Chapter 7 (part 8)

Attributing human characteristics, emotions, or form to the divine; embodied divine imagery.

Divine beings are described with human-like roles such as warders, hour-goddesses, and travelers in boats.

The Hermetic axiom that the structure of the cosmos is reflected at every scale — 'as above, so below; as within, so without' — making each level a legible map of the others.

The text notes that the god's water travel is consistent with the experience of kings traveling through Egypt by water.

The supreme God's radical concealment beyond ordinary knowledge or perception; the Hidden Father.

AMENTI is explicitly defined in the text as the 'hidden place' or Other World where the Tuat exists.

The uncreated luminous quality of the divine, sometimes experienced directly in mystical states; illumination as revelation.

Ra is identified as the Sun-god whose fire consumes animals and chariots during his journey through the Tuat.

The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.

Ra is depicted as an active deity who travels, issues edicts, and is praised by other gods.

The Egyptian principle of truth, balance, and right order underlying both the cosmos and human conduct; the parallel to Zoroastrian asha and Greek dike.

Division I is named MAATI, reflecting the Egyptian principle of truth and order underlying the cosmic structure.

Iamblichean ritual practice that engages the gods directly through consecrated material symbols and actions, on the premise that divine power descends into properly prepared matter — distinct from philosophical contemplation alone.

The texts and pictures function as ritual tools to provide necessary information for navigating divine realms.

Texts and rituals guiding the soul through death.

[auto] The text references funeral works from the XVIIIth and XIXth Dynasties designed to guide passage through the Tuat.

Salvation through direct experiential knowledge of the divine nature, not through faith, ritual, or moral works alone.

[auto] Safety and power are attributed to knowledge of words rather than inherent divine status or virtue.

Esoteric teachings reserved for those ready to receive them; outer meaning conceals an inner liberating truth.

[auto] The knowledge of magical words is described as esoteric information obtained from Thoth through Isis.

Guided passage of the soul through afterlife realms.

[auto] Osiris and Ra require help from Horus and Isis to perform their journey through the Tuat in safety.

Divine names or formulas that carry ontological power, used in prayer, liturgy, or magical practice.

[auto] The passage explicitly states that gods could only pass through the Tuat through their knowledge of magical names and formulae.