Dante and the Egyptian Book of the Dead

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 05 Jan 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Ophiel	05 Jan 2003
My Dante Tarot arrived today. It seemed only fitting to reread his texts since it has been many years and I recall nothing about the three books of the Divine Comedy. I'll start with "Inferno." I haven't read this since I've been more involved in spiritual matters (many years now) and will have a fresh view of the material. I have heard rumors here and there that there is quite a bit of material of spiritual merit in these books. Another book I have ready to read is a version of the Egyptian Book of the Dead. "Awakening Osiris" by Normandi Ellis. This book, I know, describes the afterlife processes, as it relates to the soul set of the Egyptian soul. I have read some about this book in the works, and related works to the works of Rudolf Steiner. I wonder if Dante's works are similar at all? Is this trilogy describing the spiritual worlds, or aspects of them, as well? Anybody compare Dante to the Book of the Dead?

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