Home·Library·Development of Religion and Thought in Ancient EgyptKemetic · Primary Source · Public DomainDevelopment of Religion and Thought in Ancient Egypt15 chapters · complete textContentsPrefaceThe Origins: Nature and the State — Their Impression on Religion — Earliest SystemsLife After Death — The Sojourn in the Tomb — Death Makes Its Impression on ReligionThe Realms of the Dead — The Pyramid Texts — The Ascent to the SkyRealms of the Dead — The Earliest Celestial HereafterThe Osirianization of the HereafterThe Emergence of the Moral Sense — Moral Worthiness and the Hereafter — ScepticismThe Social Forces Make Their Impression on Religion — The Rise of Social ReformersPopularization of the Old Royal Hereafter — Triumph of Osiris — The Book of the DeadThe Imperial Age — The World-State — Triumph of Re — Earliest Monotheism — IkhnatonThe Age of Personal Piety — Sacerdotalism and Final Decadence (Part 1)The Age of Personal Piety — Sacerdotalism and Final Decadence (Part 2)The Age of Personal Piety — Sacerdotalism and Final Decadence (Part 3)The Age of Personal Piety — Sacerdotalism and Final Decadence (Part 4)The Age of Personal Piety — Sacerdotalism and Final Decadence (Part 5)Begin reading — Preface✦