"Before dealing with the special varieties of the Egyptians' belief in gods, it is best to tr y to avoid a misunderstanding of their whole conception of the supernatural. The term god has come to tacitly imply to our minds such a highly specialised group of attributes, that we can hardly throw our ideas back into the more remote conceptions to which we also attach the same name. It is unfortunate that ever y other word for supernatural intelligences has become debased, so that we cannot well s ...