The Sound of Silence

In Egyptian metaphysics, Hu was the creative utterance.

In the Book of the Dead, Ra emerged from the primordial waters as a snake. As self-created deity, He was the first being to emerge from the total darkness and watery abyss that existed before creation. A product of the order within this chaos, Ra was the first to speak the creative “Hu”.

This was the word through which consciousness expressed itself. When viewed symbolically, the term hu-man could be read as “the one who carries or embodies Hu.” In this interpretation, a human being is understood as a vessel through which the cosmic creative utterance becomes conscious of itself.

The primordial vibration, Hu, is the sound of silence from which all existence emerges. From the sacred hum all forms unfold. It evokes the idea that vibration itself is the origin of matter. In this cosmology, the first “word” or “tone” is what calls the universe into being—a logos that structures energy into order. In this view, the human being becomes the microcosmic expression of that cosmic utterance—Ra’s Word made flesh.

Sia was “light” and often depicted as accompanying Ra on his journey through the sky. Where Hu is the raw sound energy, Sia is the faculty that perceives, interprets and channels that energy into intelligible form. As the “Light of Ra” it was the principle by which cosmic intelligence becomes Self-aware.

Above: His right eye was the Sun and His left the Moon in perfect occlusion

This profound stillness is the light of the total solar eclipse—the universal alignment where the physical light is swallowed by the void, leaving only the glowing corona. It acts as a celestial gateway, vibrating at a higher octave than the physical light of our daily perception. Instead of energy merely radiating outward from a burning star, the universe “cascades” through this cosmic occlusion: the high-frequency plasma of the corona pours down through the “gold serpent” of the spine, slowing down and cooling until it finally hardens into the dense, biological reality of the body.

By placing the eclipsed sphere above the head, the iconography confirms that the Magician is no longer merely reflecting external light; they have entered the eye of the storm. They have become a localised Black Sun, using the corona’s signature to prove that spirit has officially taken up residence in the body, emerging directly from the void. The Alchemist is truly balancing the conscious self with the deep, unconscious Self.

In Dharmic traditions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism), the bindu is the “dot” or point at the center of a mandala or yantra. In the context of the eclipse, this is the total dark centre—the Shunyata (void) or the place of infinite potential before manifestation begins. It is the “seed” of absolute stillness from which the entire universe expands. It is the “unstruck sound” or the spark of consciousness hidden within absolute darkness.

Ra was the king of all the other deities. So powerful was He that some have argued that the entire Egyptian religion was some form of veiled monotheism. This seems to be an overstatement, but it underlines Ra’s primary position within the religious texts. Here we are reminded of His secret Latin initialism SSSS:

SERMONE  SACRO  SPHAERAM  STATUI
By the sacred word I have created the sphere

The eclipsed sphere then, is the bindu—the zero-point from which all consciousness emerges when the material world goes dark. This phrase isn’t misunderstood because it’s confusing—but because it’s powerful. It challenges the boundaries between word and world, language and logos, self and Self. To the zealot it may seem blasphemous, but to the mystic it remains self-evident.

But Ra wasn’t just speaking metaphorically above. He was describing the matrix that the Melchizedek Order uses to create self-aware planets throughout the universe. In other words, the ancient mysteries weren’t lost—they’re still active and awaiting rediscovery.

THE INVOCATION OF THE SACRED WORD

By power unseen, by pulse of flame,
By breath that moves and speaks the Name,
I summon stars from silent womb—
From void to voice, from light to bloom.

With living word, not carved in stone,
But forged in fire, in thought alone,
I wove the weave, I turned the key,
I sang the world to life through me.

I am the seed within the flame,
The breath that speaks the hidden name.
In every dusk, in every part—
The Sun descends within the heart.

I am the Word. I am the Way.
I am the dawn of every day.
So let it be as it was begun—
The Duo who knows that all is One.

So these myths are not records of events but rather maps of consciousness. Ra emerging from the dark, watery abyss is not about the past—it’s about you, now, passing through the dark night of the soul into awareness. “In the beginning was the Word” describes the universe’s rebirth in the precise moment the Sun emerges from behind the Moon—in every thought, in every word, in every deed.