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A man, woman and child stand before the great god Osiris. They are naked, so as they came into existence, so they go out. They are the eternal triad. Father, mother and child. They do not seem to be afraid. Their arms are uplifted in worship. Their coffins are decorated with the symbols of Ba-bird, Ka and Khu. Ba being the wandering soul, Ka being the life spirit, and Khu being the spirit soul. The red under their coffins could be the Lake of Fire.
Osiris is golden winged. He seems to be vanishing. If they don't hurry, he will be gone. He holds his crook and flail. The colors of his garments are black for the Underworld, green for resurrection and joy, red for vitality, and white for purity and sanctity.
In the clouds are the misty forms of Thoth and Anubis. Anubis holds the scales of Maat. There seems to be mountains in the distance.
Egyptians saw death as being the start of a dangerous journey rather than the end of life. The goal of this journey was to reach the land of the gods. In order to reach the land where gods dwelt, and to live amonst them, they must first travel through the land of the dead.
To the Egyptian, the heart notes all good and bad deeds of a person's life. It was the data that is analyzed in a ceremony, upon death, in a judgement for afterlife. The ceremony of the weighing of the heart occured in the Hall of Judgement. The deceased is led into the hall by Anubis. The deceased's heart is placed on one scale pan and weighed against the Maats feather of truth. Thoth records the verdict. The deceased is taken by Horus before Osiris after a proper verdict if rendered in favor. The demon Ammit, Eater of Hearts, destroys whom the verdict is against or they could be thrown into the burning Lake of Fire. Once Ammit swallowed the heart, the soul was believed to become restless forever, this was called "to die a second time".
Osiris is golden winged. He seems to be vanishing. If they don't hurry, he will be gone. He holds his crook and flail. The colors of his garments are black for the Underworld, green for resurrection and joy, red for vitality, and white for purity and sanctity.
In the clouds are the misty forms of Thoth and Anubis. Anubis holds the scales of Maat. There seems to be mountains in the distance.
Egyptians saw death as being the start of a dangerous journey rather than the end of life. The goal of this journey was to reach the land of the gods. In order to reach the land where gods dwelt, and to live amonst them, they must first travel through the land of the dead.
To the Egyptian, the heart notes all good and bad deeds of a person's life. It was the data that is analyzed in a ceremony, upon death, in a judgement for afterlife. The ceremony of the weighing of the heart occured in the Hall of Judgement. The deceased is led into the hall by Anubis. The deceased's heart is placed on one scale pan and weighed against the Maats feather of truth. Thoth records the verdict. The deceased is taken by Horus before Osiris after a proper verdict if rendered in favor. The demon Ammit, Eater of Hearts, destroys whom the verdict is against or they could be thrown into the burning Lake of Fire. Once Ammit swallowed the heart, the soul was believed to become restless forever, this was called "to die a second time".