the book of moving forword daytime

the book of moving forword daytime

The Book of the Dead also known in ancient times as the Book of the Daytime Passage is a collection of prayers spells warnings threats advice and confessions among other works from ancient Egypt that are associated with the Book of the Dead The god Osiris is enthroned before whom are the mummified figures of the four sons of Horus each mummy standing on banners and offerings The papyrus contains the Book of the Dead written in Corsif hieroglyphics with beautifully detailed full-color illustrations

Papyrus starts at the left side of the corsive, starting from the left to the right east. Papyrus of Yuya, found in the corridor of his tomb Contains 35 papyrus sheets. Papyrus contains the Book of the Dead Ritual spells on papyrus compiling the order of the worship of Osiris the funeral procession beginning and ending with the description of the identity of creation and validation at the temple of Osiris access to the solar cycle at the end and for passing through the mounds of the underworld Short prayers for communion with the great gods and Hathor divine status and protection against threats on the path of Resetjaw Finally the formula for bringing the transformed soul to perfection in the heart of the god Ra giving power before Atum, the god of creation to the god Osiris.

In the rituals and the happenings that help the body of the deceased become like a god through mummification and help the soul to travel peacefully through the underworld. The beauty of the art in these books of the dead the complex rituals and spells of tombs and the expensive mummification Strangely the exhibition does not mention this at all leaving it to the burial of the pharaoh or the office that had an important function in a specific way. In the clothes and small gifts are placed as good reminders Food drink and trinkets so they hope to go to the afterlife like the pharaoh

The Book of the Dead in a Semi-Literary Ritual

In ancient Egypt the dead like the living needed the help of ritual prayers to resist the dangers around them Rituals and prayers which were compiled into semi-standard scriptures and written on walls coffins and sarcophagi and later on portable papyrus scrolls many of the writings became impressive works of ancient art. The physical texts of papyrus could resist the dangers around them and were powerful. In Anglo-Saxon England and 19th-century Nigeria sacred books smeared with ink could effectively cure diseases

Prayers written in hieroglyphics are extremely effective and useful as they can act as protection against dangers around them The surviving medieval relics of Turku Cathedral Finland were consecrated in 1300 as the Cathedral Church of the Virgin Mary and Saint Henry of Uppsala The cathedral acquired many relics and reliquaries during the Middle Ages but lost its liturgical significance after the Reformation in the early 16th century The relics of Turku Cathedral were not destroyed or lost in their entirety but some are enshrined in a wooden chest believed to have been between 1338-66 which is preserved in the crypt and is now on display in the cathedral

Ritual of the opening of the mouth, detail from the Book of the Dead of Huneter.  Photo: British Museum.

In the rituals and the happenings that help the body of the deceased become like a god through mummification and help the soul to travel peacefully through the underworld The beauty of the art in these books of the dead the complex rituals and spells of tombs and the expensive mummification Strangely the exhibition does not mention this at all leaving it to the burial of the pharaoh or the office that had an important function in a specific way In the clothes and small gifts are placed as good reminders Food drink and trinkets so they hope to go to the afterlife like the pharaoh