Isis and Nuit, Osiris and Hadit
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I am trying to understand the relationship, if any, between Isis and Nuit and Osiris and Hadit.
At Jim's lecture in NY last night (which was excellent), he/you drew an excellent diagram showing Nuit as the circle, Hadit as a point, and Ra-Hoor-Khuit as a new thing emerging from the combination of Nuit and Hadit - a circle with a point in the center: the Sun. He/you also spoke of Nuit as subconsiousness, Hadit as ego-consciousness, and Ra-Hoor-Khuit as superconsciousness emerging as an "overtone" created by subconsiousness and consciousness existing harmoniously.
Horus, however, is the son of Isis and Osiris. This suggested to me a relationship between Isis and Nuit and between Osiris and Hadit. What is it?
Are Nuit and Hadit New Aeon understandings or representations of Isis and Osiris? Perhaps Isis and Osiris on a higher arc? Or subconsiousness and consciousness in a balanced state as they can more easily exist in the New Aeon?
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@jmiller said
"He/you also spoke of Nuit as subconsiousness, Hadit as ego-consciousness, and Ra-Hoor-Khuit as superconsciousness emerging as an "overtone" created by subconsiousness and consciousness existing harmoniously."
Interesting! My primary association for Hadit is usually the sephira Chokmah, which is even further "beyond" normal ego-consciousness than is Nuit/Binah. In other words, the lightning flash naturally produces Ra-Hoor-Khuit (in Tiphareth) only after Hadit and Nuit are manifested. RHK is their first "merging" in the middle pillar as the lightning flows down.
But Jim's associations above sound like one is going up the Tree, from the Nephesh (subconsciousness?) to the Ruach (ego-consciousness?) up to something higher. Neat symmetry.
"Are Nuit and Hadit New Aeon understandings or representations of Isis and Osiris? Perhaps Isis and Osiris on a higher arc?"
In classical Egyptian myth, Nut (Nuit) and Geb (or Seb, in Budge) were the parents of Isis and Osiris. One brother-sister pair giving rise to another. (Actually, giving rise to two pairs: Isis and Osiris, and Set and Nephthys.)
This brings up the almost total neglect of Geb in Thelema. Although he is the "horizontal" earth-god, his often ithyphallic depiction (with member arching heavenwards to his bride!) has some deep resonance with Hadit! ("I am the flame that burns in every heart of man...")
Steve
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@Steven Cranmer said
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Interesting! My primary association for Hadit is usually the sephira Chokmah, which is even further "beyond" normal ego-consciousness than is Nuit/Binah. In other words, the lightning flash naturally produces Ra-Hoor-Khuit (in Tiphareth) only after Hadit and Nuit are manifested. RHK is their first "merging" in the middle pillar as the lightning flows down."I should point out that he discussed this in the context of spiritual evolution from one Aeon to another, with the predominance of subconsciousness during the Aeon of Isis, ego-consciousness during the Aeon of Osiris, and super-consciousness during the Aeon of Horus. So don't take this as him saying that Nuit is primarily or only subconsciousness and Hadit consciousness. And also take into account my misunderstandings of what he said.