King David | Walk like an Egyptian.
King David was well aware his small world stood in the shadows of the great Egyptian empire.
Those shadows hid iconic figures like King Tut and Cleopatra who strutted across the world stage in all their mystical Egyptian splendor.
Davids’ mother Nitzevet introduced him to this mystical world.
Through her visions, she saw his journey but was not able to tell him all she knew. He had to travel and experience the world around him. This led him to worlds that few men of his time could see or comprehend.
Nitzevets’ magic enabled David to transform himself into something divine.
Excerpt from The Leper Messiah:
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Darkness crept upon her.
The fire burned and the pot boiled.
Nitzevet gently inhaled the steam that rose and felt it hot on her face and breasts.
The heat took her back to her visions that as a young girl, drove her from her fathers’ tent and on to the great sands along the eastbound trade routes that led to the city of Palms, home of Queen Zenobia.
She remembered the words she saw written in the great dunes in the desert.
“Outcast, Traitor, Divine.”
Nitzevet did not fear what most people fear.
She walked alone in the highlands above Bethlehem, safe in the knowledge that the lions and bears would not harm her. She believed in divine destiny and that kept her safe from the cares of the world.
Her magic was used for one purpose alone, to protect her son David.
Like an Asp snaking its way through a magical garden but always with an end in sight, Egyptian mysticism casts an intoxicating spell throughout the Leper Messiah.
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“Jemb al-la tiqrab, jamb al-haiyyi fru nam” by the side of the scorpion do not come, but by the side of the viper spread your bed and sleep.”
Egyptian mysticism is not for the faint of heart. Many have tried to explore it and have fallen by the wayside. Those bringing false words and ideas are dealt with quickly in The Leper Messiah.
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“Lady of the burning sands, Sekhmet, Misstress of terror, may no enemy find me.” the sad mother became a very vision while the viper swayed from side to side as the rattling continued.
“False priest.” She whispered.
She bit of the head of one scorpion and then another. “False words.”
“Your priest does not know if the scorpion is evil or ward off evil.”
But for those who are allowed into this strange world, a different fate awaits. One that is transformative and yields great power.
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“I’m not so much a slave trader as a sole trader.” Nebemakhet, the old Egyptian nurse said as he wiped away caked dirt from Davids’ limp body.
He dipped the cloth in a pan of water and began to scrub at David’s face.
“More than that,“ he whispered to the unconscious boy, “I dig up buried souls.”
In The Leper Messiah, there are few places the weak and foolish can hide.
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The caged Jackel stopped his awful crying, the baby elephant stood with its trunk in the air smelling something magical, and the sweetly sad song of the slaves continued in the background.
“Come and know your master,” David repeated.
The troop allowed the fat driver to make his way to David while the chanting continued until he finally stood in front of the boy king.
David was too weak to move, his face painted like the sun god Ra.
He put out his hand. “Kiss my hand, my little scorpion, and know your master…”
To those who feel strong, come and enter the mystical world of King David – The Leper Messiah!
Robert