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OF COMING FORTH BY DAY - THE TRANSFORMATIONS
2019, drawings, black fineliner, 35 x 50 cmBlind contour drawings based on vignettes from ‘The Book of the Dead’, an ancient Egyptian funerary text, depicting the deceased and their journey into the afterlife. I use these extracts and hymns to come to an understanding of how the saved soul is raised and transformed like an eternal spirit, just like that of God.
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A head-rest
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I have come, and I have slain for thee him that attacked thee.
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The deceased holding a sail, symbolic of air.
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Of avoiding slaughter
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Of the shade from the Tome
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Of drinking water
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Of not being burnt
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The release of the soul
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Of avoiding unclean food
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Of Coming Forth By Day - The Transformations
Of opening the underworld / Of conquering enemies -
Of not being hurt
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