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ANUBIS, SON OF OSIRIS AND NEPTHYS
A symbol of the physical body the most outward
vehicle of the soul; the product of Divine energy and matter on the
physical plane (Nepthys).
"Isis found the child and bred it so that in process of time it
became her constant guard and attendant, and from hence obtained the
name of Anubis, being thought to watch and guard the Gods, as dogs
do mankind." – PLUTA Isis and Osiris, § 14.
Wisdom (buddhi) takes charge of the physical body and tends it, and
assumes direction of its evolution while it guards the Divine nature
within. In this way a perfect reciprocity is established between the
higher and lower planes, through the actions and re-actions of the
physical vehicle which thus becomes the constant attendant and
nurturer of the Ideals (gods), or higher activities within the soul.
“According to Egyptian belief Anubia was a special patron of the
dead, guarding them and superintending their embalment, he or Thoth
being their guide into the next world, and leading them by the hand
into the Hall of Judgment - WIEDEMANN, Rel. of Anc. Egyptians p.
230.
“Anubis who is at the head of the divine hall and who dwelleth upon
his mountain, the lord of Ta-tchesert, saith :- I have come to
protect Osiris Mut-hetep, triumphant." - BUDGE, Book of the Dead Ch.
CLIA. p. 504
“Anubis hath bestowed upon thee (Osiris Nebseni) thy winding-sheet,
he hath wrought for thee according to his will, he hath provided
thee with the ornaments of his bandages, for he is the overseer of
the great god." - Ibid., CLXXII. p. 586.
The physical body (Anubis) is a great factor in the mental
expression of the personality (corpse), its activities, and its
purification (embalmment). The physical mechanism and the higher
mind (Thoth) lead the personality by its activities (hand) to the
test of completeness of the perfecting process when the
consciousness should rise to the higher planes. The physical body is
in the forefront of the means of developing the causalbody (divine
hall) which is exalted above it; and it serves the spiritual ego
(Osiris) within. It is also the external means provided for the
education and enlargement of the ego.
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