Joining the Circumpolar Stars
The blessed dead join the 'Imperishable Ones' - stars that never set. This teaches that achieving immortality means becoming part of the eternal cosmic order.
The blessed dead join the 'Imperishable Ones' - stars that never set. This teaches that achieving immortality means becoming part of the eternal cosmic order.
I am among the Imperishable Stars. I never set. I circle the pole forever.
Stellar Religion
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- What ancient Egypt says about growing old
The stars that circle the pole and never dip below the horizon were called the Imperishable Ones, and the Pyramid Texts ask for the dead to be numbered among them. Egypt drew its picture of the end from something anyone could verify by looking north.