The Egyptian Book of the Dead - A Guide to the Underworld

The Egyptian Book of the Dead, or better translated The Book of the Coming Forth by Day or Spells for Going Forth by Day is a collection of spells that help a deceased soul navigate the afterlife and make it to the Field of Reeds, or paradise. The spells detail what is to be expected after death, and give the knowledge required to reach paradise, so basically like a personalised guide to the underworld.
Every copy of the Book of the Dead was different, created for a specific person, like a manual, to guide them after death. This manual helped the deceased so they knew where to go, how to address certain gods, what to say in numerous different situations, and how to finally reach the Field of Reeds, which was a continuation of life on earth. Having a set of spells telling you what you needed to know was considered to be very helpful.
There was only one spell that every single copy seems to have had, and that was what is now known as Spell 125. Spell 125 describes the judging of the heart by Osiris in the Hall of Truth (also known as the Hall of Two Truths). As it was vital that the soul pass the weighing of the heart in order to gain paradise, knowing what to say and how to act before Osiris, Thoth, Anubis, and the Forty-Two Judges was considered the most important information the deceased could arrive with. The soul would be guided to the Hall of Truth by Anubis where they would make the Negative Confession, which was a list of 42 sins that the soul could honestly say they had never indulged in.
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0:00​ Introduction
0:58 What is the Book of the Dead?
2:06 History and Development of the Book of the Dead
3:52 What was Written in the Book of the Dead?
5:35 Spell 152 From the Book of the Dead
8:47 Outro
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The picture reminds me of the saying of Jesus to his disciples that they would sit on twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Very informative and well-written text! Thank you a lot!

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[@jasv8710]

Dear Kelly. Brilliant video! On my travels to Western Europe, I was informed that there also exists a series of books classified as encyclopaedia of the dead. Kindly share any light in this if possible. Regards. Jason

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Thanks! As far as we know, there aren't any ancient Egyptian 'Encyclopedia of the Dead', books just 'The Book of the Dead'.

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Thank you for a great video and your T-shirt is inspiring! SOME people might need to do some further reading to find the connection between the two!

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Liked seeing the illustrations

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Fascinating! Really intriguing with all my favorite attributes! All that Egyptian/ Book of The Dead information is cool too! I’d like to blow the froth off a few w/ Sheila and discuss which in credible archaeological site she most wants to visit! Ripper!

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Excellent explanation. 👍

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Very informative

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Very informative thank you for sharing

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Loved it ❤

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[@craigminchin593]

Really interesting. I always thought it was the ancient Egyptian Biblical equivalent. I always love being corrected and in the process, learn new things!

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[@OksintasObones]

Well Moses forged his religion from Egypt

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Never cease to amaze😇

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Thank you for the information Kelly, very good!

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I believe the scholarly naming convention would be "Book of the dead for Henuttawy" or "Book of the dead for Aaneru", but anyway excellent video.

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So it's like the OG handbook for the recently deceased 🤣 Great video! Thanks to the Histocrat for pointing me here

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Thank you so much - that means a lot. 😊

[@jewaunglenn]

I'll tell you what I think I'm very thankful for the gospel Of Jesus Christ..... No spells needed.... No fear of dying again in the afterlife.... No money needed to cast better spells.... Yes I'm thankful for the gospel the real good news that a person can be saved by faith and not by works or casting spells....

[@nyalokriek1648]

What I got out of this is that you must know oneself, your good and bad. You must know how to react or not act to certain thoughts you create or things people inflict on you. I think it follows similar principles to the bible :) I believe in one god and that he brought his son to teach us all the way of god. That same son who died for our sins :)

[@cejann3926]

Read the 42 Negative Confessions and learn that these book(s) are at the foundation of your beliefs. If you believe in the story of St. Peter and the Pearly Gates, you believe in the Book of the Dead. Your beliefs have a source and this is one of them

[@OksintasObones]

Moses copied his books from Egypt so did jesus and the rest

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Super.....

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I want a shirt like that😍. Esoterically Divine!!

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Very interesting

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It really is! Thanks for watching!

[@rubenhendley1230]

In order to go through the afterlife you had to recite the 42 negative confessions for which the ten commandments were copied from

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Thanks for watching!

[@OksintasObones]

Absolutely not just that but the whole religion

[@desmondschmidt7030]

What was the relationship between the 'Book of the dead' and the 'Book of traversing eternity' and 'Book of breathing'? Were these just customisations of the 'Book of the dead' or something different altogether?

[@rodgerbrown2430]

Just think, if your heart is lighter than a feather, and you avoid having your heart eaten, that's only the BEGINNING of your journey/trials.🙄🤣. Dead Egyptians must have had just a many, or more, problems and worries, than they did while still alive. Lol

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What the hell is that little guy doing at 3:33 underneath the star-spotted man-creature??? 😁

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Who is Thoth?

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Thoth is the Egyptian god of writing, magic and wisdom. You can read more about him here: member.worldhistory.org/Thoth/

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Why are you selling a Sumerian shirt in an Egyptian video

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[@EddahMwihaki-hv1ei]

Yes book of dead but the book of dead the heart ❤️ can not be heavier or lighter but must balance for the dead or deceased to journey after life like hunefer who show wearing white show lived a good live on earth and passed devourer a and ushering by Osiris to enter in in heaven

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5:36

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Yes Egyptian book of dead negative confession was stolen by so called Christianity and have been altered by other scholars ,yes ancient Egyptian were center in spiritual of maat feathers, yes you go through judgment of heart weigh against feathers of maat .

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[@gallo5263]

Great video, thank you. In answer to your question, sadly, I suspect there is no afterlife. We are born, we live and then we die. The scribes seemed to have a nice racket going on but a fascinating video nonetheless.