Abstract
The article suggests that other traditions, such as oral ones, could have existed and been observed by priests in connection with the ancient Egyptian texts for reaching the netherworld (with a focus on the Coffin Texts). The old belief in the secret knowledge of Egyptian priests as well as character of hieroglyhpic script can suggest that some texts could have served as an abridged version of a sum of knowledge which its users should know by heart - knowledge that might have been taught following initiation into a certain group within the priestly hierarchy.