By Sophia Hoagland

The Ba and the Ka

The Egyptian soul was divided into 5 parts, which were the:

Ka - a person’s life forceBa - the person’s personalitySheut - a person’s shadowRen - a person’s nameIb - a person’s heart

The Egyptian Soul

Human’s personality Responsible for guiding conscience Only humans and gods had a ba Fly with person to the Hall of Judgment If body was damaged it couldn’t return

The Ba

Life force and spiritual twin Followed person around during life like shadow Merged with body after death Traveled back to body with ba every night from land of the

living If body was damaged it couldn’t return Pharaohs could have multiple kas

The Ka

If you were a ba, your jobs would be to:Guide a person’s

conscience during lifeGuide the person to

Hall of Judgment after death

Make up all qualities of that person that are non-physical

Follow a person around during life like shadow

Eat offerings made by people

Give the person spiritual essence

Purposes If you were a ka, your jobs would be to:

Sheut – the person’s shadow; person could not exist without it

Ib – heart; weighed against Feather of Truth; center of thought and emotion

Ren – name; as long as your name was spoken and remembered, you could have an afterlife

Other Three Parts

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"Egyptian Soul." Princeton.edu. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Nov. 2013. Marie, Rose, and Rainer Hagen. Egypt. Italy: Taschen, n.d.

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