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Re: PHILOXENIA MYTHS: The Eye of Horus
2/1/2008 10:26:29 AM
Wow! Sarah-I'm so happy you paid attention!
I don't think about these things anymore, it has been a long time since I saw anything-but it has made me always speak my truth.
If I got anything from it - it is to always be prepared; which my grandma had drilled in my head anyways-I don't want to die with a lie on my lips-other than that it-its all good.
I also had a "moment" with my then 2 year daughter in the car-my car literally slowed down by itself as I was going into a curve to merge onto the highway, her door swung open and I was able to stop instantly to reach over to close it.
I think its just so fun and interesting to meet up with all of you angels on line!!!
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Re: PHILOXENIA MYTHS: The Eye of Horus
2/1/2008 4:25:20 PM
Georgios, The Native American prayer is great.
Love seeing it again as I have not seen that prayer for quite, sometime.

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Re: PHILOXENIA MYTHS: The Eye of Horus
2/4/2008 1:46:35 PM

Hello Georgios,

Thank  you.......

 


 

Eye of Horus Fractions


Eye of Horus
Horus, represented as the falcon-headed god, was an important god in Egyptian legend. The symbol representing his eye, Eye of Horus, was a powerful symbol used to protect from evil. Pronounced "udjat" by the Egyptians, the Eye of Horus represents a human eye with the cheek markings of a falcon.


Separated sections with fraction values
The 'Rx' symbol which is used by pharmacies and in medicine has its origins in the Eye of Horus.

The Eye of Horus fraction system was based on the Eye of Horus symbol. This system was used to record prescriptions, land and grain.

Fractions are created by combining sections of the Eye of Horus symbol. Each section has a different value. The complete Eye of Horus with all parts in place has a value of 1. In reality the complete Eye of Horus represents 63/64, which is rounded off to 1.

The system is based on halves. Half of 1 equals 1/2, half of 1/2 equals 1/4 and so on until the smallest value of 1/64. By adding together the values of different sections fractions are created.

EXAMPLE

to represent the fraction 5/8 we would need to combine 1/2 (4/8) and 1/8

5/8

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