ANKH: Breath Of Life

 

🔑 Outer (Exoteric) Meaning

In ancient Egypt (Kemet), the ankh is typically translated as:

• “Life” or “Breath of Life”
• Called “ankh” in the Egyptian language, it appears in countless tombs, temples, and sacred texts.

The Ankh symbolizes:

• Physical life on Earth
• Eternal life in the Duat (the spiritual realm)
• Divine protection and the vital force (sekhem)

You’ll often see Neteru (deities) like Ra, Auset (Isis), and Djehuti (Thoth) offering the Ankh to the nose of pharaohs—symbolizing the breath of life and divine empowerment.

 

🧬 Inner (Esoteric) Meaning – Egyptian Mystery School Insight

From the lens of the Per Ankh (House of Life), the ancient mystery schools taught that the Ankh is a symbolic key that unlocks the gates between:

1. The Seen (Geb, the Earth)
2. The Unseen (Nut, the heavens)
3. The Eternal (the Duat or astral plane)

Its form represents a blueprint of the human energy system:

• Oval (loop): The womb or divine feminine – the matrix of creation
• Vertical shaft: The spine, symbolizing the channel for Kundalini or sekhem energy
• Horizontal bar: The arms – representing balance, polarity, and the crossroads between physical and spiritual realms

It’s a spiritual technology—a sacred sigil that mirrors how consciousness flows through form.

🜏 Rosicrucian & Illuminati Interpretation

12th Degree Illuminatus and inner initiate of AMORC:

1. The Ankh = Unity of Duality
   
• The loop = female principle (receptive)
• The cross = male principle (projective)
• Their intersection = creative force or manifestation
2. The Ankh is the original cruciform
   
• Precedes the Christian cross.
• It encodes the philosopher’s stone—the union of opposites to produce eternal life or spiritual immortality.
3. The Ankh as a Tool of Alchemical Resurrection
   
• It was held by initiates during rituals of the Osirian drama, where death and resurrection were internalized through symbolic trials.
• The Ankh becomes the password or symbol of initiation—meaning: “you have conquered death within yourself.”

4. Ankh = Key to Stargates / Dimensional Portals

4. • High initiates knew how to use the ankh in astral projection, ritual resurrection, and dream temple work.
   • In advanced metaphysics, it corresponds to the pineal gland activating through sacred breath and mantra.

🧠 The Ankh as Consciousness Circuit

In Hermetic and Rosicrucian alchemy, the Ankh is also a circuit of divine will:

• The loop: Spirit or potential
• The crossbar: Thought or intent
• The stem: Action or manifestation

Thus, the Ankh is a living glyph that shows how divine energy descends into matter and how matter ascends into divinity.

 

🗝The Ankh is far more than just a symbol. It is:

• A spiritual key
• A code of eternal life
• A map of sacred geometry
• A fusion of polarity
• A tool for initiates to transcend limitation

It teaches that true life is lived through the harmonization of the soul with divine law, and through the resurrection of inner awareness.

To activate the Ankh through the Breath of Life is to engage a powerful alchemical and energetic process taught in the ancient Egyptian mystery schools—one that harmonizes breath, will, and intention to awaken divine consciousness.

Here’s a step-by-step guide, merging Kemetic teachings, Rosicrucian alchemy, and subtle anatomy:

 

🧬 1. Understand the Ankh as a Living Circuit

Before practice, know what you’re activating:

 

• Loop (Top) = Crown + Third Eye (cosmic womb / Spirit)
• Horizontal Arms = Heart + Lungs (breath / duality)
• Vertical Staff = Spine (Kundalini path / will)

When activated, the Ankh becomes a living antenna—drawing divine energy from above, circulating it through the heart, and grounding it through the body.

 

 

 

🌬 2. Posture and Sacred Space

 

• Sit or stand in alignment, spine erect
• Place a real or visualized Ankh in front of your heart or spine
• Face East (symbol of Ra, rebirth)
• Breathe through the nose, slowly and rhythmically

 

🔁 3. Begin Ankh Breathing (Breath of Ma’at)

This breath work is symbolic of drawing divine life force and circulating it through your being.

 

▪️ Inhale (4-6 seconds):

• Visualize energy entering the crown and descending through the loop of the Ankh
• Feel golden light pass through the third eye to your heart

▪️ Retain (2-3 seconds):

 

• Let the breath pause at the heart center (the arms of the Ankh)
• Visualize energy spreading horizontally—balancing masculine/feminine energies

 

▪️ Exhale (6-8 seconds):

 

• Send breath and energy downward through the spine (vertical shaft of Ankh)
• Imagine the breath rooting deep into the Earth

Do this in cycles of 9 or 13.

🌀 4. Activate with Intonation (Vibratory Keys)

Use sacred words to awaken the energetic Ankh. As you breathe:

• “AUNGKHH” (nasalized, resonating through the head)
• “Nuk Pu Ankh” = “I am Life”
• “Ra-Atem” = balancing solar and grounding forces

Chant these during the retention phase to stimulate your inner temples (pineal + thymus).

🔺 5. Visualize the Ankh as a Light Portal

Once rhythm is established:

• See the Ankh glowing, expanding with each breath
• The loop becomes a halo above your head
• The arms become wings of balance
• The stem becomes a pillar of light grounding you into the Earth

 

✨ 6. Use the Ankh to Circulate Energy (Sekhem)

Now perform a microcosmic orbit using the Ankh shape:

1. Breathe the energy up the spine (vertical stem)
2. Let it loop through the crown (loop)
3. Bring it through the third eye into the heart (crossbar)
4. Loop down again into the sacral chakra

Each cycle strengthens sekhem flow (divine life-force) and activates energetic immortality—the foundation of resurrected consciousness in the Osirian path.

 

🌟 7. Seal the Ritual

To close:

• Place both hands over your heart
• Speak: “I am the living Ankh. I am the breath of NTR (Netjer). I am the eternal flame of Ra.”
• Visualize golden light sealing your aura

🗝 Summary: The Breath Activates the Ankh by…

Element	Function
Inhale	Draws in cosmic life force (spirit)
Retention	Harmonizes masculine/feminine at the heart
Exhale	Grounds divine energy into matter
Chant	Activates vibration of eternal life
Visualization	Turns symbol into a living force-field