Episode 39 The night visitors won’t let her rest. Even stranger tonight than the night before. Here is bird-headed Thoth, the Egyptian deity of gambling and magic, accusing her of abandoning him. “As punishment for this act of desertion, your gambler’s luck is revoked.”
Exquisite extract. It is a joy to read glimpses of the gifts.
Small note-“The rider and horse being one,” might rile some despite amorous context - the horse allows the rider to balance in the first place, whereas the rider is imagistic of harnessing a wild spirit (even the sacred feminine). Can that ever be one with the horse? One represents choice and the other is control, a feat, speed, even travel from . a to . b . But perhaps it reflects a role swapping from both sides of an equation?
Then again, maybe “buck as one” rather than usurping that “being one” evokes? The line certainly encourages intense further musing.
Thank you Salman! I have always found information on Egypt fascinating. Also enjoyed Agatha Christie's Poirot in Egypt and your novel "Midnight's Children". Salaam.
Exquisite extract. It is a joy to read glimpses of the gifts.
Small note-“The rider and horse being one,” might rile some despite amorous context - the horse allows the rider to balance in the first place, whereas the rider is imagistic of harnessing a wild spirit (even the sacred feminine). Can that ever be one with the horse? One represents choice and the other is control, a feat, speed, even travel from . a to . b . But perhaps it reflects a role swapping from both sides of an equation?
Then again, maybe “buck as one” rather than usurping that “being one” evokes? The line certainly encourages intense further musing.
Many thanks, Maestro & Muse!
Thank you Salman! I have always found information on Egypt fascinating. Also enjoyed Agatha Christie's Poirot in Egypt and your novel "Midnight's Children". Salaam.