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From the Waters of Nun to the Scales of Ma'at
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From the Waters of Nun to the Scales of Ma'at

The Endless Company

The gods of Egypt from first to last — the sun rising out of the primordial waters, the birth of the first nine gods, the murder and resurrection of Osiris, the war of Horus and Set, and the judgment of the dead before the scales of Ma'at.
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The Zend-Avesta

Ahura Mazda and the War Between Truth and the Lie

The sacred book of ancient Persia — Zarathustra's revelation of a universe at war, the sixteen perfect lands and their counter-plagues, Yima's ark against the deadly winters, the bridge of judgment, and the French scholar who sailed to India as a soldier to bring the lost book home.

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The Rig Veda

The Whole Story in 15 Minutes

The world's oldest surviving religious text — the 10 mandalas, the Gayatri mantra, the Soma hymns, the Nasadiya Sukta.

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The Epic of Gilgamesh

The Oldest Story in the World: Gilgamesh, Death, and the Flood

The oldest epic on earth — the king of Uruk and his wild brother, the Cedar Forest, the Bull of Heaven, and the quest that ends with a serpent stealing immortality — recovered from broken tablets in 1872.

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