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ANPU (ANUBIS), THE "OPENER OF THE PATH"

A symbol of the astro-physical body with its mechanism of sensation and action, which opens the pathway of the soul's development, life after life.

“"The god Anpu, who dwelleth in the city of the embalmment, the governor of the divine house, placeth his two hands upon the lord of life of Nebseni, and he furnisheth him with the things which belong to him. 'Homage to thee, O happy one, divine lord (Osiris Nebseni). . . Ptah Seker hath bound thee up, Anpu hath exalted thee, and Shu hath caused thee to be lifted up, Thy brow is in the protection of Anpu." - BUDGE, Book of the Dead, Ch. CLIB, p. 507.

“The physical body equipped with its powers, is at the service of the personality whose need is purification in the interest of the causal-body (divine house). The physical activities, active and passive, are to subserve the Divine life within the soul, and be the means of bringing experience to the ego, which shall lead to the acquirement of spiritual capacities.

The Spirit has been involved in the lower nature by the will of the Supreme, and in the life of the
physical human body, the evolution of the Spirit commences, for the Divine Will draws it forth. The truth-acquiring faculty is dependent upon the physical lives.

 

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ANUBIS
APUAT
CITY
EMBALMMENT
HOUSE
JACKAL
PTAH
ROPE
SEKER
SHU