EYE Painting

Udjat : usat : (eyes) utchat : the eye of Horus, the mythological representation of the sun and moon are the eyes of Horus — right and left respectively. Eye of Horus usually refers to the moon, although the difference from the eye of RA, i.e. the sun, is not always defined. Eye of Horus defeats the enemies of light, he means fire. Tells of a lost (stolen) in the fight with Seth and returned lunar eye which Mountains presented to his father, Osiris, than assisted him in obtaining a new life. Presenting the eye of Horus has since been considered the prototype of each sacrifice. Returned lunar eye was healed by Thoth and became known as "unharmed". Parts of it correspond to certain fractional numbers, giving a total of 63/64: one shestidesyatiletiyu hid That. As a symbol of the power of the God of light popular as spells against evil and protection of the evil eye amulet. There are ugati that the hands hold bow or rod in the form of the papyrus — the symbol of "good luck"). Starting from the old Kingdom to the door of the tomb niches is attached a pair of such eyes. They also have atroficheskie value on coffins of the New Kingdom. "The eye of Horus rewards of eternal life; and he protects me, even when it is closed". "Book of the Dead", Chapter 42 From the time of the New Kingdom of Horus with the eye in the hand is often depicted Nefertem. Among modern amulets of the moon the eye is considered as human protection from trouble and disease, and the right is associated with happiness and well-being, including financial. Rough materials frequently Especially eye image is represented as an amulet in the form of eye utchat". Various researchers are trying to link the Egyptian image of the eye with the eye of a Falcon (the Falcon God Horus). The latest works indicate, on the contrary, in the bull's eye, which border with the nasal bone and the lower eyelid is black and green makeup. Unity century green and white of the eyeball symbolizes the Union of the green (or red crown of Lower Egypt and the white crown of Upper Egypt. Egyptian symbol, colorized image of an eye with a spiral-like line under it (much like the coloration of some species of falcons) — sakalagraha the emblem of the sky God Horus, a symbol of his all-seeing power, and unity of the cosmos, the wholeness of the universe. On the many monuments there are pictures of winged eye, or Udjat, the God of war and retribution. Amulets with one, two or four images served as a sign of sacrifice (Take this eye of Horus... " reads one of the texts on the pyramids of the XIX dynasty). The divine eye was also considered to be an emanation of this powerful, warlike and vengeful deity. as, for example, a young Egyptian Sun-God Horus, which in other cases was depicted as a Falcon or man with Falcon's head; his eyes are depicted in a manner characteristic styling, so-called eye udjat" (Udet), was considered a potent amulet. Eye "the eye of the Lord" in the light of the rays, in many lodges is located over the master's chair as a reminder of penetrating all the mysteries of wisdom and vigilance of the Creator, the Great Builder of all Worlds". Sometimes is sometimes also called the "eye of Providence". In the Judeo-Christian tradition of the eye (inscribed in a triangle) symbolized Jehovah. As applied to man, it is a symbol of the moral consciousness. In Christian iconography the eye — in the center of the sun's rays or in the triangle with upward apex is a well-known symbol of the omnipresent divine power or the Trinity. The Trinity symbol is also drawn up by the top of the triangle with the "eye of God". In the Jewish Kabbalah in the Zohar ("Book of splendor") is the Maxim: "In heaven, both God's eye and his forehead form a triangle, and the reflection forms a triangle in the waters." (hand, head and the name of God, to which then added the eyes as a sign for the father, the Son and the Holy spirit; it's the "eye of God" in the triangle versatile and was used primarily during the Baroque, and in Masonic symbolism it is the "all-seeing eye" with nine rays is also a symbol of the deity.