Thoth was the writer of symbols, the "god" of writing, wisdom and spells, master of the words of power, the great magician and measurer. Thoth was the ibis-bird "god".
His names varied: Thoth, Tehuti, Tchehuti, Dyehuty, Tehi, Tuat, Taht. He was associated and referred to as: the baboon/kufu ape, the moon, the Bull of Maat, the judge of the "gods", scribe of the "gods", the great, the twice great, great one of spells and lord of the divine word. Hermes Trismegistus of later Greek and Roman mythologies, the Thrice Great magician, is derived from Thoth.
The previous article showed him as the scribe, writer and record keeper (knowledge, wisdom) in the underworld Hall of Judgment, the Hall of Maat, Morality, Truth, Justice and Order. He is often depicted with a green head. The crocodile chimera beast that ate the corrupted "heart" also had a green head.
Osiris, the lord of the underworld, was also depicted as green or black. These colors were chosen to represent the generative principle of creative potential, just as Heka (magic) was symbolic of, and to create order from chaos. The underworld was a transitional location for the symbolic Hero Monomyth journey to renew, regenerate and resurrect ourselves in greater alignment with the principle of maat, order, truth, authenticity, justice, etc.
You can understand now how this makes sense, to use the power of words and picture symbols (hieroglyphs -- symbols of the gods -- are pictographs) in order to symbolize and represent aspects of existence and consciousness through externalized, personified, anthropomorphized, reified and deified "gods".
That is all the "gods" in most mythologies are, symbols, allegories, analogies and metaphors created to reflect knowledge, understanding and comprehension of aspects, attributes, qualities and properties of our world (existence) and ourselves (consciousness).
It elucidates the power of consciousness and thought through the art of speech, magical speech, and actions, that can harmonize, unite, integrate and be "married" to truth, justice, morality, righteousness, order, authenticity, etc. Thoth was the spouse of the great "goddess" Maat. The unity of Thoth (or thoughts, Logos, "mind/heart", consciousness) with Maat (morality, truth, justice, order). See the previous posts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) for more information.
Gerald Massey speaks about Thoth in "A Book of the Beginnings", and explains how other names for Thoth relate to boundary, limit, separation and division. This relates to logic, measure, ratio (Thoth, thoughts, logos, logic) and also law/truth, through Thoth being married to Maat in the mythology, both representing boundaries and limits that we can try to deny and attempt to cross in foolishness, separating ourselves from them, but ultimately only at our own peril, demise and devaluation of the quality and condition of our lives. Rejection of principles of Truth and Morality results in a decay of living up to those principles of order, and result in an increase of chaos.
The concept of a universal underlying order, was shared with the Greeks, with Logos as the ideal form of "Good" and order in the universe. Maat and Thoth (thought, Logos, the "Divine Word"), are linked, as both embody the concept of what is right, good and true, what is moral, just and brings order. Thoth’s spouse and counterpart is Maat. Heka and Thoth are bringing speech, words, and the creative power of this "magic", which is Logos, and directly integrates with Maat, morality, truth and justice, to create order and not chaos.
The connecting concepts of wholeness, harmony, balance and order are shared among many cultures which is what Logos represents. Zoroastrian Asha, Chinese Tao, Indian Dharma, Egyptian Maat, Greek Logos. Jesus is symbolized as truth (the "light", the sword) in many parables, and is also referred to as the Logos. Truth, Moral Truth, is what creates order and determines the overall quality and condition of our lives. Moral Truth/Law is the foundation for higher, truer, realer, authentic (maa) living and life.
The Logos of creative power symbolism applies in many ways, one is of truth and the purpose of proper meaningful speech. The term maa-kheru meant "true of voice". Truth is central in many ancient symbolic mythologies, as is maat, the symbol of truth, order and justice, just as Logos is a central concept and symbolic of this ordering principle.
The power of speech, art of mouth, meaningful speech and true of voice -- that we have as magic, influence and creative power -- is generative and "godly" for its effect to alter and influence our human consciousness, world and to transform our way of living (our condition). This is personified and projected into aspects of "gods" and "goddesses" and other concepts that are symbolic to understanding qualities of ourselves and our attempts to provide answers to questions.
Thoth (thoughts) the magician is the master of spells (words 'magic') and scribe of the "Gods" (consciousness). Thoughts are the scribe of our consciousness, which we master words with. This is the magic of our power of consciousness and our ability to change, alter, manifest, generate and create things into the world. Things that potentially didn't exist yet, like a fork. This is how we (higher order consciousnesses) are the symbol of "Gods" as creators of the human world, though not creators of the universe itself.
Thank you for your time and attention. Peace.
Previous posts in the series:
- Part 1: The 'Magic' to Create Freedom or Slavery as 'Magicians' or 'Sorcerers'
- Part 2: Abracadabra and the 'Magic' of Words
- Part 3: Word 'Magic': The Art of Manipulation and Mind Control
- Part 4: Thought, Logic, Logos and the Word
- Part 5: Philosophical Metaphysics
- Part 6: The Power of Morality and 'Magic'
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