Awakening Osiris

<b><i>Awakening Osiris</i> is a perennial a classic in the combined realm of Egyptology spirituality and pure literary achievement. <br> --Kathleen McGowan New York Times bestselling author of <i>The Expected One</i> <p/> <i>Awakening Osiris </i>is not only a translation and a book of Egyptian religion but also a spiritual work that will serve many Pagans as a prayer book of sorts a book of meditations--something not to be read and left on the shelf but to return to repeatedly. <br> --Judika Illes author of <i>Encyclopedia of Spirits</i> <p/> A beautiful and engaging rendering of The Egyptian Book of the Dead that reveals the soul and spirit of Egypt</b> <p/> The Egyptian Book of the Dead is one of the oldest and greatest classics of Western spirituality. With <i>Awakening Osiris</i> Ellis has transformed the ancient stories told through hieroglyphs for modern readers and approaches the Book of the Dead as a profound spiritual text capable of speaking to us today. These writings suggest that the divine realm and the human realm are not altogether separate; they remind us that the natural world--the substance of our lives--is fashioned from the stuff of the gods. <p/> This edition replaces the previous edition (ISBN 978-0933999749) and contains a new introduction and study guide by the author.