Friday, April 12, 2013

The Role of the Pharaoh in the Teachings of the Prophet Bleghet (may they guide the whole world)

Kel-Biann sleeps, and in his sleep his soul has separated, each individual part of his soul taking on independent agency, form, and personality.  The Animals thus created are as follows:
  • Neziru, kel-Biann's reason, logic, and law
  • Samrath, kel-Biann's instincts, strength, and sensation
  • Havul, kel-Biann's emotions, love, passion, and rebellious energy
  • Anothru, kel-Biann's inspiration, imagination, and creativity
Neziru created the fallen world, which follows his rules and enacts his motive of entrapping our own divine souls.  These rules include, of course, ma'at.

The pharaoh is kind of a plant in the system, an infiltrator amongst the guards of the prison.  This is why he must be killed in agony and fear and pain and misery; in order to ensure that Neziru elevates him to the position of pharaoh, the people of the Two Kingdoms must convince Neziru that they are no fans of the pharaoh.

Now, let me back up a moment.  Why does the position of pharaoh exist in the first place?  It is obvious, once you look past the all-too-easy oppositional viewpoint: the very nature of Neziru's creation is hierarchical.  Therefore, there must be someone at the top.  Though, ultimately, this might be said to be Neziru himself, amongst the mortals it is the pharaoh.  To obey him is the most basic and fundamental exhortation of ma'at.

Of course, the position of pharaoh long predates the Teachings of the Prophet Bleghet (may they bring cooling water to every lip).  At the end of the War of the Genies, however, the position of pharaoh shifted, and not only in terms of whether the pharaoh had a body.  For the last 22 cnturies, the pharaoh has been the child of a mortal woman and the god Tum (the fallen form of the Animal Anothru; see my posts on Enitharkhepron).  He has thus been able to enact the Prophet's plan and create a space amongst this fallen world by leveraging his position at the apex of ma'at to create a space for personal inspiration of his subjects to flower.  Beyond the simple exhortation to avoid needless pain and suffering, this is why the Prophet Bleghet advocates obeying the pharaoh: not out of a sense of 'alaskelma'at ("submission to ma'at"), but out of 'alas to one's own inspiration.

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