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The first known depiction of literal weighing of souls in Christianity is from the 2nd century Testament of Abraham. [10] Archangel Michael is the one who is most commonly shown weighing the souls of people on scales on Judgement Day. [9] This depiction began to show up in early Christianity, but is not mentioned in the Bible. [9]
The concept of a soul weighing 21 grams is mentioned in numerous media, including a 2013 issue of the manga Gantz, [13] a 2013 podcast of Welcome to Night Vale, [14] the 2015 film The Empire of Corpses, [15] a 2021 episode of Ted Lasso, [16] and a 2023 issue of the manga One Piece. [17]
The Weighing of the Heart in the Hall of Maat. To the ancient Egyptians, the judgment of the dead was the process that allowed the Egyptian gods to judge the worthiness of the souls of the deceased. Deeply rooted in the Egyptian belief in immortality, judgment was one of the most important parts of the journey through the afterlife.
St. Michael weighing souls during the Last Judgement, Antiphonale Cisterciense (15th century), Abbey Bibliotheca, Rein Abbey, Austria. In Catholic tradition, on Judgment Day Saint Michael weighs souls based on their deeds during their life on earth.
Weighing Souls with Sand was recorded in Metanoia Studios from February–October 2006 and mastered by Black Ark Mastering, [1] before being released on CD by Profound Lore Records on May 15, 2007. [7] Roadburn Records released the album on vinyl on September 24, 2007, with a print run of 500 copies. [8]
Hun and po—the types of souls in Chinese philosophy and traditional religion. Within this ancient soul dualism tradition, every living human has both a hun spiritual, ethereal, yang soul which leaves the body after death, and also a po corporeal, substantive, yin soul which remains with the corpse of the deceased.
A section of the Egyptian Book of the Dead showing the "Weighing of the Heart" in the Duat. In Ancient Egypt, it was believed that upon death, one's fate in the afterlife was determined by the weighing of one's heart. One's heart was kept within the body during mummification so that it can travel with the deceased into the afterlife.
This is the moment in Christian eschatology when Christ judges souls to send them to either Heaven or Hell. [ 1 ] "Doom painting" typically refers to large-scale depictions of the Last Judgement on the western wall of churches, visible to congregants as they left, rather than to representations in other locations or media.