The God Ptah And The Power Of His Creative Word
The Ptah And The Power Of His Creative Word The Heliopolitans (" Iunu ") taught that order ( creation ) was self-caused (" kheper ") in the midst of undifferentiated chaos, darkness and oblivion (the " Nun ", or primordial water). Chaos continued to lurk in the darkness of the deep, and might be encountered during sleep or in the netherworld (when born again like Osiris ). This primordial creative activity was perceived to have " happened " in a realm which existed in-between pre-creation and creation, situated as the "beginning"and at absolute time (or Timeless Time). The Creation was the ejection ( Big Bang ) out of this point of singularity ( Atum and his mythical deed of self-impregnation). This monad simultaneously split into two fundamental creative principles “SHU” ( Space ) - and “TEFNUT”( t