"This nocturnal regeneration of the sun demonstrates, by way of example, that powers of renewal are at work on the far side of death. At the same time, the journey occurs in the spaces of the human soul, in which a renewal from the depts become possible. That it is an odyssey of the soul is emphazised by the Egyptians through the indication that the sun god descends into the depths as a ba-soul (and thus is ram-headed, since ba is also the word for ram) ; herein lie significant antecedents of modern psychotherapy."Hornung, 1999, p.27.Treatise of the Hidden Chamber,
the positions of the Ba-souls,
the gods,
the shadows,
the Akh-spirits,
and what is done.
(http://www.maat.sofiatopia.org/peret_em_heru.htm)
The search is not yet done. Our frontier has just begun. We do not know the depth of the sacred text of antiquity. We have only started with our first step towards discovery. The modern western human begins with science which requires evidence. The Eastern human of ancient times began their experience with religious/mystic experiments. We are opposed to each other, yet we will eventually come to the same conclusion.
It is just a matter of time before the modern man will discover the entire DNA sequence. Only 3% of our DNA is understood today. The mystery continues. Just has our view- scientific as it is, reads the Egyptian Book of the Dead as a text about Death. This is completely misread.
*The ka-name relates to the vital essence of an individual.Reincarnation has been connected with the rites of Osiris, one of the Mysteries or cycles of initiation perpetuated in Egypt. The concept of transformation as recorded in the Egyptian texts has been interpreted in various ways. De Briere expresses it in astronomical terms: "The sensitive soul re-entered by the gate of the gods, or the Capricorn, into the Amenthe, the watery heavens, where it dwelt always with pleasure; until, descending by the gate of men, or the Cancer, it came to animate a new body." (1) (By I. M. Oderberg,http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/reincar/re-imo2.htm)
The Eygptians were pre-Vedas and as complex as the Hindu religion. They were involved in secret cults which involved serious mystic experiences. Our knowledge of astronomy, medicine and religious experience does not come close to what the Egyptian people and or religious sects were doing. They built monuments that are more advance than any astronomical creation we have created in modern times. There is something very significant to the Egyptian culture and sacred text. It is time we go back and study their point of view from a more respectful reverance, rather than a dogmatic scientific view.
