from there we have Horus and Anubis. Geb and Nuit, (earth and sky) are expansion and contraction. We have again these two, Isis and Osiris which historically have been associated with expansion and Nephthys and Set with contraction. When we are talking transcendence, we are talking about the ability to have a sense of self beyond self. When we go down into the extension of Atum, into Geb and Nuit we go into the earth and sky, and then we move from there into Isis and Osiris and Nephthys and Set.

I want to tell you another story. This is the story about there together in the beginning. It is said that Shu came between Geb and Nuit and created space between earth and sky and that they longed for each other. Why do you think it was necessary from them to be separated by Shu? Why was Shu introduced? When there is creation, there is always a third element. When you have three forces of energy, you have a triangle of power. These three forces of energy are the transcendent light, and the energies of the sun and moon. The third quality that was introduced by Shu created the third element. There are always three elements in creation. There is a catalyst. These understandings carry great power.

You are seeking to stand as the Horus Kings and Queens. They were called the Shemshu Hor. They were the followers of Horus.

Maat is consciousness. She holds both consciousness and super consciousness. Call to the energy of Maat and she will help you hold consciousness in all levels.

When there was expansion and contraction, the third element had to be introduced in order that out of that would be the force that would allow again for creation: the power of three, the triune energy, the triangle energy. So with this came Isis and Osiris, Nephthys and Set. Isis is called the Lady of Magic. She is shown with a throne on her head. Isis was the companion and sister of Osiris, the wise ruler. She is shown to be the aspect of expansion. We have Osiris who is associated with the expansion aspect, associated with resurrection and rebirth. The Path of Osiris is the Path of Reincarnation. The Path of Horus is the Direct Path of Return.

Nephthys who is shown with a cup on her head represents the energies of the subconscious mind and is shown as darker colored; that which is hidden. She is the contraction aspect. Nephthys contains. Set is associated with the contraction aspect.

It is said that Set was jealous of his brother Osiris for Osiris was loved, recognized and honored. Set felt limited and less than Osiris. In his rage, Set arranges Osiris' murder. It was said that Osiris had ruled his kingdom with great love and had gone to other kingdoms to teach the understanding of love and rulership and democracy. While he was away, Isis took over the command of rulership. She ruled with a wise head and loving heart. Set became enraged for he desired Isis. Being jealous of Osiris' rule, Set planned a scheme to take over the kingdom of Osiris. He created a sarcophagus that was beautifully adorned and tailored to fit Osiris exactly. Set threw a great party and invited Osiris and seventy-two of his fellow conspirators. Everyone tried the sarcophagus including Osiris. It fit him perfectly and they nailed it shut. The sarcophagus was encased in lead and Osiris suffocated. The sarcophagus was cast into the river and lodged in a tree. Osiris is away from Isis, we have separation. Set ruled the south and Osiris ruled the north. Set brought forth seventy-two conspirators. The number seventy-two is associated with creation. There are seventy-two genii in the magical system. We can look on this as an atrocity: Set murdered Osiris, but it had to be. Osiris had to die so he could resurrect. Set was playing the energy of Judas.

Lead is associated with Saturn . Light cannot penetrate lead. Saturn is contraction and containment. So we have that which the light cannot penetrate, and that which is contained. We have that which holds the light. Osiris, expansion, is put in a contracted state. It symbolizes going into the form world. Spirit coming into form.

Isis goes on a search around the world for the sarcophagus, which she finds. In the meantime Set returns, and again it is the energy of chaos. Set finds Osiris' body and cuts it into fourteen pieces and casts it about. Isis reassembles Osiris' body but cannot find the phallus, so she makes a golden one and out of Isis and Osiris' union comes Horus. The breaking up of the body symbolizes distortion of the light. The missing phallus symbolizes the power of creation.

Horus emerged after Osiris had been dead and reborn. Horus is depicted in many ways: Horus suckling Isis' breast, Horus the Child, and Horus the Elder. In the story when Horus was born Isis nourished him and hid him in the reeds because he was very vulnerable. In the beginning the light is vulnerable. As Horus (the light) grows stronger, he takes upon himself the avenging of Osiris' murder. We see Horus as the light that has been born into this world. To fight chaos, Horus must wait until he is an elder. A long battle with Set ensues. As we reincarnate our light gets stronger and we become capable of challenging our own shadow self.

In Egypt, if the shadow self is too strong, upon death that person was earthbound. In tombs there were false doors so the Ka body could move in and out. On the path of reincarnation, you need a strong, vital Ka which is your etheric double. The Ka is also what draws you back into reincarnation. If it is strong and clear, it will support you on your path of Horus which is the path of direct return. The shadow self can prevent a person's Ka from being able to move.

There is a point at death when if you go to the Light you are no longer bound to the Wheel of Rebirth; a point of grace. Most people never do it because the light is so blinding that the consciousness goes for the lower light because it is more comfortable.

There is a place in Horus where in this lifetime you can do the deed. You can move into the point of mastery. You can do your work from the other side and no longer are bound to matter. The Osiris Path is the path of death and rebirth; on the Horus path you shoot straight up.

The left eye is the moon which gives us a sense of time on this planet. Horus being in form is associated with the left eye. In one of their battles, Set pulled out the eye of Horus and tore it up. Horus took revenge by taking Set's testicles off (baser instincts).

Our Horus aspect is vulnerable when we block ourselves to the light, illumination. The intervention of wisdom restored the eye to full sight. So it is when we gather wisdom that we are restored to full capacity to touch the light.

In funeral rites, the canopic jars were guarded by the four sons of Horus: the four elements symbolized by the stomach, the intestines, the lungs and liver. Behind the four sons guarding the canopic jars are the goddesses. The jars are not near the mummy, who was placed facing the north where Osiris had dominion. The jars were placed in the south where Set had dominion. This was a magical formula and depending on the level of your understanding in the mysteries, was where you took it. They placed the four elements in the south. This was the place which tears asunder, which dissolves that which releases. What does chaos do? It disperses and breaks up and purifies . The Egyptians understood that and depending on the level of alchemy, the canopic jars were under the tutelary of the four sons of Horus: Horus holding the aspect direct return. The four sons aided the direct return with Set: the gift of Set.

A reason those organs were protected is the alchemical aspect that each of those organs perform. The lung is the breathing in and breathing out: bringing in oxygen and releasing carbon monoxide. It is an aerobic process of bringing oxygen to the blood, to the hemoglobin. The intestines release food and feed the system through osmosis. The liver with Isis: think of Isis, the Lady of Magic associated with the liver that takes out toxins. It also helps assimilation of food. The stomach is a wonderful organ. It takes in one substance and turns it into something usable for us. These organs also tie in with a level of biochemical understanding.

In the north was placed the mummy which held the heart, the purified heart, no longer under the pull of the four elements, standing alone in purity and clarity. The four sons of Horus hold the space for purification. Set and Horus battle and ultimately Horus is the victor. At that time the north and south come together; two lands come together as one and Horus rules. Symbolically, north and south come together, red being associated with north/ Horus and white of Set, south. Why red? It stands for blood, power, Atum, that which is transcendent. White is associated with the Word, Hu. Why would Set be associated with the Word? We have to understand the purpose of Set. There can be no life without Set. Horus is that which frees, Set is that which contains. Without Set there can be no form, no life, for there would be no form. When you speak here of red and white, you speak of the deeper understanding of the Eucharist, for the red of Horus is the blood, it is the vine. White is the bread, it is the sustenance; the coming together of bread and wine, the coming together of the blood and body. The journey from Atum through the levels of expression then were the children created. All is Atum, you come from this. You go forth to rejoin as one. The blood as well as the body. And there you return, but not the same. For then you return greater than that which sent you forth. How could it be otherwise? You must join and then the third out of the two is created.

One of the questions often asked and there is a lot of confusion about this, is why the Egyptians used animal heads on their deities. Oftentimes Thoth is shown with the baboon head as well as the Ibis head. The baboon urinates twelve times a day. The reason I'm telling you this is because twelve is associated with time. What is one of Thoth's jobs as scribe? He is the Keeper of Time, a recorder. The baboon was associated with time. When the sun goes down or is hidden, baboons become very depressed and despondent. The Egyptians were said to be one of the first to have zoos and aviaries. On another level it was a recognition of these traits; also a recognition that there was no separation. An animal was an aspect of creation and it was said that the animal on this level was something we would observe and understand and identify with but not overly identify with. So there was a bringing together of these energies to create a container.

The Egyptians would go to the Temple of Life for training. They would literally spend the first several years in observation. They would spend hours watching fish, baboons, falcons, etc.; watching all the different animals. Then they would bring animals in and have them observed. There was a keen understanding of the need for awareness and the power of awareness because awareness is consciousness. Before they ever moved into training for any of the other steps of magical work, they were required to spend years in the Temple of Life. What they did was observe. They understood that most of us go through our days asleep. We don't observe. We feel so inundated that we create little spaces for ourselves and block everything else because we feel it will become a distraction and diversion. Another thing that was taught in the Temple of Life was that you observed but weren't attached. We learned a coping mechanism early on which was to block out everything but that which is right in front of us else we would be drawn here and there. That's a skill and its a skill we needed. At some point that same tool became a chain. Now we need to be fully conscious and can manage very well in this world if we are not attached.

In many of the tombs of adults there are found different size spinning tops. It was a mystery as to why this child's toy, which was intricately designed and of all sizes, was found in these adult tombs. They had to use these as magical tools to learn how to hold perfect equilibrium with the staff and rotate around to have 360 degrees of awareness - that is to have total mastery of the world. And there is absolutely no reason why every single one of you cannot and should not do the same thing. There is no separation. Why is it that we choose to separate that way?

Horus is called Lord of the Seven Lights among other titles. There are many understandings and magical associations with the number seven. There are Seven that sit at the throne of the Creator. There are the Seven Lords and seven planes. In the pyramid there are three points that sit on a base of four. So the pyramid is called the mastery of the seven lights and Horus was said to be the Master of the Seven Lights. I have been speaking a lot to you about the pyramid energy, the threefold energy. You take two and you bring in a third element. You have the power of the three which creates the pyramid energy, the third element is the catalyst that activates these two and when the three come together, there is creation. There is something else that is created out of that. The other piece that Horus brings us is that of the three that sits on the base of the four. The mastery of the four, the mastery of the earth, the Path of Horus is the Path of Mastery. Horus is called the Solar Path. The path of the sun which is the outer manifestation. The sun that rises is called Kefer, the scarab, the rising sun. The sun at noonday is Ra, the sun at setting is Atum and the sun in the underworld is Iwf which means flesh. It is the light being clothed in the flesh. It is hidden.

Where is the secret to this Horian Path? It is in our bodies. When you go into the pyramid text there is an interesting formula that happens because there are twelve gates, twelve hours, the baboon and Thoth. When you see the depictions in the underworld, the first six gates/hours depict the sun god as standing in the tabernacle. The second six gates/hours show the sun god with a snake that spirals around him. The first six hours in the underworld are in a tabernacle to contain all that energy - contraction. Then it opens to a spiral - expansion, DNA, movement. We have the solar serpent that moves. The kundalini is contained until there comes a place of expansion when it is moved and then it is set free and moves up. So what we have is that the first six hours are movement that holds and contains and the next six hours are where the movements spiral out and from the rising sun transformation is completed.

Sekhmet is the lion-headed goddess, the defender of Ra. She is shown with the flail which depicts movement of energy. She is shown with the ithyphallic fertilizing aspect because what was recognized was that even in the feminine polarity there is a male aspect of energy of creation just as within the male polarity there is a female aspect. Both energies are reflections of each other, also in regards to these sons, the sons being associated with Hathor.

When the eye was placed upon the head, it was said that only when it was rooted was it able to take knowledge and transcend it. The key word being rooted. It can only root in matter which is why one of the key symbols you will see is the four sons of Horus sitting in the lotus. The lotus is rooted in matter and opens to the sun but its roots are in matter. This is where the four sons of Horus are usually shown. The four sons of Horus are associated with the transformation of the four elements which is again mastery of the physical world and which means we are going back into the flesh, which is where Ra gains mastery. That is why Atum is associated with the lotus because the mastery is gained by being rooted in the flesh. Hathor represents the female matter: primordial soup. The mastery of the sun is through the flesh. The mastery of Horus is through the flesh; that is the path that you are walking. Now do it consciously.

Kefer which is the rising sun is the point which is the embodiment of the resurrection. The four levels of the underworld of which the first two levels of three hours each are spent in the tabernacle and the last two levels of three hours each are spent in the spiral. Kefer is a critical understanding to this. The first two levels in the flesh are nutrition and metabolism. The next two levels in the flesh take the nutrition and transform it into vital energy. Then you take that and move that energy into subtle thought. The first two levels are associated with the lower mind and the next two levels with the higher mind. Out of the subtle thought, the knowing comes and that is the emergence of Kefer. This ties in with the canopic jars at deeper levels and why they were revered and why they were under the dominion of the four sons of Horus.

Horus, the sun god being the energies of the upper world then took an extension of himself/herself into the four sons to hold dominion over the flesh, that is to gain mastery over the flesh. That is why they stand atop the canopic jars because they are holding the energies of those organs that are working with the process of assimilation. They are sanctifying, bringing spirit to that which is in form. Our task is to bring the lower kingdoms into the upper kingdoms. This is the formula. It is to sanctify this body of flesh and to take it into transcendent light. So the first two stages are the stages of which you take in nutrition and metabolize all the energies contained in the tabernacle. The next two stages are the spiraling action; the expansion occurs when that which has been metabolized is then released into vital energy. And then when you have vital energy it is transformed into the higher levels of understanding. Vital energies go into subtle thought and that is why the mummy is left in the north because the body was revered as was the heart.

The body was not something that was seen as undesirable. Out of love, Atum himself the Creator, clothed his body in flesh. The body was revered because it created the flesh through which the journey was taken through the underworld upon death, which was really the birth of the sun, the Horus King returned back to the Source. This body was honored because it had a place, it had served in beauty, and in grace and in love. It was honored and sacred as was the heart because the heart was recognized as the alchemical cup. The organs were placed in the south where Set resided; where chaos, destruction and purification alchemically changed them. Set had given the gift of contraction where alchemy takes place.

So the first two levels of containment where we take in nutrition and metabolize it and where we release it as vital energy that it would feed our thoughts that they would soar and be free is overseen by Maat. She does not judge. She is depicted in the Halls of Judgment where she weighs the heart which is left in the revered body. She weighs it not in judgment, she weighs it in consciousness, because if the heart is light, it is free. There is no need for return to the earth. If it is not free, then it would be an injustice for it not to be returned. The Path of Osiris is not a path that is given in retribution. It is an act of ultimate love, for if your heart is not free, if it is not light, if it is not consciousness, then you are bound. The Path of Return gives you the path of freedom, if it is free you have stepped into superconsciousness. You have walked the Path of Horus and you are free. She is the fifth element, she is the ether. Maat holds consciousness and superconsciousness. That is the understanding of Maat.

Kefer is the scarab contained in the dung, lava, cocoon and fed through osmosis. It then emerges from that cocoon winged, free. It is that place in which the worm becomes the winged scarab. The whole space is a contained space. It is a place that is contracted, it is held in a small space. It is an alchemical container.

The mummy which is placed in the north is watched over by goddess Neith, goddess of weaving, goddess of subtle thought. In the south, which is where Selket the scorpion goddess resides, which is also where Set resides, is where the container is held. The way you will see the sun god in the last six hours, even though in a spiral, is in the form of a snake shown spiraling over the head, so it is still contained, but in the body of the snake. The snake eating its tail symbolizing eternity.

There are certain ways that space and volume move that create pathways by which the Egyptians had an understanding of the simultaneousness of duality. They understood that something can be wave and a particle, at the same time depending on how you use space and time.

There are seven elements, not four. Set plucked Horus' eye and tore it asunder. Thoth, the magician, came and put the eye back together. The eye of Horus is the eye of the moon. It is light that is entrapped in matter. The gift of Set, the oppressor, is to take that eye and tear it asunder and in the tearing the light is freed because it is through conflict, it is through the struggle of the earthly existence, that the light is freed. It is through the gift of Set plucking the eye that offends because it is not seeing clearly. It is seeing through the shroud of matter. It is not seeing with the clarity of the one eye. It is taken out and torn asunder and then Thoth, the third element, comes in and blesses this (magic-alchemy).

When you see a tree, take a moment and consider the tree upside down - change your perception. When you see your world, challenge your reality of perception. You create your world based on your reality from lifetime after lifetime. Challenge your perception. We operate out of three rooms in our brain and there are thousands of rooms.