Saturday, September 7, 2013

Celebrity Deity of the Week: Anubis

Anubis:  Egyptian Deity of Protection, Chief Physician (and Embalmer) to ASAR (Osiris), and Patron Deity of Lawyers.


Anubis is the White Light that draws people's souls to Duat (the Otherworld, or place some go to when their bodily form dies).  Anubis leads the souls to the Divine Court of Ma'at, where they are judged for their actions when alive in the presence of the Divine Judge, Lord ASAR (Osiris), who is the King of the Otherworld and Lord of the Living.  Anubis then weighs the hearts of the person against the Feather of Truth/Order/Justice (Ma'at), so one's testimony is compared to the crimes.  If successful, the soul is led to Paradise/Heaven/Fields of Peace/Offerings by Horus (Mordoxis).  Horus in monotheist religion is comparable to St. Michael the Archangel, when he leads the righteous to Heaven.  If the soul fails (which is common nowadays) the Demon Ammut will devour the heart (chewing it to pieces), symbolic of heart disease.  The Ka Spirit of the damned is thrown into the fiery Abyss below that separates the dimensions, or it wanders the Earth looking for sustenance. 

Anubis is represented as a black jackal in humanoid form. 

MC 2013.









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