About the Potter's Field...
Dec 2, 2014 3:02:18 GMT
Post by Goldenfleeced on Dec 2, 2014 3:02:18 GMT
Now, I've decided to cover a few subjects in this section that deal with quotes from the 'New Testament' that have seemed to be either 'mysterious' or 'confusing,' given the Church dogma; there are many who believe that 'Jesus' was either a 'magician' (or alchemist, you might say), or an 'initiate' of the Egyptian 'mystery schools,' or both... we'll probably cover some of those thoughts with quotes of their own, but as I was contemplating other subjects recently, I thought of this... and how it might relate to those subjects, even if it is only coincidental...
It is certainly 'food for thought'...
Matthew 27:3-8
Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood. And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
And who might this 'potter' be, for whom a graveyard seemed to be appropriate...?
Khnum, the potter, maybe...?
Khnum (/kəˈnuːm/; also spelled Khnemu) was one of the earliest Egyptian deities, originally the god of the source of the Nile River. Since the annual flooding of the Nile brought with it silt and clay, and its water brought life to its surroundings, he was thought to be the creator of the bodies of human children, which he made at a potter's wheel, from clay, and placed in their mothers' wombs. He later was described as having moulded the other deities, and he had the titles 'Divine Potter' and 'Lord of created things from himself.'
Khnum is the third aspect of Ra. He is the god of rebirth, creation and the evening sun, although this is usually the function of Atum. The worship of Khnum centered on two principal riverside sites, Elephantine Island and Esna, which were regarded as sacred sites... [1]
Khnum has also been related to the deity Min.[2]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khnum
This is 'titled,' Khnum as the Ba of Ra... with Isis... as falcons/hawks...
Referring us back to the William Yeats poem, quoted in an earlier thread...
How do you like that?