Not any of these, by its own nature, could exist for any length of time entirely separated from the others; if left to itself, that so separated, would in time dissolve into new elements and if it were the soul, it would die a second time, the personality and individuality would then perish and become annihilated; this was the much feared, second death. This however might be prevented by the piety of the survivors, in repeating the prayers and litanies and performing the lustrations and sacrifices, for the dead. The lot to do this usually fell to the eldest son and in default of sons, to the daughters, etc., no relations existing, the dead persons' slaves could perform it. The priests were also left annuities to perform perpetually, the sacred duties to the dead. Embalmment preventing for centuries, decomposition; continued prayers, devotions and offerings would save, it was believed, the _Ka_, the _Ba_, and the _Khu_, from the second death, and procure for them what was necessary to prolong their existence. The _Ka_, they thought, never quitted the place where the mummy was except at some time to return. The _Ba_, and the _Khu_ went away from it to follow the gods, but they continually returned as would a traveler who re-entered his house after an absence. The tomb was the defunct's "eternal dwelling house" on earth, the houses of the living were only as inns or stopping places. In case of a judgment in favor of the _Ba_ in the Hall of Osiris, the _Khu_ united to the _Ba_, _Khaibet_, _Ab_, _Ka_, etc., rose up to the Egyptian heaven, and the whole united was able to make whatever transformations pleased it. FOOTNOTES: [77] Comp. Hist. of the Egypt. Relig., by Dr. C.P. Tiele. London, 1892, pp. 89, 127, 139. [78] Most likely the Egyptian idea was "to emanate" more than "to create." [79] Louis Ménard's edition. Paris, 1867, p. 89. [80] Book II., ch. 123. [81] Hist. of the Egypt. Relig., by C.P. Tiele, pp. 47, 71. [82] Comp. Hist, of the Egypt. Relig., by C.P. Tiele. London, 1890, p. 127. The Book of the Dead. Fac-simile of the Papyrus of Ani, etc., notes by P. Le Page Renouf. London, 1890, p. 16, note. See also _supra_ reference to the _Mesxen_. A similar idea is in the Zohar, compare Qabbalah, etc., by Isaac Myer. Philadelphia, 1888, pp. 397, 388, 389, 108 _et seq._, 190, 196, 418, and many other places. [83] _Hymne à Ammon-Ra des papyrus Égyptiens du Musée de Boulaq, traduit et commenté_, by Eugène Grébaut, etc. Paris, 1874, p. 11. [84] _Ibid._, p. 28. See also, pp. 115, 120-122, 295. [85] _Ibid._, pp. 112, 115. [86] As to the meaning of the important word _maat_, see, Religion of Ancient Egypt, by P. Le Page Renouf--Hibbert Lectures for 1879. New York, pp. 73 _et seq._; 123 _et seq._ _Hymne à Ammon-Ra_, last before cited, notes p. 110 _et seq._ [87] _Hymne à Ammon-Ra_, p. 16 _et seq._ [88] _Ibid._, pp. 27, 28. [89] Comp. _Hymne à Ammon-Ra_, by E. Grébaut, pp. 3, 4, and notes to same, p. 39 _et seq._