Jan 3, 2010

The Book of the Dead | The Book of the Dead

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Author: n/a
First Published: 1842
Type of Work: Religious
Principal Characters: Osiris, Isis, Horus, Anubis, Set, Temu, Ptah, Ra, Nut
Genres: Nonfiction, Religion and spirituality
Subjects: Magic or magicians, Mythology or myths, Religion, Death or dying, Gods or goddesses, Egypt or Egyptians, Rites or ceremonies, Edible plants, Afterlife, Middle East, Mortality, Corn

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The god Temu, the spirit of creation, became manifest first as Ptah, and then as the word spoken by Ptah, which brought creation into existence. Ptah created first himself, then the other gods, and finally created Egypt, by speaking the divine words that made the gods aware of themselves; thus, all of creation exists as different aspects, or “faces,” of Ptah, and of his words. Immediately after he spoke these first powerful magic words, while the earth and the waters of primordial chaos were still in the process of separating themselves, Ptah promised eternity to...

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The Book of the Dead | The Book of the Dead

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