Visualizza questo post su Instagram
 

Un post condiviso da Alberto Ballocca (@albertoballocca)

'Heka'
  • Dimensions

    50h - 11w - 10d cm / 19.6h - 3.93w - 4.33d in

  • Mediums

    Wood, Clay, Leaves, Concrete, Sprays.

This subject, the Egyptian deity ‘Heka’, refers to a sense of neutrality I love to maintain within Natural environments, in terms of contemplating and absorbing without barriers those unknown features of the magical natural world we are all sojourners of.

Mediums i used for this work accurately describe some specific sincretic perceptions between plants, animals and human beings way of living in the ancient Egyptian world

Heka also transliterated Hekau was the deification of magic and medicine in ancient Egypt.

The name is the Egyptian word for “magic”. According to Egyptian literature (Coffin text, spell 261), Heka existed “before duality had yet come into being.” This term was also used to refer to the practice of magical rituals.

This hieroglyphic spelling includes the symbol for the word ka (kꜣ), the ancient Egyptian concept of the vital force. Due to the importance placed onto names in ancient Egypt, she was often incorporated into personal names.

Some examples include: Hekawy, Hekaf, or simply Heka.

Goddess Isis, for example, is also sometimes affiliated with Heka being titled Weret Hekau “Great Lady of magic.”