ABSTRACT
The whole progress of the departed, in fact, is described as taking place in some kind of house or building. The Ritual is full of references to his going in and coming out, to his passing gates, doors, and staircases. And though the secret places of this building have doubtless a mystical significance as well, and refer to those secret places of the universe wherein, according to Egyptian belief, man, when set free from the flesh, was initiated into the mysteries of creation, yet, as that doctrine had to be learnt while still on earth, so was it necessary that there should be a building on earth wherein those places could be symbolized. And where shall the authors find such a building if not in that great house wherein, according to Egyptian tradition, that secret knowledge was enshrined—the House of Osiris—the Great Pyramid.
