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MUMMY OF A HUMAN BODY

As an embalmed corpse, this is a symbol of the purified personality; but a simple corpse is a symbol of the lower personality "dead in trespasses and sins."

"The preservation of the embalmed body, or mummy, was the chief end and aim of every Egyptian who wished for everlasting life." - BUDGE, The Mummy, Preface.

"The perishable body must be preserved in such a way that each limb of it may meetly be identified with a god, and the whole of it with Osiris, the judge of the dead and king of the nether world." - Ibid., p. 160.

The personality (body), purified through saturation with the higher qualities (spices, etc.), rises to immortality and union with the Divine (Osiris). Each purified quality (limb) is a member of the Divine body of the Archetypal Man (Christ), and the perfected souls at the end of the cycle will be identified with their Lord and Saviour, who has evolved within them.

See Also

ARCHETYPAL MAN
BA
CORPSE
DEAD
DEFUNCT
EMBALMMENT
FINGERS (two)
Gods
INCENSE
LIMBS
MEMBERS
OSIRIS
PERSONALITY
PHOENIX
PILLOWS (mummies)
SAHU
SPICES
VULTURE