Book of the Deadin a sentence
- The early chapters of the Book of the Dead deal with descent into the underworld and reanimation of the body.
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- This is Annie's Book of the Dead, isn't it?† (source)
- "The Egyptian Book of the Dead," he whispered.† (source)
- "Most people call it The Book of the Dead," he told me.† (source)
- A book of the dead, a map of the wounded.† (source)
- He'd probably answer it with an obscure quote from The Tibetan Book of the Dead or gibberish about runic interpretations, but there was a chance he'd really think about it, and then we might get somewhere.† (source)
- "Would you care to see the Book of the Dead?" a red-nosed gentleman asks.† (source)
- Some immediacy was there again, some promise of hierophany: printed circuit, gently curving streets, private access to the water, Book of the Dead….† (source)
- He began to study the Bardo Thödol, commonly known as The Tibetan Book of the Dead.† (source)
- Carter came stumbling down the stairs, holding The Book of the Dead.† (source)
- "It may be in The Book of the Dead," Carter said.† (source)
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- All the artifacts seemed like family mementos: a wand just like Sadie's; a picture of the serpent leopards that had once attacked us; a page from the Book of the Dead showing demons we'd met in person.† (source)
- The Book of the Dead.† (source)
- Book of the Dead?† (source)
- A deep and awesome vision of the journey is that of the Egyptian Book of the Dead.† (source)
- The Book of the Dead was buried with the mummy as a guide book to the perils of the difficult way, and chapters were recited at the time of burial.† (source)
- When the duty which calls us now is happily done, if you choose to go with me, I will show you the sacred library of our priesthood; among others, the Book of the Dead, in which is the ritual to be observed by the soul after Death has despatched it on its journey to judgment.† (source)
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