Wallis Budge presents a magnificent epic of the spiritual evolution of the ancient Egyptians, based on an ineradicable belief in eternal life. Based on religious texts from different eras, conducting a comparative analysis of hymns and laments, analyzing funeral ceremonies, memorial rites and sacraments, the author reveals the meaning of ancient myths about the self-generated and self-existent God and his visible incarnation - the luminous Ra. Tells about the cult of Osiris, who suffered so much after the afterlife judgment and promised immortality in a transformed body to every righteous person who died.