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CONTENTS

 

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PREFACE

9

CHAPTER I. The Belief in God Almighty

17

CHAPTER II. Osiris the God of the Resurrection

61

CHAPTER III. The "Gods" of the Egyptians

108

CHAPTER IV. The judgment of the Dead

136

CHAPTER V. The Resurrection and Immortality

183

 

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

 

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The Resurrection of Osiris

16

Osiris-Nepra, with wheat growing from his body

31

Isis pouring out a libation in honor of the soul of Osiris

32

The Creation

43

Osiris seated on his throne by, or above a lake of water

44

 

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Osiris in the character of Menu and Harpokrates, as they sat in the disk of the moon

55

Osiris standing between Isis and Nephthys

56

Osiris rising from his bier at the command of Horus

69

Setting up the Tet

69

The king handing the Tet to Isis

69

The Tet of Osiris

70

The Tet, from which proceeds "Life"

70

Isis suckling Horus in the papyrus swamp

79

Osiris Hemka begetting a son by Isis

80

Osiris on his bier under which are vases containing his intestines

80

The soul of Râ meeting the soul of Osiris in Tattu

85

Horus and his four sons standing before Osiris and Serapis

86

Osiris in his closed shrine, accompanied by Isis and his four grandsons

95

Thoth and Horus binding together the thrones of Osiris, Isis, and Nephthys

96

Osiris being embraced by Isis and Nephthys

117

Isis and Nephthys bewailing the death of Osiris

118

Thoth, the advocate of Osiris

118

 

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The judgment of the dead in the hall of Maâti

163

The wicked being burnt in a pit of fire

164

The deceased being led into the presence of Osiris

173

Osiris seated in judgment on top of a flight of nine steps

174

The Elysian fields of the Egyptians according to the Papyrus of Nebseni

197

The "doubles" of Ani and his wife drinking water in the Other World

198

Isis giving bread and water to the Heart-Soul

198

The Elysian Fields of the Egyptians according to the Papyrus of Ani

207

Osiris seated in his shrine at Abydos

208

The Elysian fields according to the Papyrus of Anhai

213

The weighing of the heart in the presence of Râ

24

The deceased setting out for the Other World

214

The deceased building himself a house in the Other World

214

 

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The resurrection of Osiris. From the bas-relief at Philae.


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