THE DJED PILLAR

According to the interpretation of traditional Egyptology, the Djed pillar is originally a tree with cut branches playing a role in fertility rites. Associated with Osiris, god of fertility and rebirth, it becomes the symbol of resurrection and stability.

Sign of stability, the Djed pillar represented the backbone of Osiris, piously preserved at Busiris. Erecting a Djed pillar was equivalent to giving life to the god. The pillar also evokes the necessary stability of Egypt and the need to maintain the cohesion of upper and lower Egypt. The erection of Djed is one of multiple variations on the theme of dismembered, assembled, revitalized Osiris.

   
A high voltage isolator

A modern high voltage isolator, with 4 rings of insulation.		The Djed pillar of ancient Egypt

Djed pillar of ancient Egypt, with its 4 horizontal bars

To repel the forces of evil, the ancient Egyptians surrounded their mummies and statues with protective amulets. One of the most effective was the Djed pillar, associated to the spine of Osiris. According to Egyptologists, the four horizontal bars of the pillar would represent the cervical vertebrae of Osiris, god of fertility, resurrection and stability.

This symbol is therefore closely linked to the idea of stability and especially of « revitalization ». The metaphor of the Djed, the tree-pillar with cut branches, perhaps hides a forgotten knowledge.

In the opinion of some Engineers of the 21st century, the « Djed pillar » has a strange shape that reminds a high voltage isolator with 4 rings of insulation. Behind this curious symbol there is perhaps a technical knowledge dating back to a time very ancient, the « Zep Tepi or First Time of Horus ».