The Ba and the Ka
Posted: 22 Oct 2016 12:51
The ancient Egyptian people lived their lives with two main concerns; a happy life here and being
able to enter the afterlife when they died.
They spent a lot of time worshiping their gods and goddesses and asking them to help them in
their lives. They believed that even though a person might die, their soul would survive.
They gave the soul two different names: the Ka and the Ba.
The Ka part of the soul was what we might call the life force of a person.
The ancient Egytians thought that when someone died the Ka, or the life force, left the physical
body and could then move around, they believed the Ka could eat and drink, but was stuck in the the
tomb in the body of a mummy or small statues that were left in the tomb.
The symbol of the Ka was often a picture of two raised arms.
The Ba part of the soul had more freedom and could go on journeys to follow their gods, after
someone died, the Ba was the main way for a person who had died to stop being stuck in the tomb
and they would be joined together.
Once they were united, they could fly to the underworld, pass the test and then reach the
afterlife.
The symbol of the Ba is often shown as a bird with a human head and wings.
Ancient Egyptians believed in magic and their religion was based on many magical spells and
miracles, when the Ba and Ka join the ancient Egyptians called that a divine spark and it was named 'Akhu"
The prayers that were said during the funeral rites allowed the physical body to make the change
into a spiritual body called the Saku.
They believed that the Saku could move around the burial tomb and talk to parts of its soul, that
would eventually for I to the afterlife and join with the gods.
Creating a mummy was of th highest importance, if the process wasn't completed and the human
body was allowed to decompose, it would not give the Ka and Ba the amount of time needed to be
joined and this would cause a 'second death'.
The ancient Egyptians were afraid of the second death and this is why creating a mummy was so
important.
They were more afraid of the second death than their death in life because it meant that they would
lose their memory completely and they would end up as a ghost wandering the world for eternity.
Understanding the ancient Egyptians beliefs in the spiritual world after death has helped some of the Egyptologists, there funeral rituals were very involved and included the building of
burial tombs that contained all of their personal belongings.
Priests conducted special rituals that included reading from the Book of the Dead and placing
"amulets" that they thought were filled with magical spells to help the spirit.
The physical body of the mummy was called the "Khat" and it could not be allowed to decay.
Burial tombs in ancient Egypt often have paintings on the walls that show images of The Book
of the Dead. Pictures of Ba standing over the human that has just died are also seen and Ba is
Also present while the spirit is taking their test to pass to the afterlife.
Religion for the ancient Egyptians meant that they lived their earthy life so well that they
could pass the test in the underworld and the Ka and Ba would come together for the next life
with the gods.
It took many years of study for Egyptologists to try to figure out the details of the ancient
Egyptians beliefs.
Merkabah, also spelled Merkaba, is the divine light vehicle allegedly used by ascended masters
to connect with and reach those in tune with the higher realms.
"Mer" means Light.
"Ka" means Spirit
Ba means Body.
Mer-K-Ba means the spirit/body surrounded by counter-rotating fields of light,
(wheels within wheels),spirals of energy as in DNA, which transports spirit/body from one
dimension to another.
able to enter the afterlife when they died.
They spent a lot of time worshiping their gods and goddesses and asking them to help them in
their lives. They believed that even though a person might die, their soul would survive.
They gave the soul two different names: the Ka and the Ba.
The Ka part of the soul was what we might call the life force of a person.
The ancient Egytians thought that when someone died the Ka, or the life force, left the physical
body and could then move around, they believed the Ka could eat and drink, but was stuck in the the
tomb in the body of a mummy or small statues that were left in the tomb.
The symbol of the Ka was often a picture of two raised arms.
The Ba part of the soul had more freedom and could go on journeys to follow their gods, after
someone died, the Ba was the main way for a person who had died to stop being stuck in the tomb
and they would be joined together.
Once they were united, they could fly to the underworld, pass the test and then reach the
afterlife.
The symbol of the Ba is often shown as a bird with a human head and wings.
Ancient Egyptians believed in magic and their religion was based on many magical spells and
miracles, when the Ba and Ka join the ancient Egyptians called that a divine spark and it was named 'Akhu"
The prayers that were said during the funeral rites allowed the physical body to make the change
into a spiritual body called the Saku.
They believed that the Saku could move around the burial tomb and talk to parts of its soul, that
would eventually for I to the afterlife and join with the gods.
Creating a mummy was of th highest importance, if the process wasn't completed and the human
body was allowed to decompose, it would not give the Ka and Ba the amount of time needed to be
joined and this would cause a 'second death'.
The ancient Egyptians were afraid of the second death and this is why creating a mummy was so
important.
They were more afraid of the second death than their death in life because it meant that they would
lose their memory completely and they would end up as a ghost wandering the world for eternity.
Understanding the ancient Egyptians beliefs in the spiritual world after death has helped some of the Egyptologists, there funeral rituals were very involved and included the building of
burial tombs that contained all of their personal belongings.
Priests conducted special rituals that included reading from the Book of the Dead and placing
"amulets" that they thought were filled with magical spells to help the spirit.
The physical body of the mummy was called the "Khat" and it could not be allowed to decay.
Burial tombs in ancient Egypt often have paintings on the walls that show images of The Book
of the Dead. Pictures of Ba standing over the human that has just died are also seen and Ba is
Also present while the spirit is taking their test to pass to the afterlife.
Religion for the ancient Egyptians meant that they lived their earthy life so well that they
could pass the test in the underworld and the Ka and Ba would come together for the next life
with the gods.
It took many years of study for Egyptologists to try to figure out the details of the ancient
Egyptians beliefs.
Merkabah, also spelled Merkaba, is the divine light vehicle allegedly used by ascended masters
to connect with and reach those in tune with the higher realms.
"Mer" means Light.
"Ka" means Spirit
Ba means Body.
Mer-K-Ba means the spirit/body surrounded by counter-rotating fields of light,
(wheels within wheels),spirals of energy as in DNA, which transports spirit/body from one
dimension to another.