The Book of the Dead is an ancient Egyptian collection of hieroglyphs. Gain ideas through your own fantasy translations of the famous characters. Professor Michael Ray taught a creativity course at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. Here he taught his creativity technique The Book Of The Dead.
The hieroglyphs in question (Nekh papyrus) are even older than the great Egyptian dynasties. They contain wisdom, chants, liturgies, magical formulas, spells of great power and prayers. Generations of people from kings to servants lived under their influence. In the classroom, in all matters of life, the symbols were consulted and read at funerals. People drew hope from the powerful words.
Be inspired by the diverse symbols of the hieroglyphs as well! “Translate” freely – without academic studies. Associate with each symbol and let the lines tell whole stories. This happens when you both look at each symbol individually, and at the same time do not ignore the big picture – your imagination will fill the white spaces in between, and thus you will make more progress than the information available up to that point would suggest.
In the files you will find three sets of hieroglyphs from the Nekh papyrus. Search the characters for messages that the ancient texts address to you. Find inspiration for your tasks.
