Red
January 28, 2007

Red, the pulsing color,
color of blood,
color of passion,
color of the wild God,
red.

Red, the color of strength and fortune,
of danger and warning.
Red gets our attention!


©JAL, 1-28-07
Red - "Color of the Wild God"
From Ritner, "Mechanics of Ancient Egyptian Magical Practice" (Page 147)
From his footnotes on this page:
"Compare Pap. MMA 35.9.21, col. 29/9-10:"Back, Seth, haughty, red haired, ruddy complexioned" (--)"

Also, see the Naqada stele, Set_Naqada_Stele.jpg, and my digital restoration of it:


Quite clearly, red skinned...

I have a new enhanced version of Set, Dark Lord of Thunder! I was puzzled when the print I received was oddly dark in HUE, so I took a closer look at the file in Photoshop. Back when I created it, I didn't have that better program. I learned the red I'd used was one that gave a 'gamut' warning, meaning it would not print, and it showed a tiny square of what would print. That was a shade much darker. Which of course was what I got. So I tweaked and tweaked, and tested using the 'desaturate' to make sure Set would not be disappearing into the background:


Set is NOT a God who disappears into the background!

And now he doesn't in this picture, either!

Set, Red Lord of Thunder is available in a quality 'Photo Lustre' art print!

   

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