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The Alchemist, v.1, issue 3, Summer 1940
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THE ALCHEMIST Page 43 "MAN'S DOUBLE IN ANCIENT EGYPT" by Walter James Daugherty "A short outline of the "Ka" or man's other self of ancient Egypt." *KA* The Egyptians believed that every man, king and god was born with a double personality. They taught that a second self or "Ka", was created with him, and that this Ka represented him in the spirit world, through-out his life. When death came, the Ka was free to wander at will. If food and drink were not furnished for the Ka, then it would wander about in search of it. This to the ancient Egyptain was unthinkable. Food must be fornished, and also an abidingplace. A portrait-stature of the deceased was always made so that the Ka might recognize the home prepared for it. The Ka animated the statue and received the mortuary offerings. An invariable characteristic of a Ka was its dignity. The effigy of a prince must have a princely bearing, and one of a professional person must have a pose indicative of his calling. After the statue of the Ka was made it was put in the Ka chapel, called the "Serdad". This was an inner room of the MASTABA, or tomb, for the deceased.
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THE ALCHEMIST Page 43 "MAN'S DOUBLE IN ANCIENT EGYPT" by Walter James Daugherty "A short outline of the "Ka" or man's other self of ancient Egypt." *KA* The Egyptians believed that every man, king and god was born with a double personality. They taught that a second self or "Ka", was created with him, and that this Ka represented him in the spirit world, through-out his life. When death came, the Ka was free to wander at will. If food and drink were not furnished for the Ka, then it would wander about in search of it. This to the ancient Egyptain was unthinkable. Food must be fornished, and also an abidingplace. A portrait-stature of the deceased was always made so that the Ka might recognize the home prepared for it. The Ka animated the statue and received the mortuary offerings. An invariable characteristic of a Ka was its dignity. The effigy of a prince must have a princely bearing, and one of a professional person must have a pose indicative of his calling. After the statue of the Ka was made it was put in the Ka chapel, called the "Serdad". This was an inner room of the MASTABA, or tomb, for the deceased.
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