GChase Wrote:
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> Hi MJ,
>
> I think the alignment to stars to orientate
> pyramids as described by Anthony as a tool to
> achieve cardinality (north) is obviously wrong.
> The stretching of the cord is a ceremony, a
> ritual, with magic overtones. Clearly not just a
> tool.
>
> It is wrong to attempt to relegate this practice
> to a ‘tool’ and try to separate this stellar
> notion as different from that depicted in the
> tomb.
>
> Warwick is much more aware of the process when he
> asks :
>
> Warwick : “For me that boils down to a WHY....
> Based on my understanding of the purpose of
> building pyramids that why is...
>
> Was any intended precise/accurate demonstration of
> alignment/whatever a neccessary part of the
> process/magic?
>
> Obviously Graham recognises that requirement as
> well, insofar as he is looking for corroboration
> in the Utterances”
>
> The purpose of the early pyramids was clear. It
> was for the soul of the dead king to take his
> place among the circumpolar stars. The PT’s tell
> us this, but I will not quote them here. The
> pyramid was aligned to that place in the night sky
> that was the target for the afterlife. The dead
> king wanted to become there - with Kocab and
> Mizar and Thuban. The pyramid was the link.
Hang on a minute. You are responding to my post ..out of context
you left out the qualifier..
"but the question here is not whether they were interested in specific stars but rather whether they were interested enough to intend to accurately replicate said specific stars etc. "
I note that you do not quote the PT's even tho you state that they are your evidence
Circumpolar,Kocab, Mizar, Thuban....are not cited in the PT's
>
> Anthony wrote “It never ceases to amaze me how
> stars can be such tiny points of light, visible
> only in the darkness of night, yet can blind so
> many people to what might actually have been going
> on in the Old Kingdom.”
>
> In view of my paragraph above his comment seems
> strange to say the least.
>
> Several of the pyramids show evidence of the
> afterlife Hed Sed. The dead king fulfilled his
> role as Lord of the Two Skies. (Northern and
> Southern).
I know of (1)one enclosure that does..that of Djoser
>
> The ceiling of the tombs were in two halves
> representing the north and south skies.
any rectangular tomb's ceiling can be said to have two sides
And any dual symbolism would surely apply to the larger "Two Egypts"
The rows
> and columns of the pattern were a demonstration of
> order in the night sky.
>
> The 36 columns across the top depicted in all the
> pyramids from Djoser to Senemut were the 36
> decans. The Senemut ceiling clearly displayed the
> meaning of the 36 columns of stars of the southern
> sky.
all the pyramids from Djoser to Senemut???I can][t begin to count the number of things wrong with that statement
>
> The 36 columns of the ‘cookie-cutter stars’ in all
> these ceilings is evidence that the stars were
> studied in detail probably even in Imhotep’s
> time.
That assertion is essentially how this discussion started
>
> Graham Chase
>
>
Warwick
" I have always found that the main obstacle to free
association on these boards is the broad
misconception that what we do not know is more
significant than what we do know."
Warwick L Nixon, March 8, 2019