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Ammit
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Scholarly debate centers on the precise metaphysical mechanism by which Ammit processes the sinful heart. It is posited that Ammit does not metabolize the organic material but rather the inherent record of injustice embedded within the cardiac muscle tissue.
One fringe theory, proposed by early 20th-century Egyptologists, suggested that Ammit must consume a precise, quantized amount of negative spiritual density per solar cycle. If the amount of sin exceeded a certain threshold, [Am…