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Sleepy Story to Fall Asleep Fast _ Gods of the Moon and Sun · Abide Meditation App

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Get Sleepy, where we listen, we relax, and
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  Speaker 1: we get sleepy. I'm your host, Tom. Thanks for tuning in. Tonight,
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  Speaker 1: I'll be telling a mythological tale about Thoth and Ra,
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  Speaker 1: the ancient Egyptian gods of the moon and the sun. So,
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  Speaker 1: as you lay in bed, gradually easing into the rest
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  Speaker 1: and relaxation of night, begin to slow your breathing into
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  Speaker 1: a gentle pace that feels comfortable for you. Nice and consistent,
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  Speaker 1: breathing in and slowly back out. And if you need
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  Speaker 1: some extra help to calm your body and mind, then
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  Speaker 1: close your eyes and try to visualize yourself simply as
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  Speaker 1: you are right now. You're laying comfortably relaxed in bed.
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  Speaker 1: And here in this peaceful moment, imagine that your body
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  Speaker 1: Is surrounded by a calm warming glow. A peaceful energy.
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  Speaker 1: Take another deep breath. And begin to absorb that glow within.
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  Speaker 1: Let it flow with the breath into your body. Gradually
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  Speaker 1: filling every part of you. from head to toe. With
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  Speaker 1: each deep breath, this essence of warmth and peace fills
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  Speaker 1: you more and more. Visualize it and feel it. It
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  Speaker 1: may only be subtle, But your inner glow is there
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  Speaker 1: and it can nourish and recharge your body throughout the night.
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  Speaker 1: As you continue to relax, allow your mind to travel
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  Speaker 1: far back in time to ancient Egypt thousands of years ago. Here,
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  Speaker 1: along the banks of the legendary Nile River, we'll learn
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  Speaker 1: about the myths, the gods, and the people who wove
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  Speaker 1: their tales. Thoth the Egyptian god of the moon and
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  Speaker 1: magic likes to write at night his pen always moves
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  Speaker 1: more easily under the light of the moon and stars
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  Speaker 1: tonight Thoth has a story to tell about the sun
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  Speaker 1: god Ra and the people who live in Egypt. His
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  Speaker 1: reed pen scratches against the sheet of papyrus as he
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  Speaker 1: weaves his tale. Soon the sun will rise, and Ra
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  Speaker 1: will spring forth from the land of the gods, leaving
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  Speaker 1: Thoth to travel to the underworld, where neither sun nor
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  Speaker 1: moon can be seen. Thoth sits in his temple in Memphis,
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  Speaker 1: the capital of ancient Egypt. Large smooth bricks make up
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  Speaker 1: Thoth's mortal home and colorful artwork adorns the walls. The
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  Speaker 1: moonlight glints on the tips of the pyramids outside his window.
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  Speaker 1: The magnificent structures tower above. the sleeping city. With a
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  Speaker 1: human body but the head of an ibis, Thoth's long,
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  Speaker 1: narrow beak almost touches the parchment where his pen is moving.
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  Speaker 1: He is painting the letters of the ancient Egyptian alphabet.
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  Speaker 1: The familiar smell of the Nile River wafts into his chamber,
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  Speaker 1: sweetening the air. The water, so essential to life in
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  Speaker 1: this ancient place, flows through the city. A gentle breeze
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  Speaker 1: rustles the palm trees and the stars glitter in the sky,
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  Speaker 1: looking down upon the great sphinxes. Soon Ra will wake
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  Speaker 1: and eat the moon and the stars, rising with the
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  Speaker 1: great sun. At night, he will travel back to the underworld,
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  Speaker 1: keeping the forces of chaos at bay. But things were
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  Speaker 1: not always this way. Back in the beginning, there was
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  Speaker 1: only Ra, the sun, and none the water. Ra enjoyed
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  Speaker 1: watching the water glittering under the sun's rays. He noticed
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  Speaker 1: how the glow changed at different times of the day,
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  Speaker 1: so he kept the name Ra for the midday sun
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  Speaker 1: and called himself Kepri at dawn and Atum at dusk
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  Speaker 1: when the sun turned multicolored But Ra got lonely with
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  Speaker 1: no other deities to talk to. So he brought forth
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  Speaker 1: the wind, rattling through the palm trees and brushing their
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  Speaker 1: flat leaves. Then he brought the rain, relieving the dry
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  Speaker 1: desert air with wonderful drops of water. From his tongue,
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  Speaker 1: came Thoth, god of the moon, stars, magic, writing, and
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  Speaker 1: the calendar. With the earth and the rain and the wind,
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  Speaker 1: it was only a matter of time until other life
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  Speaker 1: forms began to grow. Beautiful plants and flowers blossomed from
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  Speaker 1: the earth. Insects and animals flocked to the land of Egypt.
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  Speaker 1: Great philosophers, artists, storytellers and architects made this place their home.
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  Speaker 1: Ra was no longer lonely. He walked among the people,
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  Speaker 1: plants and animals. His falcon head hovering above the mortals
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  Speaker 1: who revered and respected him. For Ra helped the crops
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  Speaker 1: grow and gave the artists and scribes light to make
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  Speaker 1: great works. Ra ruled above the earth while his brother
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  Speaker 1: and fellow god, Osiris, ruled everything below. The underworld where
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  Speaker 1: gods and heroes lived was a place of beauty and chaos.
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  Speaker 1: The mortal world where the sun shone was a place
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  Speaker 1: of order. Many years passed this way. Ra appointed a
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  Speaker 1: pharaoh to uphold law and order for the Egyptians. and
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  Speaker 1: Osiris kept to his realm below in the underworld. But eventually,
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  Speaker 1: Osiris grew restless and wanted to visit the world of mortals.
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  Speaker 1: As the days went by, the chaos of the underworld
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  Speaker 1: slowly began to seep into the earth above. Because of this,
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  Speaker 1: the men and women of Egypt no longer respected Ra
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  Speaker 1: or visited his temples But Ra was not deterred. He
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  Speaker 1: knew there was a way to restore order to the world.
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  Speaker 1: Ra called Thoth to him and said, You have always
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  Speaker 1: assisted me in maintaining order. You have created the calendar
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  Speaker 1: and managed the seasons. Now I have a new job
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  Speaker 1: for you. You must keep watch on Earth in the night.
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  Speaker 1: Ra explained that he would visit the Underworld at night,
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  Speaker 1: making sure Osiris stayed there. But in the day, Ra
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  Speaker 1: has work to do on Earth. Every morning at dawn,
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  Speaker 1: he begins his daily journey. moving through the sky his
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  Speaker 1: pink rosy fingers reach up from the east bringing the
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  Speaker 1: light of day in his great mouth he swallows the
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  Speaker 1: moon and with his rays the cities of egypt come
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  Speaker 1: to life merchants hawk their wares in markets Women haggle
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  Speaker 1: for milk, eggs, and cotton cloth. Magicians perform feats of
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  Speaker 1: wonder in front of captivated audiences. And artists paint pictures
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  Speaker 1: onto stones. In the fields, farmers sow their crops. Wheat, barley, flax,
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  Speaker 1: and vines. And in the towns, children visit tutors who
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  Speaker 1: teach them to read and write. As midday approaches, Ra
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  Speaker 1: sits high in the sky. The blazing heat pushes the
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  Speaker 1: farmers and merchants indoors to rest. Fresh fruit grown in
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  Speaker 1: the fertile ground near the Nile helps keep the people
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  Speaker 1: cool and refreshed. Even Ra snacks on succulent figs and
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  Speaker 1: sweet grapes as he enjoys the glow of the afternoon sunlight. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: under the sun's heat, pharaohs wander through grand palaces, ordering
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  Speaker 1: the construction of temples, pyramids, and tombs. The architects of
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  Speaker 1: ancient Egypt are skilled craftsmen, utilizing a large workforce and
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  Speaker 1: expensive resources to build outstanding cities. And the Egyptians are
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  Speaker 1: also one of the earliest civilizations to adopt a writing system.
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  Speaker 1: During the long, hot afternoons, scribes chisel hieroglyphs into stone
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  Speaker 1: tablets and brush soft letters onto papyrus scrolls. Hieroglyphs are
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  Speaker 1: words in picture form, beautiful, phonetic shapes. They're carved into
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  Speaker 1: tablets and painted on walls. Difficult to create, hieroglyphic writing
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  Speaker 1: is reserved for priests and politicians. Rather than reading from
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  Speaker 1: right to left or left to right, hieroglyphs are always
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  Speaker 1: read in the direction that the figure is facing. The
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  Speaker 1: figure is often a bird, so this is a fact
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  Speaker 1: that Thoth, with his bird's head, particularly enjoys. As the
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  Speaker 1: scribes work on their hieroglyphs, the sun god Ra continues
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  Speaker 1: his journey across the sky, moving west of the Nile River.
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  Speaker 1: Longboats sail in and out of the northern Mediterranean shore
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  Speaker 1: of the country, bringing and sending goods to and from
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  Speaker 1: the rest of the Near East. Beyond the Nile, Ra
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  Speaker 1: looks down at the sand dunes below, where golden dust
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  Speaker 1: rides on gusts of wind. Shu, the god of air
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  Speaker 1: and wind, smiles at Ra, and specks of sand glint
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  Speaker 1: in the breeze. Ra, traveling west, starts to sink lower
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  Speaker 1: in the sky. Back in the city of Memphis, golden
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  Speaker 1: rays brush the roofs of houses as families gather for
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  Speaker 1: their evening meals. Scribes, magicians, merchants, and farmers return home
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  Speaker 1: for dinner. Ra watches the families, from farmers to pharaohs,
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  Speaker 1: laying dishes across small and long tables. There are green
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  Speaker 1: vegetables cooked with garlic, spiced lentils, eggs and bread. Across
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  Speaker 1: the land, honey-flavored drinks wash down the hearty food, accompanied
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  Speaker 1: by shared stories and laughter. Ra starts to turn the
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  Speaker 1: sky pink, purple, and red. It's almost time for him
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  Speaker 1: to descend to the underworld While the people sleep and dream,
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  Speaker 1: resting for the next day, Ra descends to watch Osiris
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  Speaker 1: keeping order in the world. His bright colors flashing across
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  Speaker 1: the sky, Ra heads to the horizon to meet Mayat.
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  Speaker 1: She is the wife of Thoth and the goddess of
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  Speaker 1: truth and justice. Together with her husband, Mayotte regulates the
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  Speaker 1: stars and the seasons. She uses truth and justice to
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  Speaker 1: keep the cosmic balance in order. During the day, Mayotte
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  Speaker 1: guards Ra's boat which waits on the border of the
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  Speaker 1: realm of mortals. In the evening, she watches him sail
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  Speaker 1: away into the underworld. Now, stars poke through the night sky.
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  Speaker 1: The moon is rising, signaling to Ra it is time
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  Speaker 1: to leave for the day. He climbs into his boat,
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  Speaker 1: and then, with a grin and a wave to may it,
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  Speaker 1: he paddles down to the realm below. For the rest
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  Speaker 1: of the evening, he'll row his boat through the river
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  Speaker 1: of the underworld. As the last rays of the sun
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  Speaker 1: disappear from the sky, the moon god Thoth knows it
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  Speaker 1: is his time to keep watch. During the night, he
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  Speaker 1: scribbles with his pen, tracking the hours, days, months, and seasons. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: the busy streets of the great Egyptian cities go quiet.
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  Speaker 1: Stars shine brightly through the black sky, and the full
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  Speaker 1: moon provides light. as parents lull their children to sleep.
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  Speaker 1: By the same moonlight, Thoth works on his books of
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  Speaker 1: alchemy and astronomy, sharing magical secrets that the curious will
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  Speaker 1: study for generations to come. Men and women lounge in
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  Speaker 1: their homes, keeping each other company and telling tales. They
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  Speaker 1: will soon fall asleep, but Thoth will stay awake, guarding
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  Speaker 1: order as he weaves his tales. These are the stories
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  Speaker 1: that people tell by fire and by starlight. about the
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  Speaker 1: Egyptian gods and the people who worship them. They're the
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  Speaker 1: tales of architects who build tall pyramid complexes and scholars
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  Speaker 1: practicing ancient forms of magic. Some, like the Greeks, believe
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  Speaker 1: Thoth is the author of the Emerald Tablets. This is
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  Speaker 1: an ancient text which has been cited as the foundation
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  Speaker 1: of alchemy, the art of transforming substances and creating magical elixirs.
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  Speaker 1: Many alchemists and magicians believe that the emerald tablets contain
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  Speaker 1: the key to making the philosopher's stone, which grants eternal life.
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  Speaker 1: As Thoth works on his alchemy and watches over the
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  Speaker 1: sleeping world, Ra continues his journey below. His steady boat
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  Speaker 1: rocks back and forth as he rides slowly through the
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  Speaker 1: river of the underworld, just as if he were floating
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  Speaker 1: down the Nile. As he travels, He salutes the Egyptian
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  Speaker 1: heroes and pharaohs of times past. Many gods call this
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  Speaker 1: place home. Osiris reigns here, but the underworld is also
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  Speaker 1: home to Anubis, the god of mummification, and Hathor, the
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  Speaker 1: goddess of love and fertility. They all dwell in the
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  Speaker 1: wide fields and wonderful caverns of the world below, where
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  Speaker 1: turquoise trees line the way. Thoth and Maat call this
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  Speaker 1: place home as well, and only dwell above when the
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  Speaker 1: moon and the stars shine bright. Up above, the people
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  Speaker 1: fall deeper into slumber. They sleep peacefully, knowing that Ra
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  Speaker 1: is keeping order below, and Thoth and Mayat are standing
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  Speaker 1: guard above. Thoth knows that when the sun starts to rise,
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  Speaker 1: he'll trade places with Ra, When Ra bursts from the underworld,
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  Speaker 1: bringing the sun, Thoth will return below. They repeat this
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  Speaker 1: cycle every 24 hours. But for now, Thoth enjoys the
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  Speaker 1: peaceful night. He looks out across the great city of Memphis.
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  Speaker 1: the ancient capital of Egypt. While the power of the
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  Speaker 1: ancient Egyptians will rise and fall several times throughout their
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  Speaker 1: long history, the wonders built here will captivate the world
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  Speaker 1: for millennia to come. Thoth smiles as his pen scratches
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  Speaker 1: the parchment, He loves this quiet time of night when
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  Speaker 1: the balance between order and chaos creates a calming equilibrium.
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  Speaker 1: But he knows he's not the only one awake. There
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  Speaker 1: are others who enjoy the night just as he does.
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  Speaker 1: For in Memphis, night is the domain of magic While
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  Speaker 1: their families sleep, astronomers sneak out of bed. Wrapped in
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  Speaker 1: warm shawls, they study the sky. The astronomers see patterns,
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  Speaker 1: where others see only random dots in the darkness. They
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  Speaker 1: name the constellations after their favorite gods and stories. One,
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  Speaker 1: the Geese of Ra, is an ancient star pattern unknown
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  Speaker 1: to modern astronomers. But tonight, two famous constellations fill the
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  Speaker 1: night sky. They will one day be known as the
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  Speaker 1: Plough and Orion's Belt. the astronomers play an important role
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  Speaker 1: for the people of the Nile. Over generations, the astronomers
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  Speaker 1: have learned to let the stars tell them when the
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  Speaker 1: river will flood, allowing for farmers to plan their agricultural year.
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  Speaker 1: The reading of the stars helps the Egyptians plan for
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  Speaker 1: annual festivals and some believe, to predict the future. But
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  Speaker 1: watching the rising of the sun and moon and studying
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  Speaker 1: the positions of the stars also has a more practical function.
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  Speaker 1: It allows people to divide time into days, months, and years.
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  Speaker 1: Perhaps it is for this reason that Thoth, god of
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  Speaker 1: the moon, is credited with inventing the 365-day calendar. Astronomers
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  Speaker 1: use an instrument called a merket to study the night sky.
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  Speaker 1: The instrument helps them count the hours of the night
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  Speaker 1: through the stars. The Merket measures the Deccan, a group
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  Speaker 1: of 36 stars, which form a kind of clock. The
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  Speaker 1: Book of Nut, an ancient Egyptian astronomical text, explains how
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  Speaker 1: these stars can be used to count the days, months,
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  Speaker 1: and hours. As the hours quietly pass on, the astronomers
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  Speaker 1: must put away their tools and crawl into bed. For soon,
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  Speaker 1: Ra will bring the dawn. Thoth, knowing it is nearly
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  Speaker 1: time to go, finishes his writing for the evening and
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  Speaker 1: leaves his temple. As he walks along the Nile, he
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  Speaker 1: imagines Ra floating below in the river, in the world
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  Speaker 1: of the gods. Soon, Thoth will trade places with him.
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  Speaker 1: In the underworld, he'll wander through caverns and see lakes
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  Speaker 1: of fire and turquoise trees. But Thoth enjoys his nights
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  Speaker 1: in the mortal world too, with wide open spaces glittering
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  Speaker 1: under the magnificent moon. He marvels at the city the
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  Speaker 1: people have built. Large smooth bricks rise into pyramids, details
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  Speaker 1: of past pharaohs chiseled intricately into stone. The Nile bubbles
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  Speaker 1: and chatters as it passes over rocks, mud, and earth.
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  Speaker 1: Gentle noises soothe the sleeping people as the night birds
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  Speaker 1: hoot gently overhead. Thoth's beak glistens in the starlight as
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  Speaker 1: he walks, marveling at the magnificent place he gets to
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  Speaker 1: call home. There are so many treasures, large tombs, pyramids,
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  Speaker 1: and sphinxes, as well as mummies and magic. Then there's
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  Speaker 1: the Egyptian language, art, and mythology. The civilization of ancient
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  Speaker 1: Egypt will one day fall, but the culture will live
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  Speaker 1: on for millennia. The last decan of the night ends,
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  Speaker 1: bringing with it the rays of dawn. Ra slowly ascends
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  Speaker 1: from the world below. It is time for Thoth to
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  Speaker 1: go down to the land of the gods for the day,
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  Speaker 1: walking by the river below instead of the Nile. This
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  Speaker 1: is how the days and nights pass. Ra circles in
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  Speaker 1: the sky above, descending below at dusk. Thoth rises in
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  Speaker 1: the evening and keeps the stars and moon shining brightly
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  Speaker 1: until dawn, recording the stories of the people as they dream.
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  Speaker 1: Ra wakes the people with the light of dawn. They'll
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  Speaker 1: soon be ready to go about their days, exploring the
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  Speaker 1: wonders of this magical place they are lucky to call home.
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  Speaker 1: And then Ra will complete his circle again, painting the
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  Speaker 1: sky a mural of pink and purple and red, signaling
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  Speaker 1: that it's time to sleep once more. As we end
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  Speaker 1: our tale, allow the stories of Thoth and Ra, the wind,
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  Speaker 1: the river, the stars and to fill your mind. Hear
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  Speaker 1: the trickling of the river and the swaying of the
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  Speaker 1: palm trees as the artists, magicians, scribes, merchants, farmers, and
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  Speaker 1: pharaohs lay down to rest. I'll leave you here to
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  Speaker 1: dream with them, the magic of the stars and the
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  Speaker 1: stories of Thoth weaving in and out of your dreams.
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