THE INNER CIRCLE OF THE DUAT
In the Egyptian tradition, the inner circle of the sun was represented by the inner circle of the Duat. The hieroglyph used to represent this concept was that of a circle inside of which was a five-pointed star.
The circle represents the celestial body of the sun, which resembles a luminous circle in the sky, and the five-pointed star represents the solar or stellar “person” that dwells within the circle.The five appendages of the five-pointed star correspond to the five human appendages: the head, two arms, and two legs. Following this was the notion that the solar person dwelling within the solar body is similar to the human person dwelling within the human body. The Hermetic texts verbalized this by comparing a human being to a mortal god on earth and a god to an immortal man in the heavens.
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