The Egyptian Book of the dead by P. Le Page Renouf and Edouard Naville

3. _The arms which announce Glory for me._ The clue to the meaning of

this passage is to be found in ⁂, which is a _relative_ form implying an antecedent, which can only be “the arms.” The _arms which announce Glory for me_ are to be explained by the usages of the ancient ritual, which prescribed certain postures or attitudes in the ceremony of ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂, as in other forms wherein the arms played a great part. These religious ceremonies it must always be remembered, were considered as dramatic representations of what was done in the invisible world.