On 04/12/2013 10:40, Christopher Josiffe wrote:
Christopher et al
Kenneth Grant's seemed to be more inspired by poetic / intuitive links
rather than etymology - his sources often are quite dated from an
academic pov although
doesn't mean he is wrong on all that - many others have been inspired by
wrong reading of texts to come up with some interesting interpretations.
That supposed etymological link between shaitan and Seth - i haven't
come across anything in the names of Seth to back it up -
but that's not to say someone might find something one day - but looks
to be that the names are not connected. Shaitan and Seth are quite
different really - I'm not even sure if Shaitan is a god as such,
perhaps less than that - maybe a spiritual entity or personification of
some principle? Whereas Seth is a very ancient and important god in the
Egyptian religion. That's not to say there might be some common ground -
perhaps connections with demons etc? But as other experts have pointed
out there is no real clear equivalence -
might even be more of a connection thematically between semitic
baal/jehovah and Seth - but that's another story?
senebty
mogg
> ...and when it does he tags it on as a rough equivalent of Shaitan (which really isn't right) Same with Church of Satan - there was one month dedicated to Seth amongst other gods, which I'd say shows a lack of understanding of the archetype. ...
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> I'm glad you said that Mogg, as I recently came across a reference in one of the Typhonian Trilogies to the effect that the Hebrew letter 'shin' was connected to Set- Shaitan, as if the two were synonymous. Not outside Crowley or Grant's imagination, I would guess? And one conventional attribution for 'shin' is fire, if I recall correctly, possibly this could link up with Set in terms of red, the desert heat...hmmm.
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