Multiple Afterlives
Egyptian theology allowed for multiple simultaneous afterlife states - in the tomb, the Duat, the Field of Reeds, and among the stars. The soul is not limited to one destination.
Egyptian theology allowed for multiple simultaneous afterlife states - in the tomb, the Duat, the Field of Reeds, and among the stars. The soul is not limited to one destination.
I am in the tomb, I am in the sky, I am in the underworld, I am everywhere the gods dwell.
Afterlife Theology
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- What ancient Egypt says about grief
The same person could be in the tomb, in the sky, in the Field of Reeds and sailing with Ra; Egyptian theology never forced the choice. For a mourner that is unusually permissive — you are not wrong to feel they are in more than one place.