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    Egypt History: Navigating the Afterlife

    Ancient Egyptian religion was a complex system of polytheistic beliefs and rituals which were an integral part of ancient Egyptian society. It centered on the Egyptians' interaction with many deities who were believed to be present in, and in control of, the forces and elements of nature. The practices of Egyptian religion were efforts to provide for the gods and gain their favor. Formal religious practice centered on the pharaoh, the king of Egypt. Although he was a human, the pharaoh was believed to be descended from the gods. He acted as the intermediary between his people and the gods, and was obligated to sustain the gods through rituals and offerings so that they could maintain order in the universe. The state dedicated enormous resources to Egyptian rituals and to the construction of the temples.

    Individuals could interact with the gods for their own purposes, appealing for their help through prayer or compelling them to act through magic. These practices were distinct from, but closely linked with, the formal rituals and institutions. The popular religious tradition grew more prominent in the course of Egyptian history as the status of the pharaoh declined. Another important aspect was the belief in the afterlife and funerary practices. The Egyptians made great efforts to ensure the survival of their souls after death, providing tombs, grave goods, and offerings to preserve the bodies and spirits of the deceased.

    The religion had its roots in Egypt's prehistory and lasted for more than 3,000 years. The details of religious belief changed over time as the importance of particular gods rose and declined, and their intricate relationships shifted. At various times, certain gods became preeminent over the others, including the sun god Ra, the creator god Amun, and the mother goddess Isis. For a brief period, in the aberrant theology promulgated by the pharaoh Akhenaten, a single god, the Aten, replaced the traditional pantheon. Ancient Egyptian religion and mythology left behind many writings and monuments, along with significant influences on ancient and modern cultures.

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    Death, for the ancient Egyptians, meant a lot more than just mummies and pyramids. They were huge believers in the concept of an 'afterlife' which was pretty new back then. For the sake of comparison, the other older-than-ancient civilisation at the time, the early Mesopotamians, weren't so keen on the concept of an afterlife so they didn't bother preserving their history and knowledge as much as the Egyptians did. As a result, we know less about early Mesopotamians compared to Egyptians.

    In Ancient Egypt, the deserts were considered the epitome of chaos, of the "not-world", foreigners, strangers, beasts and storms (thus also personified by Set, the awkward outsider god who was part of and still "cut off" from the pantheon).

    They believed the earth and the afterlife was full of demonic traps that you needed to avoid in order to advance to heaven, the white light is generally seen as one of the first traps, going into the light primes someone for more demonic torture on earth, however if your consciousness is disciplined, you can apparently not go into the light and maneuver around it, bringing you closer to 5D form, instead of continuing some type of reincarnation cycle on earth.

    They thought that you take it all with you when you go, and robbing a tomb or erasing a name from history could literally deprive the dead of belongings, or even their very existence. Taking the body away from its tomb drags the soul into afterlife poverty. They believed that your spiritual body would be the same as your corpse, so the corpse had to be preserved as much as possible.

    The Ka was a symbol of the life powers given to each man from the gods; it is the source of these powers. The Ka was said to be a spiritual double that was born with every man and lived on after he died, but only if it had a place to live. The Ka lived within the body of the individual and therefore needed that body after death. This is the reason why the Egyptians mummified their dead, because if the body decomposed, their spiritual double, their Ka, would die and the deceased would lose their chance for eternal life. You see, the belief was that the Ka guided a person while they were alive, but once they died the Ka would lead the soul (the Ba or Khu) into eternity.

    The ancient Egyptians had a terrifying vision of what awaited them after death. Like most religions, the Egyptian faith promised a land of eternal paradise. They called it Aaru, and in order to make it in you’d have to battle your way through a place they called Duat: the 12 stages of hell.

    If a soul could make it through Duat without being thrown into the fire, it would get its chance to be judged worthy of paradise. But if the soul was unworthy, it would be thrown to a beast called Ammit, who would torture them, tear them apart, throw them in the fire, and cast their souls into oblivion.

    A pleb might be allowed to live out eternity in a world of abundance, while a pharaoh might be allowed to become a god. Their afterlife ceremony involved the deceased becoming "Osiris" and ascending to merge with "Atum". The Egyptians also believed in their funeral ritual that in the moment of death, all of the figures, angels, demons, within, as well as your own self merge back into the one unity.

    The procedure of "moving" these individuals into the afterlife can be quite distressing for everyone involved. The symbolism that begins to emerge when entering the afterlife is implicit, yet strong, and instills fear in many cases. The procedure is meant to do this, as each of these individuals will be granted divine right and power as they move into their respective afterlives, however, by all standards, everything in the afterlife is still just as real as the life before, and, even though it may seem that nothing matters after they've been "moved", and that nothing is real, the people they meet in their afterlife and the interactions they have with them are just as real as the life before.

    It is important for the orchestrators of the procedure to try and communicate this fact, and even try to cover up the truth from these individuals that they have reached the afterlife in the first place.
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