Wheat and Sickle Reaping

Dr. Steven B Halls | July 2026

This material was originally posted to Facebook on 2026-05-18 - view original post.

Here's a speculation theory just from today about a sickle cutting wheat, reaping. Why is that on funeral products like the Book of the Dead Papyrus of Ani? It doesn't seem correct to suggest the deceased will be a farm worker in the afterlife. Here's what I speculate to offer as an alternate idea to consider.

This image likely displays funeral artifacts and ancient manuscripts that prominently feature a sickle cutting through rows of wheat. The middle rows contain a high density of grain that points directly to the horizontal plane of a torus, a layout also marked by crowds of person-symbols. An arched door resting among the wheat confirms that these agricultural elements carry deeper symbolism rather than literal farming meanings. Because wheat yields multiple kernels, it serves as a clear marker for high density energy, while the plant stems themselves function as flux tubes. Severing these horizontal plane flux tubes in a funeral setting suggests the breaking of the soul connections to physical matter.

I noticed rows, and middle rows having a high density of wheat (or whatever grain). I think these rows refer to the horizontal plane of a torus. You can find this row structure in other symbolism places where a crowd, a high-density of person-symbols marks the horizontal plane. ( image E, H and I).

On image D, why does wheat have an arched door? This is an indication that it's got symbolism content and isn't just literal.

Image F and G are also showing reaping, in symbolism contexts.

Wheat produces multiple kernels, and multi-kernels is a way to mark something as high-density. The stem or stalk of plants in symbolism, I think they have symbolic meaning as flux tubes.

Why would horizontal plane high-density flux tubes be severed and be appropriate in a funeral context? Perhaps this is meaning something like losing or breaking connections of the soul to physical matter of the body (and the world), no longer tethering the soul to the body.

I included image H because arms and legs also symbolically represent flow connections to- and from the body-torus-symbol and severing those limbs could have a completely non-violent hidden meaning.

This speculation is posted only because I'm likely to forget it. It is not proved, and I only just started my collection of grain-cutting images today. But maybe ancient Egyptians didn't become farm workers in the afterlife.

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