Post by Keith Heitmann on Jun 3, 2004 3:03:51 GMT -5
Death
Hieroglyph translation: [glow=yellow,2,300]Raise yourself. You have not died. your life force will dwell with you forever.[/glow]
Life everlasint begins with a journey from the tomb through the underworld. The "ka" or life force, leaves the body first, followed after the burial by the "ba", or soul. The falcon-headed god Horus leads the "ba" through the doorways of fire and cobras into the hall of judgement.
Judgement
Hieroglyph translation: [glow=yellow,2,300]Oh my hear that I have had when on Earth, don't stand up against me as a witness, don't make a case against me beside the great god.[/glow]
The jackal-headed god Anubis weighs the deceased's heart, site of the conscience, against the feather of "ma'at", or "things as they should be". Osiris, king of the underworld, and other gods watch as judges. If the heart is too heavy or too light, a monster that is part lion, part crocodile, and part hippopotamus (called Ammut) devours it, dooming the deceased to a perpetual coma.
Eternity
Hieroglyph translation: [glow=yellow,2,300]I have come forth in this daytime in my true form as a living spirit. The place of my heart's desire is among the living in this land forever.[/glow]
If the heart balances, the winged "ba", depicted as a bodiless head with wings, and the "ka", a similar head, but instead of wings it has a pair of small arms upraised with it hands upheld, reunite to form the "akh", or spirit, which emerges in the bright realm ruled by crowned Osiris. The "akh" can now reenter the living world and enjoy its pleasures, including his wife's love and the attentions off his servants. The utopian life portrayed on the tomb walls is now his for eternity.
Source: "Selections from National Geographic". 2003
Hieroglyph translation: [glow=yellow,2,300]Raise yourself. You have not died. your life force will dwell with you forever.[/glow]
Life everlasint begins with a journey from the tomb through the underworld. The "ka" or life force, leaves the body first, followed after the burial by the "ba", or soul. The falcon-headed god Horus leads the "ba" through the doorways of fire and cobras into the hall of judgement.
Judgement
Hieroglyph translation: [glow=yellow,2,300]Oh my hear that I have had when on Earth, don't stand up against me as a witness, don't make a case against me beside the great god.[/glow]
The jackal-headed god Anubis weighs the deceased's heart, site of the conscience, against the feather of "ma'at", or "things as they should be". Osiris, king of the underworld, and other gods watch as judges. If the heart is too heavy or too light, a monster that is part lion, part crocodile, and part hippopotamus (called Ammut) devours it, dooming the deceased to a perpetual coma.
Eternity
Hieroglyph translation: [glow=yellow,2,300]I have come forth in this daytime in my true form as a living spirit. The place of my heart's desire is among the living in this land forever.[/glow]
If the heart balances, the winged "ba", depicted as a bodiless head with wings, and the "ka", a similar head, but instead of wings it has a pair of small arms upraised with it hands upheld, reunite to form the "akh", or spirit, which emerges in the bright realm ruled by crowned Osiris. The "akh" can now reenter the living world and enjoy its pleasures, including his wife's love and the attentions off his servants. The utopian life portrayed on the tomb walls is now his for eternity.
Source: "Selections from National Geographic". 2003