The Book of Gates

E. A. Wallis Budge’s "The Book of Gates" is a study of the Egyptian funerary composition that maps the soul’s passage through the twelve hours of the night and the gates of the afterlife. It is significant for preserving and interpreting a major royal mortuary text, and readers will find translated passages, ritual imagery, and explanations of the deities and guardians encountered along the way.

E. A. Wallis Budge (1857–1934) was a British Egyptologist, museum curator, and prolific translator whose editions of Egyptian funerary and religious texts became foundational in the study of ancient religion and occult reception. His publications helped popularize ancient Egyptian spirituality in both scholarly and esoteric circles.