The Egyptian Heaven and Hell: Volume II (Books on Egypt and Chaldaea, 21)

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This is the second of three volumes, first published in 1906, which explore the Egyptian theology of the afterlife. It contains the complete hieroglyphic text of the short form of the Åm-Tuat and of the Book of Gates, with translations and reproductions of all the illustrations. In the Book of Gates the doctrines of the sophisticated cult of Osiris are prominent: they affirm that the beatified live for ever in the kingdom of Osiris, and feed daily upon his eternal body. The object of all the Books of the Other World was to provide the dead with a ‘guide’ or ‘handbook,’ containing a description of the regions through which their souls would have to pass on their way to the Kingdom of Osiris, and which would supply them with the words of power and magical names necessary for an unimpeded journey from this world to the next. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Note Table of Contents THE SHORT FORM OF THE BOOK ȦM-ṬUAT FIRST HOUR SECOND HOUR THIRD HOUR FOURTH HOUR FIFTH HOUR SIXTH HOUR SEVENTH HOUR EIGHT HOUR NINTH HOUR TENTH HOUR ELEVENTH HOUR TWELETH HOUR CHAPTER I. THE ALABASTER SARCOPHAGUS OF SETI I APPENDIX: BELZONI'S ACCOUNT OF HIS DISCOVERY OF THE TOMB OF SETI I THE BOOK OF GATES CHAPTER II. THE WESTERN VESTIBULE, OR ANTE-CHAMBER OF THE ṬUAT, SET-ȦMENTET, GUARDED BY SET AND TAT. With 2 Illustrations CHAPTER III. THE FIRST GATE, GUARDED BY SAA-SET. With 10 Illustrations CHAPTER IV. THE SECOND GATE, SEPṬET-UAUAU, GUARDED BY AQEBI. With 7 Illustrations CHAPTER V. THE THIRD GATE, NEBT-S-TCHEFAU, GUARDED BY TCHEṬBI. With 10 Illustrations CHAPTER VI. THE FOURTH GATE, ȦRIT, GUARDED BY TEKA-ḤRȦ. With 11 Illustrations CHAPTER VII. THE JUDGMENT HALL OF OSIRIS. With 1 Illustration CHAPTER VIII. THE FIFTH GATE, NEBT-ĀḤĀ, GUARDED BY SET-EM-MAAT-F. With 4 Illustrations CHAPTER IX. THE SIXTH GATE, PESṬIT, GUARDED BY ĀKHA-EN-MAAT. With 27 Illustrations CHAPTER X. THE SEVENTH GATE, BEKHKHI, GUARDED BY SET-ḤRȦ. With 9 Illustrations CHAPTER XI. THE EIGHTH GATE, ĀAT-SHEFSHEFT, GUARDED BY ȦB-TA. With 12 Illustrations CHAPTER XII. THE NINTH GATE, TCHESERIT, GUARDED BY SETHU. With 10 Illustrations CHAPTER XIII. THE TENTH GATE, SHETAT-BESU, GUARDED BY ȦM-NETU-F. With 12 Illustrations CHAPTER XIV. THE ELEVENTH GATE, ṬESERT-BAIU GUARDED BY SEBI AND RERI, OR THE EASTERN VESTIBULE OF THE ṬUAT. With 2 Illustrations