Open Source Esoteric Society

05/24/2026

05/16/2026

Middle Egyptian Hyrogliphs that could be rendered as "mighty".

This particular set is from E.A.Budge's Egyptian Book of the Dead, now considered rather outdated, but I find the translations and accompanying original script nevertheless enrapturing.

First sign, the flag, pronounced "neter" and generally meaning god or to do with gods.

Next, the half circle or bread loaf, pronounced "t".

Next, the open mouth, which makes the "r" sound.

And finally the two slashes, which is a shortened form of the two feathers or sometimes called leaves. In this case when paired they make the sound "ee"

The keen observer will note that, of the sounds represented in the original sign, i.e. the flag, neter, all are reproduced with their own signs except for the initial sound "n" which would be written as a squiggly lign, representing the wavy surface of water.

This is not pronounced "neterteri" instead the first sign acts to provide context as the meaning as well as lending its sound.

This presentation of a sign and spelling the rest out plus any additions was a common practice, giving the reader context and enough sounds to be able to pice together meaning and sound even with partial information.

Thus "neteri".

There is no denying that in their current configuration to our modern eyes they clearly resemble a flying saucer, however, hyrogliphs are flexible in their layout and while they do have a definite direction they are meant to be read, (also flexible and determined by the direction of the signs, always read into the signs) they can otherwise be variously stacked, or aligned as long as the flow is in the same direction.

It was a pass time of Egyptian scribes to play with this flow of direction to create deeper layers of meaning based on how text was arranged.

02/27/2026

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02/22/2026

Botanical Gardens, San Francisco.

02/16/2026

Thanks for your contribution to our Great Work .duquette !

10/25/2025

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06/09/2025

A sigil of my own design.

06/08/2025

Sarah Jane Wolf another close companion and student of Crowley's was a silent film actress and was instrumental in starting Agape Lodge in Southern California.

06/07/2025

Phyllis Seckler aka Soror Meral was another of deeply influential founding women of Thelema. She is especially important to us here in Northern California as a student of Crowley. She was also a key founder of one of our local A∴A∴ lineages.