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          I think that Bauval introduces us to   and by itself, is a miniature universe.  were the first on earth to discover
          the complicated nature of the con-                                    the star Sirius A, in their ancient
          nection between the spiritual world   The Human Body and Its Connec-  quest to know who they are, but
          and the material world, as developed   tion with the Cosmic Order.    more importantly, to know how are
          so uniquely by ancient Egyptians.   At the material level, the eight   they connected to cosmic order.
          Of course, in the ancient Egyptian   chambers of the human brain are   Their creation myth, for example,
          book, The Book of the Dead, we     symbolized by the labyrinth. The   reflects the nuances of cutting-edge
          are educated a lot about this con-  eighth chamber of the human brain   scientific cosmology, and finally this
          nection. For example, the flooding   corresponds to the to the Bull of   scientific knowledge is being recog-
          of the Nile, from June to September   Heaven, while the remaining seven   nized universally.
          was neatly and precisely connected   chambers correspond to the seven   Secondly, all human beings have the
          to the Orion and Sirius stars. But   Pleides or circumpolar stars. At the   Third Eye or Pineal gland that is
          more than that, the Pyramids of    physical level, the Bull of Heaven   situated on the forehead, between
          Giza were also built in such a way   corresponds to the zodiac while the   the two eyes. Some ancient Kemets
          that they are connected to the Orion   remaining Seven Cows correspond   used to refer to this eye as the Eye
          and Sirius stars. This signifies the   to the seven outer planets. The   of Ra. This gland is connected also
          connection between the cosmology   labyrinth was used to bring brain   to some celestial bodies, including
          and culture of the human beings    into harmony with the nerve centre   Sirius A star.
          and the cosmic order.              of the universe and the eight gods
          Therefore, ‘Bu’ stands for Material-  that are symbolized by the Bull and   The Seven Chakras in Our Bodies
          ism, and ‘Ntu’ stands for Spiritual-  Seven Cows of Heaven as well as   and Cycles on the Milky Way
          ism. If there is connection between   the eight spheres of heaven. These   This energy connection between
          our solar system and our human     consist of the zodiac and the seven   humans and some of the stars pro-
          bodies, then there is definitely a   outer planets that link the zodiac   vide a channel through which the
          connection between materialism and   with the earth and humanity.     spirit of our Creator god enters into
          spiritualism, which in this case is                                   our inner selves. This is how NTU
          Bu + Ntu = Buntu. Contrary to the   In Kemet (ancient Egypt), the youth   gets into our inner bodies, with
          current belief, this signifies the fact   and children were taught to trace   an aim to control and direct us as
          that there is a connection between   the path of the labyrinth, as part of   humans. This should not be surpris-
          the spiritual world and material   their mental or intellectual develop-  ing because humans, actually come
          world. The two worlds are interde-  ment.                             from the star Sirius. Our spiritual
          pendent.                           In essence, what is meant here     nature comes from the star Sirius.
                                             is that there should be a balance   That’s why ‘Bu’ stands for our outer
          On the other hand, Mathole K.      between the Mind and the Body.     material side and ‘Ntu’ stands for
          Motshekga in his The Path to       There should be a balance between   our inner spiritual side. The Kemets
          Self-knowledge, (October 2012) ar-  the Spirit, Thought/Soul and Word.   never made a mistake of separating
          gues that the spiritual body consists   This means that the human per-  the ‘ka’ and the ‘ba’, i.e. the body
          of the ethereal or quintessential   sonality should be integrated within   and spirit. When we talk of the ele-
          element, while the material body   itself and into the living organism   ment of godliness in ourselves, we
          consists of the four elements of wa-  that is the universe because dishar-  actually refer to this.
          ter, fire, earth and air. The spiritual   mony within the physical causes dis-  Each one of us is equipped with an
          part must abide by the Moral Law   harmony within the spiritual world.  infinitely powerful cosmic antenna
          (Ubuntu in isiNguni) that it inher-  In our human bodies we have 7    in the centre of our brain. This Eye
          ited on its descent to the material   energy centres called chakras. These   allows us to directly connect to the
          world, while the physical body must   energy centres are connected to   spirits in the sky. It has the ability
          abide by the material laws.        some of our few celestial bodies   to sense light in complete darkness,
                                             (stars), such as the Milky Way, Sirius   manifest full colour imagined, and
          The human body is a microcosmic    A, Sirius B, etc.                  speak to you through emotion or
          image of the macrocosmic universe.   Such energy comes from these     feelings.
          The macro-microsmic relationship   celestial bodies and that is why the
          is expressed in the Law of Analogy   Dogon people of Mali, here in    Our ancient forefathers (Kemets)
          that maintains, As Above, So Below.   Africa, who migrated from Kemet   worshiped the Sun. In their view
          This means that the human body, on   (ancient Egypt) in ancient times,   all energy and spirit came from



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