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  Seshat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Seshat, a very ancient goddess who was believed to be the sister and more commonly the wife of Thoth, was the deity of writing and measurement until such functions were ascribed to her husband.
Seshat was essentially a royal deity belonging to the pharaohs alone.
Seshat was dressed in a leopard skin, and held a pen and a scribe's ink palette.
www.themystica.com /mythical-folk/articles/seshat.html   (208 words)

  
 Seshat - Crystalinks
Safekh-Aubi (Sefekh-Aubi) is a title that came from Seshat's headdress, that may have become an aspect of Seshat or an actual goddess.
Seshat is said to be Tehuti's / Thoth's female counterpart and consort.
Seshat was the essence of cosmic intuition, creating the geometry of the heavens alongside her partner Thoth.
www.crystalinks.com /seshat.html   (573 words)

  
 Ancient Egypt: the - Seshat
Though she shared these duties with her husband, Thoth, Seshat was primarily a royal goddess.
As early as the Dynasty II, Seshat was shown with the pharaoh stretching a cord to measure the dimensions of a new temple.
Seshat was portrated as a woman wearing a dress and the priestly leopard skin.
www.egyptianmyths.net /seshat.htm   (234 words)

  
 Seshat, Female Scribe, Goddess of Writing Measurement...
Seshat (Sashet, Sesheta), meaning 'female scribe', was seen as the goddess of writing, historical records, accounting and mathematics, measurement and architecture to the ancient Egyptians.
Having aligned the cord to the "hoof" and Spica as seen through the visor formed by Seshat's curious headdress, he raised his mallet and drove the peg home, thus marking the position of the axis of the future temple.
At the conclusion of the address Seshat speaks, in order to fulfil her usual task of registering the divine kingship of the pharaoh as living Horus, according to the orders of Ra and the decree of Atem.
www.thekeep.org /~kunoichi/kunoichi/themestream/seshat.html   (1079 words)

  
 Seshat
Not being familiar with Seshat - as I began my research today - I was surprised to discover that she is the feminine counterpart/wife of Thoth the Scribe - he who wrote the story/program of humanity's journey through time.
Seshat is a Magician - as is Isis and also Thoth - one and the same soul - duality.
Seshat is said to be Tehuti's / Thoth's female counterpart, consort, and father.
www.crystalinks.com /seshate.html   (807 words)

  
 Egypt: Seshat, Female Scribe, Goddess of Writing Measurement, A Feature Tour Egypt Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
One of the most important ceremonies in the foundation of Egyptian temples was known as Pedjeshes (Pedj--"to stretch," Shes--"a cord") and it forms the subject of one of the chief monumental ornaments in the temples of Abydos, Heliopolis, Denderah, and Edfu.
Seshat having driven her peg home at the previously prepared spot, the king directed his gaze to the constellation of the Bull's Foreleg (this constellation is identical with Ursa Major, "Great Bear," and the "hoof" star is Benetnasch, Eta Ursae majoris).
At the conclusion of the address Seshat speaks, in order to fulfil her usual task of registering the divine kingship of the pharaoh as living Horus, according to the orders of Ra and the decree of Atum.
www.touregypt.net /featurestories/seshat.htm   (1037 words)

  
 SESHAT INTERNATIONAL
Seshat era la dea della scrittura, degli annali storici, della contabilità e della matematica, della misura ed architettura
Non si conoscono templi dedicati a Seshat, ma è nota la presenza di un clero adibito al suo culto, che godeva, fin dalle epoche più antiche, di un altissimo prestigio, attenuato in epoca tarda per il crescere di importanza del dio Thot, al quale si attribuiranno le stesse prerogative della dea.
Il faraone regnante ed un sacerdote che impersonava la dea Seshat si recavano al sito prescelto, ciascuno munito di un mazzuolo d’oro e di un picchetto; i due picchetti erano collegati da una fune.
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 Seshat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Seshat is usually described as the goddess of scribes, record keeping, measurement and libraries.
I was divined as belonging to Seshat in 1998, and wrote the first version of this article in August 1999 (with considerably less information to work with).
The image of Seshat that appears in the upper right corner was drawn for me by Rev.
seshat.org /seshat/page1.html   (292 words)

  
 Seshat - Wikipédia
Seshat (celle qui écrit ; celle qui est un scribe, littéralement) était, dans l'Égypte ancienne, à l'origine la déification du concept de sagesse.
A partir de l'Ancien Empire, Seshat devint en outre comptable dans la mythologie égyptienne et consignait par exemple le nombre des prisonniers et les butins de guerre.
Seshat est représentée comme une femme, souvent vêtue d'une peau de panthère, portée par les prêtres funéraires parce que les motifs de cette peau symbolisent les étoiles, associées à l'éternité et à la lune.
fr.wikipedia.org /wiki/Seshat   (595 words)

  
 The Immortal Scribe
The Ancient Egyptian religion is very often mistaken as a poly or henotheistic faith, when in actuality it resembles a monolatry; that is, a religion where there is one divinity that has parts to it which, while having their own personality, remain a component of a whole.
Seshat may even be a form of Nephthys.
Seshat herself is directly tied to Thoth, for often Seshat is pictured as his consort.
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 The Fairies and Angels Oracle
The Book which "the god of wisdom wrote with his own hand" was, though, a deadly book that brought nothing but pain and tragedy to those that read it, despite finding out about the "secrets of the gods themselves" and "all that is hidden in the stars".
He was one of the earlier Egyptian gods, thought to be scribe to the gods, who kept a great library of scrolls, over which one of his wives, Seshat (the goddess of writing) was thought to be mistress.
Thoth was usually depicted as an ibis headed man or as a full ibis, or with the face of a dog-headed baboon and the body of a man or, again, as a full dog-headed baboon.
groups.msn.com /TheFairiesandAngelsOracle/thothseshat.msnw   (1711 words)

  
 Thoth on Calvary? Origins of Gnosticism?
She, Seshat, is shown with her measuring cord around her neck in the form of a virginal womb.
His cord is a replica of Seshat's cord, and his knowledge is a replica of Thoth's knowledge.
Neith, Seshat, and Maat by implication, are symbols of the Mother.
www.siloam.net /ancients/thothcalvary.html   (845 words)

  
 The Star of Seshat
The Egyptian words ascribed by the sage to the seven powers relate to the reactive forces aroused in the world of manifestation when the first seven numbers become active.
(Seshat has a dual meaning of make-up artist as well as goddess.) We have found tattoos on Egyptian women in the form of Bes (the lion-faced dwarf god, patron of childbirth) on the upper thigh and rows of dots across the stomach.
Some of their wise women were amulet-makers; others were involved in midwifery and determined the fate of the new born, warning which deities must be appeased or would favour the child.
cybersybils.com /seshat2.html   (894 words)

  
 Seshat - Cabal: Blue Devils   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Seshat was the Egyptian goddess of writing, measurement, mathematics, and architecture, and daughter/wife of Thoth.
She was especially important in the design of new temples, though she has no surviving temples of her own; eventually, her priesthood merged with her husband's.
Seshat is credited with inventing writing, while Thoth taught it to mankind.
fantasy.geographic.net /cabal/Seshat   (115 words)

  
 Kemet.org Names of Netjer : Seshat
Seshat (Seshet, Sefkhet-abwy) - "The Female Scribe (Seshat); The Seven-Horned (Sefkhet-abwy)" - Seshat is patroness of libraries and all forms of writing and notation including census, accounting, and other record-keeping.
Consort to Djehuty Who invented the written word, Seshat is depicted assisting the ruler in the "stretching of the cord" ceremonies which marked the foundation-starting of major building projects, as well as recording the lives and deeds of men on the leaves of the sacred persea tree.
Seshat is depicted as a woman dressed in the long skirt and leopard-skin of a Sem priest, with an obscure symbol on Her head comprised of a seven-pointed star or rosette crowned by either downturned horns or a bow.
www.kemet.org /glossary/seshat.html   (184 words)

  
 Seshat
She is depicted in human form with a star or rosette above her head, wearing a leopard-skin robe, holding a scepter made of a notched palm branch on which she recorded the jubilee years.
Seshat is regarded as a daughter of Thoth.
Article "Seshat" created on 21 May 1997; last modified on 17 March 2002 (Revision 2).
www.pantheon.org /articles/s/seshat.html   (121 words)

  
 Seshat and her tools
Seshat did so for a deceased coffin owner whom his inscription addressed directly, as quoted in Werner Forman and Steven Quirke: “Hieroglyphs and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt”,
Seshat was the ancient Egyptian goddess of temple layout and mistress of scribes, and she presided over the
This number was so important that it caused king Tuthmosis III (1479 to 1425 BCE) to give her the name Sefkhet-Abwy, or "She of the seven points".
www.recoveredscience.com /const201seshathempmath.htm   (2198 words)

  
 Crocodile Games Forum > Campaign Special Rules?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Created several hundred years ago by Seshat the Librarian, these Tethru are winged, and my fly (as per the flyer rules on pp 54-55).
Seshat the Librarian, Keeper of the Book of Thoth, is possibly the most powerful single being in Aegyptus today.
Seshat is one of the most powerful beings alive in Aegyptus (especially with the Book of Thoth - she's got to be on par with Tcheret-Ati, the Witch King of the Nekharu), and I would guess that Seshat is the smarter of the two.
www.crocodilegames.com /newforum/lofiversion/index.php?t939.html   (3698 words)

  
 Seshat Tutorials - Denison University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
When you are ready to publish your webpage on the production server where anyone in the world can view it, you will need to log into Seshat.
Seshat, pronounced "seh - shot" and named for the Egyptian goddess of libraries and knowledge management, is Denison's web browser-based system for transferring pages from the staging server to the production server.
Note: If you are creating a personal page you do not need to publish your files with Seshat.
www.denison.edu /websrv/tutorials/seshat/fileUploading.php   (116 words)

  
 Seshat the Scribe - Black People - Destee
Seshat was important in the building of Temples as she was consulted before the building started to get the Right Location and the Right orientation.
Seshat was depicted as a woman with a headdress that was also her hieroglyph.
Seshat's hieroglyph represents the Seven Pointed Star on a standard that is beneath a set of down-turned horns.
destee.com /forums/showthread.php?p=451064#post451064   (279 words)

  
 SESHAT coaching & massage
Seshat stond in het oude Egypte symbool voor harmonie.
Seshat, de vrouwelijke tegenhanger van Thot, was altijd aanwezig bij de stichtingsrituelen van een tempel.
Tot mijn genoegen maak ik daar elke dag werk van in mijn praktijk SESHAT.
www.seshat.nl   (271 words)

  
 Rediscover Ancient Egypt - The Egyptian Sacred Numerology
The netert (goddess) Seshat is well described in numerous titles that ascribe two main types of activities to her.
The other aspect of Seshat and obviously closely related to it is one where she is described as the Lady of Builders.
The divine significance of numbers is personified in Ancient Egyptian traditions by Seshat, The Enumerator.
www.egypt-tehuti.org /articles/sacred-numerology.html   (1091 words)

  
 SESHAT : comparativas, precios y compras online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
...SESHAT era una de esas personas.Existen personas que hacen del mundo un lugar mejor por el simple hecho de existir y transmitir sus elevados valores de vida y humanidad.Así era ella, la dama de Ciao.SESHAT alumbró con su inextinguible luz el camino de todos nosotros de alguna u otra manera.Sin...
Ventajas: El legado de SESHAT, un ser humano extraordinario.
Seshat estuvo contenta cuando pudo conocer a mi hija Núria, ahora pongo sin tocar nada la opinión tal cual la escribí, y añado una foto de mi niña para que la vea desde el cielo.
www.ciao.es /SESHAT__367994   (496 words)

  
 Egyptian gods: Sesheta, Seshat, Sechat, Sefekh-abui   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Seshat from Lower Egypt was the old goddess for science, the current of time, recording in general and art.
Protector of architecture and adviser to the king when founding new temples and at his coronation she wrote down all his titles.
Other regalia were: a knotted stick and a staff (picture right).
www.nemo.nu /ibisportal/0egyptintro/1egypt/gudasidor/seshat.htm   (118 words)

  
 Seshat
According to myth She invented math and writing, then taught Djehuti and He taught the other deities, including Aset, who taught humanity.
In modern times Seshat is referred to as the “Silicon Goddess” or the “Glass Cat” and is considered to be the Goddess of computers, operating systems, software, telecommunications, electronic networks (including the Internet), knowledge systems, and other related technology.
Get a beautiful certificate declaring that you are a witch, priestess, priest, high priestess, high priest, magician, sesh per ank, hem, hemet, kher heb, web, or shaman of Seshat.
www.teenwitch.com /DEITY/KMT/SESHAT.HTM   (321 words)

  
 Seshat's emblem
This picture of Seshat's emblem on a temple wall in Luxor dates from around 1250 BCE.
That leaf is here framed by a large numeral "ten" with a smaller version of that same numeral on top.
The context of Seshat's role makes it a symbol for the advanced mathematics at the core of
www.recoveredscience.com /const289seshatemblem.htm   (180 words)

  
 Pintores Barcelona .SESHAT INTERIORES. Reformas y pintura en Barcelona y Tarragona. Casas, pisos, naves, parkings - ...
Bienvenidos al sitio online de Seshat Interiores s.l.
Seshat es una empresa localizada en pleno centro de Barcelona que dispone de una plantilla compuesta por profesionales con experiencia en todos los campos de la construcción (pintura, carpintería, electricidad, ferretería, fontanería).
Colaboramos también con empresas de administración de fincas, constructoras, promotoras y en proyectos a gran escala.
www.seshat.es   (135 words)

  
 Interactive Johari Window - Describe seshat
By describing yourself from a fixed list of adjectives, then asking your friends and colleagues to describe you from the same list, a grid of overlap and difference can be built up.
You are reading this page because seshat wants to know how you'd describe him or her - pick the five or six words from the list below that you think describe seshat the best.
Enter a name so that seshat and other readers will know what you thought (or just use "anonymous" if you'd rather).
kevan.org /johari?name=seshat   (191 words)

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