The Eye of Horus The Eye of Ra or the Eye of Horus is the most famous symbol of entire Egyptian kingdom right from the Old civilization to the Modern Age. It is also the most trusted symbol of protection and great Royal power. This symbol is the sole possession of well-known deities of Horus and Ra. In simple words,Eye of Horus is:the Eye of God orThe Eye of Re orThe Eye of HorusHistorically speaking, Horus was the ancient Egyptian sky god representing the sturdy and agile falcon. He was the well-known son of Osiris (who is the god of the underworld) and Isis (mother or supreme goddess). When Osiris was murdered by his own brother, the evil and mean Set (jackal-headed god of night and destruction), Horus fought Set in a prolonged battle to seek revenge for his father's death, winning the epic battle, but losing an eye in the war. The magic of the god of wisdom restores the lot eye and this act allowed Horus to provide Osiris rebirth and salvation in the ugly underworld. The Eye of Horus had some specific properties and characters like:A pronounced right eye that represented a peregrine falcons eye and the distinctive marking around itA special teardrop marking down below the eyeAs the utchat, it represented the almighty sunA close association with the sun god ReThe exact mirror image or the left eye seen as the moon and as god ThothThe Eye of Horus seems to be indestructible and unbeatable. This strong belief also confirmed that it would result in rebirth. Fact: This amazing symbol is so special and powerful that only the mighty pharaoh could use it or employ it. The Eye of Horus was the special feature on Tutankhamens mummy; it was under the 12th layer of bandages swathing in the mummy. The Eye of Horus also offers several benefits and advantages like:Wisdom,HealthWisdomEnergyVitalityEnduranceThe Eye of Horus is very special during many types of funerary rituals and decoration that are in the Book of the Dead. Here are some more uses of The Eye of Horus:Amulets of the Eye of Horus will endow the person who wears it, with many magical properties.Dead and deceased could take the amulets to ensure good and safe life in the underworldAmulets found on mummies provide them safety and security during the journey to the underworldIn mathematics, the Eye of Horus fraction relies on the everlasting symbol of the Eye of Horus. In the ancient Egypt, this system recorded prescriptions and measured lands and weighed grains. The Rx symbol used by pharmacies and physicians has its bearings in the Eye of HorusA simple example of importance of the Eye of Horus in mathematical fractions:Consider all sections of the Eye of Horus symbolEach section has a different set of valuesThe entire Eye of Horus with each part has a total value of 1In essence, the complete image of the Eye of Horus represents a figure of 63/64, which is rounded off to 1 to make calculation easier.This system also uses the principles of halves. For example, half of one equals , half of equals , until you arrive at a value of 1/64.

The Eye of Horus is an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection, royal power and good health. The eye is personified in the goddess Wadjet (also written as Wedjat, or Udjat, Uadjet, Wedjoyet, Edjo or Uto). It is also known as The Eye of Ra.The name Wadjet is derived from wadj meaning green, hence the green one, and was known to the Greeks and Romans as uraeus from the Egyptian iaret meaning risen one from the image of a cobra rising up in protection. Wadjet was one of the earliest of Egyptian deities who later became associated with other goddesses such as Bast, Sekhmet, Mut, and Hathor. She was the tutelary deity of Lower Egypt and the major Delta shrine the per-nu was under her protection. Hathor is also depicted with this eye.Horus was the ancient Egyptian sky god who was usually depicted as a falcon, most likely a lanner or peregrine falcon. His right eye was associated with the sun Ra. The eye symbol represents the marking around the eye of the falcon, including the teardrop marking sometimes found below the eye.Horus was the ancient Egyptian sky god who was usually depicted as a falcon, most likely a lanner or peregrine falcon. His right eye was associated with the sun Ra. The eye symbol represents the marking around the eye of the falcon, including the teardrop marking sometimes found below the eye. TheIn one myth, when Set and Horus were fighting for the throne after Osiriss death, Set gouged out Horuss left eye. The majority of the eye was restored by either Hathor or Thoth (with the last portion possibly being supplied magically). When Horuss eye was recovered, he offered it to his father, Osiris, in hopes of restoring his life. Hence, the eye of Horus was often used to symbolise sacrifice, healing, restoration, and protectionThere are seven different hieroglyphs used to represent the eye, most commonly ir.t in Egyptian, which also has the meaning to make or do or one who does.[5] In Egyptian myth the eye was not the passive organ of sight but more an agent of action, protection or wrath.MathematicsIn Ancient Egyptian most fractions were written as the sum of two or more unit fractions (a fraction with 1 as the numerator), with scribes possessing tables of answers (see Rhind Mathematical Papyrus 2/n table). Thus instead of 3/4, one would write 1/2 + 1/4.

Arithmetic values represented by parts of the Eye of HoruFractions drawn as portions of a square.Further information: Egyptian fraction and 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + Different part of the Eye of Horus were used by the ancient Egyptians to represent one divided by the first six powers of two:[13]The right side of the eye = 1/2The pupil = 1/4The eyebrow = 1/8The left side of the eye = 1/16The curved tail = 1/32The teardrop = 1/64The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus contains tables of Horus Eye Fractions.In one myth, when Set and Horus were fighting for the throne after Osiriss death, Set gouged out Horuss left eye. The majority of the eye was restored by either Hathor or Thoth (with the last portion possibly being supplied magically). When Horuss eye was recovered, he offered it to his father, Osiris, in hopes of restoring his life. Hence, the eye of Horus was often used to symbolise sacrifice, healing, restoration, and protection

An interpretation of the Milky Way was that it was the primal snake, Wadjet, the protector of Egypt. In this interpretation she was closely associated with Hathor and other early deities among the various aspects of the great mother goddess, including Mut and Naunet. The association with Hathor brought her son Horus into association also. The cult of Ra absorbed most of Horuss traits and included the protective eye of Wadjet that had shown her association with Hathor.When identified as the protector of Ra, who was also a sun deity associated with heat and fire, she was sometimes said to be able to send fire onto those who might attack, just as the cobra spits poison into the eyes of its enemies. In this role she was called the Lady of Flame.Wadjet as Wadjet-Bast, depicted as the body of a woman with a lioness head, wearing the uraeus

She later became identified with the war goddess of Lower Egypt, Bast, who acted as another figure symbolic of the nation, consequently becoming Wadjet-Bast. In this role, since Bast was a lioness, Wadjet-Bast was often depicted with a lioness head.After Lower Egypt had been conquered by Upper Egypt and they were unified, the lioness goddess of Upper Egypt, Sekhmet, was seen as the more powerful of the two warrior goddesses. It was Sekhmet who was seen as the Avenger of Wrongs, and the Scarlet Lady, a reference to blood, as the one with bloodlust. She is depicted with the solar disk and Wadjet, however.Eventually, Wadjets position as patron led to her being identified as the more powerful goddess Mut, whose cult had come to the fore in conjunction with rise of the cult of Amun, and eventually being absorbed into her as the Mut-Wadjet-Bast triad.When the pairing of deities occurred in later Egyptian myths, since she was linked to the land, after the unification of Lower and Upper Egypt she came to be thought of as the wife of Hapy, a deity of the Nile, which flowed through the land.Wadjet is not to be confused with the Egyptian demon Apep, who is also represented as a snake in Egyptian mythology.Other TraditionsIn some traditions as Hinduism the third eye is supposedly located around the middle of the forehead, slightly above the junction of the eyebrows. In other traditions, as in Theosophy, it is believed to be connected with the pineal gland. According to this theory, humans had in far ancient times an actual third eye in the back of the head with a physical and spiritual function. Over time, as humanity became more physical and less spiritual, this eye atrophied and sunk into what today is known as the pineal gland.

In HinduismHindu tradition associates the third eye with the sahasrara, or crown, chakra. However, in the Tantra yoga system it is associated with the sound Om, and is known as the Ajna chakra. In Tantra, the crown is believed to be the Shivatic lotus of ten thousand petals.In TaoismIn Taoism and many traditional Chinese religious sects such as Chan (a cousin to the Zen school), third eye training involves focusing attention on the point between the eyebrows with the eyes closed, and while the body is in various qigong postures. The goal of this training is to allow students to tune in to the correct vibration of the universe and gain a solid foundation on which to reach more advanced meditation levels.Taoism teaches that the third eye, also called the minds eye, is situated between the two physical eyes, and expands up to the middle of the forehead when opened. Taoism claims that the third eye is one of the main energy centers of the body located at the sixth chakra, forming a part of the main meridian, the line separating left and right hemispheres of the body.

In ChristianityAccording to the teaching of Father Richard Rohr, the concept of the third eye is a metaphor for non-dualistic thinking; the way the mystics see. In Rhohrs concept, mystics employ the first eye (sensory input such as sight) and the second eye (the eye of reason, meditation, and reflection), but they know not to confuse knowledge with depth, or mere correct information with the transformation of consciousness itself. The mystical gaze builds upon the first two eyesand yet goes further.It happens whenever, by some wondrous coincidence, our heart space, our mind space, and our body awareness are all simultaneously open and nonresistant. I like to call it presence. It is experienced as a moment of deep inner connection, and it always pulls you, intensely satisfied, into the naked and undefended now, which can involve both profound joy and profound sadness at the very same time. Rohr refers to this level of awareness as having the mind of Christ.In Neo-GnosticismAccording to the neo-gnostic teachings of Samael Aun Weor, the third eye is referenced symbolically and functionally several times in the Book of Revelation 3:7-13, a work which, as a whole, he believes describes Kundalini and its progression upwards through three and a half turns and seven chakras. This interpretation equates the third eye with the sixth of the seven churches of Asia detailed therein, the Church of Philadelphia.In TheosophyAdherents of Theosophy H.P. Blavatsky and Rick Strassman, have suggested that the third eye is in fact the partially dormant pineal gland, which resides between the two hemispheres of the brain. Various types of lower vertebrates, such as reptiles and amphibians, can actually sense light via a third parietal eyea structure associated with the pineal glandwhich serves to regulate their circadian rhythms, and for navigation, as it can sense the polarization of light.C.W. Leadbeater claimed that by extending an etheric tube from the third eye, it is possible to develop microscopic and telescopic vision.[4] It has been asserted by Stephen Phillips that the third eyes microscopic vision is capable of observing objects as small as quarks.In RosicrucianismAccording to Max Heindels Rosicrucian writings, called Western Wisdom Teachings, the third eye is localized in the pituitary body and the pineal gland. It was said that in the far past, when man was in touch with the inner worlds, these organs were his means of ingress thereto.Other interpretationsThe third eye is used in many meditation schools and arts, such as in yoga, qigong, Aikido.In the esoteric discipline of Kabbalah, the Ajna chakra is attributed to the sphere of Chokmah, or Wisdom, although others regard the third eye as corresponding to the non-emanated sephirah of daath (knowledge).