four arms

Lisa Schaffer-Doggett · 07 Sep 2003, 01:38 · from urth-v0309.mbox · original

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From: Lisa Schaffer-Doggett <harlekin at earthlink.net>
Subject: (urth) four arms
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 18:38:46 -0700
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pharaohs/pharaohs-4.html+ka-arms&hl=3D3Den&ie=3D3DUTF-8 :

"Now, the Ka is a very interesting personage. He is designated in the =3D20=
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Egyptian writing by a special hieroglyph representing a pair of hands =3D20=
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and arms upraised as if in adoration.

Such is the pictorial symbol of which the phonetic reading is "Ka." =3D20
This name, or rather the conception represented by this name, has been =3D2=
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variously interpreted by European Egyptologists. Dr. Brugsch, in his =3D20
Hieroglyphic Dictionary, explains it as "the person, the individuality, =3D=
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the being." Professor Maspero, recognizing its incorporeal character, =3D20=
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calls it "the double." Mr. Le Page Renouf (32) likens it to the =3D20
"eidolon" of the Greeks, the "genius" of the Romans; and Dr. Wiedemann =3D2=
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has lately written an interesting paper to show that it was not the =3D20
person, but what he calls "the personality" or "individuality" of the =3D20=
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deceased=3D96meaning thereby that which distinguished him in life from =3D20
other men; in other words, the mental impression which was evoked when =3D2=
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his name was mentioned."

Don writing now:  In statuary the ka arms are above the head of the =3D20
person represented by the statue, in effect giving it four arms.  It is =3D=
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these extra arms that distinguish the ka from the actual person.  Could =3D=
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this have any tie to the Vanished People?=3D

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