Ra (sometimes spelled Rê) is the sun-god of Heliopolis in ancient Egypt. Ra originally meant "mouth" in the Egyptian language, and was a reference to his creation of the deities of the Ogdoad system, excluding the 8 concepts which created him, by the power of speech (compare how Yahweh was said to have created the world). In later Egyptian dynastic times, Ra was subsumed into the god Horus, as Re-H ...

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• Ra - Solar barge
• Ra - Hathor and Ra
• Ra - Ra in pop culture

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Ras, Ras - RAS in Cancer, Ras - Constitutively active Ras

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RA

Ancient extraterrestrial entity channeled by Don Elkins from 1962 to 1984 (when Elkins died). Ra was a "sixth density social memory complex" who visited Egypt 11,000 years ago by ufo.

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From the fifth dynasty (ca. 2400 BC) onward he was elevated to the status of a national deity, and much later was combined with the Theban god Amun to become Amun-Ra, the foremost deity of the Egyptian pantheon. In later times, when the earth god Atum evolved into a god of the setting sun, Atum became considered an aspect of Ra. Khepri, the less important god who pushed the sun across the sky each day, eventually was also absorbed into Ra, as the centuries wore on, becoming the aspect of Ra that is the rising sun. Also in later times, ...

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Ra, Ra - Deity status, Ra - Solar barge, Ra - Hathor and Ra, Ra - Ra in pop culture

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Whare Ra was a far flung branch of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn which was established by one of its later chiefs, Dr. Robert William Felkin in New Zealand. Felkin was the head of the Stella Matutina and created two orders in New Zealand, Whare Ra, which is Maori for house of the Sun and the Order of the Table Round. Although the order was known and Whare Ra, its actual name was The Smaragdum Thallesses Temple, H:.O:.49 of the Order of the Stella Matutina. Later as the break-up of the Stella Matutina took place, ...

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Áras an Uachtaráin (formerly the Viceregal Lodge) is the official residence of the President of Ireland, located in the Phoenix Park on the Northside of Dublin1. Áras an Uachtaráin - Origins. The original house was designed by park ranger and amateur architect Nathaniel Clements, in the mid eighteenth century. It was bought by the administration of the British Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to become his summer residence in the 1780s. His official residence was in the Viceregal Apartments ...

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• Áras an Uachtaráin - Residence of the Irish Governor-General
• Áras an Uachtaráin - Residence of the President of Ireland
• Áras an Uachtaráin - The Ghost of Winston Churchill
• Áras an Uachtaráin - Visitors
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• Áras an Uachtaráin - External link

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Raël (born Claude Vorilhon on September 30, 1946) is the founder and spiritual guide of the Raelian Movement. He was born in Vichy, Allier, France. Before founding the Raelian Movement, Vorilhon was a sports journalist and a singer. He founded his own car racing magazine, Auto Pop. Vorilhon and his wife divorced in 1985. He was depicted as the typical AOL user in MAXIMUM PC's June 2005 issue. (p. 17) Rael Miller also shares this name and has been linked to a romantic and intimate relationship with Rael; the leade ...

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Raëlism is the belief system promoted by the Raëlian Movement, a quasi-religious organization which believes that scientifically advanced extraterrestrials known as the Elohim (taken from the Hebrew texts of the Christian Bible and the Torah and usually translated into God in English but translated by those who came from the sky in the Raëlian message) created life on Earth through genetic engineering, and that a combination of human cloning and "mind transfer" can ultimately provide immortality. Raëlism is a new religious movement and has been perc ...

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• Raëlism - Immortality through science?
• Raëlism - Confusion about human cloning
• Raëlism - Confusion about reincarnation
• Raëlism - Order of Angels
• Raëlism - Geniocracy
• Raëlism - Criticism and the Allegation of being a Cult
• Raëlism - Related Religious Movements

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Surat ar-Ra'd (Arabic: سورة الرعد ) ("The Thunder") is the 13th sura of the Qur'an. It has 43 ayat. It is a Makkan sura. ...

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Věra Čáslavská (born May 3, 1942) is a Czech (formerly Czechoslovakian) gymnast. A blonde, she was generally popular with the public and won a total of 22 international titles. Born in Prague and originally a figure skater, she debuted internationally at the 1958 World Championships, winning a silver medal in the team event. She first participated in the Olympics in 1960, also winning a silver medal with the Czechoslovakian team. By 1962, she fought for the all-around title at t ...

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In Polynesian mythology (Maori), Uranga-o-Te-Ra is the underworld, ruled by Rohe. Other related archivesMaori, Polynesian mythology, Rohe, underworld

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The Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanishad is one of the older, "primary" (mukhya) Upanishads commented upon by Shankara. It is associated with the White Yajurveda and the Shatapatha Brahmana. It figures as number 10 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads. It is widely known for its philosophical statements, and is ascribed to Yajnavalkya. Its name is literally translated as "great-fore ...

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• Bṛhadāraṇyaka - Literature

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RA

First of the Gods in the Egyptian pantheon. Sometimes hawk-headed, like Horus. (See ISIS.)

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Ra (Egypt, Egyptian). The divine Universal Soul in its manifested aspect - the ever-burning light; also the personified Sun.

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Ra (Egyptian) In the dynastic period, the deity of the sun, regarded as the maker of all visible things, of heaven and all its gods, and of the Underworld (Tuat) and its denizens. More generally, Ra was the cosmic formative activity of the universal soul or Logos, and therefore in one sense of the anima mundi in its highest parts. Hence another facet of its meaning is the everlasting light which dwells forever in the cosmic darkness which is -- itself.

The worship of the sun was of very ancient origin in Egypt. Like Horus, Ra was depicted in a hawk-headed form known as Amen-Ra (Heru-khuti). The principal seat of the worship of Ra was at An or Heliopolis. The original deity of this city was Tem, but when the priests of Ra became more powerful during the 5th dynasty, they combined the two deities into one as Ra-Tem.

In later dynastic times, although the priests of Ra were the most powerful in Egypt, the common people clung to their ideas of Osiris so tenaciously that eventually the priests placed Osiris as the deity of the sun -- and this movement may have been initiated from within the sacerdotal sanctuary itself, because the attributes of Osiris and of Ra were alike, Osiris being a more limited entity than the abstract Ra of cosmic space.

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Thoth

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The Tok'ra have developed a unique culture of their own owing to the need for secrecy and the fact that each member of the society must share a body with another. The Tok'ra do not bury their dead, probably to hide any trace of their existence on a planet. Instead, they place the deceased on a high platform in front of a Stargate, say a few parting words, and activate the gate. The "kawoosh" disintegra ...

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Tok'ra, Tok'ra - Tok'ra Government, Tok'ra - Tok'ra customs, Tok'ra - Tok'ra science and technology, Tok'ra - List of known Tok'ra

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The Tok'ra are master scientists in spite of the necessity of maintaining secrecy and the resulting lack of raw materials. They are particularly skilled in organic chemistry, where they have invented symbiote poison, created a version of the Re'ol memory-altering substance, and developed a method for mass-producing Tretonin without using symbiotes. They often assist the Tau'ri in developing new ...

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Tok'ra, Tok'ra - Tok'ra Government, Tok'ra - Tok'ra customs, Tok'ra - Tok'ra science and technology, Tok'ra - List of known Tok'ra

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Sun Ra's discography is vast and sometimes confusing. During his career Sun Ra recorded over one hundred albums; many of them were printed on microlabels. His own Saturn Records were usually printed in editions of 75 copies per album, and were sold primarily at live performances. Many of Sun Ra's early albums were recorded at home by Ra himself on wire or early tape recorders, and are decidedly lo-fi. Despite the technological limitations, Ra used some innovative recording techniques, and these recordings provided an unpreceden ...

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Sun Ra, Sun Ra - Early life, Sun Ra - 1950s, Sun Ra - 1960s, Sun Ra - 1970s and later, Sun Ra - The Arkestra continues, Sun Ra - Legacy and influence, Sun Ra - Recordings, Sun Ra - Partial Discography, Sun Ra - Musicians, Sun Ra - Documentaries motion pictures and biographies, Sun Ra - Recommended recordings, Sun Ra - Poetry and prose

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Sun Ra's recording career as a bandleader began in Chicago, in the early 1950s. The first period of the 1950s was when his music evolved from big-band swing into the outer-space-themed "cosmic jazz" for which he was best known. Music critics and jazz historians say some of his best work was recorded during this period. Sun Ra's music in this era was often tightly arranged, and sometimes reminiscent of Duke Ellington's, Count Basie's, or other important swing music ensembles. There were, however, touches of the exotic and hints of the experimentalism that ...

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Sun Ra, Sun Ra - Early life, Sun Ra - 1950s, Sun Ra - 1960s, Sun Ra - 1970s and later, Sun Ra - The Arkestra continues, Sun Ra - Legacy and influence, Sun Ra - Recordings, Sun Ra - Partial Discography, Sun Ra - Musicians, Sun Ra - Documentaries motion pictures and biographies, Sun Ra - Recommended recordings, Sun Ra - Poetry and prose

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