Weighing of the Heart
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- What was the ancient Egyptian “weighing of the heart” and how did one pass this test? In this video, you’ll learn the 5 crucial steps that one had to take to get to and pass the test called the weighing of the heart - including the so-called negative confession and the weighing of your heart against the feather of maat on the scales. If a person passed this test, he was able to enter the afterlife and live on in the afterlife with Osiris, other gods, and his family. Passing was not guaranteed, but there were some tips and tricks that a person could use to beat the scales!
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My friend got this picture that belonged to her friends grandmother. They found it in the basement. I’m happy to have found what it means!
This is entertaining as well as highly informative. If the weighing of the heart is the standard procedure one would undergo to go to heaven, then would be as desolate as the deserts that surround Egypt. This video is highly appreciated.
The reason the heart is referenced in Judgement is that it is the place where the bodily passions are born desire, greed, lust, envy, hate and once a soul has undergone an earthly experience it may have retained these negative influences on ones soul thus not allowing it to return to it purer state and must sugger the fate of its own creation. We choose our paths unknowingly through our works which are a reflection of our hearts. Be light of heart= Love / Not heavy in sin=Hate. As above so below....
Heaven and hell was confusing enough now it’s a whole Egyptian afterlife
Now?? lol this came before Christianity and even further before that Hinduism... go check that stuff out if you want your mind totally blown.
P.S. Jesus studied in Egypt and South Asia before his teachings and gifts.
Complexity and knowledge is pretty cool. Especially so one isn't easily manipulated by the Romans version of control and slavery through greed and entertainment.
Always a pleasure to watch a video like this. Ancient Egypt is always something that has piqued my interest. Something I’ve always thought about is different cultural religions. We all have a different belief, but you won’t find many Americans preparing themselves for The Hall of Double Ma’at!
Oh my heart that i have from my mother, do not stand as a witness against me
THE PRAYER OF ANI:- My heart, my mother; my heart, my mother! My heart whereby I came into being! May nought stand up to oppose me at [my] judgment, may there be no opposition to me in the presence of the Chiefs (Tchatchau); may there be no parting of thee from me in the presence of him that keepeth the Balance! Thou art my KA, which dwelleth in my body; the god Khnemu who knitteth together and strengtheneth my limbs. Mayest thou come forth into the place of happiness whither we go. May the Sheniu officials, who make the conditions of the lives of men, not cause my name to stink, and may no lies be spoken against me in the presence of the God. [Let it be satisfactory unto us, and let the Listener god be favourable unto us, and let there be joy of heart (to us) at the weighing of words. Let not that which is false be uttered against me before the Great God, the Lord of Amentet. Verily, how great shalt thou be when thou risest in triumph.]
A PRAYER FOR PRESERVATION OF THE HEART(Egyptian)
MY HEART, my mother; my heart, my mother! My heart of my existence upon earth!
May naught stand up to oppose me in judgment; may there be no opposition to me in the presence of the sovereign princes; may no evil be wrought against me in the presence of the gods; may there be no parting of thee from me in the presence of the great god, the lord of Amentet.
Homage to thee, O thou heart of Osiris--khent--Amentet! Homage to you, O my reins! Homage to you, O ye gods who dwell in the divine clouds, and who are exalted [or holy] by reason of your sceptres!
Speak ye fair words for the Osiris Auf-ankh, and make ye him to prosper before Nehebka. And behold, though I be joined to the earth, and am in the mighty innermost part of heaven, let me remain on the earth and not die in Amentet, and let me remain a khu therein for ever and ever!
Im screwed.
😂😅 you have time to repent.
@@drafts05 repention wasnt a thing in egypt
@@thinginground5179 Well what if you repented from sin and outweighed the evil with good?
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Funny thing, I knew about this scale due to a cartoon show that I watched on Discovery Kids called Tutenstein. It's a show of a teenage girl and a talking cat help a mummified child nicknamed Tut since I don't know how to spell his name. It's pretty interesting and it does show summed up history of Ancient Egypt, including the scale.
My heart will never betray me, nor will it be frozen.
Heart. Thanks for your videos.
Sweet , I learned how to pass into the afterlife from this incredibly informative You Tube video. I’m sending it to all my friends so they can live in the after life with smiles and rainbows!
Heart. Thanks for this.
Text just describes how the Grand Gallery of Khufu Pyramid functions. The explanation how does the phase of an electromagnetic wave changes depending on the conditions.
I would say as one who has studied the MdW Ntchr whether from Gardiner, Carruthers, Budge, Diop,, Obenga, Rkhty Amen, Mfundishi I am impressed with your understanding of the principles. You have come closer than a lot of others external to the aforementioned luminaries. Interesting to note that Amenta was a deep seated realm as well from which the word mental is derived. And Ma’at’s feather was associated with an ostrich for anybody wanting to know. There’s still a lot to unpack and decode about this ancient African culture as Meroitic script for instance still has not been deciphered. Hotep to you all.
Merotic script is not Egyptian it's Nubian and mentioning Diop in a conversation about Egyptian religion is akin to mentioning the garbage man in a conversation about skilled workers. He was an afrocentrist pushing the now debunked black Egyptian theory in a time before dna science is like it is now. Also his conman in arms John Henrik Clarke did the same thing yet time has not been kind to either' so called ideologies...
African doesn't mean black like you automatically try to make it out to be
@@Texasmade74 I know. You’re correct lol. His presentation along with Theophile Obenga’s at the UNESCO 1974 conference is unassailable and ironically many of the so called “Afrocentrists’ references to the “Carbon Black” origins of Ancient Egyptian Civilization was derived from European scholars from the 18th and 19th centuries not to mention the Greek notations from Strabo, Herodotus, Diodorus, Pliny etc..and even the people themselves as evidenced in the Papyrus of Hunefer but I need not hazard to convince a coprophilic amoeba such as yourself as Clarke once quipped, “I only debate my equals, all others I teach”.. ( or eviscerate totally lol.):)
Awesome video.
Thank you so much, Electric JC! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
What i find fascinating is that the Egyptians believed the pharaohs to be direct descendants of the gods, yet obviously believed them to be subject to those same rules and rituals. You would think that, being direct descendants of the gods, the pharaohs would be assured the west by birthright. But no. That they believed even the pharaohs themselves were not above those rules offers and interesting insight into just how much the ancient Egyptians valued order.
always entertaining, thanks for these..
Thank you!
hello, thanks for the video. What about the Duat ? As an ancient egyptian, were you afraid of dwelling in the Duat for ever ?
Copper Lebrun, thanks for all your comments and questions!
Egyptian texts generally don’t suggest any feeling of fear of the duat. There are some people who left texts behind that indicate they thought of dying as a bad/sad thing, but that’s not the same as being afraid of the afterlife or any particular locations (like the duat).
So Ammit's name is basically "Omnomnom"?
Sounds like Duat is kind of like The Good Place, where the rules for passing into A'aru are so strict that nobody actually makes it there.
I believe if you can’t make it through you’ll live in pure darkness and you’ll have to find yourself again through patience
What?
@@Texasmade74 it’s deep
Its called the 42 Negative confessions of Maat. These laws were to be recited 5 times a day. Everyday.
Elaborate
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@@deepthought7393 nvm I’ll research my g
@@monta7854 thats exactly the answer I needed to hear from you.
What's your sources?No Egyptian text ever states this
Heart! Very good
I won’t know until I get there. I’m taking an amulet with me though just to be safe.
Good call!
You know
I feel like we are not await the day to walk to the gate, but simply, we are already in line. All of us. Those megalithic structures aren’t just there to look pretty.
Ahhh, you gotta play Never Have I Ever with the judges? 😫
Anyway are there any knowledge on what topics the judges use to ask or judge you by . ( more than a few and obviously the same as the 10 in the bible )
None of the 10 commandments have anything to do with Egyptian religion
HEART!! 💖
Heart!
Well, I thought Ammit was Sobek, so....
But even if I knew her name, I think my heart/soul would get eaten.
lol i thought it was ammut..., but it could be: ammit/ammot/ammet.., but amamit works too (i guess) anyhow one puts it.., i seriously lol´d at 3:40 ...., ammm-ammm-ammm
and my mind is not very ma´at .., it is more chaotic .., people call me absent minded hh.
Hence the late reaction of me ...., ammm-ammm-ammm :)
So life after death is like making your way through the DMV for a new drivers license or getting some new plates?
Ha ha! Yes, that's a good analogy!
why no mention of Thoth at all ?
Way underrated channel. Let's do something about that.
Thanks!
My heart, do not cause my name to stink.
If a dark chocolate heart was a heart of a sinner, and I was Ammit, I wouldn't hesitate to gobble it up.
Heart!
True vision can only bless. Why? Because truth is light as a feather 🪶
It would help if you started by saying that this video is for people who know nothing about Egypt. It is told like you tell a story to a toddler or an American. Do you have more advanced videos, too? I admire your efforts to make Egyptology more widely known. But I assume you know more and can read hieroglyphs.
Right off the bat, "annoying tests" someone's heart is sinking
Heart
Sorry to the bubbles of evil people you can't get in or escape the feather of truth you can't hide what you have done
What are all the names we need to know 😮🙈⚖️🤞🏽💯
Not all of them are guilty but those who are the only thing they will have to offer is their heart and spirit soul and mind nothing wicked that they did will get pass unnoticed
Game over do not pass go do not collect $200... Lol.. I remember playing Monopoly with my Dad and brother Matthew after he came from Egypt.. we played near the front door in Ntinda & you bought us Watches from Cairo... Mine was pink I think... Thanks Dad for taking good care of us and giving us an Education and Wisdom better than Choice Gold
I feel like it's Yes and No for me when it comes to the afterlife.
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Heart💖..
*weighs heart*
*heart heavier than ma'at*
Amm nam nam nammm
Dammit
Ha ha
Remember this is why manipulators try to use guilt and shame ans set ups to make u feel bad or owe them people who do that are enemies who want to bring u to hell and are evil want u with a heavy heart true good friends and people want u to have an after life and with a light heart
Earth to earth, buried not burned.
Dear U tuber..It s my personal
perception..I respect yr knowledge...They are animals
not god..How will they send souls after life..??
Do wonder which is more important.. a soul or a feather.. hmm.. I do wonder.
It’s funny how you knew what ammt was going to sound like
was a amulet scarab to? put over your heart
R.I.P Keith Mukahanazi
i get it
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Heart 💗
Wait how would you even be alive to do anything else if you heart is taken out of your body or I’m taking this too literal?
Your heart is left in your body when you get mummified
It is literal
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Sounds like there is a lot of cheating to get into the afterlife. I think the gods would want to select nice, honest people to join them. :) Thanks so much for this!😆
I think the ancient Egyptians did not see it as "cheating" the gods. I think they saw it more as preparing. Like preparing for a long and difficult journey. Obviously, you would not go on a hike through a desert naked with no guidance or supplies. You would die. Instead, you would prepare adequately before undertaking such a journey. The same way, the Egyptians believed that it was prudent to prepare for your journey to the afterlife.
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It's simple to have your heart lighter than the feather. During the process of mummification, they take a large portion if your heart, the end. Enjoy everlasting life!
The gods see all
No they never did that
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I will rock the wod with my gavel
42 laws of Maat
MORRISON FEATHER IS WEIGHING SCALE TONIGHT ANUBIS IN DEVOUR HIS HEART IF NO SHOW AGAIN
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I would not be able to name the judges, whoops, no afterlife for me. I ain't mad about it.
Heart...
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Heart! I will be eaten. :(
Ha ha! I hope not.
Theyre weighing shame # its an allegory
woo moonknight brought me here back again
I dunno 🤷♀️
Its Ammit not Amamit also it is leopard croc and hippo
There are no vowels in Egyptian and modern convention is to place vowels between the consonants because languages in the same family generally do not use double consonants (for example, "mm") like we do in English.
Did that and gods went test too sill you want take take
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There is so much mis-translations here 1. The weighing of the heart the judges would be there yes, you do not need to know them by name but to show them honour by bowing your head of being on your knees to show they are higher than you. 2. You don't have your hand held by Anubis when going into the chamber of the after life he is very tall and menacing looking and is the guide from this world to the other. 3. Ma'ats feather comes from her wing and symbolises truth. 4. I learned the gods name is not ammit but Sobek Ammit translates to devourer of souls 5. If you are granted past sobek you see osiris in the other chamber where he has your future self awaiting on the reeds as reincarnation seen with the ankh symbol of life. The only part that was correct was thoth writes your wrong doings sad sad I wanted to like this video
I'd be curious to know what your sources are for all of these ideas.
Just a few examples in relation to your points:
1. right before the so-called negative confession, the person says (in the Book of the Dead) "nothing evil shall come into being against me in this land in this Hall of Justice, because I know the names of these gods who are in it." In addition, each "confession" starts with the name of the judge the person is addressing (for example, "O Double Lion who came forth from the sky, I have not destroyed food supplies"). So knowing names was definitely a part of it.
3. The translation of ma'at is not so clear cut as calling it one thing in English, like "truth." It requires some nuance.
5. Sobek is a god who is shown in crocodile form and had his own temple(s), was well-thought of, etc. He is completely different from Amamet, who is only part crocodile and is not a regular god in the Egyptian pantheon that you'd see anywhere other than here because her purpose is the one outlined here.
@@VoicesofAncientEgypt There are many 're publishing of the book of the dead maybe it's the copy that I got plus intuition for the first point. 2. I know for a fact ammit translates to soul eater Sobek was the God of devouring the souls it was clear as day in the books I've read. 3. Truth is pretty clear cut telling the truth in your life all the reasons for any wrong doings frees the soul of heavy weight and helps Thoth write down everything as it's being explained to the Judges and Ma'a t plus many people have 're incarnated without knowing the Judges names it's not like Ammit is going to eat your soul just for THAT the weighing of the heart being as light as a feather matters most that - if you do 're incarnate you don't hold the negative energy of last life with you.
"Ammit" = Sobek ; never heard of Amamet, I doubt they'd be called that because of the sounds made eating lol also Pantheon is not Egyptian in general that word is Greek and needless to say the Egyptian Gods ,Goddess as a collective were called an Ennead.
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I will be like I barely remember what I did yesterday I got to remember y’all names while a hypococodilelion over there ready to eat me
i guess stargate help with names ^^
I admit I dont know anything and i never lie ....ops did I lie.
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We all fall short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23
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My boss asked of he could talk to me... I said sure..
He said take a seat here...
He had a hard time beggining to talk about what he wanted to talk about...
I became a bit nervous..
He said with difficulty..
People are talking behind your back.
I said ok...I wasn't nervous because I knew I had played a good game.
He went on to say...
People are saying your skin is Gold.
I said what?
He said... Put out your arm out..
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He put his arm beside mine. He's Indian.
He said ... Do you see ?
Look at the color of your skin.
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He said nervously.... It's OK forget it. Got up and walked away.
How many people do you think that happened to ever?
What does he mean your skin is Gold
I will the the first beast and all who sat at its table they shall be first to be judge accelerated and their muscle murderers will suffer the same fate
Apparently these wicked wealthy people of this worldly world are going to buy they ways out of judgement? What fool tries to buy their way out of trouble with what God has provided? So your going to use what God out here on Earth to buy your way out of the courts of death? The even bigger fools who made the choice to sin against the creator.
It’s goi g to cost them far more than everything they have and more
I don't know how to write "heart" in hieroglyph so probably I'll be eaten by Amamit.
Every puppet they had in place their spirits will be crushed an made unfit to do anything at all
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Here is a catch 22:
If u looked deeply at the relics in all ancient religions including the drawings in the pyramid where Thoth the god had a scale that he used to measure the weight of your heart after you die. And if your heart is full of remorse and burden, it'll be heavier and would tip down the scale not in your favour. So then you'd go to hell.
That's been found in many ancient religions and even in the abrahamic ones (judaism, chistianity & islam ).
But what im saying is that since Jeff Dahmer is a psychopath, he doesn't feel remorseful to all the crimes he committed, therefore he doesn't carry no burden in his heart. He forgave himself for all those crimes against humanity. His heart is therefore light as a feather void of any burden.
On the day of judgement, it will be yourself that's gonna judge you. It'll be your inner spirit that's gonna weight your heart to see if it still carry the burden of forgiveness.
But in Jeff's case, his light heart will be pure void of those atrocious acts.
In my personal judgement i think this is unfair though.
It is more simple than it sounds. Just have a good heart. Avoid evil. Don’t seek knowledge you shouldn’t have sought ( black magic and other related things). Congrats! You passed!
Wait but if I don't know the name of the judges will I get ate?
@@lilpup1414 I don’t know!
@@chamsali264 we need to figure this out lol
I love the Egyptian book of the dead. I love egyptianology. Plague both man and beast. I will plague you as if I was one of these firstborn egyptians and punish you yet seven times for your sins. I will remember my covenant with Jacob, I will remember my covenant with Issaac, and I will remember my covenant with Abraham and I will remember the land and the land shall enjoy it's sabbaths. I had a vision that Amamit or Sobet the crocodile ate my heart and turned me into a god. Plague both man and beast. There is some funky stuff in exodus. I have dreams of Baphomet and a couple of demons dancing around me while I sleep and while I get ready to wake up. I feel safe in hell. Even Baphomet the Goat of Mendes get's his share of boils and blisters, flies and gnats, darkness and hail and thunder. Eat the fruit of the tree and your eyes shall be opened as if ye were gods, knowing good and evil. The light of the body is the eye and if the eye is clear the body is full of light but if the eye is dark then the body is full of darkness. Plague both man and beast.
But you're born into dissonance meaning you know nothing. Dead until you come alive. So in reality you can pass through to this afterlife in this life in fact that might be the point. We now call it salvation.
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Amamit? Ammit.
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That a fools a folly the Amulet people are so deceived smh
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