“Life is fellowship or ‘connectivity’; death is loneliness, in the sense of disconnection,
dis-integration. Loneliness is the fate of those who fail to realize connectivity,
who fail to find their place in the whole. Living properly means making it possible
for others to live with you. The ancient civilizations call this ‘justice’—in the
Egyptian language, ma’at. Justice refers to life in harmony with the connective
structures that make community possible, both with one’s fellows and with the
gods. The great mystery of this connectivity in the eyes of the Egyptians was that
it transcended death and promised immortality.”
Jan Assmann, author of The Mind of Egypt
“The aim of the Amduat (passage through the gates) is that the reader becomes
conscious of the guiding function of the inner Sun god or of the ‘inner great
human.’ The Amduat, written 3,500 years ago, contains in a nutshell the knowledge
necessary to reunite the individual soul with this inner guiding light.”
—Theodor Abt and Erik Hornung, authors of Knowledge for the
Afterlife: The Egyptian Amduat—A Quest for Immortality
In The Twelve Gates, clinical anthropologist John A. Rush describes death rituals in various
cultures, centering on ancient Egyptian rites and practices. Innovatively interpreting the
ancient Egyptian philosophy of death and resurrection and applying it to how we live
today, The Twelve Gates invites us to examine our feelings about death and reevaluate our
lives in the light of this ancient wisdom. The author details his experiences preparing for
his own death, including a painful tattooing process inspired by the ancient Egyptian
Books of the Dead. He then guides us through the ‘Twelve Gates of the Underworld, symbolic
ritual stages during which we can figuratively experience death and rebirth. The book
includes a set of full-color divination cards as an aid in passing through each of the Gates,
with instructions on the ancient Egyptian rituals that ease the way toward a peaceful,
conscious death.
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