Final Exam Egyptology
 
1)  What is the difference between between "Ba" and "Ka" if any?
 
2) What was the significance of the "weighing of the heart" ?
 
3) Whose heart was it?
 
4) What were the "bodies of man"?  Explain.
 
5) What was the "Book of the Dead"?  What was it used for?
 
6) Man's first gods were the ___________.
 
7) The ancient Egyptians practiced a belief system that was part totemism, __________and___________.
 
8) Horus was among the most important gods of Egypt, particularly because ______________________.
 
9) Anubis had three important functions. He supervised the ______________. He received the mummy into the tomb and performed the _________________ and then conducted the ____in the Field of Celestial Offerings. Most importantly though, Anubis monitored ___________ to protect the dead from deception and eternal death.
 
10) _____ was believed to be the most powerful magician in the universe, owing to the fact that she had learned the Secret Name of Ra from the god himself.
 
11) ____was the sky-goddess, whose body created a vault or canopy over the earth.
 
12) ____ was the sun god. He was the most important god of the ancient Egyptians.
 
13) _____ was the god of writing and knowledge.
 
14) The ____ is a very ancient Egyptian symbol of stability. It resembles a short pillar with four horizontal, stacked platforms on top. It is a symbolic representation of the Tree that entombed the god ______ at his death by his brother's hand.
 
15) The ______ was symbolic of rebirth.
 
16) The symbolism of the _____ is similar to that of the stick and its derivatives, namely; power and authority.
 
17) The _____ was not only the seat of the power of life, but also the source of both good and evil thoughts; and it sometimes typified the _______. It was guarded after death with special care, and was mummified separately, and then, with the lungs, was preserved in a jar which was placed under the protection of the god __________.
 
18) What was the original purpose of building a temple?

 

19) What was probably the oldest form of religious worship in Egypt?  

 

20) The worship of ___ the great sun-god, chief of the cosmic deities, was perhaps more closely related to the fate of the royal house than to that of the people, but his cult was nevertheless one of the most important in ancient Egypt. His symbol the _______became the design of the monumental tombs of the Egyptian kings.

 

21) What was the Divine Book of Teaching in Egypt?

 

22) Egyptians also believed in the concept of akh. What was it? 

 

23) ________ were used in Ancient Egyptian religious art to illustrate characteristics of the gods. However, the Egyptians did not worship ________ and the depictions were not literal.
 

24) The Egyptians divided the psyche into 9 parts...what are they?

25) What does polytheism mean?

 

26) Heka is the general term for _____________

 

27) What is The Opening of the Mouth? 

 

28) _____ was thought to be the skin of the gods, ________represented the bones of the gods.

 

29) Egyptian magic was not to display psychic powers or perform fantastic feats, but rather, it had a _________ in the civilization. Magic was the way by which one ________________________________________________

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30) What is Kemeticism?

 

31) What is Ma'at?

 

32) Why "Kemetic"? What does the word mean?

 

33) Is Kemeticism Wiccan?
 
34)  Define Neteru.
 
35)  Why were Egyptians called People of the Circle?
 
36) When was the most propitious time to perform magic?
 
37) The Egyptians believed that the divine powers frequently made known their will to them by means of what?
 
38) What is Egyptian animal worship? 
 
39) What is the symbolism of the Ankh?
 
40) Why was Osiris an important God?
 
41) What's isfet?
 
42) Who was the first mummy? and who embalmed him?
 
43) The four sons of _____ were the protectors of the body of all the deceased. Their names were: _____,______,_____ and______.
 
44) _____was the protector of the lungs of the deceased.  He was represented as a mummified man with the head of a _______.
 
45) ___________ was the protector of the __________ of the deceased. He was represented as a mummified man with the head of a falcon.
 
46) _____ was the protector of the liver of the deceased. He was represented as a mummified man.
 
47) _______ was was the protector of the stomach of the deceased. He was represented as a mummified man with the head of a ______.
 
48) The Egyptians believed that death was ______________ rather than complete cessation, of life
 
49) The removed internal organs were separately treated and placed in jars of clay or stone. These __________  _____were closed with stoppers fashioned in the shape of four heads -- human, baboon, falcon, and jackal - representing the four protective spirits called the ______ ______ _____ ______.
 
50) After death, the Egyptians looked forward ________________________________________ , enjoying all the pleasures of life with ______________________________.
 
51-75) Dream Scrying  worth 10 points
In preparing to use the Egyptian dream scrying method you must not speak to anyone on the evening you plan to scry. You should remain in silence after the setting of the sun.

Do not consume alcohol on that day or engage in sex. You must refrain from consuming food for up to four hours before the scrying.

After having a warm bath you anoint your temples with olive oil. You will need an oil lamp or candle which must not be colored red or bear any inscription.

Write on a short narrow strip of white linen or pure paper (not used before) with ink mixed with myrrh the name of the dream God and the purpose for the dream scrying. Place the paper under the candle.

Place the candle on a table beside your bed. Using the ink draw the image of the dream God upon your left palm.

You must decide which God or Goddess you wish to use. Thoth was well used with the Egyptians.

Light your lamp. - Kneel before the lamp.

Concentrating on the image on your left hand recite the following invocation :
Thoth I invoke, blessed power of dreams divine,
Angel of future fates, swift wings are thine,
Great source of oracles to human kind,
When stealing soft, and whispering to the mind,
Through sleep's sweet silence and the gloom of night,
Thy power awake the sight,
To silent souls the will of heaven relates,
And silently reveals their future fates.
Concentrate on your question. Around your left hand wrap a piece of black linen about four inches wide and about thirty inches long. The black cloth is called the 'black eye of Isis. - or the Magic of Isis. ( You may substitute a black cord or black thread)

Blow out the flame of the lamp.

Clear your mind and go to sleep.

Have a tape recorder beside your bed so that when you awaken you may record your dreams while still fresh in your mind.

You will find that the dream will come to you in a voice that is clear and powerful rather than in dream images. Sometimes the messages are in symbols - cryptic forms. Take your time in deciphering the messages you have received. You may want to use a dream dictionary.

record your results...no matter what they be

76-100) Beginning Mirror Divination worth 10 points

Work during the hour before sunset

To distance yourself from the everyday world for this special form of scrying, have a bath beforehand in water containing rose petals, rose essential oil or bath essence. Roses are sacred to Hathor.

When dressed, you can if you wish circle round your eyes with turquoise eye shadow, believed in Ancient Egypt to increase the power of the inner clairvoyant eye and ward off all harm. Men as well as women used this method.

Circle the mirror with tiny turquoise crystals, Hathor’s own stone of power or with golden jewellery, the sacred metal of Hathor, for example small gold earrings. You can also use imitation gold or golden coins in the circle, but try to have one piece of genuine gold, however small, in the circle.

Hold the mirror or swivel a table mirror so that if possible the last light is reflected in it.

You can also light red candles, Hathor’s colour so this light also catches the mirror reflections. In more modern magic, orange and pink have also become her colours.

Light rose incense on either side of the mirror.

Tilt the mirror angle so that you do not see your own face reflected, unless you are seeking to discover yourself in your true light.

Ask a question of Hathor and wait for the images to form either within the mirror or in your mind's eye. Both are equally valid and with practice you can cast the images from your psyche into the mirror.

To do this, visualise the image in a tunnel of light passing from the centre of your brow, the location of the psychic Third Eye, so that the pictures re form within the glass

Alternatively begin by visualising the image you saw in your mind on the surface of your magic mirror, then gradually see it receding deeper within the mirror and becoming three-dimensional.

Either way you may see single images or whole scenes.

As before if you experience difficulty, close your eyes, open them, blink and look at the mirror, naming whatever image you perceive in your mind.

Once you have an image either look away or close your eyes again, open and blink.

Continue until you have evoked five or six consecutive images.

Interpreting the mirror images

I find drawing the images and then sitting quietly gazing at them in candlelight, will allow the unconscious mind to make sense of them.

It may also be that sounds, impressions or fragrances formed part of the mirror scrying experience.

 

An image moving away says that an event or person is either moving away from the scryer’s world or that a past issue or relationship may still be exerting undue influence on the scryer.

Images appearing on the left of the mirror suggest actual physical occurrences that have or may influence the everyday world in the near future.

Images appearing in the centre or to the right tend to be symbolic.

Pictures near the top of the mirror are important and need prompt attention.

Those in the corners or at the bottom are less prominent or urgent

The relative size of the images can indicate their importance.

record your results...no matter what they be

 

extra credit question:

(worth 20 points)

Do a research report on the Egyptian God or goddess of your choice.

report must contain

Name
Symbolism
Appearance
Patronage
Why this Deity is important
Function
Titles
Any Correspondences