Greg Reeder Wrote:
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> I am not quite sure what you mean exactly or how
> it related to the discussion of the magical
> properties of the the two staffs. But that's OK.

This is the part that I was referring too. Sorry should have been a little clearer

"In the texts, the wands are referred to as symbols of the Two Lands, and more importantly, these wands are never used or handled by Seti I. If these implements are meant to give him power, why does the king never take then?"- Katherine


Then you wrote "The text itself states that Thoth gives the staffs."

Which was where I followed up with:
>
> "Seti on the other hand does not touch the staffs
> nor is he permitted to touch them from what I can
> see. In other words there seems to be an
> unbridgeable gap between man and gods.'
> That may be?
> Look at offering scenes in general. Where is the
> deity or the king handling what is being offered?
>
> My point was that the power is passed from the
> staffs to Seti, hence :
>
> "'Receive for thyself life, O thou good god Horus,
>
> who appears in Thebes. The /Sma.s/ crown and the
>
> /mHw.s/crown are affixed upon thy brow, the Two
> Banks are united for thy portion by Ra'...

I agree with you that the god Thoth passes the power onto the king. But KGG also makes the pertinent point that the king never touches the staffs. This seems to be taboo, which in a very round about way brings us back to the point, that this might be a fragment of shamanistic tendencies.