alsoseenastheCreatoroftheuniverse.Djehutiisdepictedasamanwiththehead

ofababoonoranibisbird.Heisalsodepictedsometimesholdingapenandink.

OthersymbolsofDjehutiarethelunardiskandcrescentmoon.TheGodDjehuti

representstheprincipleofspiritualhealthandthemaintenanceofspiritualhealthis

promotedwhenthereisaviablespiritualdisciplinebeingpracticedwhichleadsone

to spiritual enlightenment.

Djehuti is often depicted as an Ibis, a wading bird.l

The Kemetic termgem, using an ibis picking into the mud,means “to find.”m

Theibisisawadingbirdrelatedtothestorkandtheheron.Thechoiceoftheibisindicatesaunique
featureorqualitywhichspirituallearningrequires.Thisqualityisrelatedtothewadingnatureofthe
ibis.Wadingbirdshaveaspecialcapacitytomovethroughwaterandprobe(gem)forspecificitems
theydesirewiththeirlongbeaks.Theyfindsmallinsectsandotherediblesamidstthemuddywaters
anditisthecleansedandsharpintellectwhichcanmakesenseoftheworld.Wadingmeanswalking
inorthroughasubstance,aswater,thatoffersresistance,impedesormakesmovementdifficult.Dje-
hutirepresentsintellect,themindanditscapacitytocut(wade)throughthemyriadofthoughtsand
concepts(water-oceanofconsciousness)inordertogettothetruth.Theworldistheoceanofcon-
sciousnessandDjehutiistheaspectofthemindthatcannavigatethroughtheworldwithhealthy
reasoning, and find vigor and intuition, making sense out of the cacophony of human life.

Theilluminationfromthelunardiskisareflectionofthesun,soDjehuti’swisdomisareflectionof
theSpiritjustashumanconsciousness,whichislimited,isareflectionofCosmicConsciousness,
whichisunlimitedandwhole.ThecrescentmoonsymbolofDjehutiisafigureofthemooninits
firstquarter.Ithasconcave 165 andconvex 166 edgesterminatinginpoints.Thecrescentmoonsym-
bolsignifiesgrowingorincreasingunderstanding,reasonandspiritualwisdom.Therefore,Djehutiis
theembodimentofknowledge.Thisisoneofthereasonswhyheissaidtohavecreatedwriting.He
isalsothemessengeroftheSupremeBeing,Ra,whobringsthespecialwordsofpowertoAsetinthe
AsarianResurrectionStoryinorderforAsettoresurrecttheyoungHeru,whowaspoisonedbySet.
InthisaspectDjehutisymbolizestheSpiritualPreceptorwhobringsthewisdomoftheDivineSelfto
theaspirantsotheaspirantcanresurrecthisorherspiritualaspirationeachtimeitisattackedbythe
ego (Set).

Djehuti, Cosmic Mind, the moon, , is a reflection of Ra, , the Sun -

Spirit