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The injury inflicted by Set on the eye of Horus is alluded to in the Pyramid Texts , where royal saliva is prescribed for its cure. The restored eye of Horus became the symbol for the state of soundness or perfection, known as the Udjat Eye. Used as an amulet, it became the symbol for protection and painted on the sides of rectangular coffins.
You will notice the Eye of Horus on the back of the dollar bill. It is sometimes referred to as the "all-seeing eye."
Information about the fractional pieces of the Eye of Horus is very interesting. This came from http://www.aloha.net/~hawmtn/horus.htm
The Eye of Horus has a very specific meaning. The eye is represented as a figure with 6 parts. These 6 parts correspond to the six senses - Touch, Taste, Hearing, Thought, Sight, Smell. These are the 6 parts of the eye. The eye is the receptor of input, and has six doors to receive data.
The construction of the eye follows very precise laws. The senses are ordered according to their importance, And according to how much energy must be taken in by the eye for an individual to receive a particular sensation.
In the Ancient Egyptian measurement system, the EYE OF HORUS represented a fractional quantification system to measure parts of a whole.
The entire eye measured 1 heqat. And each of the parts of the eye measured fractions of the heqat.
[ THE EYE OF HORUS ]
These are the parts of the EYE and their corresponding associated fraction values:
1/64 1/32 1/16 1/8 1/4 1/2
The corresponding sense data are :
1/64 heqat Touch
1/32 heqat Taste
1/16 heqat Hearing
1/8 heqat Thought
1/4 heqat Sight
1/2 heqat Smell
Also, in the Egyptian system there is the unit of the ro. By definition 320 ro = 1 heqat. The symbol for the ro is the mouth, it represented one mouthful. Again associating these measures with food, or input data.
Now if we consider the ro as the smallest unit of input energy needed for the input to "register" as sense data. We note,320 = 5 x 64 and so in terms of ro we have 5 ro to register a Touch 10 ro to register a Taste 20 ro to register a Sound 40 ro to register a Thought 80 ro to register a Light 160 ro to register a Smell.
To see how the drawings of the eye correspond to the various senses
note:
1. Touch 1/64 heqat or 5 ro
This part of the EYE represents planting a
stick into the ground. Like planting a stalk that will take root. The Earth
represents touch. Planting itself represents physical contact and touching.
2. Taste 1/32 heqat or 10 ro
This part of the EYE represents the
sprouting of the wheat or grain from the planted stalk. It's the food we put
into our mouth, hence representing taste. Taste is also = Touch + Shape, or you could say that the different tastes we experience come from touching different shapes. So, touch is a more fundamental sense than taste.
3. Hearing 1/16 heqat or 20 ro
This part of the EYE represents the EAR.
The figure points towards the ear on the face. Also, it has the shape of a horn
or musical instrument. When we hear a sound or combination of sounds we find
said combination pleasing or not. It could be said that the sound has a *taste* for us, a
preference. Sound requires Touch + Taste and so is a combination of the lower senses.
4. Thought 1/8 heqat or 40 ro
This part of the EYE represents thought.
We often use our eyebrows to express our thoughts, and this facial feature is
closest to that part of the forehead we associate with thinking. Thought = Touch + Taste + Hearing. Thinking is a kind of surpressed sound. The language we think in is like the *touch* of muscle prior to giving voice. And of course, we
have a *taste* for different types of thoughts.
5. Sight 1/4 heqat or 80 ro
This is the pupil of the EYE. And so no
more needs to be said. It represents seeing, or the sensation of light.
6. Smell 1/2 heqat or 160 ro
This part of the EYE points to the nose.
It even looks like a nose. It represents the sensation of smell.
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