Book of the Dead

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Book of the Dead

An ancient Egyptian ritualistic and occult work attributed to Thot‐Hermes. Found in the coffins of ancient mummies (TG).

The quotations were checked against E. A. Wallis Budge’s English translation of the Theban recension, second revised and enlarged edition, London and New York, 1928, three volumes in one. (BCW 2:523).

For a detailed bibliography of this work, de Zirkoff directs readers to the appendix of Collected Writings, volume X, pages 413-414. (BCW 3:498).

The appendix directs the reader to volume X, pages 413-414, for a fuller bibliography. (BCW).

De Zirkoff lists E. A. Wallis Budge’s edition and translation of the Theban recension, with vocabulary and plates: three volumes, London, 1898, and an enlarged seven-volume second edition, 1909-1911. (BCW 6:428).

Passages quoted have been checked by the English transl. of the Theban Recension by Sir E. A. Wallis Budge; 2nd rev. and enl. ed. London: Kegan Paul; New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. 1928, 3 vols. in one (BCW 9:408).

Consult Bio-Bibliographical Index of Volume X in the present Series, for comprehensive information concerning the nature of this title and the various editions of the text (BCW 11:568).

Conventional title for ancient Egyptian collections of funerary spells, hymns and invocations, preserved on monuments and papyri. The bibliography distinguishes Heliopolitan, Theban and Saite recensions (BCW 10:413-415).

Some links:

• Quotes: H. P. Blavatsky, Zirkoff, Boris
• CTD article in Russian: Книга Мёртвых

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