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particulardivinitybeingworshipped.Inancienttimestheofferingsbroughtby
peopleweretaken(bythepriestsandpriestesses)intothesecretchamberswherethe
Divineimagewaskept,andthereitwasplacedbeforethedivinity.TheDivinity
wasthenallowedto“takeItsshare,”andlaterthepriestsandpriestesseswould
cometoremovetheofferingsandtaketheir“share.”TheideaisthattheDivineim-
agelivesoffofthesubtleessenceanddevotionalenergieswithwhichtheofferings
areimbuedandpartakesinthese,ineffecttakingaportionofthesubtleessenceof
theoffering,leavingthegrosseraspecttonourishthephysicalbodiesofthepriests
andpriestesses.Celestialfoodisthefoodofthegodsandgoddessesintheastral
plane.Itisakindofdivinenectaruponwhichthesoul(ba)andspirit(akhu)are
sustained.
What is Digestionand The Digestive System?
The American Heritage Dictionary defines digestion as follows:
di·gest,v.di·gest·ed,di·gest·ing,di·gests.--tr.1.Physiology.To
convert (food) into simpler chemical compoundsthat can be absorbed
and assimilated by the body, as by chemical and muscular action in the
alimentary canal.2.To absorb or assimilate mentally.
Thebodymakesuseofcertainorganstotakeinsolidnourishment,breakitdown
andextractneedednutrientsinordertosurvive.Thisisthefunctionofthe
gastrointestinalsystem,whichiscomposedofthemouth,theesophagus,thestom-
ach,theintestinesandtherectum.Iftheseorgansaretreatedproperly,andthecor-
rectfoodsingested,theywillfunctionnormally.Thismeansthatthefoodwillbe
processedandthewasteexcreted,andthehumanbeingwillenjoypristinehealth
andvitality.However,ifthetreatmentoftheseorgansisnotcorrect,thenanimbal-
ancewilldevelopthatmayaffecttheentirebody.Thus,bothinancientandmodern
times,thisareaofthebodyisseenasthesourceofphysicalhealth,aswellas
disease.
Gastrointestinal body parts and other selected Anatomy
Hieroglyphs
TheAncientEgyptianshaddescribedtheanatomyofthebodyintheearlyperiodof
theculture. Beloware thehieroglyphic symbolswhichcorrespondtothe
