What is the Ba or Soul
The Ba an Egyptian symbol for the soul usually depicted as a
bird with the head of the deceased. The ba is believed could flit between the
world of the dead and the living if one knew the proper power words or spells
(thought brought to life by the spoken word)
The Ba is only one of 9 very important components to the
human “soul”.
Again, the importance of the sacred number 9 rears its
pretty head. 9 being the number of completion.
In the line of this mythology the 8 Ogdoad pairs create Atum
(9) and existence and life were created.
Ra would sir the 8 deities would join him to create the
Ennead or 9 Shu and Tefntu, Geb and Nut, Ausra and Auset and Seth and Nepthys.
9 Would be import in the representation of the soul as well
The Khet is the physical form which is why mummification became important
as it was seen as essential for the afterlife.
Sah (spiritual body spiritual representation of the physical body)
forms. This spiritual body was then able to interact with the many entities
extant in the afterlife. The Sah could manifest in this planes as well as an
angry spirit.
Ib is the heart which is the center for emotion its formed
from a dop of the mothers blood.
It was thought that the heart was examined by Anubis and the
deities during the Weighing of the Heart ceremony. If the heart weighed more
than the feather of Maat, it was immediately consumed by the monster Ammit, and
the soul became eternally restless.
The heart is judged and weighed in the Weighing of the Heart
Ceremony. If the heart was judged to be heavy with sin it was devoured by the
monster Ammit.
The Ka is your vital essence the spark of life that comes
from the universe. It’s the part of all of us that is divine. The Ka is
immortal.
Shut (shadow)
A person's shadow or silhouette, šwt (shut), is always
present. Because of this, Egyptians surmised that a shadow contains something
of the person it represents.
sḫm (sekhem) as the living force or life-force of the soul
which exists in the afterlife after all judgement has been passed.
Ren is a person’s given birth name its is seen as the sum of
a person’s identity, experiences and knowledge.
Akh is the intellect and is associated as thought as a
divine force.
The Ba is the unique aspect of a person, this is what makes
us different, it is shaped by the intellect (Akh), the hearth and the Ka vital
essence and the life force.
When a person suffers a mortal death the Ka leaves the body,
the opening of the mouth ceremony frees the Ba and its components to join the
Ka.
The ancient Kemet believed that the afterlife was similar to
this life. As above so below. Is a phrase that captures that, and the Ba and Ka
would create a new entity to replace the khet that as met it mortal time.
9 Components of Human Existence
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