This is the second of three volumes, first published in 1906, which explore the Egyptian theology of the afterlife. It contains the complete hieroglyphic text of the short form of the Am-Tuat and of the Book of Gates, with translations and reproductions of all the illustrations. In the Book of Gates the doctrines of the sophisticated cult of Osiris are prominent: they affirm that the beatified live for ever in the kingdom of Osiris, and feed daily upon his eternal body. The object of all the Books of the Other World was to provide the dead with a ‘guide’ or ‘handbook, ‘ containing a description of the regions through which their souls would have to pass on their way to the Kingdom of Osiris, and which would supply them with the words of power and magical names necessary for an unimpeded journey from this world to the next.
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Limba Engleză ● Format PDF ● Pagini 316 ● ISBN 9781317649571 ● Editura Taylor and Francis ● Publicat 2014 ● Descărcabil 3 ori ● Valută EUR ● ID 3370158 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor Adobe DRM
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