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  2. List of Book of the Dead spells - Wikipedia

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    Spell for not dying again. [105] 176. Another spell for not dying again. [105] 177. Spell for raising up a spirit and causing a soul to live in the realm of the dead. [105] 178. Spell for raising the corpse, for having power in the eyes and ears and making the head firm when it has been set in its proper place. [106] 179. Spell for leaving ...

  3. Coffin Texts - Wikipedia

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    The spells in the Coffin Texts allow the deceased to protect themselves against these dangers and "dying a second death". A new theme recorded in the coffin texts is the notion that all people will be judged by Osiris and his council according to their deeds in life.

  4. List of English-language expressions related to death

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    Dead Euphemistic: Croak [7] To die Slang: Crossed the Jordan Died Biblical/Revivalist The deceased has entered the Promised Land (i.e. Heaven) Curtains Death Theatrical The final curtain at a dramatic performance Dead as a dodo [2] Dead Informal The 'dodo', flightless bird from the island of Mauritius hunted to extinction Dead as a doornail [1]

  5. Book of the Dead - Wikipedia

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    A vignette in The Papyrus of Ani, from Spell 30B: Spell For Not Letting Ani's Heart Create Opposition Against Him, in the Gods' Domain, which contains a depiction of the ba of the deceased. The spells in the Book of the Dead depict Egyptian beliefs about the nature of death and the

  6. List of last words - Wikipedia

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    Death of King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden at the Battle of Lützen by Carl Wahlbom. "I have enough, brother; try to save your own life." [11]: 71–72 [note 83] — Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (16 November 1632), mortally wounded at the Battle of Lützen (1632) "I am now ready to die.

  7. Apotropaic magic - Wikipedia

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    As a "time between times", it was believed to be a period when souls of the dead and other dangerous spirits walked the earth. Many European peoples had such associations with the period following the harvest in the fall (for instance the Celtic calendar). [citation needed]

  8. Resurrection - Wikipedia

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    Raised from the Dead: True Stories of 400 Resurrection Miracles. Dierk Lange. "The dying and the rising God in the New Year Festival of Ife", in: Lange, Ancient Kingdoms of West Africa, Dettelbach: Röll Vlg. 2004, pp. 343–376. Outi Lehtipuu. Debates over the Resurrection of the Dead: Constructing Early Christian Identity. Oxford: Oxford ...

  9. Necronomicon - Wikipedia

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    Statue of H. P. Lovecraft, the author who created the Necronomicon as a fictional grimoire and featured it in many of his stories. The Necronomicon, also referred to as the Book of the Dead, or under a purported original Arabic title of Kitab al-Azif, is a fictional grimoire (textbook of magic) appearing in stories by the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft and his followers.