- The Gates Of Starlight - by NekhbetSun

2D • Atmosphere/Mood • posted on Nov 29, 2008

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"The Gods live not in the crevices of mortar and stone, nor in the jewelled eyes of a ram, but in the hands of men and the hearts of women and in the land of wonder. Dip your cup in the river and you drink the Gods. Breathe the air and the Gods fly in your breath. The God in the wind puffs the sail and speeds the traveller home. Nodding and crowing the birds are Gods clinging to the branches of trees. Covered with blood the Gods enter the world and we call them children. May we come and go in and out of heaven through the gates of starlight. As the houses of earth fill with dancing and song, so filled are the houses of heaven. I come in truth. I sail a long river and row back again. It is joy to breathe under the stars. I am the sojourner destined to walk a thousand years until I arrive at myself and am home."color> These words were written thousands of years ago in the Egyptian Book of the Dead. Ancient words, but still relevant and moving even today. Although this pic obviously isn't Egyptian, I thought it typified these beautiful words....hopefully :o) Wishing everyone a most wondrous day ! ~ Love & Hugs ~ * Mina * Credits: www.trinketstock.deviantart.com stock xchng

Comments (137)

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felinx

7:47AM | Tue, 02 December 2008

Magnifique travail :)

frymarkdesign

8:26AM | Tue, 02 December 2008

gorgeous work

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Jollyself

9:55AM | Tue, 02 December 2008

very pretty....alot of atmo in this

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Pewter7

1:56PM | Tue, 02 December 2008

The poetry is eloquently penned fantasy, fitting the magical image you have created quite nicely, Mina.

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sirvictor

4:09PM | Thu, 04 December 2008

beautiful image mina

CaressingTheDark

2:47PM | Fri, 05 December 2008

Breathtakingly beautiful Mina

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Eleandras

1:12AM | Tue, 09 December 2008

Magical image!!!!

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ontar1

2:05PM | Tue, 09 December 2008

Fantastic scene, excellent work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Iceshark39

9:26PM | Tue, 09 December 2008

I can't imagine a more perfectly suited scene to those words. It gave me a chill to read those words again, so perfectly paired to your image. Well done and this is DEFINATELY a favorite!

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mac4gman

2:39PM | Wed, 10 December 2008

Absolutely lovely - and I really dig the title.

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Keymilan

3:11AM | Tue, 16 December 2008

wonderful as always, magical !!!

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lensmusic

12:52PM | Sun, 21 December 2008

Very Beautiful, mina.

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faroutsider

6:55AM | Mon, 22 December 2008

Truly wonderful image!

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clam73

1:19PM | Mon, 22 December 2008

so ....I am back and as I can see here you really do always something special....fantastic work!...congrats!

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ShariaAsen

10:13AM | Thu, 25 December 2008

This is really amazing. I love how you took words that are thousands of years old to put to this picture. When you really think about it, it seems the egyptians did find some immortality. I think all writers find some, after all, even when they have departed, their words remain. Beautiful work!

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