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The River Nile, Egypt
The lady dressed in the
sunflower dress with her large brimmed hat adjust her dark shades on her nose
bridge. She looked like someone who enjoys a good tan under the sun, but today
she was looking for a boat to charter. She saw the one she wanted; a small row
boat with a set of oars. She walked up to it, and was greeted by a man dressed
in a shabby tunic that reached to his knees with his head bundled in a
wraparound. He was sucking on the twig of a reef and showed bad teeth.
"You want boat? My
name's Mahaf. I am the agent." The man stood there looking at the lady. A
couple of nearby boatsmen whistled at her and made some crude remarks.
"Please ignore them. On this boat, no crocodile would dare to come near.
Those are special oars; you leave them on the water, and the crocodiles
leave."
"How much?" The
lady asked as she reached for her purse.
"For you, my Lady Nephthys;
its free." The agent called out to the person sleeping at the jetty.
"Aken, you got a customer."
The figure got up from his
prone position and picked up the long rod that would be needed to guide the
boat. He was dressed like Mahaf but he looked more like a skeleton covered with
the skin. He did no speak but climbed into the boat. His left hand reaches out
and Mahaf pays him. The boatman shook his head and Mahaf cursed at him who
later added in more coins. Mahaf assisted the lady onto the boat and watched
them sail away. He then walked to approach a boy sitting in the shade.
"A coin for you. Go to
the place of worship. Tell them Seth would rise again." The boy ran while
pocketing his coin.
The boatman guided the boat
along the river Nile until they reached a secluded stretch. There Aken asked
the lady to use the oars. He told her to row it while he guides. She did as he
said, and the river surface parted to swallow the boat into the hidden
underground canals towards Duat. The Duat; the kingdom of Osiris under the
Earth, connected by Nun, the waters of the
primordial abyss. In Duat, the landscape is the same as above ground; with its rivers,
islands, fields, lakes, mounds and caverns but its served one purpose; its the
passageway of the dead to the land of paradise Aaru. The souls traveled here
must passed the many gateways guarded by their guardians before reaching the
place named as the Weighing of the Heart. There stands Anubis who would weigh
the heart of the deceased on a scale balanced by a feather on the side. If the
scale must balance or Ammit, the Devourer of
Souls would consume the soul. Those souls that passed the test would be allowed
to travel toward the paradise of Aaru.
"Mother, what brings you
to here?" Anubis asked of her. She told him she came to revive Seth from
his sleep.
"Mother, Seth ...."
Anubis wanted to reply to her but she intervened on his words.
"Your father and I am
his wife. I command you to do so or fear my wrath."
Anubis bowed to his mother
and hand over to her the key to unlocking Seth's soul. Just before she leaves,
she told her son.
"Osiris need not be
told."
Unseen and unknown to the
both of them, Apep the Serpent was nearby and it slithered off to speak to
another in another dimension. Serpents are all from the same breed where they
exist in the multi dimension.
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