What if your heart weighs the same as a feather?

You're fine. You're only in trouble if your heart, weighed down by your sins, is heavier than the feather. read more

If you are talking about Egyptian Mythology, then the answer is that you are able to pass through to the afterlife. If your heart weighs more than the feather, your heart is eaten. read more

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Ancient Egyptian religion was not a monolithic institution, but consisted of a vast and varying set of beliefs and practices, linked by their common focus on the interaction between the world of humans and the world of the divine. read more

By depicting the heart balancing in the scales against the feather of Maat they ensured that would be the favourable outcome. The entire ceremony was, after all, symbolic. Following the Weighing of the Heart, the organ was returned to its owner. read more