Heka Articles / Paths, Religion & Beliefs Posted by RedAutumnRain on Aug 23, 2006 - 05:00 PM Heka is often translated as "magic", but it is so much more than that. It is a concept, a natural force of nature and a deity. The deity Heka came into existance when the Creator manifested at the beginning of creation or Zep Tepi. One of the epithets of heka is Ba of Ra or Spirit of Ra. This deity had a cult center and a priesthood of His own in Ancient Egypt. Heka is also a force of nature. Because heka came into being at Creation, heka is a part of the natural world and not seperate from it. Also everything has heka inside it: humans, nature and Gods. Heka is used by the Gods to maintain order and the creation of the cosmos. Heka is also possessed by humans and is used to gain favor of the Gods to aid them in protection, warding off evil or in rites to the dead. This article is from WiccanWeb.ca   http://www.wiccanweb.ca/ The URL for this story is:   http://www.wiccanweb.ca/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=14159