Extemporaneous musings, occasionally poetic, about life in its richly varied dimensions, especially as relates to history, theology, law, literature, science, by one who is an attorney, ordained minister, historian, writer, and African American.
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
SESHAT AND THOTH: FEMALE AND MALE: WISDOM, WRITING, MATHEMATICS, ASTRONOMY
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seshat#
Meet our primeval "hidden figure," Kemetic Sheshat, consort of Thoth, woman of the South , goddess of writing, mathematics, astronomy, astrology. She preceded THOT in Kemetic (Egyptian) cosmology. They are allied as female and male forces or gods.
"The ancient Egyptians credited Jehwty (Thoth) the ibis-headed moon god, also symbolized by a baboon, with the invention of hieroglyphics, 'divine words.' This totemic god was the patron of intellectual life. He was the patron of writers, collectively referred to as his companions. Jehwty was also lord of statistics, responsible for all that needed counting , such as months, years, etc. Lastly, he was the god of magicians....

"Scribes (literally, those who write, the incorporation of all those skilled in the use of the pen), whether they were priests or not, were the pillars of pharaonic society, the foundation of the state system. They shaped Egyptian philosophy , and for three thousand years maintained the moral, intellectual, cultural, spiritual, scientific, and other values of pharaonic society.
"That is why the scribes profession was considered superior to other occupations...
"Intellectual pursuits were the very fabric of life in pharaonic society."
P. 245, "The Intellectual Vocation," AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY THE PHARAONIC PERIOD (2004, Per Ankh) by Theophile Obenga [English translation by Ayi Kwei Armah]