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The sedge plant (nesut) and the bee (bity) are pharaonic emblems. A legend tells that when Ra wept at the death of Asar, his tears fell to Earth and became bees. The bee's function in nature is pollination, an allusion to the king's potency to germinate divine life in his subjects. The sedge plant provides a rich mulch in the Nile Valley that optimizes fertilization, symbolizing the king's embodiment of the alchemical ferment that quickens organic vitality in the land.
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Papyrus Stalk The Wadj ("verdant") ensures the power to grow and flourish. Often carried by the female Neteru, it represents the nourishment received from spiritual sources that translates to fecundity in nature, the body, and society. Spell 159 of
The Book of Going Forth
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amulet be fabricated of green feldspar and placed at the throat of the initiate. The spell also promises that the amulet
will "knit the spine together." Figure 67-Amulets
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