An Egyptian Ghost Story - Text Reading and Analysis of the Akh (ꜣḫ), the Magically Activated Soul

Egyptian rituals around death and resurrection were meant to provide an eternal life for the righteous that merited it.  But what happened if that eternal rest was disturbed by tomb-robbers or the natural deterioration of one's tomb?  This week we keep up our Christmas ghost story tradition by exploring and reading an ancient Egyptian tale (19th/20th dynasty) in which the disrepair of his tomb causes the Akh (𓅜| - ꜣḫ - "effective spirit") of Neibusemekh to visit the chief priest of Amun-Re, Khonsemhab.

This episode is also in memory of Antoine Faivre (1934-2021), a pioneer in the field of Western Esotericism. DMS, ꜥnḫ wḏꜢ snb!

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Recommended Readings:

Teeter - Religion and Ritual in Ancient Egypt - 978-0521613002
Simpson - The Literature of Ancient Egypt - 978-0300099201
Miriam Lichtheim - Ancient Egyptian Literature (3 vols)
Beckerath - Zur Geschichte von Chonsemhab und dem Geist - https://doi.org/10.1524/zaes.1992.119...
Another ghost story can be found at G. Posener, “Une nouvelle histoire de revenant (Recherches littéraires VII)”, RdÉ 12 (1960), p. 75-82.