HOUSE OF MAAT

Court of Amen 5

HOUSE FIVE - Maat
Ma'at is shown with the hieroglyph meaning "beautiful." She is Goddess
of truth, world order, justice, and righteousness. Her headband is the
symbol of these attributes, and the ostrich plume is that feather
against which the hearts of newly deceased were weighed before Osiris.
The heart could not outweigh the feather if eternal life was to be acheived.

The Weighing of the Soul is of pivotal importance to Senet (see House of Thoth and Hall of Two Truths) and I have others have written elsewhere how the Ten Commandments of Judaism was likely derivative on Ma'at and her 42 Admonitions. Likewise the bible stories about Judgement, and many Proverbs, as well as the Golden Rule (Jesus' version Love thy neighbour as Thyself) being previously spoken by The Eloquent Peasant.