Today I walked into Esna Temple with my grandson. The colours caught my attention immediately. Photographs had not prepared me for them. The blues were deeper, the reds richer, and the yellows – gold where the light hit them – still seemed to hold sunlight despite the passing centuries. Above us stretched a ceiling alive…
The Narmer Palette is more than carved stone. It is magic in action—Heka—the moment Egypt was dreamed into being. Carved around 3100 BCE, it shows Narmer uniting North and South, not only through conquest but through the creative power of intention, word, and image.
Heka was more than magic in ancient Egypt—it was the life force itself, the spoken word that shaped reality. A reflection on symbols, spirit, and timeless wisdom
Reflections on the lost symbols of Egypt—the Djed, Tyet, and combined Ankh+Djed+Was—and how these amulets connect us to Heka magic, offering strength, focus, and a touch of the sacred in daily life.