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  • The Ancient Egyptian Goddess, Ma'at embodied the spirit of Justice by helping Osiris judge the dead when he weighed their hearts against that Ostrich feather she wore on top of her head.

    Susanna Speier: Empathy Politiku 2009

  • Here is thing--my best professors at Howard and there were many knew what those of us who fashioned ourselves budding intellectuals would have to debate people who did not believe that it took a village, people who'd gone to the best schools in the world, and who were armed with the latest facts and science, and Ma'at would not save us.

    A terribly painful conversation. Ann Althouse 2009

  • There's also Ma'at, a personal favorite, Whose role in judgement is to balance the heart against the wrongs committed; so She might help cut through the surface crap to get to the real of things from the heart's point of view.

    International Anne Johnson Day Anne Johnson 2008

  • He was fired from his position at the prison's law library for refusing to work on a Monday night in conflict with a Ma'at religious service.

    Archive 2007-08-01 Howard M. Friedman 2007

  • LEXIS 57419 D NE, Aug. 6, 2007, a Nebraska federal district court rejected free exercise of religion claims by a prisoner who practices and worships in the Ma'at faith.

    Archive 2007-08-01 Howard M. Friedman 2007

  • Hall of Ma'at has been following this story all along as well.

    More Bosnian Pyramid... Christopher O'Brien 2006

  • Mainstream media has become somewhat more critical of stories emanating from Visoko, but much of the real work in dissecting the claims has appeared on blogs and message boards, such as The Hall of Ma'at (see "Pseudoscience in Cyberspace").

    Bosnian "Pyramids" Update 2006

  • Hall of Ma'at has been following this story all along as well.

    Archive 2006-06-01 Christopher O'Brien 2006

  • He has vanquished chaos from the whole land and has restored Ma'at [the goddess of divine order] to her place.

    TutWatch: Who was Tut? 2005

  • Each of the pantheon ruled over his or her own area of human life; for example, the Egyptian goddess Ma'at dealt with the concept of justice, both in the material world and when the souls of the dead were weighed in the balance.

    The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

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