Fellowship of the Secret Word/Glossary

A

• Aah, Iah - Moon sacred to Osiris, Djehuty (Thoth) and Khonsu
• Akh (Ax) - at times translated as 'soul', cf. Body and Soul
• Akhu, akhet (Ax.t): The blessed dead, ancestors
• Amen, Ammon, Amon, Amun, Amoun, Amun-Re or Amen-Re - Main God during the New Kingdom, identified with Zeus by the Greeks
• Amenirdis - Wife of the God (High priestess of Amen)
• Amenti - Realm of the Dead, cf Duat
• Ammit, Ammut - Chimaera, destroyer of the hearts of dead who were not justified
• Amulet - charm or talisman
• Anch, ankh (anx) - Symbol of enduring life
• Anubis, Anpu, Khenty-Imentiu, Hermanubis - God, conductor of souls
• Apis, Serapis, Osiris-Apis - Bull symbolizing fertility venerated at Memphis
• Apophis, Apopis, Apep - The serpent of Chaos, sometimes equated with Seth
• Apotropaic (from Greek) - Having the power to avert evil
• Atef - Crown worn by Osiris
• Aten, Aton - The sun disk, unique god of Akhenaten

B

• Ba (bA)

   The "soul"
   Spiritual force such as an anonymous divinity
   Manifestation of a god
   The king's power to rule
   The eternal forces of a human, depicted in tombs as a bird with a human head.

• Ba'ah, Seba-djai

   The planet Venus