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Field of Reeds (Aaru)
The Egyptian paradise, a heavenly realm of abundance where the righteous dead lived eternally in peace and plenty.
About Field of Reeds (Aaru)
Aaru, the working paradise
The Field of Reeds (Aaru, Iaru) is the justified dead's agricultural hereafter: barley, canals, a life like the Nile valley without failure. The Book of the Dead (spells 109–110) lets the deceased know the waters and hoe the fields. It is not a cloud heaven. Entry depends on the weighing of the heart. Pyramid Texts already point the king toward reed-fields. Later Book of the Dead vignettes show the deceased farming. Bliss here is labor that works.
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- Book of the Dead, Spell 109
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