"The heart is a god whose temple is the stomach; it rejoices when the other members are in a mood for feasting."
P.550, "Inscription on the statue of Nebnetaru, Priest of Amon, AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY THE PHARAONIC PERIOD 2780-330 B. C., by Theophile Obenga (2004)
This metaphor of heart, god, temple, stomach, members, mood; with verbs rejoice, are and feast, mix various disciplines, perspectives, planes, in describing metabolism in relation to emotional existence.
This aphorism is rich. This parable resonates, with our daily reality, carnal-spiritual necessities.
It makes the heart divine. It makes eating, joyful, when motivated by a body's members' desires. The members' mood motivation is repaid by nutrition, by energy supplied by the stomach via the heart. A certain symbiosis subsists within this totality, this sensual mutuality of divine and earthen osmosis.
Being ancient Egyptian the brain is not mentioned, not even meriting a canopic jar in their burial ritual
The liver, lungs. intestines, stomach were placed in jars. The heart was left with the body for afterlife.
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Monday, February 12, 2018
EXPLANATION OF A PARABLE
"The heart is a god whose temple is the stomach; it rejoices when the other members are in a mood for feasting."
P.550, "Inscription on the statue of Nebnetaru, Priest of Amon, AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY THE PHARAONIC PERIOD 2780-330 B. C., by Theophile Obenga (2004)
This metaphor of heart, god, temple, stomach, members, mood; with verbs rejoice, are and feast, mix various disciplines, perspectives, planes, in describing metabolism in relation to emotional existence.
This aphorism is rich. This parable resonates, with our daily reality, carnal-spiritual necessities.
It makes the heart divine. It makes eating, joyful, when motivated by a body's members' desires. The members' mood motivation is repaid by nutrition, by energy supplied by the stomach via the heart. A certain symbiosis subsists within this totality, this sensual mutuality of divine and earthen osmosis.
Being ancient Egyptian the brain is not mentioned, not even meriting a canopic jar in their burial ritual
The liver, lungs. intestines, stomach were placed in jars. The heart was left with the body for afterlife.
http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/egypt/canopic.htm