Alexander Piankov, a translator of the Pyramid Texts, believed that the texts speak for themselves and are religious views and symbols. They were intend to guarantee a return to (bodily) life of the late pharaoh, in the same way as Osiris-Orion came back to life.

The hieroglyphic texts call those who have undergone the initiation "twice-born" and they could add the title "resurrected to life" to their names. In the Book of the Dead the name of Osiris was placed in front of the names of those who had undergone initiation.

A certain parallel can bet drawn here with the reading of the Tibetan Book of the Dead.