Chapter 9 (part 3)

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

AFU-RA shines upon the gods to revivify them, and his light leaving causes lamentation among the deities.

Pronoia — the doctrine that the divine actively orders the unfolding of the cosmos and human affairs toward intelligible ends, against pure chance or blind necessity.

Gods supply seasons, years, herbs, and water to followers, actively ordering the sustenance of the afterlife.

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

Salvation and benefits are contingent upon knowing the names of the gods rather than solely on moral works.

The divine reason, word, or ordering principle through which the universe was created; mediates between the transcendent God and the material world.

Gods are described as having life and performing duties only through the voice or word of power spoken by AFU-RA.

Direct address to the divine, whether petitionary, contemplative, or liturgical; speech and silence offered upward.

Words uttered on earth are described as petitions or prayers taken to AFU-RA by his ministers for offerings.

Fire as medium of divine presence.

Gods light fires specifically to destroy the enemies of Ra as part of their duties in the night realm.

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.

Texts and names are believed to possess special efficacy that allows the faithful to manipulate divine benefits and travel with the god.

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

[auto] The gods are described with human-like attributes and activities, such as traveling in boats with crews and wearing uraei.

Texts and rituals guiding the soul through death.

[auto] The passage explicitly describes the Book of Am-Tuat and the journey through the Tuat (underworld), which serves as a guide for navigating death and the afterlife.

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

[auto] The deities (AFU-Ra, Osiris) are depicted as active agents moving through regions and directing boats, rather than abstract principles.

Guided passage of the soul through afterlife realms.

[auto] The text details a boat journey through the underworld directed by a goddess (Shesat-Maket-Neb-S), representing a guided passage through afterlife realms.

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

[auto] The passage explicitly states that knowing and mentioning the names of gods grants abode in URNES and benefits.