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PREFACE |
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CHAPTER I. The Belief in God Almighty |
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CHAPTER II. Osiris the God of the Resurrection |
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CHAPTER III. The "Gods" of the Egyptians |
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CHAPTER IV. The judgment of the Dead |
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CHAPTER V. The Resurrection and Immortality |
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 |
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 |
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 |
The resurrection of Osiris. From the bas-relief at Philae.