– In ancient Egypt
The complexity of ancient Egyptian knowledge is clear to see, when reading their old texts.
Just to study how they believed in seven ‘spirits/sides’ to a human, one must be in awe of them.
A perfect harmony to all the gods and goddess and the Universal Lord, each as important as the other.
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| Human evolution |
What is Age?
When we do not fully understand the concept of time?
• KA = (Double) Spirit guide, The higher self of a human, a spiritual energy.
• BA = Can best be referred to as the astral body, the soul of the body, and it could move.
• KHAT = the physical body, the corpse.
• KHAIBIT = A person’s shadow. The negative aspects of the personality.
• AB = the heart of a person, the Essen’s of that being.
• AKH = The shining spirit. The perfect Ba, like a flower that grew from a seed, so does the Akh grow from the Ba.
• SAHU = The divine body, that the Akh lives in.
• REN = The name of a person.
Personal Note:
To this list must be added the fact, that each is not that easy to explain. And each is mentioned many times in ancient texts, but sometimes referred to differently.
In some places it would seem that the Ba is not just a ‘soul’ but was also material in some manner, acting much like a ghost.
In some myths, humans were formed by the water that flowed from Ra’s eyes, when he wept. They fell upon earths dust and as Ra had a Ba, so did he create each human with the same, a Ba.
Another word that might need some more studying is the word ‘Sahu’, which in some cases refers to a group of beings, in some texts these groups worked on the mental and spiritual level.
And in the above list, we find it speaking about a divine body, which the akh lives in. We now have more questions than answers. The divine body could refer to a giant being, maybe even the universe as a great living organism, and containing many and different akh’s?
There can be made many theories surrounding these words, but they did not think of life or mankind as being simple.
