Eye of Ra, Play Pierced
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Wednesday January 31st, 2007 @ 4:39 PM
Filed under: Body Modification, Play Piercing, Ritual
Frederick Mackmiller had this series of play piercings done in the shape of an Eye of Horus by Dorian Antes at Beneath the Skin in Las Cruces, NM. As a related point of trivia, as well as being a symbol of royalty, as a part of language the eye symbols generally meant “to do” or “to perform”.
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30 Responses to “Eye of Ra, Play Pierced”
to perform play piercings. amazing. very cool ^_^
FlamingFist on January 31st, 2007 at 4:44 pmThat is amazing….very hardcore I couldn’t sit through that long of a session
Fitzzz on January 31st, 2007 at 4:49 pmNiccccceee ~_0
Bradly on January 31st, 2007 at 4:50 pmI normally don’t like play piercings…..but this one is awesome!
Jessica on January 31st, 2007 at 5:32 pmCool.
scissorygirl on January 31st, 2007 at 6:03 pmHmm, has anyone done a BME play piercing pattern yet?
I thought that was the “Eye of Horus” Are they the same thing?
J-Knuckles on January 31st, 2007 at 7:02 pmYeah, I think Ra and Horus can be used interchangably though I’m not 100%.
Sam on January 31st, 2007 at 7:12 pmthat looks awesome!
wish_I_were_a_dragon... on January 31st, 2007 at 7:21 pmJust…. wow!
The Darthside on January 31st, 2007 at 8:22 pmInteresting take on the concept. Its both symbolic and artfull. Someone recently propostioned me for a play piercing scene. Maybe if I can do the artsy thing It would be worth it. I’ll sure i’ll post pitures.
starspring on January 31st, 2007 at 8:29 pmIt would have been cleaner, but there were wiggling problems. (did I spell wiggling right?)
Dorian Antes on January 31st, 2007 at 9:25 pmThis is eye of god Horus!!! Not Ra!
Ra is the god of sun, horus is god-falcon!!!
Shame!
My girlfriend is studing egiptology. ;)
Zvier on January 31st, 2007 at 10:15 pmMaybe I’m mistaken, but isn’t the curl at the bottom supposed to face the other way? Either way, it’s kick ass and a great concept!
Sasha on January 31st, 2007 at 10:20 pmHow apt
lilish on January 31st, 2007 at 11:55 pmHell, I guess I should bone up on my egyptian mythology. Been a long time since I took an anthro class.
Dorian Antes on February 1st, 2007 at 12:03 am“horus” is pronounced “hra” with a really soft “h”… almost “ra” but not quite.
It is usually just pronounced “ra”, although the correct spelling is Horus. As someone pointed out, Ra is a different dude.
Just had to release that random bit of info stored in my brain.
oikos on February 1st, 2007 at 4:03 amThat is awesome! What more could I possibly say?
My_Own_Nightmare on February 1st, 2007 at 4:05 amThis kicks ass. I love it.
Raevyn on February 1st, 2007 at 5:06 amRa is the old god of the sun from Lower Egypt, so it sort of applies, but the myth is about Osiris and the eye of Horus.
Nick on February 1st, 2007 at 5:37 amOliver demands another BME boys pin-up series!
oliver on February 1st, 2007 at 12:29 pmwhos with me?!
lovely :)
Isis pt on February 1st, 2007 at 12:58 pm#12, you know the difference between Horus and Ra, but can’t spell “Egypt”? ;)
Em on February 1st, 2007 at 9:31 pmlooks cool…..but with a little more preparation, you could have easily done the piercings much more even, and not had all that pen on the skin. I would love to see this design portrayed by just the needles. It just takes a little creative experimentation to get it just right…….otherwise, looks cool……
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Max on February 2nd, 2007 at 2:21 amI don’t think it would have been too hard to get them more even if the guy didn’t move, but he squirmed like a worm.
Dorian Antes on February 2nd, 2007 at 2:59 amthe depth is different on every needle, and some of them hardly make it out the other end of the skin…..just my evaluation…..
Max on February 2nd, 2007 at 5:54 pm#22 STFU! ^_^ ;D
Zvier on February 4th, 2007 at 8:17 pmhow do you find out who will do these play piercings in your area?
zoerhode on February 13th, 2007 at 5:31 amATTN: YOU MORONS.
To the dude that says his girlfriend is studying Egypt; tell her to quit her studies because she obviously hasn’t picked any of it up.
There are TWO eyes that belong to Horus. The left eye, and the right eye. One symbolises the moon, the other symbolises the sun. The “Left Eye of Horus”, is called “The Eye of Thoth”. And the “Right Eye of Horus”, is called “The Eye of Ra (Re)”.
This is indeed the right eye. So it is the right eye of Ra (Re), belonging to Horus.
Sagan on March 7th, 2007 at 6:44 amYou used wikipedia?
Zvier on March 10th, 2007 at 2:38 pmI want to get a tattoo of an egyptian eye but I want to know what is the difference between the eye of horus and the eye of Ra and would it matter if I get either one. don’t they both look the same?
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