The Book of the Dead

by British Dept. Of Oriental Printed Books And Manuscripts

For both the mummified body and the spiritual elements which had inhabited it upon earth had to be protected from a multitude of devils and fiends, and from the powers of darkness generally. These powers of evil had hideous and terrifying shapes and forms, and their haunts were well known, for they infested the region through which the road of the dead lay when passing from this world to the Kingdom of Osiris. The "great gods" were afraid of them, and were obliged to protect themselves by the us

ISBN: 9781542497015

46 pages

Published: 2017-01-11

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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