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AllatRa by Anastasia Novykh
Figure 99. An ancient Egyptian statuette "The scribe with a scroll"
(XIX-XVIII centuries BC, Ancient Egypt, The State Museum of Fine Arts named after
A.S. Pushkin, Moscow, Russia)
The ancient Egyptians had a special attitude to the Sound as to a sacred manifestation of
the invisible One who created everything. From whence they have this understanding,
fixed in legends, that Sounds evoke the Universe, they evoke not only the Soul, but also
the most beautiful thing in it - the connection with the invisible One.
Anastasia: Obviously therefore in ancient Egypt was a special veneration of music as a
great creative force. Kept mentioning that in some religious ceremonies there trusted to
fill the space by sacred sounds only to women, such as priestesses of the goddess Isis,
Hathor, on the heads of which, incidentally, was a sign "AllatRa."
Rigden: It all of course external ceremonies, which, however, is just symbolized the
creative power of the divine Allat exhibiting the power of God (the Primordial Sound of
creation) through the sign "AllatRa." But the most important thing in all this theatrical
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