Ammon
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One of the great gods of Egypt. Ammon or Amoun is far older than Amoun‐Ra, and is identified with Baal. Hammon, the Lord of Heaven. Amoun‐Ra was Ra the Spiritual Sun, the “Sun of Righteousness”, etc., for—“the Lord God is a Sun”. He is the God of Mystery and the hieroglyphics of his name are often reversed. He is Pan, All‐Nature esoterically, and therefore the universe, and the “Lord of Eternity”. Ra, as declared by an old inscription, was “begotten by Neith but not engendered”. He is called the “self‐ begotten” Ra,, and created goodness from a glance of his fiery eye, as Set‐Typhon created evil from his. As Ammon (also Amoun and Amen), Ra, he is “Lord of the worlds enthroned on the Sun’s disk and appears in the abyss of heaven”. A very ancient hymn spells the name “Amen‐ra”, and hails the “Lord of the thrones of the earth...Lord of Truth, father of the gods, maker of man, creator of the beasts, Lord of Existence, Enlightener of the Earth, sailing in heaven in tranquillity. . . All hearts are softened at beholding thee, sovereign of life, health and strength We worship thy spirit who alone made us”, etc., etc. (See Bonwick’s Egyptian Belief.) Ammon Ra is called “his mother’s husband” and her son. (See “Chnourmis” and “Chnouphis” and also Secret Doctrine I, pp. 91 and It was to the “ram‐headed” god that the Jews sacrificed lambs, and the lamb of Christian theology is a disguised reminiscence of the ram (TG).
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Shortly: One of the great gods of Egypt. Ammon or Amoun is far older than Amoun‐Ra, and is identified with Ba...