Showing posts with label Maat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maat. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Lapis Lazuli - Stone of Past Lives & Goddess Isis 💎

 

Lapis Lazuli is one of the stones of Magic and psychic power. One thing is sure: when lapis lazuli comes into your life it`s never by chance. I believe that all minerals appear and are attracted to us in the exact time when we need them. Lapis Lazuli is with crystal spirit that opens up higher spiritual knowledge and communication with spiritual world. It is also crystal of Goddess Isis, so you can connect with her energy through it. 


# 1. Lapis Lazuli – stone of clairvoyance and Astral travel  🔮

We need to acknowledge why Lapis lazuli is so famous in the spiritual world. One of the reasons is: it is stone of Ancient wisdom, that is able to connect this world with Higher realities. It is stone used, valued and admired in all ancient societies –in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persian, Babylon, Mayan… Many funeral decorations in Ancient Egypt use richly this stone, especially for kings and people with high social status, like Priestesses. The famous funerary mask of king Tuthankhamun contains beautiful inlaid Lapis Lazuli in deep blue.

       💭Why were Egyptians so in love with this stone? 

It has almost hypnotic power to calm and clear the mind and it connects and opens up Third eye chakra very fast. Lapis lazuli has immediate connection with the Astral body of every human. When you travel in the underworld, or just in a sleep or meditation, you need guiding light and energy to show you the way. This is the deep blue light with lovely sparkles of pyrite and white calcite in it connects with the Soul on its way to afterlife.

    * To know more about Third eye chakra read here. 

Ancient Egyptians were much more spiritually awaken, they had higher mystical knowledge than the humans now. They knew the connection of the Mind-Body –Soul, and they used many special rituals for all things in life. One of the most important rituals was the one for a deceased person. They gathered all special objects, food and even cats that person used to love and burry them in an organized funeral chamber. Stones like Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, carnelian and turquoise were richly used for decorations and talismans in such chambers. Lapis Lazuli was also very familiar for making eye shadows (both men and women applied eye shadows), even it toxic for the skin. Most priestesses in the temples of Isis and temple of Bastet wore jewellery made of this beautiful stone or amulet.

 

                              Amulet of Goddess Hathor from Lapis lazuli

They also used Lapis Lazuli, representing the power of 2 special Egyptian Gods – Anubis, the God of death with head of jackal, and the Goddess of truth and Justice – Maat, they both had the role to weigh the heart of the dead on the scaled of Maat. Funerary mask of King Tuthankhamun was made of golde and Lapis lazuli layers: meaning he was protected by all Gods of underworld. 

We should understand, that Anubis was God not just dealing with people in afterlife. He was also patron of ill, depressed and lost souls, and helped them to overcome grief. That’s how Lapis Lazuli works.

                                     Goddess Isis and King Ramses II

# 3. Lapis Lazuli – as amulet for protection 💎

The deep blue of the stone has soothing, hypnotizing effect on the Soul, and helps with the Astral travel. It opens up the Third eye chakra and the throat chakra – both are needed in order the Soul to reach in higher planes. This stone was used widely for amulets and carved scarabs. It`s beneficial if you have Lapis as jewlery, but be aware that it is a very powerful stone and you may experience headache or other effects when you wear it.

Lapis Lazuli will enhance your psychic gifts, especially clairvoyance, inner knowledge and vision. It is wonderful to meditate with this stone, if you want to connect with past lives and in regression. But before that you need to be spiritually prepared. Do this meditation with lapis every day for at least 7 days and be slow in the process.

This is amazing stone to have in any form to protect you against psychic attack, entities and negative thoughts. It also can be too uplifting and energizing for some people. That’s why you need forst to find if its psychic power is good for you.

# 3. Angels and elements of Lapis Lazuli  💜

The angels connected with the stone vibration 888 are Jeremiel and Raziel – angels of clairvoyance, mindfulness and spiritual awakening. With Jeremiel you can work to connect with your past lives, clear Karma and make life review (every year) on the spiritual lessons you have learnt. This stone also connects with arch. Sandalphon (as all crystals do), it helps you to speak your true and be brave in public presentations, or in communication in relationships. Element of Lapis Lazuli is deep water, that’s why Lapis Lazuli and other stones with deep blue colour are wonderful for meditation, dreams and connection with past lives.

# 4. Lapis Lazuli in meditation  🌳

One of my favourite stone for meditation to connect with the energy of goddess Isis and Maat. These are the most powerful goddesses of mystical knowledge, defending the truth, justice in the world and always been on the side of the weak. I see the crystal spirit of Lapis lazuli as deep blue and golden sparkle Eight pointed star (in octagon). It has very powerful protection quality, and connects with your sub-conscious mind. In meditation it has the ability to remove sub-cosncious blockages, that`s why it is so precious.

  • I will write special meditation and ritual with Lapis Lazuli.

And one thing I want to say –this is stone of clarity, Astral projection and mystical knowledge, but it`s not for everyone. Also you can`t work with Lapis constantly, as it has very special time and vibration, and it connects only when you are ready.

How to Cleanse Lapis Lazuli?  💧

It`s important to remember to not wash your lapis with water, and dont immerse it in a water. This stone loves to be outside under the stary night sky or in Full moon, or in a soil. You can use smudging to cleanse it too. 


Lapis Lazuli magical attraction 💜

I bought first time Lapis lazuli as a bracelet when I was in Iran. It`s quite interesting, as I always loved minerals and gems, but until this time I have never seen or known anything about Lapis! That is not by chance. When I bought lapis bracelet and started wearing it, I felt very deep strong feeling that this place I was (Isfahan) was very familiar to me. I knew I was living there in past life. So, when you travel to another far away place, be aware of what stones and gems you feel attracted to, that is always a sign. If you buy Lapis lazuli, you most likely had a past life in this country, and the stone was calling to you.

*     Did you have any special experience with Lapis Lazuli?

*    Do you feel connected to this stone?




Nina Nour ©
March 2022
Angel`s medium
Crystal healer

Saturday, November 19, 2016

Maat ~



Who was Maat ?
Important part of the religion and belief system in ancient Egypt was connected with Goddess Maat – representing the principles of truth, justice, harmony, judgment in the underworld. Her name means “truth” in Egyptian.

In mythology ~
Maat take part in many myths of world creation – she was with her father on his celestial baraque; She ruled over both Gods and people together with her father. Her functions include taking care of relationships, cycle of seasons, movement of the sun, moon and stars, religious laws and moral behavior, the positive characteristics of men, the justice for leaders and people of law, afterlife. Maat was symbol of balance and harmony in all aspects of life. She prevented the universe from revert to state of Chaos.
* Appearance ~
She was depicted on the ancient hieroglyphs as a slim beautiful woman with white ostrich feather on head. She carries a scepter or ankh in hand; but the most prominent feature of the goddess are her wide spread wings, appearing from both sides and under her hands. Wings are symbol of freedom, liberation of the Soul from all earthly life, and connection with God, spirit and universe.
Symbols of Maat are: primeval mound (showing her higher position between Gods, and ruling over all), wings, ostrich feathers, scales.

* Esoteric correspondences:
Maat is significant for the universal laws of Purity, truth and Justice, that makes her close to Christian views of Virgin Mary, and angels Gabriel and Raguel. Often her outer feathers of wings are colored in turquoise blue color. One of the most obvious correspondences is with the Greek goddess of Justice – Temmis (Temida), wearing a scale and with tied up eyes.
Family: her father was Ra, and her sister Shu – the goddess of Air, her husband was the moon and wisdom god Thoth.
* Mythology ~
We can see Maat judging souls in the afterlife, in the Hall of Osiris; she puts the heart of a person on one side of her scale and on another –her ostrich feather. If the heart weight is the same or less than the feather –the soul is considered just and worthy to go further to Duat – or everlasting life. If the heart was heavier than the feather, then the person was not following the laws of truth and justice during his lifetime, he couldn’t have eternal life and his heart was eaten by a demon, or even devoured by the monster Ammit.
Maat has many names as: Eye of Ra, Queen of earth, Lady of Heaven, Lady of Underworld.
All pharaohs worshipped Maat, in order to ensure their country, they have truth and justice in their heart, (they were called Lords of Maat”) so they should aim to be good caretakers of society. Temples of Maat are everywhere in Egypt.
From the 5th dynasty the judges in Egyptian court were referred to as “Priests of Maat” and wear small golden images of Maat as well as her feather.
Her main temple is in Karnak complex (Luxor).
Additional missions of Maat include – development of science, art of magic, writing system, morality in relations;
The symbol of the feather – truth, justice, balance; such feather was worn also by god of the air – Shu.
The earliest references of the goddess Maat were found in the Pyramids text.

Esoteric symbols of Ma`at:
~ crystal : clear quartz
~ flower : white lotus flower
~ scent : Jasmine, lotus
~ fruit : Pear
~ number : nine
~ color : pearl white, blue
~ herb : peppermint


[ nina Lea-nura * ]
לאה נור
Maat in art