There is a psychoanalytical analysis of the Myth of the Contendings of Horus
and Set in the book "Desire, Discord and Death: Approaches to Ancient Near
Eastern Myths" by Neal H. Walls (Boston. American Schools of Oriental
Research. 2001) .
Table of contents here
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy02/2001003236.html
"On the Couch with Horus and Seth: A Freudian Analysis (Or, The Case of
Pharaoh's Mommy)"
~Caroline Tully.
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Yes this gesture has a hieroglyphic meaning of child or to become, perhaps
in relation to the rising from the lotus. The link following from the
wikipedia article on harpocrates clears this up, it also provides an
interesting visual narrative on the evolution of Hor pa Khered.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpocrates.
The contendings of Set and Horus may bear some relation to this as well,
especially the semen exchange incidents between the two, where the young
Horus tricks his Uncle at his own game as Set tries to dominate the young
boy and humiliate him through an act of rape.
Some more research turns some interesting facts up about Crowleys Uncle, Tom
Bond bishop, he was an organiser for the Children's Special Service Mission
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Special_Service_Mission. Any
amount of research on child sex offenders will reveal that they are known to
become involved with organisations like the church or education in order to
get close to children to abuse them. Thou it still remains as speculative.
I would really of liked to have heard what Crowley revealed to Regardie, i
also begin to wonder at just how much of Crowleys rearranging of cosmologies
reflect his own life experiences.
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