Table of Contents

Introduction: Why the Amduat is Significant; An Egyptian View of the World Beyond Death; The Amduat and Its Illustrations; The Structure of the Amduat; The Order of the Hours; The Title; First Hour; Second Hour; Third Hour; Fourth Hour; Fifth Hour; Sixth Hour; Seventh Hour; Eighth Hour; Ninth Hour; Tenth Hour; Eleventh Hour; Twelfth Hour; Final Words of the Amduat; Connecting the Amduat to Our Modern Time; Chronology of the Pharaohs of The New Kingdom; Glossary.

About the Author

Theodor Abt was born in Zurich, Switzerland in 1947. He has a Ph.D. from the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich 1977. Since 1975 he has been a Jungian analyst in private practice. From 1983 through 1988 he was a member of the board of the C G Jung Institute, Zurich. Since 1990 he has been professor for rural sociology at the ETH. He has been a member of the board of the Research and Training Centre for Depth Psychology according to C G Jung and M-L von Franz in Zurich since 1995, and president of the Society of the Friends of the Royal Tombs of Egypt since 1988. His research focuses on the relationship of the outer world with the needs of the inner unconscious world.