The Ba and the Ka By Sophia Hoagland

The Ba and the Ka By Sophia Hoagland

The Egyptian Soul �The Egyptian soul was divided into 5 parts, which were the: �Ka - a person’s life force �Ba - the person’s personality �Sheut - a person’s shadow �Ren - a person’s name �Ib - a person’s heart

The Ba � Human’s personality � Responsible for guiding conscience � Only humans and gods had a ba � Fly with person to the Hall of Judgment � If body was damaged it couldn’t return

The Ka � Life force and spiritual twin � Followed person around during life like shadow � Merged with body after death � Traveled back to body with ba every night from land of the living � If body was damaged it couldn’t return � Pharaohs could have multiple kas

Purposes If you were a ba, your jobs would be to: If you were a ka, your jobs would be to: � Guide a person’s � Follow a person around conscience during life � Guide the person to Hall of Judgment after death � Make up all qualities of that person that are nonphysical during life like shadow � Eat offerings made by people � Give the person spiritual essence

Other Three Parts � Sheut – the person’s shadow; person could not exist without it � Ib – heart; weighed against Feather of Truth; center of thought and emotion � Ren – name; as long as your name was spoken and remembered, you could have an afterlife

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