The Great Ennead of Heliopolis

The Great Ennead of Heliopolis is a group of nine Egyptian gods who, as a group, formed the spiritual foundation for the civilization of ancient Egypt. The first written record of the Great Ennead dates back to the Fifth dynasty pyramid texts found in the pyramid of King Unis (2375-2345 BC). Each of these gods had a spiritual function that exactly parallels the spiritual function of each of the nine soul types. The following table illustrates the relationship between the soul types and the Egyptian gods of the Great Ennead.

SoulType Egyptian God Spiritual Purpose

1 Ra illuminates the soul

2 Tefnut breathes life into the body

3 Shu holds the magic moment "now"

4 Nuit aligns the body with the soul and the cosmos

5 Geb awakens consciousness

6 Nephthys creates the home shaped by the soul's love

7 Seth finds the nature of the divine identity

8 Isis bonds and binds the soul to the body

9 Osiris leads from the divine substance of the soul

How we discovered this correlation.

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SoulType	Egyptian God	Spiritual Purpose
1	Ra	illuminates the soul
2	Tefnut	breathes life into the body
3	Shu	holds the magic moment "now"
4	Nuit	aligns the body with the soul and the cosmos
5	Geb	awakens consciousness
6	Nephthys	creates the home shaped by the soul's love
7	Seth	finds the nature of the divine identity
8	Isis	bonds and binds the soul to the body
9	Osiris	leads from the divine substance of the soul