Thread by @holowsun

Ushabti & Circuit boards

a helios thread

In the early days of ancient egypt when a Pharaoh died his slaves were sacrificed and buried with him so that he could bring them along into the afterlife. The slaves were to complete all tasks for him in death as they had in life.

At a certain point these ritual sacrifices ceased and the they were replaced with something new. Ushabti. These were figures made of various materials, created to be the Pharaoh’s slaves in the afterlife.

The Ushabti were inscribed with commands, descriptions of the duties they would perform once they reached the afterlife. Sometimes these were passages from the book of the dead. They all ended with a binding agreement "I will do it, verily I am here when thou callest"

Although these figures were made from various materials throughout time the ones created for the Pharaohs were made of the finest, as is expected. These Ushabti were made from Egyptian Faience, a special material that had a blueish hue, made from vitrified sand.

The finer ones had inlays of gold. These figures came in a variety of sizes from just a few inches in height to life size recreations. The larger the figure the more inscriptions they held, and the more capable they would be of carrying out the Pharaoh’s commands

It’s said that many Pharaoh wished they had servants such as these in this life, as Ushabti would always obey without question, work without food or sleep; the image of the perfect slave.

The idea of an Ushabti for this life has remained as a goal in much of occult practice since the days of Egypt where it began. Voodoo has its necrotic zombies, the Golem makes several appearances. Inanimate objects made to do the bidding of a magician or sorcerer

But this quest went in a different direction when practitioners realized they could subjugate the denizens of the spirit realm. Through sigils and elaborate binding rituals they could be made to to obey commands and divulge secret knowledge

This has it’s source in the secret work of King Solomon who was said to have enslaved demons and forced them to build his temple. This field of the Occult is called Goetic magic, and the spirits enslaved by Solomon are found in the greater and lesser Key.

The sigils used to control these spirits have a very interesting structure, and upon close inspection they almost resemble electrical diagrams, or wiring schematics. The purpose of the sigil is to control and direct the energy of the spirit to serve their ends

In most depictions of sigil magic the magi uses chalk or paint, and inscribes the sigil onto the wall or floor to summon the spirit, but this is incorrect. In true cases these sigils were carefully crafted from precious materials, crystals and metals.

They were often carved into pieces of quartz and inlaid with gold and then either worn by the magician or placed on an altar to be used in the ritual.

There is a very similar practice that is used today and its application is widespread. In fact you are using this artifact right now. Silicate plates inscribed with sigils, inlaid with gold and other precious metals.

These boards run programs that force something to follow the commands inscribed within, etched into their very essence. At the core of every electronic device is this demotic code, just like a Pharonic Ushabti

The Ushabti themselves were also made of silicate, the faience they were made of is a form of sintered quartz, the same material used in sigils and circuit boards.

There is a connection here, crystals and gold and their uses in ritual magic and technology.

What do these materials facilitate when arranged in these specific structures? Why does it resemble to work of ancient occultism? Is there some dark force imprisoned within your electronic devices?

These are questions that I won’t answer right now. But we should consider them

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