The Ka of the deceased
"Thus, the fear of having negative manifestations on the part of the Ka of the dead, pushed the Egyptian tombs to provide all the comforts possible, be provided what the Ka might miss. It 'clear that the basic impulse of this budget was the funeral of the tomb owner's desire to continue the afterlife as smoothly. However, the impulse of fear, by survivors, played a far from secondary. In fact, in the tombs were placed not only the furniture and other objects belonging to the deceased, but even his most intimate items of clothing, so absolutely nothing of what had belonged to him and soaked him, to remain in the home of the living. For the same reason at Bandjun Africans and Indians of north america still burn their clothes and furniture of the deceased so that the purifying fire, and remove any residual impregnation, destroy the bond that could unite the spirit of the dead objects that bear his mark, thereby preventing each of his possible return. That this attitude is found among many peoples. An Indian, referring to the fear that the spirit of the deceased would return to the house inhabited by living, put it this way: "They have not yet burned his objects, his basket, his sheets, his clothes. All these things are calling, calling his shadow, his de'lamdzi.
(Adapted from: Egypt magical religious Boris de Rachewiltz)
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