Rise of the Wadjet Witch - By Juliet C. Obodo Page 0,21

it harder for Seth to meddle further with the body of the dead god.

“The one piece she did not recover was his life-giving phallus, and it is said that upon this piece grew the Tree of Life. She gathered the pieces together, rejoined them by magic and made a likeness of the missing member so that Osiris was complete. She then instructed that the body be embalmed and hidden away in a place of which she alone knew. After this, the spirit of Osiris remained in the underworld to rule over the dead until the last great battle, when Horus should slay Seth and Osiris would return to Earth once more.

“As Horus grew in this world, the spirit of Osiris visited him often and taught him all that a great warrior should know. He told him that he would be the one to fight against Seth, both in the body and in the spirit. And finally, Osiris informed his son when the time came for Horus to fight. Horus declared war on Seth. Osiris instructed him to form a great army and sail up the Nile to attack him in the deserts of the south. Horus gathered his forces and prepared to begin the war. Ra himself, the shining father of the gods, came to his aid in his own divine boat that sailed across the heavens and through the dangers of the underworld.

“Before they set sail, Ra drew Horus aside so as to gaze into his blue eyes, because whoever looked into them—gods or men—saw the future reflected there. As he gazed into the future, he saw Seth just as he was attacking in the present. Seth had his own methods of telling the future and saw that Horus was set to attack him. It was already too late; Seth aimed a blow of fire at the eyes of Horus.

“Horus was taken to receive aid, but had already lost an eye. Ra waited for him to recover before returning to the sky. He told Isis his secret name so she may give Horus a more powerful eye—one that could destroy Seth and rebuild Earth, restoring order among men. Horus would not only be able to see the future, but he would also be able to change it. Knowing the secret name of Ra was the most ancient and powerful source of power.

“Once Isis rebuilt the eye of her son and created an entity called Wadjet to protect it from any harm, she wrote the name of Ra down on papyrus and buried it where no one would find it. She continued this tradition whenever she discovered new magic she felt no one else should know or was too powerful to use. She had a Sphinx constructed over the secrets to keep them safe.

“Horus was now ready to wage a true war against Seth. There were many battles in that war, but the last and greatest was at Edfu, where the great temple of Horus stands to this day in memory of it. The forces of Seth and Horus drew near to one another among the islands and the rapids of the First Cataract of the Nile. Horus, with his strengthened Wadjet Eye, was able to defeat Seth.

“He became the ruler of Earth. He spent his rule attempting to restore the order and peace that Osiris created and dispel the chaos that Seth brought upon man. He tried to pass on the messages of his father, but the humans were no longer receptive. There were only a chosen few. Horus appointed them as teachers of man to spread the word and to one day bring the world back to order.

“But when Horus passed from Earth and reigned no more as the God King, he appeared before the assembly of the gods. Seth also came in the spirit and contended in words for the rule of the world. They are still struggling for power, for the souls of men, and for the rule of the world. Order versus Chaos on Earth. The Egyptians believed that the Last Battle was still to come and that Horus would defeat Seth in this as well. And when Seth was destroyed forever, Osiris would rise from the dead and return to Earth, bringing with him all those who had been his own faithful followers.

“And for this reason, the Egyptians embalmed their dead and set the bodies away beneath towering pyramids of stone, and deep in the tomb chambers of western Thebes, so the blessed souls