Religions of the ancient world, including Egypt, Assyria, and Babylonia, Persia, India, Phoenicia, Etruria, Greece, Rome . THE UELIGION OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. 39 good deeds were sufficient, if they weighed downthe scale wherein they were placed, then thehappy soul was permitted to enter the hoat ofthe Sim, and was conducted hy good spirits tothe Elysian fields (Aahlu), to the Pools of Peace,and the dwelling-places of the hlest. If, on thecontrary, the good deeds were insufficient, if thescale remained suspended in the air, then the un-happy soul was sentenced, according to the degreeof its
Religions of the ancient world, including Egypt, Assyria, and Babylonia, Persia, India, Phoenicia, Etruria, Greece, Rome . THE UELIGION OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. 39 good deeds were sufficient, if they weighed downthe scale wherein they were placed, then thehappy soul was permitted to enter the hoat ofthe Sim, and was conducted hy good spirits tothe Elysian fields (Aahlu), to the Pools of Peace,and the dwelling-places of the hlest. If, on thecontrary, the good deeds were insufficient, if thescale remained suspended in the air, then the un-happy soul was sentenced, according to the degreeof its ill deserts, to go tlnough a round of trans-migrations in the bodies of animals more or lessunclean; the number, nature, and duration of thetransmigrations depending on the degree of thedeceaseds demerits, and the consequent lengthand severity of the punishment which he deserved,or the purification wliich he needed. Ultimately,if after many trials sufficient purity was notattained, the wicked soul, which had proved itselfincurable, underwent a final sentence at the handsof Osiris, judge of the dead, and, being condem
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