Note 632 — Chapter X · THE SYSTEM OF THE PISTIS SOPHIA AND ITS RELATED TEXTS[459]
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Evidently the Egyptian ka or double. Cf. the “Heart Amulet” described by Erman, Handbook of Egyptian Religion, pp. 142, 143, where the dead says to his heart: “Oh heart that I have from my mother! Oh heart that belongs to my spirit, do not appear against me as witness, provide no opposition against me before the judges, do not contradict me before him who governs the balance, thou art my spirit that is in my body....” This seems to be a transcription of the 30th Chapter of the Book of the Dead, of which there are several variants, none of which however directly suggest that the heart is the accuser to be dreaded. See Budge, Book of the Dead, 1909, vol. II. pp. 146-152.