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omnipresence. By extension, the principle
of omnipresence is also the principle of the
central theme, as that which infuses every
aspect of a thing, or reality, hence Ausar and
Obatala are the deities which govern the
head, and clarity of vision, purpose, etc.
Omniscience/Divine Will.
Sphere 2 on the Tree of Life represents
the attribute of omniscience. The deity
represented by Sphere 2 of the Tree is called
Tehuti, sometimes Djehuti, in the Kamitic
tradition. As already mentioned, Tehuti
was known to the Greeks as Thoth. It is
this faculty of all-knowing that forms the
basis for all divination, which is a method
by which Man may communicate with the
deity of the second Sphere -- the Oracle, or
the deity through which Ausar speaks. The
deity of Sphere 2 may speak to Man through
any variety of vehicles, for example, through
the toss of coins, as with the I Ching, the
drawing of stalks, the toss of bones, the
reading of tea leaves, the toss of cowrie
shells, and the drawing of cards from a deck.
Ra Un Nefer Amen has reclaimed for us
the Great Oracle of Tehuti, who speaks, so
to say, through cards similar to the Tarot.
In the Yoruba pantheon, Orunmila is the
deity responsible for all divination (Ifa is
related, and is the name given to the system
of divination used by the babalawos of the
Yoruba, as well as the traditional religion
practiced by the Yoruba.) It is through
Sphere 2 that the will of God may be made
known. In addition to divination systems,
the omniscience faculty of the Creator may
be made manifest through living sages and
adepts who have been able through spiritual
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cultivation or through Divine assistance, to
establish their Consciousness at the part of
Spirit represented by Sphere 2 on the Tree.
It also happens in African religious systems
that a deity may “possess” an initiate. Under
such possession, the initiate’s Consciousness
is displaced, and the Consciousness of
the deity “takes over” the initiate’s bodily
vehicle. In that state, the deity is able to
speak to those who seek or require counsel.
Omnipotence/The Power Of Creation.
Sphere 3 of the Tree represents the
omnipotence aspect of the Creator. If it is out
of Sphere 2 that Ausar expresses the faculty
of all-knowing, it is out of Sphere 3 that
Ausar brings into being that which is Willed
out of Sphere 2. The deity represented by
Sphere 3 of the Tree was called Sekert by the
Kamau, and is called Obaluaye in the Yoruba
tradition. The Kamitic spiritual science holds
that creation is brought about by Word,
invocation, or vibration. Thus Sphere 3
also represents words of power, or mantra.
These were called hekau (singular: heka)
by the Kamau. The original Godly vibration
which created the (our) world was said to be
aung. That initial Godly word of vibration
was emitted from that aspect of the Creator
represented by Sphere 3. The Kamitic
scripture has God saying: “I brought into my
mouth my own name, that is to say, a word of
power, and I, even I, came into being in the
form of things which came into being, and
I came in the forms of the Creator.” Since
creation of the thingly universe brings into
being structure, also limitation by inference,
Sekert and Obaluaye are identified with the
foundations of things. One calls on Sekert or