Food over the Coffin
The charitable distribution of bread and cheese across a coffin before burial, described and illustrated by Sikes.
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SourceMantras and Sympathetic Vibration
Repeated sound interpreted as a source of occult action.
Theosophical astral cosmologySourceMediumship in Theosophy
Séance communication treated as interaction with several possible kinds of agent.
Theosophical astral cosmology
SourceNegative Confession
The deceased’s declarations before forty-two assessors, denying wrongs involving violence, falsehood, theft and misuse of shared resources.
Egyptian funerary religionSourceOpening of the Mouth
Funerary rites intended to restore the deceased person’s capacities.
Egyptian funerary religionSourceWeighing of the Heart
The funerary judgment scene that balances the heart against truth.
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