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Scholarly translation of ancient Egyptian funerary spells, hymns, and prayers guiding the dead through underworld judgment to eternal life.
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Scholarly translation of ancient Egyptian funerary spells, hymns, and prayers guiding the dead through underworld judgment to eternal life.
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The Book of the Dead is the title now commonly given to the great collection of funerary texts which the ancient Egyptian scribes composed for the benefit of the dead. These consist of spells and incantations, hymns and litanies, magical formulae and names, words of power and prayers, and they are found cut or painted on walls of pyramids and tombs, and painted on coffins and sarcophagi and rolls of papyri. This book is the treatise and analysis of The Book of the Dead, (also known as Spells of ...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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No romantic or sexual content present
Violence & gore
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Underworld perils, heart-weighing judgment, and fate of the damned
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Core focus on Egyptian gods, afterlife theology, hymns, and funerary rites
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy-genre magic present
Occult / demonology
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Central ancient spells, incantations, magical formulae, and words of power
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Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Brief references to afterlife punishment of the unworthy
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