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The Traveller's Guide to the Duat
Planning a trip to the Egyptian spirit world?
Like any responsible traveller, you want to know something about the history, geography, and politics of your destination. You want to know what documents you need to have in order for customs and immigration, what precautions to take, how to book a boat tour, where to stay, what to eat, and when you’ll get the most interesting sightseeing opportunities.
The Traveller’s Guide to the Duat is your guidebook to the spirit world of ancient Egypt, inspired by The Egyptian Book of the Dead. Laced through its humorous presentation you will find extensive information about ancient Egyptian religion and magical practice - from the etheric anatomy of the human soul to what colour to make your protection amulets, and from the history of creation to the rites of judgment held in the Hall of Two Truths. Renditions of ancient spells in modern poetry mark each section, showing the ancient magical texts in a new light.
The Beautiful West awaits! Book your tour today!
Like any responsible traveller, you want to know something about the history, geography, and politics of your destination. You want to know what documents you need to have in order for customs and immigration, what precautions to take, how to book a boat tour, where to stay, what to eat, and when you’ll get the most interesting sightseeing opportunities.
The Traveller’s Guide to the Duat is your guidebook to the spirit world of ancient Egypt, inspired by The Egyptian Book of the Dead. Laced through its humorous presentation you will find extensive information about ancient Egyptian religion and magical practice - from the etheric anatomy of the human soul to what colour to make your protection amulets, and from the history of creation to the rites of judgment held in the Hall of Two Truths. Renditions of ancient spells in modern poetry mark each section, showing the ancient magical texts in a new light.
The Beautiful West awaits! Book your tour today!
160 pages, Paperback
First published January 17, 2012
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July 17, 2016
A very friendly, readable introduction to Egyptian afterlife beliefs, aimed at Kemetics and written in a conversational style while still being well researched. On the other hand, it seems to aim for breadth at the expense of depth: this is a short book that breezes past important topics in a page or less. It's a nice start, but I think it would have been much better had it been more in depth.
February 15, 2022
"The Egyptian Book of the Dead" or "The Book of Going Forth by Day" or any other description of the various texts compiled from ancient hieroglyphs to explain the Egyptian understanding of death and the underworld during the pharaonic periods can be somewhat impenetrable. This made it more accessible. Fun to read, but without making it too fanciful or loosing its context. Some of it really moved me and I'm so glad Kiya took the time to interpret these texts for modern readers and those interested in living some of these traditions.
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