Xeper Spiral
July 4, 2008
When I first learned of Photo Friday's Spiral theme, I wasn't sure if I had a photo to fit it. But as I went through the NYC trip photos, I found one that's amazingly suitable:


Spiral of 'Xeper' scarabs at Metropolitan Museum, NYC
©Joan Lansberry, July, 2008

KHEPER
''transformation - evolution - metamorphosis''

The scarab is a triconsonantal Egyptian heiroglyph for the KHEPER/XEPER concept.. In Egyptian, 'heiroglyph' means 'sacred writings. Glyph is 'symbol', and heiro is 'sacred'. Thus, XEPER acquires sacred significance as it is no ordinary word. It means 'becoming'. In English, 'becoming' has no sacred significance. But to the Egyptians and those of us today who harken to their wisdom, it means the whole sphere of metamorphosis, transformation, evolution and growth in the spiritual realm, as well as the physical realm.

To those who understand, it has powerful magical implications:

XEPERA XEPER XEPERU:

''I Have Come Into Being, and by the Process of my Coming Into Being, the Process of Coming Into Being is Established.''

This becomes a self-sustaining system, for once the wheels start going in a certain direction, that mobilizes further process in that direction. One scientific principle is that an object in motion tends to remain in motion. Not only so in the physical world, it is also so with our mental and emotional evolution, as well.

This is certainly a spiral process!

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