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	Sr. Lutea, writing in ''The Scarlet Letter'', explains some of the words in his name:		Sr. Lutea, writing in ''The Scarlet Letter'', explains some of the words in his name:

	:"A translation of the name might be close to the following: Ankh is both a tool and a symbol meaning “new life.” The hyphen af is always part of another word that lends exclamatory force. The word, na is generally used as a preposition, such as “to, for, belonging to, through, or because.” Khonsu was the adopted son of Amun and Mut from the Theban triad. His name comes from a word meaning, “to cross over” or “wanderer” or “he who traverses.” So, his entire name may be translated as “the truth that has crossed over.”" [http://www.scarletwoman.org/scarletletter/v7n1/v7n1_egyptian.html] —''The Scarlet Letter,'' vol. VII, no. 1		:"A translation of the name might be close to the following: [[Ankh]] is both a tool and a symbol meaning “new life.” The hyphen af is always part of another word that lends exclamatory force. The word, na is generally used as a preposition, such as “to, for, belonging to, through, or because.” [[Chons\|Khonsu]] was the adopted son of Amun and Mut from the Theban triad. His name comes from a word meaning, “to cross over” or “wanderer” or “he who traverses.” So, his entire name may be translated as “the truth that has crossed over.”" [http://www.scarletwoman.org/scarletletter/v7n1/v7n1_egyptian.html] —''The Scarlet Letter,'' vol. VII, no. 1

	==See also==		==See also==

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	'''Ankh-af-na-khonsu''' (lit. "He Lives in Khonsu"), is an historical man who lived in Thebes in the 26th dynasty (apx. 725 B.C.). He was a priest of the Egyptian god [[Mentu]]. He is best known as the creator of the The [[Stele of Revealing]], a funerary tablet he created for himself to commemorate his death.		'''Ankh-af-na-khonsu''' (lit. "He Lives in [[Chons\|Khonsu]]"), is an historical man who lived in Thebes in the 26th dynasty (apx. 725 B.C.). He was a priest of the Egyptian god [[Mentu]]. He is best known as the creator of the The [[Stele of Revealing]], a funerary tablet he created for himself to commemorate his death.

	'''Ankh-f-n-khonsu''' is also the magical name used by [[Aleister Crowley]] to sign [[The Comment]] of [[The Book of the Law]] and when referring to himself as the prophet of [[Thelema]] and the [[Aeon of Horus]]. Crowley claimed that he was a reincarnation of the egyptian priest. As it says in Liber Legis:		'''Ankh-f-n-khonsu''' is also the magical name used by [[Aleister Crowley]] to sign [[The Comment]] of [[The Book of the Law]] and when referring to himself as the prophet of [[Thelema]] and the [[Aeon of Horus]]. Crowley claimed that he was a reincarnation of the egyptian priest. As it says in Liber Legis:

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	'''Ankh-af-na-khonsu''' (lit. "He Lives in Khonsu"), is an historical man who lived in Thebes in the 26th dynasty (apx. 725 B.C.). He was a priest of the Egyptian god [[Mentu]]. He is best known as the creator of the [[~~The~~ Stele of Revealing]], a funerary tablet he created for himself to commemorate his death.		'''Ankh-af-na-khonsu''' (lit. "He Lives in Khonsu"), is an historical man who lived in Thebes in the 26th dynasty (apx. 725 B.C.). He was a priest of the Egyptian god [[Mentu]]. He is best known as the creator of the The [[Stele of Revealing]], a funerary tablet he created for himself to commemorate his death.

	'''Ankh-f-n-khonsu''' is also the magical name used by [[Aleister Crowley]] to sign [[The Comment]] of [[The Book of the Law]] and when referring to himself as the prophet of [[Thelema]] and the [[Aeon of Horus]]. Crowley claimed that he was a reincarnation of the egyptian priest. As it says in Liber Legis:		'''Ankh-f-n-khonsu''' is also the magical name used by [[Aleister Crowley]] to sign [[The Comment]] of [[The Book of the Law]] and when referring to himself as the prophet of [[Thelema]] and the [[Aeon of Horus]]. Crowley claimed that he was a reincarnation of the egyptian priest. As it says in Liber Legis:

Ash at 03:15, 5 June 2005

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	'''Ankh-af-na-khonsu''' (lit. "He Lives in Khonsu"), is an historical man who lived in Thebes in the 26th dynasty (apx. 725 B.C.). He was a priest of the Egyptian god [[Mentu]]. He is best known as the creator of the [[The Stele of Revealing]], a funerary tablet he created for himself to commemorate his death.		'''Ankh-af-na-khonsu''' (lit. "He Lives in Khonsu"), is an historical man who lived in Thebes in the 26th dynasty (apx. 725 B.C.). He was a priest of the Egyptian god [[Mentu]]. He is best known as the creator of the [[The Stele of Revealing]], a funerary tablet he created for himself to commemorate his death.

	'''Ankh-af-na-khonsu''' is also the magical name used by [[Aleister Crowley]] to sign [[The Comment]] of [[The Book of the Law]].		'''Ankh-f-n-khonsu''' is also the magical name used by [[Aleister Crowley]] to sign [[The Comment]] of [[The Book of the Law]] and when referring to himself as the prophet of [[Thelema]] and the [[Aeon of Horus]]. Crowley claimed that he was a reincarnation of the egyptian priest. As it says in Liber Legis:

			:"My scribe Ankh-af-na-khonsu, the priest of the princes, shall not in one letter change this book; but lest there be folly, he shall comment thereupon by the wisdom of Ra-Hoor-Khuit." —AL I:36

			According to one translation of the Stele, it says of him:

			:"...has left the multitudes and rejoined those who are in the light, he has opened the dwelling place of the stars; now then, the deceased, Ankh-af-na-khonsu, who has gone forth by day in order to do everything that pleased him upon earth, among the living."

			Sr. Lutea, writing in ''The Scarlet Letter'', explains some of the words in his name:

			:"A translation of the name might be close to the following: Ankh is both a tool and a symbol meaning “new life.” The hyphen af is always part of another word that lends exclamatory force. The word, na is generally used as a preposition, such as “to, for, belonging to, through, or because.” Khonsu was the adopted son of Amun and Mut from the Theban triad. His name comes from a word meaning, “to cross over” or “wanderer” or “he who traverses.” So, his entire name may be translated as “the truth that has crossed over.”" [http://www.scarletwoman.org/scarletletter/v7n1/v7n1_egyptian.html] —''The Scarlet Letter,'' vol. VII, no. 1

			==See also==
			*[[Stele of Revealing]]
			*[[Aleister Crowley]]

			==References==
			*Sr. Lutea. (2002). "[http://www.scarletwoman.org/scarletletter/v7n1/v7n1_egyptian.html Who And What Are Those Egyptian References In Liber Resh?]". ''The Scarlet Letter,'' Vol. VII, No. 2.
			*Tau Apiryon. (1998). ''[http://www.hermetic.com/sabazius/kiblah.htm The Kiblah]''.

Ash at 02:55, 5 June 2005

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'''Ankh-af-na-khonsu''' (lit. "He Lives in Khonsu"), is an historical man who lived in Thebes in the 26th dynasty (apx. 725 B.C.). He was a priest of the Egyptian god [[Mentu]]. He is best known as the creator of the [[The Stele of Revealing]], a funerary tablet he created for himself to commemorate his death.

'''Ankh-af-na-khonsu''' is also the magical name used by [[Aleister Crowley]] to sign [[The Comment]] of [[The Book of the Law]].