MythicEgyptian Ba, the soul-bird
UBEvolving mortal soul
Evolving mortal soul = Egyptian Ba, the soul-bird
The Connection
The UB draws an explicit parallel between the Ba and the evolving mortal soul. The Ba was depicted as a bird with a human head, representing the personality aspect that could travel between worlds. Unlike the Ka (divine gift), the Ba was understood as something that developed through the quality of one's life, paralleling the UB teaching that the soul is co-created by the mortal mind and the Thought Adjuster.
UB Citation
Academic Source
Zabkar, A Study of the Ba Concept (1968); Assmann, Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt (2005)
Historical Evidence(Strong evidence)
The UB states: "Among the Egyptians, in the ka we find a concept which is analogous to spirit, and in the ba a concept resembling soul." Louis Zabkar demonstrated that the Ba represented the "manifestation of the individual after death" and was distinctly experiential rather than innate. The Ka/Ba distinction in Egyptian theology closely mirrors the Adjuster/soul distinction in UB theology: one is a divine gift (Ka/Adjuster), the other is the evolving product of lived experience (Ba/soul).
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