Memphite Religion

This article by Ted Peters points the theological beliefs of the Egyptian mythology of monotheism. The paper introduction gives the background history of the Egyptian History. It introduces how the Memphite theology made the local god, Ptah, as the creator of all once was the architect of the craftsman's work. Peter support his idea by referencing the hieroglyphics on the Shabake stone. The series of eight equation on the Shabake stone justify Ptah is the god of all who is worshipped in mesmerizing things and transmitted life to other gods in forming the shape of gods like Atum, Nun, Ennead, Thoth, etc. The article prevails the god Ptah being the organs of creation into the heart and tongue. The heart stands as the intellect, mind and spirit and tongue is referred as the realizing thought of what heart is expressed. Then the author stated the mechanical equation created by the James Henry …show more content…
The Memphite Doctrine surmise the familiar story regarded the king, of the murder of Osiris, the son of the Geb and the Nut. Osiris is drowned in the Nile by his brother Seth, who feared and hated the good king. Undeserved death of his father rose up Horus to take revenge against his father's enemy. In the battle between Horus and Seth, Horus won by sacrificing his eye which became the symbol of every sacrifice or gift for the dead. The god responded to Horus's devotion by opening the tomb of Osiris and giving him the afterlife from which he can send the crops to feed his people. Although, Geb, the earth-god settles the dispute by offering Seth the South upper Egypt and North Lower Egypt to Horus regrets his decision and change it by giving the whole nation to Horus. Horus became the first king of Egypt and the founder of the first Dynasty to unify the country in his

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