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Winged
Scarab
Since
the scarab was spiritually connected with the Sunrise,
it became
closely associated
with the Egyptian deity Khepri–“god of the
rising Sun.” In every aspect, scarabs and Egyptian
Solar worship were inseparable.
During
the time of the Egyptians, stone-carved scarabs were
used as magical amulets to aid its wearer
with the power of “eternal renewal of life.” Scarabs
were also employed as talismans and royal seals. The winged
scarab was used in funeral rites.
Rodman Clayson, author of Egypt’s Ancient Heritage– published
by AMORC–wrote, So-called heart
scarabs, usually flanked with falcon’s
wings, were funerary talismans. The
heart scarab [made] of stone was laid upon the breast of
the mummy.
Sir
Wallis Budge, late keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian antiquities
within the British
Museum, explained
in his work titled Egyptian Magic, “…the
scarab or beetle itself possesses remarkable powers, and
if a figure of the scarab be made, and the proper words
of power be written upon it, not only protection of the
dead physical heart, but also new life and existence will
be given to him to whose body it is attached.”
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