Symbolica » source Archives :: Symbolica http://symbolica.com.au Grounding life with meaning Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:03:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The Ka, an Ancient Egyptian symbol to assist in death. http://symbolica.com.au/2008/02/14/the-ka-an-ancient-egyptian-symbol-to-assist-in-death/ http://symbolica.com.au/2008/02/14/the-ka-an-ancient-egyptian-symbol-to-assist-in-death/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:00:36 +0000 ra http://symbolica.com.au/2008/02/14/the-ka-an-ancient-egyptian-symbol-to-assist-in-death/ The Ka was thought to be the LIFE FORCE or SPIRIT aspect of the soul. It existed independently from the bodily self.

The Ancient Egyptians referred to ‘returning to one’s Ka’ or ‘travelling in the company of one’s Ka’ upon death.

Imagine today the Ka being present as an ally. The Spirit guide that stands by your side, connecting you to the source of life and remaining by your side upon death.

A comforting thought when contemplating our own death or the death of a loved one.

This symbol is a most powerful symbol to include in our funeral rites.

To hide death in the background is bad for man.

Text of the Pyramids,1439

When death comes, it embraces the old like a child in the arms of its mother.

Papyrus of Ani

Hieroglyph of the Ka, by Ra

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