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Egyptian interest in the optical properties of natron would be natural because their culture
focused on transformation of awareness into an immortal light body, and natron was the
sacred mineral used to preserve the physical portion of the body.
Here is a key statement in the report by Kirchhoff and Bunsen on their experiments with
sodium (natrium in Latin, abbreviated as Na).
"Of all spectral reactions, that of sodium is the most sensitive. Swan (Ann. 100, p. 311 )
has already drawn attention to the smallness of the sodium chloride quantity that can still
produce a distinct sodium line. "
Sodium was the first example mentioned in detail by Kirchhoff and Bunsen, and they
commented on the special brightness and distinctness of the golden yellow sodium line.
Drawing that shows the complementarity of the absorption spectrum of the sun
with the emission spectrum of sodium
Amen Ra, the Sun, and the Spectral Line of Sodium
A fundamental part of the Egyptian mythology was that Osiris became the god of the
night, but identified with Amen Ra, Ra being the sun, and Amen being the invisible
aspect of the sun. Notice how the emission and absorption spectra are complementary
with regard to the strong sodium line that glows with a golden yellow color. We know
the Egyptians burned natron, because it was used as a key component of incense.
Below is an image of Amen that appears on a wall of the Temple of Man, Luxor.