Gnostic Art

Anubis and the Court of the Law

The Human Soul of the Initiate (center) stands before Anubis, the great Judge of the Law of Karma, who weighs the heart (in the jar) against a feather (mind) to measure psychological equilibrium: the fundamental requirement of true spiritual development. This also weighs karma and dharma, bad and good actions.

Behind the Initiate is his Ka, the Astral Body (bird with a human head). It is on the side of the jar containing the heart, which indicates the close relationship between emotion and the Astral Body.

The Divine Father (Chesed) and Divine Mother of the Initiate wait on the far left. They always bow before the will of the Law.

Above are the forty-two judges of the Law.

On the far right is Thoth, the Causal Logos of the Initiate, who records the judgment and waits to see if the Initiate is to be consumed by the demon Ammit with the face of a crocodile.