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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS................................8 AUTHOR’S NOTE............................................9FOREWORDBy Dolores Ashcroft Nowicki........................10PREFACE.........................................................12PART ONE INTRODUCTION...................15 The Amduat; The Book of the Hidden Chamber...............16 The Sungod Râ..................................................19 The Mystical journey of the Sungod Râ.......21 The Realm of the Duat...................................23Osiris, Lord of the Duat.................................26 The group of Elite Priests..............................28Netjeru; the Gods of the ancient Egyptians32 The Sacredness of the Amduat.....................35 The Ba, the Ka and the Akh..........................37 The Ba................................................................38 The Ka...............................................................39 The Akh.............................................................40Consciousness; Know Thy Self.....................42 True Mastery.....................................................44 The Great Awakening; The Way of the Heart......................................47 A true remedy to a person on earth..............52 The Secrecy.......................................................53Symbolism; the language of thesubconsciousness..............................................55How to descend in the Duat..........................58 To know; The title of the Amduat................62 The power of the Name..................................64Magical Names in the Duat............................67 The Amduat in our lives.................................68 The healing aspect of duality.........................69 The influence of the Sacred Riverduring the inundation......................................71 The Sun barque and its crew..........................72 Wepwawet “The Opener of the Ways”........74Sia “Percipience”..............................................77Nebet wia “Lady of the Barque”...................78Iuf “Flesh (of the Sungod)”...........................79Heru Hekenu “Horus of Fragrance”............81Ka Maât ”Bull of Maât...................................83Nehes “Wakeful One”.....................................86Hu “Utterance”.................................................86Kherep wia “Guide of the barque”...............88PART TWO THE TWELVE HOURS OF THE NIGHT THE FIRST HOUR “Water of Râ”...................................................90 The Entrance to the Duat...............................91Introduction.......................................................94 The Duatians on the left riverbank (upper section)..................................................96 The Duatians of The Sacred River(middle section – upper part).........................99 The Duatians of the Sacred River(middle section – lower part).......................104 The Duatians on the right riverbank (lower section)................................................110Closing text......................................................115Manifestation of the First Hourin daily life.......................................................116 THE SECOND HOUR “Wernes”..........................................................122Introduction.....................................................124 The Duatians on the left riverbank (upper section)................................................127 The Duatians of the Sacred River(middle section)..............................................132 The Duatians on the right riverbank (lower section)................................................140
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Closing text......................................................144 The manifestation of the Second Hourin daily life.......................................................145 THE THIRD HOUR “Water of the Unique Lord, which brings forth nourishment”.................150Introduction.....................................................152 The Duatians on the left riverbank (Upper section)...............................................153 The Duatians of the Sacred River(middle section)..............................................165 The Duatians on the right riverbank (lower section)................................................170Closing text......................................................174 The manifestation of the Third Hourin daily life.......................................................177 THE FOURTH HOUR “With Living Manifestations”......................182Introduction.....................................................184 The Duatians on the left riverbank (upper section)................................................188 The Duatians of the Sacred River(middle section)..............................................193 The Duatians on the right riverbank (lower section)................................................200 The manifestation of the Fourth Hourin daily life.......................................................202 THE FIFTH HOUR “West”..............................................................206Introduction.....................................................208 The route of the Sungod...............................210 The Duatians on the left riverbank (upper section)................................................211 The Duatians of the Sacred River(middle section)..............................................215 The Duatians on the right riverbank (lower section)................................................219 The manifestation of the Fifth Hourin daily life.......................................................224 THE SIXTH HOUR “Deep Waters, Lady of the Duatians”.......228Introduction.....................................................230 The Duatians on the left riverbank (upper section)................................................231 The Duatians of the Sacred River(middle section)..............................................240 The Duatians on the right riverbank (lower section)................................................245 The manifestation of the Sixth Hourin daily life.......................................................249 THE SEVENTH HOUR “Mysterious Cavern”......................................254Introduction.....................................................256 The Duatians on the left riverbank (Upper section)...............................................257 The Duatians of the Sacred River(Middle section)..............................................264 The Duatians of the right riverbank (lower section)................................................271 The manifestation of the Seventh Hourin daily life.......................................................275Heka or Magic, the creative force...............279 THE EIGHTH HOUR “Sarcophagus of her Gods”..........................282Introduction.....................................................284 The Duatians on the left riverbank (upper section)................................................287 The Duatians of the Sacred River(middle section)..............................................293 The Duatians on the right riverbank (lower section)................................................296 The Manifestation of the Eighth Hourin daily life.......................................................298 THE NINTH HOUR “Flowing forth of images, with living manifestations”...........................304