Dictionary of all Scriptures & Myths

DEFUNCT, DECEASED OR DEPARTED PERSON 

A symbol of the human individuality or causal-self on the higher mental plane. The immortal soul.

"Everywhere in the texts of the Bock of the Dead the deceased is identified with Osiris. Another point to notice is the application of the words maa kheru to the deceased, a term which I have, for want of a better word, rendered 'triumphant.' These words actually true of voice' or 'right of word.'" - BUDGE, Egyptian Ideas, etc., p. 144.

The identification with Osiris signifies the union of the soul with God. When the personality is mean perfected it becomes one with the individuality in the causal body. The individuality is then completely expressed (true of voice) on its own plane, and is in possession of all the faculties and qualities to which it is entitled through the strivings of its personalities life after life.

“Whatever he (the deceased) hath found upon his path he hath consumed, and his strength is greater than that of any spiritual body (sahu) in the horizon; he is the firstborn of all the firstborn .. he hath carried off the hearts of the gods. He hath eaten the wisdom of every God, and his period of existence is everlasting, and his life shall be unto all eternity, . . . for the souls and spirits of the gods are in him" (Inscription in the pyramid of Unas). - Ibid., p. 172.

The fully expressed individuality "liveth upon his fathers and maketh food of his mothers," that is, the perfected soul has been produced and sustained by the lower conditions or prior mental and emotional states which have given it birth. His powers are greater than those possessed by any causal-body (sāhu) in the lower cycle (horizon). He has priority over all previously produced states. He has acquired the ideals (gods) of wisdom, love, and truth, which make him immortal.

"The deceased himself says, 'My soul is God, my soul is eternity." (Papyrus of Ani). - Ibid., p. 173.

The soul in its highest aspect is one with the World-soul or Higher Self the Eternal. "Some may ask, what is it to be a partaker of the Divine nature, or a Godlike man ? Answer: he who is embued with, or illuminated by, the Eternal or Divine Light and inflamed or consumed with Eternal or Divine Love, he is a deified man and a partaker of the Divine Nature." - Theologia Germanica, Cap. XLI.  

See Also

CAUSAL
CORPSE
EMBALMMENT
FATHER (lower)
INDIVIDUALITY
MUMMY
OSIRIS
PERSONALITY
SAHU SHABTI