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Middle Egyptian: An introduction to the language and culture of hieroglyphs. Cambridge University Press. p. 315. ISBN 0521774837. David, Rosalie (2002). Religion and Magic in Ancient Egypt. Penguin. p. 93. ISBN 0140262520. David, Rosalie (10 May 2012). Journey through the Afterlife. Elsevier. p. 20. "Mummies: Death and the afterlife in ancient ...
The most famous included decapitation, which when executed, "killed a person twice". As a result, the second death associated with decapitation was also assumed to have annihilated the chance at another life. As noted in Egyptian texts, this instance was incredibly feared, but happened most often to those who rebelled or disobeyed the king. [28]
Raymond O. Faulkner, "The Ancient Egyptian Coffin Texts", ISBN 0-85668-754-5, 3 vols., 1972–78. The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife, Erik Hornung, ISBN 0-8014-8515-0; The Egyptian Coffin Texts, edited by Adriaan de Buck and Alan Gardiner and published by the University of Chicago Oriental Institute. Volume 1, Texts of Spells 1-75
7.Protection from animals [8] 8.Spell for opening up the West by day. [5]9.Identifies the owner with the god Horus, son of Osiris; and affirming that Osiris will triumph over his enemy Set, and asks for the gods to open a path for him.
Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt. Translated by David Lorton. Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-4241-9; D'Auria, S (et al.) Mummies and Magic: the Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1989. ISBN 0-87846-307-0; Faulkner, Raymond O; Andrews, Carol (editor), The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead. University of Texas ...
In Ancient Egyptian religion, Medjed (Egyptological: mḏd) is a minor deity [a] mentioned in certain copies of the Book of the Dead. While not much is known about the deity, his ghost-like depiction in the Greenfield papyrus has earned him popularity in modern Japanese culture, and he has appeared as a character in video games and anime.
The opening of the mouth ceremony (or ritual) was an ancient Egyptian ritual described in funerary texts such as the Pyramid Texts. From the Old Kingdom to the Roman Period , there is ample evidence of this ceremony, which was believed to give the deceased their fundamental senses to carry out tasks in the afterlife.
Kemetic Orthodoxy is based on the religious practices of Ancient Egypt, although it is not strictly a reconstructionist religion. While it draws from primary Egyptian sources, it also incorporates additional rites developed by Siuda and incorporates elements from other modern African Traditional Religions and African diaspora religions .