The Whole Rabbit KEMETIC PHILOSOPHY: MA’AT, Neteret of Truth (Part 4) - Ostriches and Easter Eggs
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In this week’s show, Heka Astra continues to lead us through PART 4 of her research on the ancient Egyptian neteret of Justice, Wisdom and Truth, the goddess Ma’at. Because animals are fundamental to a spiritual worldview, we uncover many poetic truths bound up within the physical anatomy of the bird used to symbolize Ma’at’s wisdom, the ostrich. On the free side of the show we discuss the language of the birds, medieval heraldry, Egyptian hieroglyphs, the Hebrew alphabet, what makes ostrich feathers so special and how they differ from another spiritually adjacent symbol; the vulture. In the extended side of the show we get down into the guts of the ostrich, explore its digestion with miss Frizzle, see where myth and science overlap before explaining how Johnny Cash almost met his demise at the foot of one. We even find the time to discuss cheetahs, woodchippers and the strangely mystic origin of the Christian Easter egg. Thank you and enjoy the show.
In this week’s episode we discuss:
Pantless Thunder Geese
The Hebrew Letter Lamed
Ostrich Breast Integrity
Jhator and Sky Burial
Hieroglyphic Vultures
Ostrich Wings, Claws and Feathers
JUSTICE
In the second half of this episode available at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we go quite a bit further down the ostrich hole and discuss:
The Complicated And Poetic Workings of Ostrich Digestion
Literary Symbolism
Raptor Legs
Bipedal Landspeed Holder
Johnny Cash gets disemboweled
Mafdet, The Woodchipper
The Orphic Ostrich Egg
Christian Easter Eggs
This series was written and researched by Heka Astra, additional commentaries made by other hosts Luke, Tim and Mari.
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Sources:
Testing the strength of an ostrich egg:
https://www.tiktok.com/@bowmarbowhunting/video/6943950431466966277?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc
Coptic Christianity and Ostrich Eggs:
https://journals.ekb.eg/article_3088_2896b3b73097d1bd92a006489b7f4da6.pdf#:~:text=In%20the%20Coptic%20culture%2C%20ostrich,eggs%20by%20starring%20to%20them.
Vultures and Hieroglyphs:
http://www.micheleleigh.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/anote.pdf