Anubis, Companion to Osiris (Cont)

By Lee McGiffen

The Hall of the Gods

Finally the deceased (or shaman) comes to the Hall of the Gods for the Weighing of the Heart ceremony. It is here that the decision is made, by these gods of the pole, as to whether the deceased (or shaman) becomes a circumpolar star or a non-polar star - whether he is raised up to his father who is in heaven, Atum, or is given over to the throne of Osiris, the Lord of the Underworld, there to be devoured by the darkness.