Osiris : the Egyptian religion of resurrection
Material type: TextNew Hyde Park, NY University Books copyright new matter 1961Description: 2 volumes in 1.; ill.; bibliog. notes; appendix; indexContent type:- text
- unmediated
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- BL2450.O7 B8 1961
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VOLUME I. 1 The history of Osiris as told by classical writers. 2 The name and iconography of Osiris. 3 The mutilation and dismemberment of Osiris, his reconstitution and resurrection, his entrance into Heaven, and his state of being there. 4 The Heaven of Osiris under the VIth dynasty, with translations from the pyramid texts. 5 Osiris and cannabilism. 6 Osiris and human sacrifice and funeral murders. 7 Osiris and dancing. 8 Osiris and sacrifice and offerings, the propitiation of good and evil spirits by offerings, amulets, etc.. 9 Osiris the ancestral spirit and god. 10 Osiris as judge of the dead. 11 The African belief in God and the doctrine of last things. 12 Osiris as a moon-god. 13 Osiris as a bull-god. VOLUME II. 14 The shrines, miracle play, and mysteries of Osiris. 15 The mysteries of Osiris at Denderah, and the forms of Osiris in the great cities of Egypt, his 104 amulets, etc.. 16 The book of making the spirit of Osiris, or the spirit burial, the lamentations of Isis and Nephthys, hymns to Osiris, etc.. 17 Osiris and the African grave. 18 African funeral ceremonies and burials described. 19 The African doctrine of last things: immortality; the ka or double; the spirit-body; the shadow; the soul of the ka or body-soul; the heart; the spirit-soul; the dual-soul; transmigration of souls and transformation; new birth and reincarnation; death. 20 Spirits and the spirit-world; the place of departed spirits. 21 Magic (witchcraft), white and black. 22 Fetishism. 23 Spitting as a religious act; the wearing of tails by men and women. 24 Miscellaneous: sickness caused by an offended deity; sickness caused by the spirit of a dead wife; marriage; respect for the aged; purification after birth; circumcision, excision, and infibulation; twins; steatopygous women; the poisoning of Ra; Osiris restored to life by Isis; the spitting serpent; the insect sepa; snake worship; the crocodile; the use of the net in fowling, fishing, and hunting; strong names; the election of a king; pottery made by hand; finger nails; figures and counting; time the year, seasons, etc.; astronomy; the pillow or head-rest; the dance of the god; under-world; magical figures; incense; sitting on the shoulders; red body colouring; the tortoise; the primitive village; decoration of bows of woats; tree-worship; the throne; dried human bodies; cannibalism, human sacrifice, etc.; the spirit burial, or second burial. 25 The goddess Isis and her cult. 26 The worship of Osiris and Isis in foreign lands; Greek inscription dedicated to Isis, Sarapis, Anubis, and Harpokrates. Appendix--Translations from the pyramid texts of Pepi I, Mer-en-Ra, and Pepi II, describing the power and glory of these kings in heaven. Additional notes. Index
'The chapters printed in these volumes are the result of a study undertaken with the object of attempting to discover the source of the fundamental beliefs of the indigenous religion of Ancient Egypt, to trace their development through a period of some two score centuries, and to ascertain what were the foreign influences which first modified Egyptian beliefs, then checked their growth, and finally overthrew them....'
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