[THE Ka]

Ah, death... one of the most interesting topics of philosophy,( not that the relgions of our world are in any sense close to that of middle earth). anyway, the concept of death and afterlife is always and still will be a mystery, when you pick up a lotr or any other tolkien book refering to middle earth. but, i did find a middle earth/ our world , connection. it concerns the Fea and Hroa belief and the ancient egyptian relgion. ( the ancient egyptian relgion is a dead relgion of corse [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] so, it doesn't go aginst what i said before in this reply [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] ). anyway the fea is in some ways is like the ancient egyptian's Ba. Not the Ka because, the Ka was the other one spirit that in a way died with you, your Ba - it was much different. The fea if i have read correctly stays "alive" and waits to reform the hroa. hora sounds like your body, so your Ba or fea is like your spirit. your Ba according to ancient egyptians could leave your tomb or "hang around" , and when your time was ready or you passed your underworld "test" your Ba could return to your body but,instead of going back to earth you when to a sort of heaven or "paradise". so like the fea one of the choices is to reform the hroa... [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

well, i think i have covered the matter of death to an extent that i'm happy... [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Our very hopes belied our fears, our fears our hopes belied, we thought her dying when she slept, and sleeping when she died.
- Thomas Hood, The Death Bed