Hermione Wrote:
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> cladking Wrote:
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>
> ...
>
> > Yet the builders repeatedly said the king is
> both
> > a pyramid and a star ("he, he is the pyramid")
> > ("he is a star"). There is apparently some
> sort
> > of correspondence of stars to pyramids or
> pyramids
> > to stars. I don't see any reason to rule out
> some
> > kind of spatial relationship.
>
> In his reply, Hanslune states that he couldn't
> find that phrase.
>
> I can't find it here,
> [www.maatforum.com],
> either.
>
> Could you please provide a citation/source,
> Cladking?

The problem here is quite simple. We take the entire Pyramid Texts as being symbolism and metaphor even though it appears to have a coherent literal meaning. It consistently says that the king is the pyramid which sits in a boat that travels to the northern imperishable stars. The formatting of these words appear odd to us because sentences are not intended so much as "statements" but rather the nature of reality. But the PT do say these things over and over and very consistently. I believe our job is to interpret these words as the authors intended; literally.

Obviously the pyramid didn't sprout wings each night and carry the king to the stars so they meant something else. I believe they meant that after the king ascended to heaven that there was nothing left of him on earth except his memory and this memory was represented by the pyramid during the day and a star at night. They imply it was a specific star and that the king rested between other greats at night. They neither said nor implied that there was any other correspondence between the kings and gods in heaven but this would hardly be surprising.

There are virtually hundreds of lines in the PT suggesting or "stating" that the pyramid is the king and dozens that say or imply he is also a star. These are all stated quite literally but if the sentences are parsed like all current languages are parsed then this meaning isn't seen and the sentence appears to be metaphor, analogy, or symbolic.

The authors said the king's tomb was in heaven and he "lived" in his new body which were a star and pyramid. This is greatly complicated by the fact that later Egyptians couldn't understand the early writing either and "interpreted" it much as we do. Their interpretation is best seen in the "book of the dead".

I'll provide a more detailed response in reply to Hanslune ASAP.

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Man fears the pyramid, time fears man.