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Yes, thanks a lot. S On 4/21/07, Mandrake of Oxford <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > *Sheila* > ** > *no - I do mean 'Akh' * > *(can't really transliterate properly in ascii) - * > *but means transfigured self in egyptian anthropology* > *'Ankh' does indeed mean 'life'* > ** > *hence three classes of beings in the ancient egyptian world -* > *the ankhw, the akhw and the neterw -* > ** > *the living, the dead and the gods* > > > hope that helps > > *bb* > ** > *mogg* > ** > > > : ) .....................................: ) > Mandrake.uk.net > Publishers > PO Box 250, Oxford, OX1 1AP > +44 1865 243671 > homepage: <http://www.mandrake.uk.net> > Blogs = > http://www.mogg-morgan.blogspot.com > http://mandox.blogspot.com > secure page for credit card <http://www.mandrake.uk.net/books.htm> > paypal > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* Society for The Academic Study of Magic [mailto: > [log in to unmask]]*On Behalf Of *sheila steinberg > *Sent:* 21 April 2007 15:04 > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Kabbalah Mystica [ was: Books on the > Golden Dawn and the joys of Endnote ] > > Dear Mogg, > > When you wrote *'Akh' did you mean ankh (the symbol for life)? > Sheila > > * On 4/21/07, Mandrake of Oxford <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > *Dear all* > > > > *interesting review - i guess the poster * > > *is on another list but the only thing i might question was:* > > > > '* *For the Egyptians, > > a person was made up of several parts, none of which exactly corresponds > > to > > our notion of "ghost". The dead did not serve the living, the living > > served > > the dead: special Ka priests made offerings of bread, beer and other > > foods at > > the funerary shrines of anybody whose estate could afford it. The dead > > were > > provided from the Middle Kingdom on with armies of servants: the shabti > > or > > ushabti (meaning: "answerer") figures. These were little statues of > > overseers > > and servants and workmen of all sorts, intended to serve the dead in the > > > > underworld. * '* > > > > *'* > > *In Egyptology it is fairly common to translate * > > *the 'Akh' as 'ghost'* *- and indeed there are many * > > *examples where the dead do indeed serve the living -* > > *although this fact has escaped some commentators -* > > *None of this exactly jumps out at you - * > > *it requires careful research - * > > *so maybe the author's 'spirit guides' have 'inside knowledge'??* > > ** > > *: )* > > ** > > ** > > *For more on that see my own:* > > ** > > *'Bull of Ombos: Seth and egyptian magick' -* > > *and the talks on the 'supernatural assault'* > > * slated for Bath Omphalos in June * > > *with book on supernaturaal assault due shortly -* > > ** > > *bb/93* > > ** > > *mogg* > > ** > > *ps: But in general i do agree that some authors * > > *are a bit cynical about the gullibility of their readership.* > > ** > > ** > > > > > > > >