1. theory argues that humans are given life when
agod moves the ankh (or key of life) close to the nose
and mouth of the un-animated clay-formed body
(dead), which thus acts to impart the “breath of
life”,spirit, or ka into the body, made of ba-infused
(soul-based) clay, after which the body becomes
animated.
Left: The goddess Isis (left) imparting the breath of
life into two clay-formed human figures, made by the
god Khnum (right), with brings them to life (animates
them). The Khnum cult dates back to the pre-dynastic
period (3,100BC) and is also associated with the
cosmic egg from which all living creatures stem,
which played a dominant role in the Brahmaic faiths.
[3]Right: A depiction of the creation of the Egyptian
queenHatshepsut), at the Temple of Deir el Bahari
(1475 BC), who after being formed from clay by
Khnum, is brought to life by having the goddess
Heket impart the breath of life into her nostrils, using
the ankh (key of life).
2. Nun
The original model for the creation by breath theory
seems from the 3100 BC Heliopolis creation myth,
according to which out of the self-engendered “Nun”
arose the primeval land mound out of which “Atum”, in
the form of fire, the first god, came forth, who created
the first to offspring, Shu (air) and Tefnut (moisture),
by the power of breath and spit, respectively.
This model was expanded upon in the next
millennium to explain the creation of humans out of
clay, imbibed with the breath of life, as shown
adjacent (1475BC), in the Ab-ra-ham-ic faiths, or
in the B-ra-ham-ic faiths.
The original Egyptian creation by breath theory was
rewritten in Christianity (Ab-ra-ham-ic theology), in the
second chapter of Genesis as follows, in the original
Hebrew version (500 BC):
“And Yahweh, Elohim (Shining One), fashioned the
Adam of the clay of the soil; and He blew in his nostril
the breath of life, and the Adam turned into a
living Soul.”
This key passage was latter re-written in the famous
King James version of the Bible (1611) as: [1]
3. “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the
ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of
life; and man became a living soul.”
In modern terms, this has been re-written in the New
American Standard Bible (1995) as follows:
“Then the Lord God formed man of dust from the
ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of
life; and man became a living being.”
Similar versions can be found in the and the Koran
(Ab-ra-ham-ic theology), wherein the creation by
breath theory was re-written to the effect that the god
Allah created man from clay by shaping clay into
human form and breathing a spirit into him: [2]
“I am going to create a human being out of clay.
When I have formed him and breathed My Spirit into
him, fall down in prostration to him! Then inquire of
them: Is it they who are stronger in structure or other
things We have created? We created them from
sticky clay.”
The and in
particular "life", according to the
(B-ra-hma-ic theology), is not as straight
forward, but nevertheless have the same origin in the
birth of Ra, born out the land mound (clay or Nile
soot). Hence, this outline substantiates the view that
for over 72 percent of the world, the notion of "life"
4. and "death", which is a defunct theory in the context
of modern physical science, is a hold-over from the
creation by breath theory of the Egyptians.
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