Ankh, Oodja, Seneb= Life, Vitality, Health-The Special KemeticBenedictionSeneb- The word for Healthin its shortest (abbreviated) form.Health-Snb (or Seneb)– common shortened form.Health, Vigor-Snbai (or Senbi)– fully written.
AcloseexaminationoftheAncientEgyptianwordforhealth,whenfullywrittenandspelledout,re-
vealsthespiritualdimensionsoftheKemeticconceptofhealthconceptofhealth”.TheAncient
Egyptianhieroglyphicsign,o,means“ba”orsoul.Thereareafewsignswhichsymbolizetheideaof
soul,thespiritualessenceofahumanbeing,intheKemeticlanguage.Thissignusestheimageofa
bird.Whenusedinthewordforhealth,thissignrelatestotheabilityofthesoultofly,thatis,tosoar
togreatspiritualheightswhenthereisgoodhealth.Thus,impliedintheKemeticunderstandingof
healthistheabilitytoexperienceelevatedconsciousnessinthestateofgoodhealth.Healththerefore,
isnotapursuitjustforpromotinglonglifefortheindiscriminate,indefiniteorunhamperedpursuitof
worldly pleasures, but to promote the experience of spiritual consciousness.
The Natureof the Souland the Spiritual Constitution of a Human
Being
Sowhatisthenatureofthehumanbodyandwhatisthepurposeforthedifferences
amonghumanbeings?Howarethesedifferencestobeunderstoodandtranscended?
Also,whatistheunderlyingbasisofthemindandbody?Whatisahumanbeing?
Peopleseethemselvesasdifferent,butaretheyreally?Don’tpeoplealloverthe
world desire love, happiness, peace and joy? These are similarities, are they not?
“The soul belongs to heaven, the body belongs to the earth”
—Ancient Egyptian Proverbian Proverb”
Ahumanbeingisacomplexentitycomposedofasoul,amindandabody.Themindandbodycon-
stitutethepsychophysicalpersonalityofahumanbeing.Thesoulistheeternalpartwhilethebodyis
thetransientpartofahumanbeing.ThesoulistheessenceoftheSpirit,whichsustainsandmanifests
aseveryhumanbeing,andindeed,alllife.However,whenhumanbeingsforgettheireternalnature,
theyidentifywiththebodyandwiththemindthroughitsdesires,complexesandignorance.Aperson
seeshimselforherselfasaphysicalbodypossessingamind,andtheunderlyingessence,theSpirit,