Confronting the enemies on the journey of the other world
The nominee (the underworld / stellar world) corresponds to many dangers that are always depicted in the form of fearful animals, because negative psychological and mental forces are more ugly and terrifying than the fiercest animals we know in our material world.
And interviewing such frightening monsters in the world of tools, it is a symbol of the human face of negative thoughts and feelings that are still stuck in his stellar body, and which hinder his progress in the spirit world.
The journey of the soul in the world of life is a journey aimed at purification, that is, liberating alba from everything that might be stuck with it from thoughts or feelings that contradict with maat (the cosmic system).
The process of liberating and clearing Alba goes through three stages.
The first stage: the negative thoughts and feelings of the nomadic person appear in the form of a fierce animal.
The second stage: a confrontation occurs between the nomadic in the tools and the fierce animal that gets in its way.
That ferocious animal tries to steal the nomadic heart in the Duat,
He robs him of his magical powers (his spiritual knowledge) and tries to kill his soul by plucking Alba out of its spiritual roots.
The goal of this confrontation is not to kill the forces that hinder the traveler’s path in the tools, but rather to control those hostile forces.
The ancient Egyptians were expressing the idea of domination and domination of hostile forces by the term "twisting the neck of enemies", that is, turning the head to look back instead of looking forward.
And when that happens, that is the third and final stage of the Elba liberation process.
The process of capturing, dominating, and converting negative energies from a ferocious animal that intercepts the path of the soul to the fibrus was the goal of the soul's journey in the dawat.
And in this scene of the papyrus "Nakht" we see him standing in the face of three crocodiles who stand in his way and threaten to steal his magical powers and uproot his land
From its roots in the spirit world.
Immediately comes to mind a question about the significance of the ancient Egyptian artist's choice of this particular life to express the forces that stand in the way of man in the world of tools.
The contemplative of the behavior of the crocodile finds that he usually lies at the bottom of the river, so that he is completely hidden from the eyes, and suddenly he attacks his prey, which was not known to exist under the surface of the water.
Prey before she fell victim she was under the illusion that she was safe and not guided
Any danger, because the danger lurking around it, is a risk that can be seen in the depths.
It is these characteristics that characterize the crocodile that made the ancient Egyptians take it as a symbol of hostile forces (thoughts and feelings that do not contradict the ma'at / cosmic order)
That interferes with the human path during his journey in the Duat.
Those thoughts and feelings are lurking in the unconscious, just like a crocodile lying on the river bed lying in prey.
And the exit of these hostile forces from the subconscious into consciousness is necessary in order for them to appear into existence and a person can confront them and purify the soul from them.
The text accompanying the image of "Nakht", standing with a knife or a dagger facing the crocodile, says:
Go back, crocodile
Give me the way
You will not be able to attack me
Because I have magical powers
Then the nomad in the dawat says that he knows the name of each of the three crocodiles, and knowing the name of the underlying enemy means revealing his truth and stripping him of his strength and then controlling him.
And the ability to distinguish the enemy and determine his name is a symbol of the Egyptian artist with that knife or dagger that "Nakht" holds in his hand.
This knife is a symbol of insight and supreme awareness that is not hindered by fear
Or desire, but is stimulated by followers of Maat (truth / cosmic system).
The text accompanying this scene concludes with these words that Nakht says:
The sky also contains stars
And just as the energy of the story (magic) contains everything that exists
My mouth is also full of itchy strength
My teeth became like flint daggers
And molars full of poison
O crocodile who wants to swallow spiritual powers
You will not be able to
You will not be able to possess spiritual powers.