THE
BOOK OF THE DEAD
  Introductory Hymn to the Sun-God Re
 WORSHIP OF RE WHEN HE RISES IN THE
EASTERN HORIZON of the sky BY N. HE SAYS:
HAIL TO YOU, you having come as Khopri, even Khopri who is the
creator of the gods. You rise and shine on the back of your mother
(the sky), having appeared in glory as King of the gods. Your mother
Nut shall use her arms on your behalf in making greeting. The
Manu-mountain receives you in peace, Maet embraces you at all
seasons. May you give power and might in vindication--and a coming
forth as a living soul to see Harakhti--to the double of N. HE SAYS:
  O all you gods of the Soul-mansion who judge sky and earth in the
balance, who give food and provisions; O Tatenen, Unique One,
creator of mankind; O Southern, Northern, Western and Eastern
Enneads, give praise to Re, Lord of the sky, the Sovereign who made
the gods. Worship him in his goodly shape when he appears in the
Day-bark. May those who are above worship you, may those who
are below worship you, may Thoth and Maet write to you daily;
your serpent-foe has been given over to the fire and the rebel-serpent
is fallen, his arms are bound, Re has taken away his movements, and
the Children of Impotence are non-existent. The Prince-mansion is
in festival, the noise of shouting is in the Great Place, the gods are in
joy, when they see Re in his appearing, his rays flooring the lands.
The Majesty of this noble god proceeds, he has entered the land of
Manu, the land is bright at his daily birth, and he has attained his
state of yesterday. May you be gracious to me when I see your beauty,
having departed from upon earth. May I smite the Ass, may I drive
off the rebel-serpent, may I destroy Apep when he acts, for I have
seen the abdju-fish in its moment of being and the bulti-fish piloting
the canoe on its waterway. I have seen Horus as helmsman, with
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Thoth and Maet beside him, I have taken hold of the bow-warp of
the Night-bark and the stern-warp of the Day-bark. May he grant
that I see the sun-disk and behold the moon unceasingly every day;
may my soul go forth to travel to every place which it desires; may
my name be called out, may it be found at the board of offerings;
may there be given to me loaves in the Presence like the Followers of
Horus, may a place be made for me in the solar bark on the day when
the god ferries across, and may I be received into the presence of
Osiris in the Land of Vindication.
  For the double of N.
  Introductory Hymn to Osiris
WORSHIP of  Osiris  Onnophris,  the  great  god  who  dwells  in  the
Thinite nome, King of Eternity, Lord of Everlasting  who passes
millions of years in his lifetime first-born son of Nut begotten of
Geb, Heir, Lord of the Wereret-crown, whose White Crown is tall
Sovereign of gods and men. He has taken the crook and the Mail and
the office of his forefathers. May your heart which is in the desert
land be glad, for your son Horus is firm on your throne, while you
have appeared as Lord of Busiris, as the Ruler who is in Abydos. The
Two Lands flourish in vindication because of you in the presence of
the Lord of All. All that exists is ushered in to him in his name of
" Face to whom men are ushered'; the Two Lands are marshalled
for him as leader in this his name of Sokar; his might is far-reaching,
one greatly feared in this his name of Osiris; he passes over the length
of eternity in his name of Onnophris.
  HAIL TO YOU, King of kings, Lord of lords, Ruler of rulers, who
took possession of the Two Lands even in the womb of Nut; he
rules the plains of the Silent Land, even he the golden of body, blue
of head, on whose arms is turquoise. O Pillar of myriads, broad of
breast, kindly of countenance, who is in the Sacred Land: May you
grant power in the sky, might on earth and vindication in the realm
of the dead, a journeying downstream to Busiris as a living soul and a
journeying upstream to Abydos as a heron; to go in and out without
hindrance at all the gates of the Netherworld. May there be given to
me bread from the House of Cool Water and a table of offerings
from Heliopolis, my toes being firm-planted in the Field of Rushes
May the barley and emmer which are in it belong to the double of
the Osiris N.
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           The Judgement of the Dead
THE HEART OF THE DEAD MAN IS WEIGHED IN THE SCALES OF
  THE BALANCE AGAINST THE FEATHER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
  <1The vignette in the papyrus of  Ani shows the deceased>1
  <1and his wife entering the Hall of Justice where his heart>1
  <1is to be weighed in the balance. The deceased appeals to>1
                 <1his heart not to betray him>1.
                          Spell 30B
O my heart which I had from my mother! O my heart which I had
from my mother! O my heart of my different ages! Do not stand up
as a witness against me, do not be opposed to me in the tribunal, do
not be hostile to me in the presence of the Keeper of the balance, for
you are my spirit which was in my body, the protector who made my
members hale. Go forth to the happy place whereto we speed; do not
make my name stink to the Entourage who make men. Do not tell
lies about me in the presence of the god; it is indeed well that you
should hear !
  <1The heart of the deceased is shown in one scale-pan of the balance,>1
<1while the ostrich feather emblematic of righteousness and justice stands>1
<1in the other, the balance being adjusted by the jackal-god Anubis.>1
<1Behind him stands the ibis-headed god Thoth noting down the result of>1
<1the weighing, while behind him again is the "Devourer,' a creature>1
<1part crocodile, part leopard and part hippopotamus, who waits to>1
<1consume the hearts which do not pass the test. Witnessing the judge->1
<1ment are various divinities, including the Great Ennead of Heliopolis,>1
<1as well as the soul of the deceased in theform of a human-headed bird.>1
<1Thoth announces the result of the trial.>1
  THUS SAYS Thoth, judge of truth,to the Great Ennead which is in
the presence of Osiris : Hear this word of very truth. I have judged the
heart of the deceased, and his soul stands as a witness for him. His
deeds are righteous in the great balance, and no sin has been found
in him. He did not diminish the offerings in the temples, he did not
destroy what had been made, he did not go about with deceitful
speech while he was on earth.
  THUS SAYS the Great Ennead to Thoth who is in Hermoyolis:
This utterance of yours is true. The vindicated Osiris N. is straight-
forward, he has no sin, there is no accusation against him before us,
the Devourer shall not be permitted-to have power over him. Let
there be given to him the offerings which are issued in the presence
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of Osiris, and may a grant of land be established in the Field of
Offerings as for the Followers of Horus.
  <1The vindicated dead man is led by Horus,falcon-headed and wearing>1
<1the Double Crown of Egypt, into the presence of Osiris, enthroned>1
<1in a pillared shrine with his sisters Isis and Nephthys behind him and>1
<1the four Children of Horus standing on a lotus-flower before him. The>1
<1deceased kneels before the god and makes an offering.>1
  THUS SAYS Horus son of Isis: I have come to you, O Onnophris,
and I bring N. to you. His heart is true, having gone forth from the
balance, and he has not sinned against any god or any goddess. Thoth
has judged him in writing which has been told to the Ennead, and
Maet the great has witnessed. Let there be given to him bread and
beer which have been issued in the presence of Osiris, and he will be
for ever like the Followers of Horus.
  THUS SAYS N.: Here I am in your presence, O Lord of the West.
There is no wrongdoing in my body, I have not wittingly told lies,
there has been no second fault. Grant that I may be like the favoured
ones who are in your suite, O Osiris, one greatly favoured by the
good god, one loved of the Lord of the Two Lands, N., vindicated
before Osiris.
  Spell  125
  <1This spell is inserted here rather than in the accepted>1
  <1numerical order because of its obvious connexion with>1
  <1the judgement. There is no mention of the weighing>1
  <1of the heart, but the deceased declares to the tribunal of>1
  <1forty-two gods that he has not committed a series of>1
  <1specified sins, which in Egyptian eyes apparently covered>1
  <1every conceivable kind of wrongdoing. The declaration,>1
  <1long known by the self-contradictory title of>1
  <1"The Negative Confession, ' is better named>1
  <1"The Declaration of Innocence.'>1
  <1Introduction>1
WHAT SHOULD BE SAID WHEN ARRIVING AT THIS HALL OF
  JUSTICE, PURGING N. OF ALL THE EVIL WHICH HE HAS
  DONE  AND BEHOLDING THE FACES OF THE GODS.
Hail to you, great god, Lord of justice ! I have come to you, my lord
that you may bring me so that I may see your beauty, for I know you
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and I know your name, and I know the names of the forty-two gods
of those who are with you in this Hall of justice, who live on those
who cherish evil and who gulp down their blood on that day of the
reckoning of characters in the presence of Onnophris. Behold the
double son of the Songstresses; Lord of Truth is your name. Behold,
I have come to you, I have brought you truth, I have repelled false-
hood for you. I have not done falsehood against men, I have not
impoverished my associates, I have done no wrong in the Place of
Truth, I have not learnt that which is not, I have done no evil, I have
not daily made labour in excess of what was due to be done for me,
my name has not reached the offices of those who control slaves, I have
not deprived the orphan of his property, I have not done what the
gods detest, I have not calumniated a servant to his master, I have not
caused pain, I have not made hungry, I have not made to weep, I have
not killed, I have not commanded to kill, I have not made suffering
for anyone, I have not lessened the food-offerings in the temples, I
have not destroyed the loaves of the gods, I have not taken away the
food of the spirits, I have not copulated, I have not misbehaved, I have
not lessened food-supplies, I have not diminished the aroura, I have
not encroached upon fields, I have not laid anything upon the weights
of the hand-balance, I have not taken anything from the plummet of
the stand-balance, I have not taken the milk from the mouths of
children, I have not deprived the herds of their pastures, I have not
trapped the birds from the preserves of the gods, I have not caught
the fish of their marshlands, I have not diverted water at its season, I
have not built a dam on flowing water, I have not quenched the fire
when it is burning, I have not neglected the dates for offering choice
meats, I have not withheld cattle from the god's-offerings, I have not
opposed a god in his procession.
  I am pure, pure, pure, pure! My purity is the purity of that great
phoenix which is in Heracleopolis, because I am indeed the nose of
the Lord of Wind who made all men live on that day of completing
the Sacred Eye in Heliopolis IN THE 2ND MONTH OF WINTER
LAST DAY, in the presence of the lord of this land. I am he who saw
the completion of the Sacred Eye in Heliopolis, and nothing evil shall
come into being against me in this land in this Hall of Justice, because
I know the names of these gods who are in it.
  <1The Declaration of Innocence Before the God, of the Tribunal>1
O Far-strider who came forth from Heliopolis, I have done no
  falsehood .
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O Fire-embracer who came forth from Kheraha, I have not robbed.
O Nosey who came forth from Hermopolis, I have not been
  rapacious.
O Swallower of shades who came forth from the cavern, I have not
  stolen.
O Dangerous One who came forth from Rostau, I have not killed
  men.
O Double Lion who came forth from the sky, I have not destroyed
  food-supplies.
O Fiery Eyes who came forth from Letopolis, I have done no
  crookedness.
O Flame which came forth backwards, I have not stolen the
  god's-offerings.
O Bone-breaker who came forth from Heracleopolis, I have not
  told lies.
O Green of flame who came forth from Memphis, I have not taken
  food.
O You of the cavern who came forth from the West, I have not
  been sullen.
O White of teeth who came forth from the Fayum, I have not
  transgressed.
O Blood-eater who came forth from the shambles, I have not
  killed a sacred bull.
O Eater of entrails who came forth from the House of Thirty,
  I have not committed perjury.
O Lord of Truth who came forth from Maety, I have not
  stolen bread.
O Wanderer who came forth from Bubastis, I have not
  eavesdropped.
O Pale One who came forth from Heliopolis, I have not babbled.
O Doubly evil who came forth from And jet, I have not disputed
  except as concerned my own property.
O Wememty-snake who came forth from the place of execution,
  I have not committed homosexuality.
O You who see whom you bring who came forth from the House
  of Min, I have not misbehaved.
O You who are over the Old One who came forth from Nehut,
  I have not made terror.
O Demolisher who came forth from Xois, I have not transgressed.
O Disturber who came forth from Weryt, I have not been
  hot-tempered.
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O Youth who came forth from the Heliopolitan nome, I have not
  been deaf to words of truth.
O Foreteller who came forth from Wenes, I have not made
  disturbance.
0 You of the altar who came forth from the secret place, I have
  not  winked.
O You whose face is behind him who came forth from the Cavern
  of Wrong, I have neither misconducted myself nor copulated
  with a boy.
O Hot-foot who came forth from the dusk, I have not been
  neglectful.
O You of the darkness who came forth from the darkness, I have
  not been quarrelsome.
O Bringer of your offering who came forth from Sais, I have
  not been unduly active.
O Owner of faces who came forth from Djefet, I have not been
  impatient.
O Accuser who came forth from Wetjenet, I have not transgressed
  my nature, I have not washed out (the picture of) a god.
O Owner of horns who came forth from Asyut, I have not been
  voluble in speech.
O Nefertem who came forth from Memphis, I have done no wrong,
  I have seen no evil.
O Temsep who came forth from Busiris, I have not made
  conjuration against the king.
O You who acted according to your will, wvho came forth from
  Sandal-town, I have not waded in water.
O Water-smiter who came forth from the Abyss, I have not been
  loud-voiced.
O Commander of mankind who came forth from your house,
  I have not reviled God.
O Bestower of good who came forth from the Harpoon nome,
  I have not done . . .
O Bestower of powers who came forth from the City, I have not
  made distinctions for myself.
O Serpent with raised head who came forth from the cavern, I am
  not wealthy except with my own property.
O Serpent who brings and gives, who came forth from the Silent
  Land, I have not blasphemed God in my city.
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  <1Address to the God of the Hall of Justice>1
THUS SAYS N.: Hail to you, you gods who are in this Hall of Justice!
I know you and I know your names, I will not fall to your knives;
you shall not bring the evil in me to this god in whose suite you are,
no fault of mine concerning you shall come out, you shall tell the
truth about me in the presence of the Lord of All, because I have done
what was right in Egypt, I have not reviled God, arid no fault of mine
has come out regarding the reigning king.
  Hail to you, O you who are in the Hall of justice, who have no lies
in your bodies, who live on truth and gulp down truth in the presence
of Horus who is in his disk. Save me from Babai, who lives on the
entrails of the old ones on that day of the great reckoning. Behold, I
have come to you without falsehood of mine, without crime of mine,
without evil of mine, and there is no one who testifies against me, for
I have done nothing against him. I live on truth, I gulp down truth,
I have done what men say and with which the gods are pleased. I have
propitiated God with what he desires; I have given bread to the
hungry, water to the thirsty, clothes to the naked and a boat to him
who was boatless, I have given god's-offerings to the gods and
invocation-offerings to the spirits. Save me, protect me, without your
making report against me in the Presence, for I am pure of mouth
and pure of hands, one to whom is said "Twice welcome!' by those
who see him, because I have heard that great word which the noble
dead spoke with the Cat in the House of Him whose mouth gapes.
He who testifies of me is He whose face is behind him, and he gives
the cry. I have seen the dividing of the ished-tree in Rostau, I am he
who succours the gods, who knows the affairs of their bodies. I have
come here to bear witness to truth and to set the balance in its proper
place within the Silent Land.
  O You who are uplifted on your standard, Lord of the Atef-crown,
who made your name as Lord of the Wind, save me from your
messengers who shoot forth harm and create punishments and who
show no indulgence, because I have done what is right for the Lord
of Right. I am pure, my brow is clean, my hinder-parts are cleansed,
and my middle is in the Pool of Truth, there is no member in me
devoid of truth. I have bathed in the Southern Pool, I have rested in
the Northern City, in the pure Field of Grasshoppers, in which is the
crew of Re, in this second hour of the night and the third hour of the
day, and the gods are calmed when they pass by it by night or by day.
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  <1The dead man is questioned>1
" You have caused him to come ' say they about me. "Who are you?
they say to me. " What is your name?' they say to me.
  "I am the lower part of the papyrus-plant;  "He who is on his
<1moringa>1-tree" is my name.'
  " What have you passed by?' they say to me.
  "I have passed by the city north of the <1moringa->1tree.'
  " What did you see there?'
  " They were the calf and the thigh.'
  " What did you say to them?'
  "I have seen the rejoicings in these lands of the Fenkhu.'
  " What did they give you? '
  " A fire-brand and a pillar of faience.'
  " What did you do with them?'
  " I buried them on the river-bank of Maet with the night-ritual.'
  " What did you find on it, the river-bank of Maet?'
  "It was a staff of Mint called " Giver of Breath." '
  " What did you do with the fire-brand and the pillar of faience
after you had buried them?'
  " I called out over them, I dug them up, I quenched the fire, I broke
the pillar and threw it into a canal.'
  " Come and enter by this door of the Hall of justice, for you know
us.'
  " We will not let you enter by us,' say the door-posts of this door,
" unless you tell our name.'
  " "Plummet of Truth" is your name.'
  "I will not let you enter by me,' says the right-hand leaf of this
door, unless you tell my name.'
  " " Scale-pan which weighs Truth" is your name.'
  "I will not let you enter by me,' says the left-hand leaf of this door
" unless you tell my name.'
  " " Scale-pan of wine" is your name.'
  "I will not let you pass by me,' says the floor of this door, " unless
you tell my name.'
  " " Ox of Geb" is your name.'
  "I will not open to you,' says the door-bolt of this door,  " unless
you tell my name.'
  " "Toe of his mother" is your name.'
  "I will not let you enter by me,' says the hasp of this door, "unless
  you tell my name.'
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" " Living Eye of Sobk, Lord of Bakhu " is your name.'
"I will not open to you,' says this door, " unless you tell my name.'
" "Breast of Shu which he placed as a protection for Osiris" is yout-
name.'
  "We will not let you enter by us,' say the cross-ttimbers, " unless
you tell our names.'
  " " Children of uraei" are your names.'
  "I will not open to you nor let you enter by me,' says the door-
keeper of this door, " unless you tell my name.'
  "Ox of Geb" is your name.'
  " You know us; pass by us.'
  "I will not let you tread on me,' says the floor of this Hall of-
Justice.
  " Why not? I am pure.'
  "Because I do not know the names of your feet with which you
would tread on me. Tell them to me.'
  " " Secret image of Ha" is the name of my right foot; "Flower of
Hathor" is the name of my left foot.'
  " You know us; enter by us.'
  "I will not announce you,' says the door-keeper of this Hall of
Justice, " unless you tell my name.'
  " " Knower of hearts, searcher-out of bodies" is your name.'
  " To which god shall I announce you?'
  "To him who is now present. Tell it to the Dragoman of the Two
Lands.'
  " Who is the Dragoman of the Two Lands?'
  " He is Thoth.'
  " Come!' says Thoth. "What have you come for?'
  "I have come here to report.'
  " What is your condition? '
  "I am pure from evil, I have excluded myself from the quarrels of
those who are now living, I am not among them.'
  " To whom shall I announce you?'
  " You shall announce me to Him whose roof is fire, whose walls are
living uraei, the floor of whose house is the waters.'
  "Who is he?'
  "He is Osiris.'
  " Proceed; behold, you are announced. Your bread is the Sacred
Eye, your beer is the Sacred Eye; what goes forth at the voice for you
upon earth is the Sacred Eve.'
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  <1Rubric to the preceding spell>1
THE CORRECT PROCEDURE IN THIS HALL OF JUSTICE. ONE
SHALL UTTER THIS SPELL PURE AND CLEAN AND CLAD IN WHITE
GARMENTS AND SANDALS, PAINTED WITH BLACK EYEPAINT
AND ANOINTED WITH MYRRH. THERE SHALL BE OFFERED TO
HIM MEAT AND POULTRY, INCENSE, BREAD, BEER AND HERDS
WHEN YOU HAVE PUT THIS WRITTEN PROCEDURE ON A CLEAN
FLOOR 0F OCHRE OVERLAID WITH EARTH UPON WHICH NO
SWINE OR SMALL CATTLE HAVE TRODDEN. AS FOR HIM WHO
MAKES THIS WRITING, HE SHALL FLOURISH AND HIS CHILDREN
SHALL FLOURISH, HE SHALL NOT BE IN NEED, HE SHALL
BE IN THE CONFIDENCE OF THE KING AND HIS ENTOURAGE
AND THERE SHALL BE GIVEN TO HIM A SHENS-CAKE  A JUG OF
BEER A PERSEN-CAKE AND A PORTION OF MEAT FROM UPON
THE ALTAR OF THE GREAT GOD; HE SHALL NOT BE TURNED
BACK FROM ANY GATEWAY OF THE WEST, BUT HE SHALL BE
USHERED IN WITH the kings of Upper Egypt and the kings of
Lower Egypt, and he shall be in the suite of Osiris. A matter a
million times true.
  Spell 1
  <1The vignette shows the funeral procession and the rite of>1
  <1Opening the Mouth, whereby all the deceased'sfaculties>1
  <1were restored to him. Before the door of the tomb the>1
  <1mummy is held upright by Anubis, god of embalming.>1
  <1Behind a pile of offerings two priests clad in leopard->1
  <1skins pour water, burn incense, and wield a magic>1
  <1wand, while a white-clad priest readsfrom a>1
  <1papyrus-roll. Thus the papyrus of Ani>1 ;
  <1the details may vary somewhat in>1
  <1other manuscripts.>1
HERE BEGIN THE SPELLS OF GOING OUT INTO THE DAY, THE
PRAISES AND RECITATIONS FOR GOING TO AND FRO IN THE
REALM OF THE DEAD WHICH ARE BENEFICIAL IN THE BEAUTI-
FUL WEST, AND WHICH ARE TO BE SPOKEN ON THE DAY 0F
  BURIAL AND OF GOING IN AFTER COMING OUT.
HAIL TO YOU, BULL OF THE WEST--so says Thoth, the King of
eternity, of me. I am the Great God, the protector. I have fought
for you, for I am one of those gods of the tribunal which vindicated
Osiris against his foes on that day of judgement. I belong to your
company, O Osiris, for I am one of those gods who fashioned the
Children of Nut, who slew the foes of Osiris and who imprisoned
those who rebelled against him.
  I belong to your company, O Horus, I have fought for you and have
watched over your name; I am Thoth who vindicated Osiris against
his foes on that day of judgement in the great Mansion of the Prince
which is in Heliopolis. I am a Busirite, the son of a Busirite, I was
conceived in Busiris, I was born in Busiris when I was with the men
who lamented and the women who mourned Osiris on the shores of
Rekhet and who vindicated Osiris against his foes--so they say. O Re,
Thoth has vindicated Osiris against his foes--so men say. Thoth has
helped me so that I might be with Horus on the day of the clothing of
Teshtesh and of the opening of the caverns for the washing of the
Inert One and the throwing open of the door of the secret things in
Rostau; so that I might be with Horus as the protector of the left arm
of Osiris who is in Letopolis. I go in and out among those who are
there on the day of crushing the rebels in Letopolis so that I may be
with Horus on the day of the Festival of Osiris; offerings are made
on the days of the Sixth-day Festival and the Seventh-day Festival in
Heliopolis.
  I am the priest in Busiris for the Lion-god in the House of Osiris
with those who raise up earth; I am he who sees the mysteries in
Rostau; I am he who reads the ritual book for the Soul in Busiris; I
am the sem-priest at his duties; I am the Master Craftsman on the
day of placing the bark of Sokar on its sledge; I am he who takes the
hoe on the day of breaking up the earth in Heracleopolis.
  O YOU WHO CAUSE THE PERFECTED SOULS TO DRAW NEAR
TO THE HOUSE OF Osiris, may you cause the excellent soul of N. to
draw near with you to the House of Osiris. May he hear as you hear,
may he see as you see, may he stand as you stand, may he sit as you
sit.
  O YOU WHO GIVE BREAD AND BEER TO THE PERFECTED
SOULS IN THE HOUSE OF Osiris, may you give bread and beer at all
seasons to the soul of N., who is vindicated with all the gods of the
Thinite nome, and who is vindicated with you.
  O YOU WHO OPEN A PATH AND OPEN UP ROADS FOR THE
PERFECTED SOULS IN THE HOUSE OF Osiris, open a path for him,
open up roads for the soul of N. in company with you. May he come
in freely, may he go out in peace from the House of Osiris, without
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being repelled or turned back. May he go in favoured, may he come
out loved, may he be vindicated, may his commands be done in the
House of Osiris, may he go and speak with you, may he be a spirit
with you, may no fault be found in him, for the balance is voided of
his misdoings.
  Spell 1B
SPELL FOR PERMITTLNG THE NOBLE DEAD TO DESCEND TO
  THE NETHERWORLD ON THE DAY OF INTERMENT.
Hail to you who are in the sacred desert of the West! N. knows you
and knows your name; may you save him from those snakes which
are in Rostau, which live on the Mesh of men and gulp down their
blood, because N. knows you and knows your names.
  The First One, Osiris, Lord of All, mysterious of body, gives
command, and he puts breath into those frightened ones who are in
the midst of the West; what has been commanded for him is the
governance of those who exist. May his place within the darkness be
opened up for him, may a spirit-shape be given to him in Rostau,
even to the Lord of gloom who goes down as the swallower of snakes
in the West; his voice is heard but he is not seen. The great god
within Busiris, those who are among the languid ones fear him, they
having gone forth under report to the shambles of the god.
  I have come, even I the vindicated Osiris N., on business of the
Lord of All, while Horus has taken possession of his throne and his
father has given to him all those honours which are within his father's
sacred bark. Horus has come with a report; he goes in that he may
tell what he has seen in Heliopolis. Their great ones on earth wait on
him, the scribes who are on their mats magnify him, and there has
been given to him the mottled snake in Heliopolis. He has taken
possession of the sky, he has inherited the earth, and who shall take
this sky and earth from him? He is Re, the eldest of the gods; his
mother has suckled him, she has given to him a nurse who is in the
horizon.
  This spell is to be recited after going to rest in the West, the
Tjenenet-shrine being made content with its lord Osiris when going
to and fro to the sacred bark of Re; his body on his bier shall be
reckoned up, and shall he enduring in the Netherworld, namely
that of N.
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  Spell 2
SPELL FOR GOING OUT INTO THE DAY AND LIVING
  AFTER DEATH.
O you Sole One who shine in the moon, O you Sole One who glow
in the sun, may N. go forth from among those multitudes of yours
who are outside, may those who are in the sunshine release him, may
the Netherworld be opened to him when N. goes out into the day in
order to do what he wishes on earth among the living.
  Spell 3
  ANOTHER LIKE IT.
O Atum who went forth as the Great One of the waters, having
power as the Double Lion, announce in your own words to those
who are in the Presence that N. comes as one who is in their midst,
and give command on his behalf to the crew of Re in the evening.
May N. live after death like Re every day. Was Re born yesterday?
Then will N. be born. May every god be joyful when N. lives just as
they were joyful when Ptah lived, when he came forth from the
great Prince-mansion which is in Heliopolis.
  Spell 4
  SPELL FOR PASSING ON THE UPPER ROAD OF ROSTAU.
I am he who fixed the limits of the flood and who judged between the
Rivals, I have come and I have removed the evil which was on Osiris.
  Spell 5
SPELL FOR NOT DOING WORK IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
It is I who lift up the arm of Him who is inert; I have gone out of
Hermopolis, I am a living soul, I have been initiated into the hearts
of the baboons.
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  Spell 6
SPELL FOR CAUSING A SHABTI TO DO WORK FOR A MAN
  IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
O shabti, allotted to me, if I be summoned or if I be detailed to do
any work which has to be done in the realm of the dead; if the un-
pleasant duty of a man at his task shall be imposed on me, you shall
detail yourself for me on every occasion of planting the fields, of
flooding the banks or of conveying sand from east to west; " Here am
I,' you shall say.
  Spell 7
  SPELL FOR PASSING BY THE DANGEROUS COIL OF APEP.
O you waxen one who take by robbery and who live on the inert
ones, I will not be inert for you, I will not be weak for you, your
poison shall not enter into my members, for my members arc the
members of Atum. If I am not weak for you, suffering from you shall
not enter into these members of mine. I am Atum at the head of the
Abyss, my protection is from the gods, the lords of eternity, I am He
whose name is secret, more holy of throne than the Chaos-gods; I
am among them, I have gone forth with Atum, I am one who is not
examined, I am hale, I am hale !
  Spell 8
  SPELL FOR OPENING UP THE WEST BY DAY.
Hermopolis is opened and my head is sealed. O Thoth, the Eye of
Horus is unblemished, the Eye of Horus saves me, and splendid are
my ornaments from the brow of Re, father of the gods; I am this
Osiris here in the West. Osiris knows his day, and if he does not
exist in it, then I will not exist in it. I am Re who is with the gods and
I will not perish; stand up, Horus, that I may number you among the
gods.
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SPELL FOR GOING OUT INTO THE DAY AFTER OPENING
  THE TOMB.
O you Soul, greatly majestic, behold, I have come that I may see you ;
I open the Netherworld that I may see my father Osiris and drive
away darkness, for I am beloved of him.
  I have come that I may see my father Osiris and that I may cut out
the heart of Seth who has harmed my father Osiris. I have opened up
every path which is in the sky and on earth, for I am the well-beloved
son of my father Osiris. I am noble, I am a spirit, I am equipped; O
all you gods and all you spirits, prepare a path for me.
  Spell 10
  ANOTHER SPELL FOR A MAN S GOING OUT INTO THE DAY
  AGAINST HIS FOES IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
I have dug up the sky, I have hacked up the horizon, I have traversed
the earth to its furthest extent, I have taken possession of the spirits
of the great ones, because I am one who equips a myriad with my
magic. I eat with my mouth, I defecate with my hinder-parts, for I
am a god, lord of the Netherworld. I have given those things which
were established in the past, I have planned appearance in glory.
  Spell 11
  SPELL FOR GOING OUT AGAINST A FOE IN THE REALM OF
  THE DEAD.
O you who consume your arm, prepare a path for me, for I am Re, I
have come forth from the horizon against my foe. He has been given
to me and he shall not be taken from me. I have extended my arm
as lord of the Wereret-crown, I have stridden out with the speed of
the uraeus-snake when my foe has not been put into my hand for me.
Such is my foe; he has been given to me, he shall not be taken from
me. I have arisen as Horus, I have sat down as Ptah, I am strong as
Thoth, I am mighty as Atum, I walk with my legs, I speak with my
mouth in order to seek out my foe; he has been given to me and he
shall not be taken from me.
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  SPELL FOR GOING IN AND OUT.
Hail to you  O Re, guardian of the secrets of the gates which are on
this neck of Geb, because of this balance of Re with which he weighs
out justice daily. Behold, I have hacked up the earth, and I have been
permitted to come, having grown old.
  Spell  13
  SPELL FOR GOING IN AND OUT OF THE WEST.
To me belong all men, I have given everything to myself. I have gone
in as a falcon, I have come out as a phoenix, the god who worships
Re. Prepare a path for me, that I may enter in peace into the beautiful
West, for I belong to the Lake of Horus, I leash the hounds of Horus.
Prepare a way for me, that I may go in and worship Osiris, the Lord
of Life.
  Spell 14
SPELL FOR REMOVING ANGER FROM THE HEART OF THE GOD
  against N.
Hail to you, you who descend in power, chief of all secret matters!
Behold, my word is spoken: so says the god who was angry with me.
Wrong is washed away, and it falls immediately. O Lords of justice,
put an end to the evil harm which is in me. O you companions of the
God of justice, may this god be gracious to me, may my evil be
removed for you. O Lord of Offerings in Genwer, behold I have
brought to you a propitiation-offering so that you may live on it and
that I may live on it; be gracious to me and remove all anger which is
in your heart against me.
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  Spell 15
<1A hymn to the sun-god, with a vignette showing the>1
<1deceased worshipping the god, who is seated in the solar bark.>1
  <1Other hymns are included in this spell.>1
WORSHIP OF RE WHEN HE RISES IN THE HORIZON UNTIL THE
  OCCURRENCE OF HIS SETTING IN LIFE.
Hail to you, O Re, at your rising, O Atum-Harakhti! Your beauty is
worshipped in my eyes when the sunshine comes into being over my
breast. You proceed at your pleasure in the Night-bark, your heart is
joyful with a fair wind in the Day-bark, being happy at crossing the
sky with the blessed ones. All your foes are overthrown, the Un-
wearying Stars acclaim you, the Imperishable Stars worship you
when you set in the horizon of Manu, being happy at all times, and
living and enduring as my lord.
  Hail to you, O Re when you rise and Atum when you set. How
beautiful are your rising and your shining on the back of your
mother Nut, you having appeared as King of the Gods. The Lower
Sky has greeted you, justice embraces you at all times. You traverse
the sky happily, and the Lake of the Two Knives is in contentment.
The rebel has fallen, his arms are bound, a knife has severed his
spine, but Re will have a fair wind, for the Night-bark has destroyed
those who would attack him. The southerners, northerners, western-
ers and easterners tow you because of the praise of you, O primeval
god, whose images have come into being. The voice goes forth, and
the earth is inundated with silence, for the Sole One came into
existence in the sky before the plains and the mountains existed. The
Herdsman, the Sole Lord, who made whatever exists, he has fashioned
the tongue of the Ennead. O you who took what is in the waters, you
issue thence on to the bank of the Lake of Horus. I breathe the air
which comes out of your nose, the north-wind which comes forth
from your mother. You glorify my spirit, you make the Osiris my
soul divine. I worship you; be content, O Lord of the Gods, for you
are exalted in your firmament, and your rays over my breast are
like the day.
  <1A hymn to Osiris>1
WORSHIP of Osiris, Lord of Eternity, Onnophris.
  Harakhti multiple of forms and great of shapes, Ptah-Sokar,
Atum in Heliopolis, Lord of the Shetyt-shrine, who enriches Mem-
phis; these are the gods who govern the Netherworld; they protect
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peace and drives away the adversary from your path. Turn your face
to the West that you may illumine the Two Lands with fine gold.
Those who were asleep stand up to look at you; they breathe the air,
they see your face like the shining of the sun-disk in its horizon
their hearts are at peace because of what you have done  for to you
belong eternity and everlasting.
  <1An address to Osiris in various aspects>1
HAIL TO YOU,  Starry  One  in  Heliopolis;  Sun-folk  in  Kheraha;
Wenti more powerful than the gods; Mysterious One in Heliopolis.
  HAIL TO YOU, Heliopolitan in In-des; Great One; Harakhti the
Far-Strider when he crosses the sky: he is Harakhti.
  HAIL TO YOU, Ram of Eternity, Ram who is Mendes, Onnophris
son of Nut: he is Lord of the Silent Land.
  HAIL TO YOU in your rule of Busiris, the Wereret-crown is firm
on your head: you are the Sole One who makes his own protection
and you rest in Busiris.
  HAIL TO YOU, Lord of the naret-tree;  Sokar is placed on his
sledge, the rebel who did evil is driven off, and the Sacred Eye is set
at rest in its place.
  HAIL TO YOU, strong in your power, the great and mighty one
who presides over Naref, Lord of eternity, maker of everlastingness:
you are Lord of Heracleopolis.
  HAIL TO YOU who are pleased with justice:  you are Lord of
Abydos, and your Mesh has enriched the Sacred Land; you are he who
detests falsehood.
  HAIL TO YOU, occupant of the sacred bark, who brings the Nile
from its cavern, over whose corpse the sun has shone; you are he who
is in Nekhen.
  HAIL TO YOU who made the gods, the vindicated King of Upper
and Lower Egypt Osiris, who founded the Two Lands with his
potent deeds: you are Lord of the Two Banks.
  May you give me a path that I may pass in peace, for I am straight-
forward and true; I have not wittingly told lies, I have not committed
a second fault.
  <1Another hymn to the sun>1
WORSHIP OF RE WHEN HE RISES in the eastern horizon of the sky,
when those who are in his following are joyful.
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  O Sun-disk, Lord of the sunbeams, who shines forth from the
horizon every day: may you shine in the face of N., for HE WOR-
SHIPS YOU in the morning, he propitiates you in the evening. May the
soul of N. go up with you to the sky, may he travel in the Day-bark,
may he moor in the Night-bark, may he mix with the Unwearying
Stars in the sky.
  The Osiris N. SAYS when he honours his lord, the Lord of Eternity:
  HAIL TO YOU, Harakhti, Khopri the self-created ! How beautiful
is your shining forth from the horizon when you illumine the Two
Lands with your rays! All the gods are in joy when they see you as
king of the sky, the royal serpent being firm on your head and the
crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt on your vertex; she (the serpent)
has made her seat on your brow. Thoth is established in the bow of
your sacred bark, destroying all your foes, while those who are in the
Netherworld have come out to meet you and to see this beautiful
image.
  I HAVE COME to you and I am with you in order to see your disk
every day; I will not be restrained or repulsed, but my Mesh will be
renewed at seeing your beauty, like all those whom you favour, for
I was one of those who were well-esteemed by you on earth. I have
arrived at the land of eternity, I have joined myself to the land of
everlasting, and it is you who commanded it for me, O my lord.
  HAIL TO YOU when you rise in your horizon as Re who is pleased
with justice; when you cross the sky, all men see you, after your
movements have been hidden from their sight. You display yourself
from morning till evening on the day when celestial navigation with
Your Majesty is successful; your rays are in men's faces, and fine gold
does not know them, pigment does not report them when you
illumine the lands of the gods, and it has not been seen in writing; the
mountains of Punt disclose Him who was hidden. You did it alone
when N.'s mouth was opened, and your shape was upon the primeval
waters. He will travel just as you travel, and there will be no ceasing
for him as for Your Majesty, not even for a little day, for you have
passed through seasons of millions and hundreds of thousands of
moments; when you have spent them you have gone to rest, you have
also completed the hours of the night, and you have regulated and
completed them according to your regular custom. The land becomes
bright when you reveal yourself in your place as Re when he arises in
the horizon.
  The Osiris N. SAYS when he worships you at your shining, and
speaks to you when you rise early to set your shape on high:
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  You appear in glory in magnifying your beauty, creating yourself;
you mould your own Mesh. One who fashions but is not fashioned  as
Re who shines in the sky. May you permit me to reach the eternal
sky, the country of the favoured; may I join with the august and
noble spirits of the realm of the dead; may I ascend with them to see
your beauty when you shine in the evening. Your mother traverses
for you the Lower Sky when you are placed in the west, and my arms
are upraised in adoration at your setting, for you are he who made
eternity. I worship you when you set in the Abyss, and I set you in
my heart which is not inert, O you who are more divine than the gods.
  Praise to you who rise in gold and who illumine the Two Lands by
day at your birth ! Your mother Nut has borne you on her hand, and
what the sun-disk encircles is bright because of you. Great Illuminator
who shines forth from the Abyss, who knits his family together in
the waters, who makes festal all estates, towns and households, who
protects with his goodness, may your spirit be sustained with food and
provisions. Greatly feared, Power of Powers, whose throne is far
from the evildoers; greatly majestic in the Night-bark, mightily long-
lasting in the Day-bark, may you glorify N. in the realm of the dead,
may you cause him to endure in the West, he being devoid of evil.
May you ignore my wrong-doing and may you set me as one honoured
with the spirits; may you protect my soul in the Sacred Land, may it
navigate in the Field of Rushes, because I have passed on in joy.
  <1The god replies>1
You shall ascend to the sky, you shall traverse the firmament, you
shall associate with the stars, who shall make acclamation to you in
the sacred bark. You shall be summoned into the Day-bark, you shall
see Re within his shrine, you shall propitiate his disk daily, you shall
see the bulti-fish in its shape in the stream of turquoise  you shall see
the abdju-fish in being, the serpent of evil having fallen according as
was foretold for him, the sharp knives having cut his spine apart for
me. Re shall sail with a fair wind, and the Night-bark shall be wiped
clean for me. The crew of Re shall reach him with joy, and the Lady
of Life will be happy when the hostile serpent has fallen to her lord.
You shall see Horus whose face is kindly, with the standards of Thoth
and Maet on his hands; all the gods will be in joy when they see Re
coming in peace to vivify the hearts of the spirits, and the vindicated
Osiris N. shall be with them.
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<1allotted to a vignette of the rising sun which was>1
<1intended to be an illustration to accompany a sun-hymn>1 ;
<1in the papyrus of Ani it occurs between the introductory>1
<1hymn to Re and that to Osiris. Here the sun is held>1
<1aloft by the arms of the "sign of life,' the looped cross,>1
<1which in its turn is poised on the top of the sacred pillar.>1
  <1On either side of the pillar kneel the goddesses>1
  <1Isis add Nephthys, while three baboons on>1
  <1each side of the sun-disk raise their arms>1
  <1in adoration. Other manuscripts show>1
  <1different depictions of this event.>1
  Spell  17
<1This lengthy spell is accompanied by an equally lengthy>1
<1series of vignettes. In the papyrus of Ani they begin with>1
<1a scene of Ani and his wife seated before a draught-board>1
<1in a booth, and, running from left to right, end with a>1
<1snake coiled round a lotus-flower. This spell, which has a>1
<1long history behind if, consists in effect of a statement>1
<1of doctrine regarding the sun-god, later becoming a>1
<1spell on behalf of the deceased, but at frequent intervals>1
<1the text is interrupted by a series of explanatory glosses>1
  <1which attempt to elucidate the significance of what>1
  <1has just preceded. To the modern reader, the>1
  <1glosses are often more obscure>1
  <1than the main text.>1
HERE BEGIN PRAISES AND RECITATIONS, GOING IN AND OUT
OF THE REALM OF THE DEAD, having benefit in the beautiful West,
being in the suite of Osiris, resting at the food-table of Onnophris,
going out into the day, taking any shape in which he desires to be,
playing at draughts, sitting in a booth, and going forth as a living
soul by the Osiris N. after he has died. It is beneficial to him who does
it on earth.
  Now come into being all the words of the Lord of All: I was Atum
when I was alone in the Abyss; I was Re in his glorious appearings
when he began to rule what he had made.
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  WHAT DOES IT MEAN? It means Re when he began to rule what
he had made  when he began to appear as king, before the Supports
of Shu had come into being, when he was upon the hill which is in
Hermopolis, when he destroyed the Children of Impotence on the
hill which is in Hermopolis.
  I am the great god, the self-created.
  WHO IS IT? The great god, the self-created, is water, he is Nu,
father of the gods. OTHERWISE SAID : He is Re.
  He who created his names, Lord of the Ennead.
  WHO IS HE? It is Re who created his names and his members, it
means the coming into existence of those gods who are in his suite.
  I am he who is not opposed among the gods.
  WHO IS HE? He is Atum who is in his sun-disk. OTHERWISE
SAID : He is Re when he rises in the eastern horizon of the sky.
  To me belongs yesterday, I know tomorrow.
  WHAT DOES IT MEAN? As for yesterday, that is Osiris: As for
tomorrow, that is Re on that day in which the foes of the Lord of All
were destroyed and his son Horus was made to rule. OTHERWISE
SAID : That is the day of the " We-remain' festival, when the burial
of Osiris was ordered by his father Re.
  The battle-ground of the gods was made in accordance with my
command.
  WHAT DOES IT MEAN? It is the West. It was made for the souls
of the gods in accordance with the command of Osiris, Lord of the
Western Desert. OTHERWISE SAID : It means that this is the West,
to which Re made every god descend, and he fought the Two for it.
  I know that great god who is in it.
  WHO IS HE? He is Osiris. OTHERWISE SAID: His name is Re,
his name is Praise-of-Re, he is the soul of Re, with whom he himself
copulated.
  I am that great phoenix which is in Heliopolis, the supervisor of
what exists.
  W H O IS H E ? He is Osiris. As for what exists, that means his injury.
OTHERWISE SAID : That means his corpse. OTHERWISE SAID : It
means eternity and everlasting. As for eternity, it means daytime;
as for everlasting, it means night.
  I am Min in his going forth, I have set the plumes on my head.
  WHAT DOES IT MEAN? As for Min, he is Horus who protected
his father. As for his going forth, it means his birth. As for his plumes
on his head, it means that Isis and Nephthys went and put themselves
on his head when they were the Two Kites, and they were firm on
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his head. OTHERWISE SAID : They are the two great and mighty
uraei which are on the brow of his father Atum. OTHERWISE SAID :
The plumes on his head are his eyes.
  When I was in my land, I came into my city.
  WHAT IS IT? It is the horizon of my father Atum.
  I destroy what was done wrongly against me, I dispel what was
done evilly against me.
  WHAT DOES IT MEAN? It means that the navel-string of N. will
be cut.
  All the ill which was on me has been removed.
  WHAT DOES IT MEAN? It means that I was cleansed on the day
of my birth in the two great and noble marshes which are in Herac-
leopolis on the day of the oblation by the common folk to the great
god who is in them. WHAT ARE THEY?  Chaos-god' is the name of
one; "Sea' is the name of the other. They are the Lake of Natron
and the Lake of Maet. OTHERWISE SAID : " The Chaos-god governs'
  is the name of one; "Sea' is the name of the other. OTHERWISE
  SAID : " Seed of the Chaos-god' is the name of one; " Sea' is the name
  of the other. As for that great god who is in them, he is Re himself.
  I go on the road which I know in front of the Island of the just.
  WHAT IS IT? It is Rostau. The southern gate is in Naref, the
  northern gate is in the Mound of Osiris; as for the Island of the just,
  it is Abydos. OTHERWISE SAID : It is the road on which my father
  Atum went when he proceeded to the Field of Rushes.
  I arrive at the Island of the Horizon-dwellers, I go out from the
  holy gate.
  WHAT IS IT? It  is  the  Field  of  Rushes,  which  produced  the
  provisions for the gods who are round about the shrine. As for that
  holy gate  it is the gate of the Supports of Shu. OTHERWISE SAID :
  It is the gate of the Netherworld. OTHERWISE SAID : It is the door
  through which my father Atum passed when he proceeded to the
  eastern horizon of the sky.
  O you who are in my presence, give me your hands, for indeed I
  am he who grew up among you.
  WHAT DOES IT MEAN? It means the blood which fell from the
  phallus of Re when he took to cutting himself. Then there came into
  being the gods who are in the presence of Re, who are Authority and
  Intelligence, while I followed after my father Atum daily.
  I restored the Eye after it had been injured on that day when the
  Rivals fought.
  WHAT DOES IT MEAN ? It means the daywhen Horus fought with
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Seth when he inflicted injury on Horus's face and when Horus took
away Seth's testicles. It was Thoth who did this with his fingers.
  I lifted up the hair from the Sacred Eye at its time of wrath.
  WHAT DOES IT MEAN? It means the right Eye of Re when it
raged against him after he had sent it out. It was Thoth who lifted up
the hair from it when he fetched it in good condition without its
having suffered any harm.  OTHERWISE SAID : It means that his
Eye was sick when it wept a second time, and then Thoth spat on it.
  I have seen this sun-god who was born yesterday from the buttocks
of the Celestial Cow; if he be well, then will I be well, and <1vice versa:>1
  WHAT DOES IT MEAN ? It means these waters of the sky. OTHER-
WISE SAID: It is the image of the Eye of Re on the morning of its
daily birth. As for the Celestial Cow, she is the Sacred Eye of Re.
  Because I am one of those gods who are in the suite of Horus, who
spoke before him all that my lord desired.
  WHO ARE THEY? They are Imsety, Hapy, Duamutef and Kebh-
senuf.
  Hail to you, Lords of justice, tribunal which is behind Osiris,who
put terror into the doers of wrong, who are in the suite of Her who
makes content and protects. Here am I; I have come to you that you
may drive out all the evil which is on me just as you did for those
seven spirits who are in the suite of the Lord of the Centipede, whose
places Anubis made ready on that day of " Come thence. '
  WHO ARE THEY? As for those gods the Lords of justice, they are
Seth and Isdes, Lord of the West. As for the tribunal which is behind
Osiris, Imsety, Hapy, Duamutef and Kebhsenuf, it is these who are
behind the Great Bear in the northern sky. As for those who put
terror into the doers of wrong, who are in the suite of Her who makes
content and protects, they are Sobk and those who are in the waters.
As for Her who makes content and protects, she is the Eye of Re.
OTHERWISE SAID : She is a flame which follows after Osiris, burning
up his enemes. As for all the evil which is on me, it is what I have
done among the lords of eternity ever since I came down from my
mother's womb. As for these seven spirits, Imsety, Hapy, Duamutef,
Kebhsenuf, He who sees his father, He who is under his <1moringa->1tree,
and Horus the Eyeless, it is they who were set by Anubis as a protec-
tion for the burial of Osiris. OTHERWISE SAID : Behind the em-
balming place of Osiris.  OTHERWISE SAID :  As for these seven
spirits, they are Endjehdjeh, Akedked, Bull whose flame was set for
him in front of his burning, He who entered into him who is in his
hour, the Red-eyed who is in the Mansion of Red Linen, the Radiant
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One who comes out after having turned back, He who sees in the
night what he shall bring by day. As for the head of this tribunal, his
name is He who subdued the Great One. As for that day of " Come to
me' it means that Osiris said to Re, " Come to me that I may see you'--
so said he in the West.
  I am his twin souls which are within the Two Fledglings.
  WHO IS HE? He is Osiris when he entered into Mendes. He found
the soul of Re there and they embraced each other. Then his twin
souls came into being. Now as for the Two Fledglings, they are
Horus the Protector of his father and Horus the Eyeless. OTHER-
WISE SAID : As for his twin souls which are within the Two Fledglings,
they are the soul of Re, the soul of Osiris, the soul which is in Shu,
the soul which is in Nut, his twin souls which are in Mendes.
  I am that great Cat who split the ished-tree on its side in Heliopolis
on that night of making war on behalf of those who warded off the
rebels and on that day in which were destroyed the enemies of the
Lord of All.
  WHAT DOES IT MEAN? As for that Cat, he is Re himself, who
was called " Cat' when Sia spoke about him; he was cat-like in what he
did, and that is how his name of " Cat' came into being. OTHERWISE
SAID: He will be Shu making an inventory for Geb and for Osiris.
As for the splitting of the ished-tree on its side in Heliopolis, it was
when the Children of Impotence carried out what they did. As for
that night of making war, it means that they entered into the east of
the sky, and war broke out in the entire sky and earth.
  O Re who are in your egg, shining in your disk, rising in your
horizon, swimming over your firmament, having no equal among
the gods, sailing over the Supports of Shu, giving air with the breath
of your mouth, illuminating the Two Lands with your sunshine,
may you save me from that god whose shape is secret, whose eye-
brows are the arms of the balance, on that night of reckoning up the
robbers.
  WHO IS HE? It is he who uses his hand on that night of reckoning
up the robbers, on that night of the flame against the fallen, when the
lasso was put on the wrongdoers at the shambles for killing souls.
  WHO IS HE? He is the god of the wine-press, he is the mutilator of
Osiris. OTHERWISE SAID : He is Apep, he has only one head which
bears righteousness. OTHERWISE SAID : He is Horus  he has two
heads, one bearing right and one bearing wrong; he gives wrong to
whoever does it and right to whoever comes with it. OTHERWISE
SAID : He is Horus the Great, pre-eminent in Letopolis.  OTHER-
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WISE SAID: He is Thoth. OTHERWISE SAID : He is Nefertem  son
of Bastet. These are the tribunal who take action against the enemies
of the Lord of All.
  Save me from those who deal wounds, the slayers whose fingers are
sharp, who deal out pain, who decapitate those who follow after
Osiris; they shall not have power over me, and I will not fall into
their cauldrons.
  WHO IS HE? He is Anubis, he is Horus the Eyeless. OTHERWISE
SAID : It is the tribunal who took action against the foes of the Lord
of All. OTHERWISE SAID : He is the master-physician of the House
of the Entourage. Their knives shall not have power over me, I will
not fall into their cauldrons, because I know them, I know their
names, I know the name of that smiter among them who belongs to
the House of Osiris, who shoots with his eye, yet is unseen. The sky
is encircled with the fiery blast of his mouth and the Nile-god makes
report, yet he is unseen.
  I was one who was hale on earth with Re and who died happily with
Osiris; your offerings will not come into being through me, O you
who are in charge of your braziers, because I am in the suite of the
Lord of All at the edict of Khopri. I fly up as a falcon, I cackle as a
goose, I pass eternity like Nehebkau.
  WHAT DOES IT MEAN? It means that as for those who are in
charge of their braziers, they are the likeness of the Eye of Re and
the likeness of the Eye of Horus.
  O Re-Atum, Lord of the Great Mansion, Sovereign of all the gods,
save me from that god whose face is that of a hound but whose skin is
human, who lives by butchery, who is in charge of the windings of
the Lake of Fire, who swallows corpses, who controls hearts, who
inflicts injury unseen.
  WHO IS HE?  Swallower of Myriads' is his name, and he dwells
in the Lake of Wenet. Now as for that Lake of Fire, it is whatis
between Naref and the House of the Entourage. As for anyone who
treads on it, beware lest he fall to the knives. OTHERWISE SAID :
"He of the Sharp Knife' is his name, and he is doorkeeper of the
West. OTHERWISE SAID : Babai is his name, and he is the guardian
of this interior of the West. OTHERWISE SAID :  He who is over his
affairs ' is his name.
  O Lord of Terror who is at the head of the Two Lands, O Lord of
Blood whose slaughter-blocks are flourishing, who lives on entrails.
  WHO IS HE? He is the heart of Osiris, and he devours all kinds of
slaughtering.
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To whom was given the Wereret-crown and joy in Heracleopolis.
WHO IS HE? As for him to whom was given the Wereret-crown
and joy in Heracleopolis, he is Osiris.
  To whom was entrusted rulership among the gods on that day
when the Two Lands were united in the presence of the Lord of All.
  WHO IS HE? As for him to whom was entrusted rulership among
the gods, he is Horus son of Isis, who was made ruler in the place of
his father Osiris on that day when the Two Lands were united. It
means the union of the Two Lands at the burial of Osiris.
  Potent Ram who is in Heracleopolis, who gives good fortune and
drives off wrongdoers, to whom the way of eternity is shown.
  WHO IS HE? He is Re himself.
  Save me from that god who steals souls, who laps up corruption,
who lives on what is putrid, who is in charge of darkness, who is
immersed in gloom, of whom those who are among the languid ones
are afraid.
  WHO IS HE? He is Seth. OTHERWISE SAID : He is the great Wild
Bull, he is the soul of Geb.
  O Khopri in the midst of your sacred bark, primeval one whose
body is eternity, save me from those who are in charge of those who
are to be examined, to whom the Lord of All has given power to
guard against his enemies, who put knives into the slaughter-houses,
who do not leave their guardianship; their knives shall not cut into
me, I shall not enter into their slaughter-houses, I shall not fall
victim to their slaughter-blocks, I shall not sit down in their fish-
traps, no harm shall be done to me from those whom the gods detest,
because I have passed on, having bathed in the Milky Way, one to
whom has been given a meal of the faience which is in the Tjenenet-
shrine.
  WHAT DOES IT MEAN? As for Khopri in the midst of his bark,
he is Re himself. As for those who are in charge of those who are to
be examined, they are the two sun-apes, Isis and Nephthys. As for
those things which the gods detest, they are faeces and falsehood. As
for him who passed on, having bathed in the Milky Way, he is Anubis
who is behind the chest which contains the entrails of Osiris. As for
him to whom has been given a meal of the faience which is in the
Tjenenet-shrine, he is Osiris. As for the meal of faience which is in
the Tjenenet-shrine, it is sky and earth.  OTHERWISE SAID : It
means that Shu hammered out the Two Lands in Heracleopolis. As
for faience, it is the Eye of Horus. As for the Tjenenet-shrine, it is
the tomb of Osiris.
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  How well built is your house, O Atum ! How well founded is your
mansion, O Double Lion ! Run, run to this! If Horus be respected,
Seth will be divine, and <1vice versa. I>1 have come into this land, I have
made use of my feet, for I am Atum, I am in my city. Get back, O
Lion, bright of mouth and shining of head; retreat because of my
strength, take care, O you who are invisible, do not await me, for I
am Isis. You found me when I had disarranged the hair of my face
and my scalp was disordered. I have become pregnant as Isis, I have
conceived as Nephthys. Isis drives out those who would await me,
Nephthys drives off those who would disturb me. The dread of me
follows after me, my dignity is before me, millions bend their arms
to me, the common folk serve me, the associates of my enemies are
destroyed for me, those who are grey-haired uncover their arms for me,
the well-disposed give sweet things to me, those who are in Kheraha
and those who are in Heliopolis create things for me. Every god is
afraid because so great and mighty is my protection of the god from
him who would vilify him. Malachite glitters for me, I live according
to my will, for I am Edjo, Lady of the Devouring Flame, and few
approach me.
  WHAT DOES IT MEAN ? "Secret of shape, the arms of Hemen' is
the name of the fish-trap. "He who sees what he brings by hand' is
the name of the storm-cloud. OTHERWISE SAID : The name of the
slaughter-block. As for the Lion whose mouth is bright and whose
head is shining, he is the phallus of Osiris. OTHERWISE SAID : He is
the phallus of Re. As for my having disarranged the hair of my face
and having disordered my scalp, it means that Isis was in the shrine of
Sokar and she rubbed her hair. As for Edjo, Lady of the Devouring
Flame, she is the Eye of Re. As for those few who approach her, it
means that the confederacy of Seth are near her, because what is near
her is burning.
  If a man speaks this spell when he is in a state of purity, it means
going forth after death into the day and assuming whatever shape he
desires. As for anyone who shall read it daily for his own benefit, it
means being hale on earth; he shall come forth from every fire and
nothing evil shall reach him. It is a matter a million times true; I have
seen and it has indeed come to pass through me.
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  Spell 20
<1The deceased appeals to Thoth to vindicate him before>1
  <1the tribunals of the gods.>1
O Thoth, you who vindicated Osiris against his enemies, may you
entrap the enemies of N. in the presence of the tribunals of every god
and every goddess:
  In the presence of the great tribunal which is in Heliopolis on that
night of battle and of felling those who rebelled.
  In the presence of the great tribunal which is in Busiris on that
night of erecting the two djed-pillars.
  In the presence of the great tribunal which is in Letopolis on that
night of performing the night-ritual in Letopolis.
  In the presence of the great tribunal which is in Pe and Dep on that
night of confirming the heritage of Horus in respect of the property
of his father Osiris.
  In the presence of the great tribunal which is in the Two Banks on
that night when Isis mourned for her brother Osiris.
  In the presence of the great tribunal which is in Abydos on that
night of the haker-festival and of the numbering of the dead and the
spirits.
  In the presence of the great tribunal which is on the Road of the
Dead on that night of making inquiry into him who is nothing.
  In the presence of the great tribunal which is in the Great Devas-
tation.
  In the presence of the great tribunal which is in Naref.
  In the presence of the great tribunal which is in Rostau on that
night when Horus was vindicated against his enemies.
  Horus has become great happily, the Two Conclaves are pleased
about it, and Osiris is glad. O Thoth, vindicate N. against his enemies
in the tribunal of every god and every goddess, and in those tribunals
of Osiris which are behind the shrine.
  Spell 21
SPELL FOR GIVING A MOUTH TO N. FOR HIMIN THE REALM OF
  THEDEAD.
Hail to you, Lord of Light, pre-eminent in the Great Mansion, in
charge of the twilight! I have come to you spiritualized and pure.
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Your arms are about you and your portion of food is before you; may
you give me my mouth with which I may speak, and may my heart
guide me at its hour of destroying the night.
  Spell 22
SPELL FOR GIVING A MOUTH TO N. FOR HIM IN THE REALM OF
  THEDEAD.
I have arisen from the egg which is in the secret land, my mouth has
been given to me that I may speak with it in the presence of the great
god, Lord of the Netherworld; my hand shall not be thrust aside in
the tribunal of all gods, for I am Osiris, Lord of Rostau. I will share
with this one who is on the dais, for I HAVE COME FOR WHAT MY
HEART DESIRES INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE WHICH IS QUENCHED
FORME.
  Spell 23
  SPELL FOR OPENING THE MOUTH OF N.
MY MOUTH IS OPENED BY Ptah and what was on my mouth has
been loosened by my local god. Thoth comes indeed, filled and
equipped with magic, and the bonds of Seth which restricted my
mouth have been loosened. Atum has warded them off and has cast
away the restrictions of Seth.
  MY MOUTH IS OPENED, MY MOUTH IS SPLIT OPEN BY Shu with
that iron harpoon of his with which he split open the mouths of the
gods. I am Sakhmet, and I sit beside Her who is in the great wind of
the sky; I am Orion the Great who dwells with the Souls of Heliopolis.
  AS FOR ANY MAGIC SPELL OR ANY WORDS WHICH MAY BE
UTTERED AGAINST ME, the gods WILL RISE UP against it, even the
entire Ennead.
  Spell 24
  SPELL FOR DRINGING MAGIC TO N.
I am Atum-Khopri who came into being of himself upon the lap of
his mother Nut, who gave jackals to those who are in the Abyss and
hunting-dogs to those who are in the tribunal. I HAVE COLLECTED
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THIS MAGIC IN EVERY PLACE WHERE IT WAS, FROM THE POSSES-
SION OF ANYONE WHO POSSESSED IT, MORE SPEEDILY than a
hound, more swiftly than a shadow. O YOU WHO BRING THE FERRY-
BOAT of Re, strengthen your rope in the north-wind. Ferry upstream
to the Island of Fire beside the realm of the dead, COLLECT THIS
MAGIC from wherever it may be, from the possession of anyone who
may possess it, more speedily than a hound, more swiftly than a
shadow. TRANSFORM YOURSELF into a heron, the mother who
created you; the gods are hushed, your mother has made you warm
for the gods. Now THERE IS GIVEN TO ME this magic, to whomso-
ever it may belong, more speedily than a hound, more swiftly than a
shadow.
  Spell 25
SPELL FOR CAUSING THAT N. BE REMEMBERED IN THE REALM
  OF THE DEAD.
A name has been given to me in the Per-wer, my name has been
remembered in the Per-neser, on that night of reckoning the years
and of counting the months. I am this builder, I sit on the eastern
side of the sky. As for any god who shall not come following after me,
I will declare his name to those who are yet to be.
  Spell 26
  SPELL FOR GIVING HIS HEART TO HIM IN
  THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
My heart is mine in the House of Hearts, my heart is mine in the
House of Hearts, my heart is mine, and it is at rest there. I will not
eat the cakes of Osiris on the eastern side of the Gy-water in the barge
when you sail downstream or upstream, and I will not go aboard the
boat in which you are. My mouth will be given to me that I may speak
with it, my legs to walk, and my arms to fell my enemy. The doors
of the sky are opened for me; Geb, chiefest of the gods, throws open
his jaws for me, he opens my eyes which were closed up, he extends
my legs which were contracted; Anubis strengthens for me my thighs
which were joined together; the goddess Sakhmet stretches me out.
I will be in the sky, a command shall be made for my benefit in
Memphis, I shall be aware in my heart, I shall have power in my
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heart  I shall have power in my arms, I shall have power in my legs,
I shall have power to do whatever I desire; my soul and my corpse
shall not be restrained at the portals of the West when I go in or out
in peace.
  Spell 27
SPELL FOR NOT PERMITTING A MAN S HEART TO BE TAKEN
  FROM HIM IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
O you who take away hearts and accuse hearts, who recreate a man's
heart (in respect of) what he has done, he is forgetful of himself
through what you have done. Hail to you, lords of eternity, founders
of everlasting! Do not take N.'s heart with your fingers wherever his
heart may be. You shall not raise any matter harmful to him,
because as for this heart of N., this heart belongs to one whose names
are great, whose words are mighty, who possesses his members. He
sends out his heart which controls his body, his heart is announced
to the gods, for N.'s heart is his own, he has power over it, and he will
not say what he has done. He himself has power over his members,
his heart obeys him, for he is your lord and you are in his body, you
shall not turn aside. I command you to obey me in the realm of the
dead, even I, N., who am vindicated in peace and vindicated in the
beautiful West in the domain of eternity.
  Spell 28
  SPELL FOR NOT PERMITTING N. S HEART TO BE TAKEN
  FROM HIM IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
O Lion, I am a weneb-flower; the shambles of the god is what I abhor,
and my heart shall not be taken from me by those who fought in
Heliopolis.
  <1The original spell ends here. What follows is a very corrupt addition>1
<1which is virtually untranslatable.>1
SPELL FOR NOT PERMITTING A MAN S HEART TO BE TAKEN
  AWAY FROM HIM IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
Get back, you messenger of any god! Have you come to take away
this heart of mine which belongs to the living? I will not let you take
away this heart of mine which belongs to the living who move about.
The gods who rest for me have heard, falling headlong on their
faces . . . in their own land.
  Spell 29A
Spell for not taking away the heart of one whose conduct has been
vindicated in the realm of the dead.
  My heart is with me and it shall not be taken away, for I am a
possessor of hearts who unites hearts. I live by truth, in which I
exist; I am Horus who is in hearts, he who is in the middle of what
is in the body. I live by saying what is in my heart, and it shall not be
taken away; my heart is mine, and none shall be aggressive against it,
no terror shall subdue me. I take it that I may be in the body of my
father Geb and of my mother Nut, for I have committed no sin
against the gods, and nothing shall be deducted in that respect from
my vindication.
  Spell 29B
  SPELL FOR A HEART-AMULET OF SEHRET-STONE.
I am the phoenix, the soul of Re, who guides the gods to the Nether-
world when they go forth. The souls on earth will do what they de-
sire, and the soul of N. will go forth at his desire.
  Spell 30A
SPELL FOR NOT LETTING N'S HEART CREATE OPPOSITION
  AGAINST HIM IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
O my heart which I had from my mother, O my heart which I had
upon earth, do not rise up against me as a witness in the presence of
the lord of things; do not speak against me concerning what I have
done, do not bring up anything against me in the presence of the
great god, Lord of the West.
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  Hail to you, my heart! Hail to you, my heart! Hail to you, my
entrails! Hail to you, you gods who are at the head of those who wear
the sidelock, who lean on their staffs! May you say what is good to
Re, may you make me to flourish, may powers be bestowed when I
go forth, having been interred among the Great Ones who long cndure
upon earth.
  Not dying in the West, but becoming a spirit in it.
  <1For Spell 30B <1see p. 3 above.>1
  A Rubric for Spell 3OA,B
To be recited over a beetle of mehef-stone inlaid with fine gold and a
ring of silver which is given to the dead man for his neck. This spell
was found in Hermopolis at the feet of the Majesty of this august god
on a block of bia-stone of Upper Egypt in the writing of the god
himself, near the Majesty of King Mycerinus. It was the king's son
Hardedef who found it when he was about to make inspection in the
temples.
  Spell 31
SPELL FOR DRIVING OFF A CROCODILE WHICH COMES TO TAKE
  AWAY N. S MAGIC FROM HIM IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
Get  back!  Retreat!  Get  back,  you  dangerous  one !  Do  not  come
against me, do not live by my magic; may I not have to tell this
name of yours to the great god who sent you; "Messenger' is the
name of one and Bedjt is the name of the other.
  <1The crocodile speaks>1 : Your face belongs to righteousness. The sky
encloses the stars, magic encloses its settlements, and my mouth
encloses the magic which is in it. My teeth are a knife, my tusks are
the Cerastes Mountain.
  <1The deceased replies:>1 O you with a spine who would work your
mouth against this magic of mine, no crocodile which lives by magic
shall take it away.
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  Spell 32
SPELL FOR REPELLING A CROCODILE WHICH COMES TO TAKE
AWAY A SPIRIT'S MAGIC FROM HIMIN THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
The Great One has fallen on his side, but the Ennead have pulled him
together. I come, my soul speaks with my father, and I have this
Great One from those eight crocodiles. I know them by their names
and their lives, and I save my father from them.
  Get back, you crocodile of the West, who lives on the Unwearying
Stars! Detestation of you is in my belly, for I have absorbed the
power of Osiris, and I am Seth.
  Get back, you crocodile of the West! The nau-snake is in my belly,
and I have not given myself to you; your flame will not be on me.
  Get back, you crocodile of the East, who lives on those who are
mutilated! Detestation of you is in my belly, and I have gone away,
for I am Osiris.
  Get back, you crocodile in the East! The nau-snake is in my belly,
and I have not given myself to you; your flame will not be on me.
  Get back, you crocodile of the South, living on faeces, smoke and
want!  Detestation of you is in my belly, and my blood is not in your
hand, for I am Sopd.
  Get back, you crocodile in the South ! I will erase you, for I become
a bebet-herb, and I have not given myself to you.
  Get back, you crocodile of the North, living on the . . . which is in
the midst of the stars! Detestation of you is in my belly, your poison
is in my head; I am Atum.
  Get back, you crocodile in the North! A scorpion is in my belly,
but I will not give it birth.
  I am one whose eyes are green, what exists is in my grasp, what
does not exist is in my belly, I am clad and equipped with your magic,
O Re, even this which is above me and below me. I am . . . , I am
exalted, my throat is wide open in the house of my father the Great
One; he has given to me yon beautiful West which destroys the
living; strong is its lord, who daily is weary in it. My vision is cleared,
my heart is in its proper place, my head-serpent is with me every day.
I am Re, who himself protects himself, and nothing can harm me.
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  Spell 33
SPELL FOR DRIVING OFF A SNAKE.
O snake, take yourself off, for Geb protects me; get up, for you have
eaten a mouse, which Re detests, and you have chewed the bones of
a putrid cat.
  Spell 34
  SPELL FOR NOT BEING BITTEN BY A SNAKE
  IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
O cobra, I am the flame which shines on the brows of the Chaos-gods
of the Standard of Years. OTHERWISE SAID: the Standard of
Vegetation. Begone from me, for I am Mafdet!
  Spell 35
  SPELL FOR NOT BEING EATEN BY A SNAKE
  IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
" O Shu,' says He of Busiris, and <1vice versa.>1 Neith is wearing the
head-cloth, Hathor makes Osiris glad, and who is he who will eat me?
Depart, leave me, pass me by, you snake; it is the sam-plant which
wards you off, this is the leek of Osiris which he asked for when he
was buried. The clouded eyes of the Great One have fallen on you,
and Maet will examine you for judgement.
  Spell 36
  SPELL FOR REPELLING A BEETLE.
Begone from me, O Crooked-lips! I am Khnum, Lord of Peshnu,
who despatches the words of the gods to Re, and I report affairs to
their master.
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  Spell 37
SPELL FOR REPELLING THE TWO SONGSTRESS-SNAKES.
Hail to you, you two companions, sisters  songstresses! I have divided
you with my magic, for I am he who shines in the Night-bark  I am
Horus, son of Isis, and I have come to see my father Osiris.
  Spell 38A
  SPELL FOR LIVING BY AIR IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
I am Atum who ascended from the Abyss to the celestial waters  I
have taken my seat in the West and I give orders to the spirits whose
seats are hidden, for I am the Double Lion, and acclamation is made
to me in the bark of Khopri. I eat in it and have become strong
thereby, I live in it on air, and I drink in the bark of Re. He opens a
road for me, he throws open the gates of Geb. I have carried off those
who are in the net of the Great One, I have governed those who are
in their shrines, I have associated with Horus and Seth, the Two
Lords. I despatch the Elders on my own account, I come and go
without having my throat cut, I go aboard the Bark of the just, I join
those who are in the Day-bark when I attend on Re in his presence in
the horizon, I daily live after death, I am strong through the Double
Lion and I live after death, even I, N., who fill full the earth, who
come forth as the bloom of the lotus-plant, who make the Two Lands
content.
  Spell 38B
  SPELL FOR LIVING BY AIR IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
I am the Double Lion, the first-born of Re, Atum of Chemmis;
those who are in their booths (serve me), those who are in their holes
guide me, there are made for me ways which encircle the celestial
waters on the path of the bark of Atum. I stand on the deck of the
bark of Re, I proclaim his words to the common folk and I repeat his
words to these whose throats are constricted; I have judged my fore-
fathers at eventide, I open my mouth, I eat life, I live in Busiris, and I
live again after death like Re every day.
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  Spell 39
SPELL FOR REPELLING A REREK-SNAKE IN THE REALM OF
  THE DEAD.
Get  back!  Crawl  away !  Get  away  from  me,  you  snake!  Go,  be
drowned in the Lake of the Abyss, at the place where your father
commanded that the slaying of you should be carried out. Be far
removed from that abode of Re wherein you trembled  for I am Re
at whom men tremble; get back, you rebel, at the knives of his light.
Your words have fallen because of Re, your face is turned back by
the gods, your heartis cut out by Mafdet, you are put into bonds by the
Scorpion, your sentence is carried out by Maet, those who are on the
ways fell you.
  Fall! Crawl away, Apep, you enemy of Re! O you who escape
massacre in the east of the sky at the sound of the roaring storm, open
the doors of the horizon before Re, that he may go forth, wearied
with wounds. I do what you desire, O Re, I do what is good, I act as
one who pleases, O Re, I cause your bonds to fall, O Re. Apep has
fallen to your destruction, the southern, northern, western and
eastern gods have bound their bonds on him, Rekes has felled him,
he who is over the partisans has bound him, and Re is content, Re
proceeds in peace. Apep the enemy of Re has fallen down, and what
you have experienced is greater than that experience which is in the
heart of the Scorpion; great is what she has done against you with
the everlasting pains which are hers. You shall not become erect, you
shall not copulate, O Apep, you enemy of Re. Opposition is made
against you, O you whom Re hates when he looks on you.
  Get back! You shall be decapitated with a knife, your face shall be
cut away all round, your head shall be removed by him who is in his
land, your bones shall be broken, your limbs shall be cut off; the
earth-god has condemned you, O Apep, you enemy of Re.
  O Re, your crew . . . may you rest there, for your possessions are
there. Bring to the house, bring your Eye to the house, bring what
is good; may no evil opposition come forth from your mouth against
me, being what you might do against me, for I am Seth, who can
raise a tumult of storm in the horizon of the sky like one whose will
is destruction--so says Atum.
  Lift up your faces, you soldiers of Re, and keep Nendja away from
the tribunal for me--so says Geb. Make yourselves firm, O you who
are on your seats aboard the bark of Khopri. Take your ways and your
weapons which are put into your hands for you--so says Hathor.
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his, namely Nendja, that those who are in his shrine may come and
that he may ferry himself in solitude, even he the Lord of All, who
shall not be opposed--so say those primeval gods who circumambulate
the Lakes of Turquoise. Come, O Great One whom we worship;
save us, O you whose shrines are great, from whom the Ennead came
forth, to whom what is beneficial is done, to whom praise is given;
may someone report it to you and me--so says Nut--for yonder
Happy One--so say those who are among the gods. May he go forth,
may he find the way, may he plunder the gods, may he rise early in
front of Nut, and may Geb stand up--so says the Terrible One. The
Ennead is on the move, the door of Hathor has been infringed, and
Re is triumphant over Apep.
  Spell 40
  SPELL FOR REPELLING HIM WHO SWALLOWED AN ASS.
Get back, you Male whom Osiris detests, whose head Thoth has cut
off! I have done everything in respect of you which was said about
you in the Ennead in order to carry out your destruction.
  Get back, you whom Osiris in the Neshmet-bark detests when he
sails southward with a fair wind ! Purify yourselves, all you gods, and
fell with shouting the enemies of Osiris, Lord of the Thinite nome.
  Get back, you swallower of an ass, whom Ha who is in the Nether-
world detests! I know, I know, I know, I know! Where are you?
I am . . .
  Spell 41
  SPELL FOR PREVENTING THE SLAUGHTER WHICH IS
  CARRIED OUT IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
O Atum, spiritualize me in the presence of the Double Lion, the great
god; may he open for me the portal of Geb, that I may do homage
to the great god who is in the realm of the dead; may you induct me
into the presence of the Ennead who preside over the Westerners.
  O you door-keeper of the City of the Bee which is in the West,
may I eat and live by air, may he who is safe and great guide me to
the great bark of Khopri, and may I speak to the evening crew; may I
come and go, may I see who is there; I will raise him up, I will speak
my words to him, when my throat is constricted. May I live, may I
be saved after sleeping.
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  O Bringer of offerings who open your mouth, confirm the writings
for offerings, establish Maet on her throne for me; confirm the
tablets  establish the goddesses in the presence of Osiris the great god,
the ruler of eternity, who reckons up his seasons, who listens to them
of the islands, who raises his right arm when he commissions the
great ones whom he sends into the great tribunal which is in the
realm of the dead.
  Spell 42
  SPELL FOR PREVENTING THE SLAUGHTER WHICH IS
  CARRIED OUT (N HERACLEOPOLIS.
O Land of the Staff! O Crown of the Statue! O Standard which is
rowed! I am the Child! O Great Kid, I speak to you today! The
shambles is equipped with what you know, and you have come to
it . . . I am Re, continually praised; I am the knot of the god within
the tamarisk. How beautiful is the . . . with him!
  I am Re, continually praised; I am the knot of the god within the
tamarisk; if I am hale, then will Re be hale today.
  My hair is Nu; my face is Re; my eyes are Hathor; my ears are
Wepwawet; my nose is She who presides over her lotus-leaf; my lips
are Anubis; my molars are Selket; my incisors are Isis the goddess;
my arms are the Ram, the Lord of Mendes; my breast is Neith, Lady
of Sais; my back is Seth; my phallus is Osiris; my muscles are the
Lords of Kheraha; my chest is He who is greatly majestic; my belly
and my spine are Sakhmet; my buttocks are the Eye of Horus; my
thighs and my calves are Nut; my feet are Ptah; my toes are living
falcons; there is no member of mine devoid of a god, and Thoth is the
protection of all my flesh.
  I am the daily sun, I am not grasped by my arms, I am not gripped
by my hands, and there are no men, gods, spirits, dead men, patricians,
common folk, sun-folk or robbers who shall harm me. I go forth hale,
one  whose  name  is  unknown,  I  am  Yesterday;  one  who  views  a
million years; my name is one who passes on the paths of those who
are in charge of destinies. I am the Lord of Eternity; may I be recog-
nized as Khopri, for I am the Lord of the Wereret-crown.
  I am he in whom is the Sacred Eye, and who is in the Egg, and it is
granted to me to live by them.
  I am he in whom is the Sacred Eye, namely the Closed Eye, I am
under its protection. I have gone out, I have risen up, I have gone in,
I am alive.
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  I am he in whom is the Sacred Eye, my seat is on my throne  I
dwell in my abode with it, for I am Horus who treads down millions
my throne has been ordered for me, and I will rule from it. Behold
my mouth is what speaks and what keeps silence, and I am precise.
Behold, my shape is turned upside down. I am Onnophris, season by
season, whose attributes (come) into him one by one when he travels
around.
  I am he in whom is the Sacred Eye, and nothing shall come into
being against me, no evil cutting off and no uproar, and there shall
be no danger to me.
  I am he who opened a door in the sky, who rules from his throne,
who adjudges those who are born this day; there is no child who
treads yesterday's road, and today is mine. O people on people, I am
he who protects you for aeons. Are you in being, you sky-folk,
earthlings, southerners, northerners, easterners and westerners, is the
fear of me in your bellies? I am he who fashioned with his Eye, and
I will not die again. My striking power is in your bellies, my shape is
before me; I am . . . and I ignore the wrath in your faces against me;
I am joyful, and there can be found no season when he could harm
me.  Where is the sky? Where is the earth? Their offspring are
rebuffed and they are disunited. My name overpasses it, namely
everything evil, for great are the spoken words which I speak to you.
  I am one who rises and shines, wall of walls, most unique of the
unique ones, and there is no day devoid of its duties. Pass by! Behold,
I have spoken to you, for I am the flower which came out of the
Abyss, my mother is Nut. O you who created me, I am one who
cannot tread, the great knot within yesterday; my arm is knotted
into my hand, I will not know him who would know me, I will not
grasp him who would grasp me. O egg of mine, I am Horus who
presides over myriads, my fiery breath is in the faces of those whose
hearts would move against me. I rule from my throne, I pass time on
the road which I have opened up. I am released from all evil, I am
the golden baboon, three palms and two fingers high, which has
neither arms nor legs, in front of Memphis. If I am hale, then will
the baboon which is in front of Memphis be hale.
  Spell 43
SPELL FOR PREVENTING A MAN'S DECAPITATION IN
  THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
I am a Great One, the son of a Great One, I am a flame, the son of a
flame, to whom was given his head after it had been cut off. The head
of Osiris shall not be taken from him, and my head shall not be taken
from me. I am knit together, just and young, for I indeed am Osiris,
the Lord of Eternity.
  Spell 44
SPELL FOR NOT DYING AGAIN IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
My cavern is opened, the spirits fall within the darkness. The Eye of
Horus makes me holy, Wepwawet has caressed me; O Imperishable
Stars, hide me among you. My neck is Re, my vision is cleared, my
heart is in its proper place, my speech is known.
  <1The god Re speaks>1 : I am Re who himself protects himself; I do not
know you, I do not look after you, your father the son of Nut lives
for you.
  <1The deceased replies>1 : I am your eldest son who sees your secrets, I
have appeared as King of the Gods, and I will not die again in the
realm of the dead.
  Spell 45
SPELL FOR NOT PUTREFYING IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
Weary, weary are the members of Osiris ! They shall not be weary
they shall not putrefy, they shall not decay, they shall not swell up!
May it be done to me in like manner, for I am Osiris.
  AS FOR HIM WHO KNOWS THIS SPELL,HE SHALL NOT PUTREFY
IN OSIRIS'S REALM OF THE DEAD.
  Spell 46
  SPELL FOR NOT PERISHING AND FOR BEING ALIVE
  IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
O you young men of Shu of the morning, who have power over those
who Mash among the sun-folk, who arms move about and whose
heads sway to and fro; may I move about every day.
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Spell 47
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SPELL FOR PREVENTING THE TAKING OF N' S PLACE AND
  THRONE FROM HIM IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
O Place of mine, O Throne of mine  come and serve me  for I am
your lord. O you gods, come in my company, for I am the son of your
lord, you are mine, for it was my father who made you.
  Spell 50
  SPELL FOR NOT ENTERING INTO THE SHAMBLES
  OF THE GOD.
The four knots are tied about me by the guardian of the sky. He has
made the knot firm for the Inert One on his thighs on that day of
cutting off the lock of hair.
  The knot was tied about me by Seth, in whose power the Ennead
were at first, before uproar had come into being, when he caused me
to be hale.
  The knot was tied about me by Nut, when I first saw Maet, when
the gods and the sacred images had not yet been born. I am a heaven-
born, I am in the presence of the great gods.
  Spell 53
  SPELL FOR NOT EATING FAECES OR DRINKING URINE
  IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
I am the horned bull who rules the sky, lord of celestial appearings,
the Great Illuminator who came forth from the heat, who harnesses
the years; the Double Lion is glad, and the movement of the sun-
shine has been granted to me. I detest what is detestable, I will not
eat faeces, I will not drink urine, I will not walk head downward.
  I am the owner of bread in Heliopolis, bread of mine is in the sky
with Re, bread of mine is on earth with Geb, and it is the Night-bark
and the Day-bark which will bring it to me from the house of the
great god who is in Heliopolis. I am loosed from my windings, I make
ready the ferry-boat of the sky, I eat of what they eat, I live on what
they live on, I have eaten bread in every pleasant room.
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  Spell 54
SPELL FOR GIVING BREATH TO N. IN THE REALM OF
  THE DEAD.
O Atum, give me the sweet breath which is in your nostril  for I am
this egg which is in the Great Cackler, I am the guardian of this great
being who separates the earth from the sky. If I live, she will live; I
grow young, I live, I snuff the air. I am he who splits iron  I go round
about the egg, tomorrow is mine through the striking-power of
Horus and the strength of Seth. O you who sweeten the state of the
Two Lands, you with whom are provisions, you with whom is
lapis-lazuli, beware of Him who is in his nest; the Youth goes forth
against you.
  Spell 55
  SPELL FOR GIVING BREATH IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
I am the jackal of jackals, I am Shu who draws the air into the
presence of the sunshine to the limits of the sky, to the limits of the
earth, to the limits of the plume of the nebeh-bird, and air is given to
those youths who open my mouth so that I may see with my eyes.
  Spell 56
  SPELL FOR BREATHING AIR AMONG THE WATERS
  IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
O Atum, give me the sweet breath which is in your nostril, for I seek
out that great place which is in Unu, I have guarded that egg of the
Great Cackler. If I be strong, it will be strong; if I live, it will live; if
I breathe the air it will breathe the air.
  Spell 57
  SPELL FOR BREATHING AIR AND HAVING POWER
  OVER WATER IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
O Hapi, Great One of the sky in this your name of " The sky is safe '
ma; you grant that I have power over water like Sakhmet who saved
Osiris on that night of storm. Behold, the Elders who are before the
throne of "Abundance' have sent to me just as that august god whose
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nostrils are opened in Busiris, I rest in Heliopolis, my house is what
Seshat built for me, Khnum stands up for me on his battlements.
  If the sky comes with the north-wind, I will dwell in the south; if
sky comes with the south-wind, I will dwell in the north; if the sky
comes with the west-wind, I will dwell in the cast; if the sky comes
with the east-wind, I will dwell in the west. I will pull the skin of my
nostrils, I will open up at the place where I desire to be.
  Spell 58
  SPELL FOR BREATHING AIR AND HAVING POWER
  OVER WATER IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
  Open to me!
  Who are you? What are you? Where did you grow up?
  I am one of you.
  Who is with you?
  It is the two Songstress-serpents.
  You shall separate head from head when approaching the Milky
Way.
  I shall cross to the Mansion of Him who finds faces; "Collector of
souls' is the name of the ferryman, " Tresses of hair' is the name of
the oars, " Thorn ' is the name of the bilge-pipe; " Precise and accurate '
is the name of the steering-oar, like him who smoothed things over
when you buried yourself in the waters; you shall give me a jug of
milk, a shens-loaf, a persen: loaf, a jug of beer and a portion of meat
in the Mansion of Anubis.
  AS FOR HIM WHO KNOWS THIS SPELL, HE WILL GO IN AFTER
COMING OUT IN THE CEMETERY OF THE BEAUTIFUL WEST.
  Spell 59
  SPELL FOR BREATHING AIR AND HAVING POWER
  OVER WATER IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
O you sycamore of the sky, may there be given to me the air which is
in it, for I am he who sought out that throne in the middle of Unu
and I have guarded this egg of the Great Cackler. If it grows, I will
grow; if it lives, I will live; if it breathes the air, I will breathe the air.
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  Spell 61
SPELL FOR NOT LETTING A MAN'S SOUL BE TAKEN AWAY
  FROM HIM IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
I am he, I am he who came forth from the flood, to whom abundance
was given, that I might have power thereby over the River.
  Spell 62
SPELL FOR DRINKING WATER IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
May the great water be opened for Osiris, may the cool water of Thoth
and the water of Hapi be thrown open for the Lord of the Horizon in
this my name of Pedsu. May I be granted power over the waters like
the limbs of Seth, for I am he who crosses the sky, I am the Lion of Re,
I am the Slayer who eats the foreleg, the leg of beef is extended to me,
the pools of the Field of Rushes serve me, limitless eternity is given
to me, for I am he who inherited eternity, to whom everlasting was
given.
  Spell 63A
SPELL FOR DRINKING WATER AND NOT BEING BURNT BY FIRE.
O Bull of the West, I am brought to you, for I am that oar of Re
with which the Old Ones are rowed. I will be neither burnt up nor
scorched, for I am Babi, the eldest son of Osiris, for whom all the gods
have assembled within his Eye in Heliopolis; I am the trusted heir
when the Great One is inert, my name will be strong for me, and
assuredly you will live daily through me.
  Spell 63B
  SPELL FOR NOT BEING SCALDED WITH WATER.
I am that equipped oar with which Re is rowed when the Old Ones
are rowed and the efflux of Osiris is upraised at the Lake of Flames
which does not burn, I have climbed in the sunshine. O Khnum who
is in charge of whips, come, cut away the bonds from him who
travels on this road on which I have ascended.
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  Spell 65
SPELL FOR GOING OUT INTO THE DAY AND HAVING
  POWER OVER ONE S ENEMY.
Re sits in his Abode of Millions of Years, and there assemble for him
the Nine Gods with hidden faces who dwell in the Mansion of Khopri
who eat abundance and who drink the drinks which the sky brings at
dawn. Do not permit me to be carried off as booty to Osiris, for I have
never been in the confederacy of Seth, O you who sit on your coils
before Him whose soul is strong, let me sit on the throne of Re and
take possession of my body before Geb; may you grant that Osiris
may go forth vindicated against Seth; may the dreams of Seth be the
dreams of a crocodile. O you whose faces are hidden, who preside
over the Mansions of the King of Lower Egypt, who clothe the gods
in the Sixth-day Festival, who weave for ever and who knot eternally,
I have seen the Boar put into fetters, but indeed he who was put
under ward has been released, the Boar has been loosed. I have been
reborn, I have gone forth in the shape of a living spirit whom the
common folk worship on earth. O you sick one who would harm me,
be driven off from the wall of Re. Let me see Re, let me go forth
against my enemies, let me be vindicated against them in the tribunal
of the great god in the presence of the great god. If you do not let me
go forth against that enemy of mine that I may be vindicated against
him in the tribunal, then Hapi shall not ascend to the sky that he
may live on truth, nor shall Re descend to the waters that he may
live on fish. Then shall Re ascend to the sky that he may live on
truth, and Hapi descend to the waters that he may live on fish, and
the great day on earth shall end its condition. I have come against
that enemy of mine, and he is given over to me, he is finished and
silent in the tribunal.
  Spell 66
  GOING OUT INTO THE DAY.
I know that I was conceived by Sakhmet and borne by Satis. I am
Horus who came forth from the Eye of Horus, I am Edjo who came
forth from Horus, I am Horus who flew up, I have lighted on the
vertex of Re in the prow of his bark which is in the Abyss.
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  Spell 67
SPELL FOR OPENING THE TOMB.
The cavern is opened for those who are in the Abyss, and those who
are in the sunshine are released; the cavern is opened for Shu, and if
he comes out, I will come out. I will go down into the earth-opening
I will receive . . . , for I have grasped the lashings in the house of Him
who is in charge of the mooring-posts. I will go down to my seat
which is in the bark of Re; may I not suffer through being deprived
of my seat which is in the bark of Re the great who rises and shines
in the waterway of the lake.
  Spell 68
  SPELL FOR GOING OUT INTO THE DAY.
The doors of the sky are opened for me, the doors of the earth are
opened for me, the door-bolts of Geb are opened for me, the shutters
of the sky-windows are thrown open for me. It is he who guarded me
who releases me, who binds his hand on me and thrusts his hand on
to me on earth, the mouth of the Pelican is opened for me, the mouth
of the Pelican is thrown open for me, the mouth of the Pelican is
given to me, and I go out into the day to the place where I desire to be.
  May I have power in my heart, may I have power in my heart,
may I have power in my arms, may I have power in my legs, may I
have power in my mouth, may I have power in all my members,
may I have power over invocation-offerings, may I have power over
water, may I have power over air, may I have power over the waters,
may I have power over the streams, may I have power over riparian
lands, may I have power over the men who would harm me, may I
have power over the women who would harm me in the realm of the
dead, may I have power over those who would give orders to harm
me upon earth.
  <1A god replies:>1 Surely it will be according to what you say to me.
You shall live on the bread of Geb, and you shall not eat what you
detest. You shall live on bread of white emmer and beer of red barley
of Hapi in the pure place; you shall sit under the branches of the tree
of Hathor who is pre-eminent in the wide solar disk when she travels
to Heliopolis bearing the script of the divine words,the book of Thoth.
You shall have power in your heart, you shall have power in your
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heart, you shall have power in your mouth, you shall have power in
your arms, you shall have power over water, you shall have power
over the waters, you shall have power over the streams, you shall have
power over the riparian lands, you shall have power over the men
who would harm you, you shall have power over the women who
would harm you in the realm of the dead, you shall have power over
those who would give orders to harm you on earth or in the realm of
the dead. Raise yourself upon your left side, put yourself upon your
right side, sit down and stand up, throw off your dust, may your
tongue and your mouth be wise.
  AS FOR WHOEVER KNOWS THIS BOOK, HE SHALL GO OUT
INTO THE DAY, HE SHALL WALK ON EARTH AMONG the living
and he shall never suffer destruction. A matter a million times true.
  Spell 69
  SPELL FOR BEING THE SUCCESSOR OF OSIRIS.
I am the Radiant One, brother of the Radiant Goddess, Osiris the
brother of Isis; my son and his mother Isis have saved me from my
enemies who would harm me. Bonds are on their arms, their hands
and their feet, because of what they have done evilly against me. I am
Osiris, the first-born of the company of the gods, eldest of the gods,
heir of my father Geb; I am Osiris, Lord of persons, alive of breast
strong of hinder-parts, stiff of phallus, who is within the boundary of
the common folk.
  I am Orion who treads his land, who precedes the stars of the sky
which are on the body of my mother Nut, who conceived me at her
desire and bore me at her will. I am Anubis on the Day of the Centi-
pede, I am the Bull who presides over the field. I am Osiris, for whom
his father and mother sealed an agreement on that day of carrying
out the great slaughter; Geb is my father and Nut is my mother, I
am Horus the Elder on the Day of Accession, I am Anubis the Centi-
pede, I am the Lord of All, I am Osiris.
  O you Eldest One who have come in, say to the collector of writings
and to the door-keeper of Osiris that I have come, being a spirit
fully-reckoned and divine; I have come that I myself may protect my
body  that I may sit on the birth-stool of Osiris and get rid of his sore
suffering. I am mighty and divine upon the birth-stool of Osiris, for I
was born with him when he was very young. I uncover those knees
of Osiris, I open the mouths of the gods because of them, I sit beside
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him, and Thoth has gone forth happy with a thousand of bread upon
my father's altar, with my dappled cattle, long-horns, red cattle, geese
and poultry for offering which I gave to Horus and offered to Thoth;
my place of slaughter belongs to Him who is over the place of sacrifice.
  Spell 70
OTHERWISE SAID: My place of slaughter belongs to Him who is over
the place of sacrifice, I am happy and pleased with the altar of my
father Osiris. I rule in Busiris, I travel about on its river-banks, I
snuff the east-wind because of its tresses, I grasp the north-wind by
its braided lock, I grip the south-wind by its plaits, I grasp the west-
wind by its nape. I travel around the sky on its four sides, I give
breath to the blessed ones among those who eat bread.
  As for him who knows this book on earth, he shall come out into
the day, he shall walk on earth among the living, and his name shall
not perish for ever.
  Spell 71
  SPELL FOR GOING OUT INTO THE DAY.
O you falcon who rise from the Abyss, Lord of the celestial waters,
make me hale just as you made yourself hale. Release him, loose him,
put him on earth, cause him to be loved: so says the One-faced Lord
concerning me.
  O you falcon within the shrine, may I be revealed to Him on whom
is a fringed garment: so say; Horus son of Isis.
  O Horus son of Isis, make me hale as you made yourself hale.
Release him, loose him, put him on earth, cause him to be loved: so
says the One-faced Lord concerning me.
  O Horus in the southern sky, O Thoth in the northern sky, pacify
for me the raging fiery serpent, raise up Maet for me to Him whom
she loves: so says Thoth.
  O Thoth, make me hale just as you made yourself hale. Release
him, loose him, put him on earth, cause him to be loved: so says the
One-faced Lord concerning me.
  I am the weneb-flower of Naref, the nebheh-flower of the hidden
horizon: so says Osiris.
  O Osiris, make me hale just as you made yourself hale. Release
him, loose him, put him on earth, let him be loved: so says the One-
faced Lord concerning me.
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  O you who are terrible on your feet, who are in action, Lord of the
Two Fledglings: As the Two Fledglings live, make me hale just as you
made yourself hale. Release him, loose him, put him on earth, cause
him to be loved: so says the One-faced Lord concerning me.
  O you of Nekhen who are in your egg, Lord of the celestial waters,
make me hale just as you made yourself hale. Release him, loose him,
put him on earth, cause him to be loved: so says the One-faced Lord
concerning me.
  Rise up, O Sobk, in the midst of your river-bank; rise up, O Neith,
in the midst of your riparian land. Release him, loose him, put him on
earth, cause him to be loved: so says the One-faced Lord concerning
me.
  O you seven knots, the arms of the balance on that night of setting
the Sacred Eye in order, who cut off heads, who sever necks, who
take away hearts, who snatch hearts, who make a slaughter in the
Island of Fire: I know you, I know your names; may you know me
just as I know your names; if I reach you, may you reach me; if you
live through me, may I live through you; may you make me to flourish
with what is in your hands, the staff which is in your grasp. May you
destine me to life annually; may you grant to me many years of life
over and above my years of life; many months over and above my
months of life; many days over and above my days of life; many
nights over and above my nights of life, until I depart. May I rise to be
a likeness of myself, may my breath be at my nose, may my eyes see
in company with those who are in the horizon on that day of dooming
the robber.
  As for him who shall recite this spell, it means prosperity on earth
with Re and a goodly burial with Osiris; it will go very well with a
man in the realm of the dead, and there shall be given to him the
loaves which are issued daily in the Presence. A matter a million
times true.
  Spell 72
  SPELL FOR GOING OUT INTO THE DAY AND OPENING
  UP THE TOMB.
Hail to you, you owners of souls, who are devoid of wrong, who exist
for all eternity ! Open to me, for I am a spirit in my own shape, I have
power by means of this my magic, and I am recognized as a spirit.
Save me from aggressors in this land of the just, give me my mouth
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that I may speak with it  let my arms be extended in your presence,
because I know you  I know your names, I know the name of that
great god before whom you place your provisions, whose name is
Tekem. He opens up the eastern horizon of the sky, he alights in the
western horizon of the sky, he removes me so that I may be hale.
The Milky Way will not reject me, the rebels will not have power
over me, I shall not be turned away from your portals, the doors shall
not be closed against me, because my bread is in Pe, my beer is in
Dep, my hands shall be . . . there, there shall be given to me my father
Atum, there shall be established for me my houses in the sky and on
earth, with uncounted emmer therein; offering shall be made to me
there of food by my son of my body, you shall give invocation-
offerings of bread and beer, incense and unguent, and all things good
and pure whereon a god lives, in very deed for ever, in any shape
which I desire, and faring downstream and upstream in the Field of
Rushes, for I am the Double Lion.
  AS FOR HIM WHO KNOWS THIS BOOK ON EARTH OR IT IS PUT
IN WRITING ON THE COFFIN, IT IS MY WORD THAT HE SHALL GO
OUT INTO THE DAY IN ANY SHAPE THAT HE DESIRES AND SHALL
GO IN TO HIS PLACE WITHOUT BEING TURNED BACK, AND THERE
SHALL BE GIVEN TO HIM BREAD AND BEER AND A PORTION
OF MEAT FROM UPON THE ALTAR OF OSIRIS. HE SHALL ENTER
SAFELY INTO THE FIELD OF RUSHES IN ORDER TO LEARN THIS
COMMAND OF HER WHO IS IN BUSIRIS, THERE SHALL BE GIVEN
TO HIM BARLEY AND EMMER THEREIN, HE SHALL BE HALE
LIKE HE WAS UPON EARTH, AND HE SHALL DO WHAT HE WISHES
LIKE THOSE NINE GODS WHO ARE IN THE NETHERWORLD. A
MATTER A MILLION TIMES TRUE.
  Spell 74
  SPELL FOR BEING SWIFT-FOOTED WHEN GOING OUT FROM
  THE EARTH.
May you do what you are wont to do, O Sokar who are in your
Mansion, possessing a foot in the realm of the dead. I shine in the
sky, I ascend to the sky; though I am inert, I climb on the sunshine;
though I am inert, I waIk on the river-banks . . . in the realm of the
dead.
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  Spell 75
SPELL FOR GOING TO HELIOPOLIS AND RECEIVING
    A THRONE THERE.
I have gone forth from the limits of the earth that I may receive my
fringed cloak for the heart of the Baboon; I have razed the Pure
Mansions which were in Edfu, I have destroyed the Mansions of Him
who beats with a stick, I have attacked the Mansions of Ikhsesef, I
have forced the sacred gates, I have passed by the House of Kemkem,
the " knot-of-Isis' amulet has laid her hands on me, and she has
commended me to her sister the Accuser by her own mother the
Destroyer, she has set me in the eastern sky in which Re appears and
in which Re is daily exalted. I have appeared in glory, I have been
initiated, I have been ennobled as a god, and they have put me on that
sacred road on which Thoth travelled when he pacified the Combat-
ants and proceeded to Pe so that he might come to Dep.
  Spell 76
  SPELL FOR BEING TRANSFORMED INTO ANY SHAPE
  ONE MAY WISH TO TAKE.
I have passed by the Palace, and it was an abyt-bird which brought
you to me. Hail to you, you who flew up to the sky, the white and
shining bird which guards the White Crown. I shall be with you and
I shall join the great god; make a way for me that I may pass on it.
  Spell 77
SPELL FOR BEING TRANSFORMED INTO A FALCON OF GOLD.
I have appeared as a great falcon, having come forth from the egg; I
have flown up and alighted as a falcon of four cubits along its back,
whose wings are of green-stone of Upper Egypt; I have gone up from
the coffer into the Night-bark, I have brought my heart from the
eastern mountains, I have alighted in the Day-bark, there are brought
to me those of ancient times bowing down, and they give me worship
when I appear, having been reassembled as a fair falcon of gold upon the
pointed stone. Re comes in daily to give judgement, and I sit among
those elder gods of the Lower Sky; He of the Field of Offerings bows
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to me in the Presence, and I eat of him and have power over him  I
have abundance to my desire. The grain-god has given me smoked
barley, and I have power over what appertains to my head.
  Spell 78
  <1This spell is in dramatic form, with various characters>1
  <1speaking in turn, and it appears to be part of the text>1
  <1of a religious drama recited as temple ritual. Whether>1
  <1any action took place is doubtful; more probably it>1
  <1was a recitative Aronounced by various priests>1
  <1in turn, possibly with appropriate gestures.>1
  <1Here it is used simply as a magic spell.>1
  SPELL FOR BEING TRANSFORMED INTO A DIVINE FALCON.
<1Osiris speaks :>1 O Horus, come to Busiris, clear my ways for me, and go
all over my house, that you may see my form and extol my shape.
May you inspire fear of me, may you create awe of me, that the gods
of the Netherworld may fear me, that the gates may beware of me.
Do not let him who has done me harm approach me, so that he sees
me in the House of Darkness, and uncovers my weariness which is
hidden from him.
  <1The gods :>1 " Do thus' say the gods, who hear the voices of those who
go in the suite of Osiris.
  <1Horus:>1 Be silent, you gods; let a god speak with a god, let him
hear the true message which I shall say to him. Speak to me, Osiris,
and grant that what has come forth from your mouth concerning me
be revoked. See your own form, form your shape, and cause him to
go forth and to have power over his legs that he may stride and copu-
late among men, and you shall be there as the Lord of All. The gods
of the Netherworld fear you, the gates beware of you. You move
along with those who move along, while I remain on your mound
like the Lord of Life. I ally myself with the divine Isis, I rejoice on
account of him who has done you harm. May he not come so that he
sees your weariness which is hidden from him. I shall go and come to
the confines of the sky, that I may ask the word from Geb, that I may
demand authority from the Lord of All. Then the gods shall fear you,
even they who shall see that I send to you one of those who dwell in the
sunshine. I have made his form as my form, his gait as my gait, that he
may go and come to Busiris, being invested with my shape, that he
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may tell you my affairs. He shall inspire fear of you, he shall create
awe of you in the gods of the Netherworld, and the gates shall beware
of you.
  <1The messenger:>1 Indeed I am one who dwells in the sunshine  I am a
spirit who came into being and was created out of the body of the god
I am one of those gods or spirits who dwell in the sunshine  whom
Atum created from his flesh, who came into being from the root of
his eye, whom Atum created and with whom he made spirits, whose
faces he created, in order that they might be with him, while he was
alone in the Abyss, who announced him when he came forth from
the horizon, who inspired fear of him in the gods and spirits, the
Powers and Shapes. I am one of those serpents which the Sole Lord
made, before Isis came into being that she might give birth to Horus.
I have been made strong, I have been made young and vigorous. I
am distinguished above the other beings who dwell in the sunshine,
the spirits who came into being along with me. I have made my
appearance as a divine falcon, Horus has invested me with his shape
in order that I might take his affairs to Osiris, to the Netherworld.
  <1The Double Lion raises an objection:>1 The Double Lion who is in
his cavern, warden of the House of the Royal Wig-cover, said to me :
How can you reach the confines of the sky? Indeed you are equipped
with the form of Horus, but you do not possess the Wig-cover. Do you
speak on the confines of the sky?
  <1The messenger:>1 I am indeed he who takes the affairs of Horus to
Osiris, to the Netherworld. Horus has repeated to me what his father
Osiris said to him in the . . . on the day of burial.
  <1The Double Lion:>1 Repeat to me what Horus has said as the word of
his father Osiris in the . . . on the day of burial. Then I shall give you
the Wig-cover--so said the Double Lion to me--that you may come
and go on the roads of the sky. Then those who dwell in the horizon
shall see you, and the gods of the Netherworld shall fear you.
  <1The messenger:>1 You may jubilate concerning him, he has been
initiated into the word of these gods, the Lords of All, who are at the
side of the Sole Lord--so said he who is high on his dais, who dwells
in holiness, concerning me.
  <1The Double Lion is satisfied:>1 Take out the Wig-cover for him--so
said the Double Lion concerning me.
  <1The messenger, now possessed of his passport, the Royal Wig-cover,>1
<1continues his journey:>1 O Heret, clear my way for me. I am high in the
form of Horus, and the Double Lion has taken out the Wig-cover for
me, he has given me my wings, he has established my heart on his
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great standard. I do not fall on account of Shu, I am he who pacifies
himself with his own beauty, the Lord of the two mighty royal
serpents. I am he who knows the roads of Nut, the winds are my
protection, and the raging bull shall not drive me back. I go to the
place where dwells He who sleeps, being helpless, who is in the Field
of Eternity, who was conducted to the painful western darkness, even
Osiris. I come today from the House of the Double Lion, I have come
forth from it to the House of Isis, to the secret mysteries, I have been
conducted to her hidden secrets, for she caused me to see the birth of
the great god. Horus has invested me with his shape in order that I
might say what is there, in order that I might say . . . which shall
drive back the fearful attack. I am the falcon who dwells in the sun-
shine, who has power through his light and his flashing. I go and
come to the confines of the sky . . . There is none who thwarts me . . .
Horus to the confines of the sky. Horus is upon his seats and his
thrones, and I am he who is in his form. My arms are those of a divine
falcon, I am one who has acquired (the position of) his lord, and
Horus has invested me with his shape. I come forth to Busiris that I
may see Osiris, I land at the Mansion of the Great Dead One; I in-
spire fear of him and create awe of him among the gods. I belong to
the great shrine, even I the holy one of . . . , in front of whom one
walks to and fro, and Nut shall walk to and fro when she sees me.
The hostile gods have seen that she incites the Eyeless One against
those who shall stretch forth their arms against me. The Powerful
One stands up against the earth-gods, the holy roads are opened for
me when they see my form and hear what I shall say. Down on your
faces, you gods of the Netherworld, whose faces are . . . , whose necks
are outstretched, and who hide the face of the Great Demolisher!
Clear the road of . . . towards the majestic shape.
  <1The messenger quotes the command of Horus:>1 Horus has com-
manded: Lift up your faces and look at him; he has made his appear-
ance as a divine falcon, the Double Lion has taken out the Wig-cover
for him, he has come with the word of Horus to Osiris. The Grey-
haired Ones have . . . , he has united himself with the Powers. Get
out of the way, you wardens of your gates, for him in front of me,
clear the way for him. Let him pass by, O you who dwell in your
caverns, wardens of the House of Osiris.
  <1The messenger resumes his own speech:>1 I say: How mighty is Horus !
I cause them to know that the terror of him is great, and that his horn
is sharp against Seth; that Horus has taken authority and that he has
acquired the might of Atum. I have followed Horus, the Lord of All.
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say the gods of the Netherworld to me. The wardens of their caverns,
the wardens of the Mansion of Osiris rise up.
  <1The messenger replies:>1 See, I come to you as an equipped spirit. The
wardens of the gates walk for me  the Powers clear the roads for me,
I have fetched the Grey-haired Ones whom Nenet has defied. The
great ones who dwell in the horizon fear me, even the wardens of . . .
in the sky, who guard the roads. I make firm the gates for the Lord
of All, I have cleared the roads towards him; I have done what was
commanded, for Horus invested me with his shape. Let my wisdom be
granted, for I desire triumph over my enemies. May the mysteries be
uncovered for me, may the secret caverns be opened to me, may I
enter in to the Lord of the Soul, greatly majestic, may I come forth to
Busiris and go all over his mansion, may I tell him the affairs of his
son whom he loves, while the heart of Seth is cut out. May I see the
Lord of Weariness, who is limitless, that he may know how Horus
regulated the affairs of the gods without him.
  <1The messenger attains his aim and addresses Osiris:>1 O Lord of the
Soul, greatly majestic, see, I have come, the Netherworld has been
opened for me, the roads in the sky and on earth have been opened
for me, and there was none who thwarted me.
  Be high upon your seat, O Osiris: may your breast live and may
your buttocks be vigorous. Let your heart jubilate, for you triumph
over Seth, and your son Horus has been placed upon your throne.
Myriads have been assigned to him, the gods have brought him
oblations, and the heart of Geb, who is older than the great ones,
rejoices. The sky is strong and Nut jubilates when she sees what Atum
has done, whilst he sat among the two Enneads and gave the authority
which is on his mouth to Horus the son of Isis. He has become ruler
over Egypt, the gods work for him, he has nurtured myriads and has
brought up myriads by means of the Sole Eye, the Mistress of the
Enneads, the Lady of All.
  Spell 79
  SPELL FOR BECOMING AN ELDER OF THE TRIBUNAL.
I am Atum who made the sky and created what exists, who came
forth from the earth, who created seed, Lord of everything, who
fashioned the gods, the great god, the self-created, the Lord of life,
who made the Ennead to flourish.
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  Hail to you, you lords of pure offerings, whose thrones are secret!
Hail to you, you lords of eternity, whose forms are hidden, whose
shrines are secret, whose place is unknown! Hail to you, you gods
who are in the Radiance! Hail to you, you gods who encircle the
firmament! Hail to you, you gods who are in the West! Hail to you,
Ennead which is in the Lower Sky! See, I have come to you pure,
divine, possessing a spirit, mighty, besouled; I have brought to you a
measure of incense and natron, that I may drive away slaver therewith
from your mouths, I have come that I may remove the ill which is in
your hearts, I have removed the evil which is on you. I have brought
you what is good, I have raised up to you what is true, for I know you,
I know your names, I know your forms which were unknown. I have
come into being among you, I appear in glory as that god who eats
men and lives on gods, I am mighty among you as that god who is
uplifted on his standard, to whom the gods come in joy, at whom the
goddesses exult when they see him. I have come to you, having
appeared as son of you all; I sit in my seat which is in the horizon, I
receive offerings upon my altar, I drink wine in the evening. Those
who are in joy come to me, praise is given to me by those who are in
the horizon in this my rank of the Lord of All. I am exalted as this
noble god who is in the Great Mansion; the gods rejoice when they
see him among those who go forth happily on the body of the Lower
Sky when his mother Nut has borne him.
  Spell 80
  MAKING TRANSFORMATION INTO A GOD AND
  GIVING LIGHT AND DARKNESS.
I am he who donned the white and bright fringed cloak of Nu which
is on his breast, which gives light in darkness, which unites the two
companion-goddesses who are in my body by means of the great
magic which is on my mouth. My fallen enemy who was with me in
the valley of Abydos will not be raised up, and I am content. The
remembrance of him is mine, I have taken authority in my city, for I
found him in it, I have brought darkness by means of my power, I
have rescued the Eye from its non-existence before the festival of the
fifteenth day had come, I have separated Seth from the houses of the
Above because of the Elder who was with him, I equipped Thoth in
the Mansion of the Moon before the festival of the fifteenth day had
come, I have taken possession of the Wereret-crown, and right is in
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my body, also the turquoise and faience of its monthly festival, and
my field of lapis-lazuli is there on my river-bank. I am the Woman
who lightens darkness, I have come to lighten the darkness, and it is
bright. I have lightened the darkness, I have felled the evil spirits,
those who were in darkness have given praise to me, I have made the
mourners whose faces were hidden to stand up, even though they
were languid when they saw me. As for you, I am the Woman of
whom I do not permit you to hear.
  Spell 81A
  SPELL FOR BEING TRANSFORMED INTO A LOTUS.
I am this pure lotus which went forth from the sunshine, which is at
the nose of Re; I have descended that I may seek it for Horus, for I
am the pure one who issued from the fen.
  Spell 81B
  SPELL FOR BEING TRANSFORMED INTO A LOTUS.
O Lotus belonging to the semblance of Nefertum, I am the Man. I
know your name, I know your names, you gods, you lords of the
realm of the dead, for I am one of you. May you grant that I see the
gods who lead the Netherworld, may there be given to me a seat in
the realm of the dead in the presence of the lords of the West, may I
take my place in the Sacred Land, may I receive offerings in the
presence of the lords of eternity, may my soul go forth to every place
that it desires, without being held back from the presence of the
Great Ennead.
  Spell 82
  SPELL FOR BECOMING PTAH, EATING BREAD, DRINKING
  BEER  PURIFYING THE HINDER-PARTS, AND BEING
  ALIVE IN HELIOPOLIS.
I have flown up as a falcon, I have cackled as a goose, I have alighted
on yonder road of the Mound of the Great Festival. What I doubly
detest, I will not eat; what I detest is faeces, and I will not eat it;
what I detest is excrement, and it shall not enter my body.
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"What will you live on?' say the gods and spirits to me.
I will live and have power through bread.'
"Where will you eat it?' say the gods and spirits to me.
"I will have power and I will eat it under the branches of the tree of
Hathor my mistress, who made offering of bread, beer and corn in
Heliopolis. I will don a loin-cloth from the hand of Tayt, I will dwell
in the place where I wish to be.'
  My head is that of Re who is united with Atum, the four suns of
the length of the land; I have gone forth, for my tongue is that of
Ptah, my throat is that of Hathor, for I have recalled with my mouth
the speech of Atum to my father when he destroyed the majesty of
the wife of Geb, whose head was broken at his word. Be afraid
thereat and report it, the outcry at my strength. There shall be
assigned to me the heritage of the Lord of the earth, namely Geb,
and I shall be cared for thereby; Geb shall refresh me, for he has given
to me his appearings in glory. Those who are in Heliopolis bow their
heads to me, for I am their lord, I am their bull. I am mightier than
the Lord of terror; I copulate and I have power over myriads.
  Spell 83
  SPELL FOR BEING TRANSFORMED INTO A PHOENIX.
I have flown up like the primeval ones, I have become Khopri, I have
grown as a plant, I have clad myself as a tortoise, I am the essence of
every god, I am the seventh of those seven uraei who came into being
in the West, Horus who makes brightness with his person, that god
who was against Seth, Thoth who was among you in that judgement
of Him who presides over Letopolis together with the Souls of
Heliopolis, the flood which was between them. I have come on the
day when I appear in glory with the strides of the gods, for I am
Khons who subdued the lords.
  As for him who knows this pure spell, it means going out into the
day after death and being transformed at will, being in the suite of
Onnophris, being content with the food of Osiris, having invocation-
offerings, seeing the sun; it means being hale on earth with Re and
being vindicated with Osiris, and nothing evil shall have power over
him. A matter a million times true.
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  BEING TRANSFORMED INTO A HERON.
I am the mightiest of the bulls  I am the forceful one among them,
I am the twin braided locks which are on the head of the shorn priest,
whom they of the sunshine worship, whose stroke is sharp. I am
vindicated on earth, and the terror of me is in the sky----and <1vice versa;>1
it is my strength which makes me victorious to the height of the sky,
I am held in respect to the breadth of the sky, my strides are towards
the towns of the Silent Land. I have gone and reached Unu; I have
ejected the gods from their paths, I have struck down those who are
wakeful within their shrines. I do not know the Abyss, I do not know
the emerging earth, I do not know the red ones who thrust with their
horns  I do not know the magician, but I hear his words; I am this
Wild Bull who is in the writings.
  Thus said the gods when they lamented the past: " On your faces!
He has come to you while the dawn lacks you, and there isnonewho
will protect you.' My faults are in my belly, and I will not declare
them; O Authority, wrongdoing is of yesterday, but righteousness
is of today. Righteousness runs on my eyebrows on the night of the
festival " The Old Woman lies down and her land is guarded.'
  Spell 85
SPELL FOR BEING TRANSFORMED INTO A LIVING SOUL AND OF
  NOT ENTERING INTO THE PLACE OF EXECUTION. HE WHO
  KNOWS IT WILL NEVER PERISH.
I am the soul of Re who issued from the Abyss, that soul of the god
who created authority. Wrongdoing is my detestation, and I will not
see it; I think about righteousness, and I live by it; I am Authority
which will never perish in this my name of " Soul.' I came into being
of myself with the Abyss in this my name of Khopri, and I come
into being in it daily.
  I am the Lord of light; death is my detestation, and I will not
enter into the place of execution of the Netherworld. It is I who
cause Osiris to be a spirit, and I have made content those who are in
his suite. I desire that they grant fear of me and create respect of me
among those who are in their midst, for I am lifted aloft on my
standard, on my throne and on my allotted seat.
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  I am Nu, and the doers of wrong cannot harm me. I am the eldest
of the primeval gods, the soul of the souls of the eternal gods; my
body is everlasting, my shape is eternity, Lord of years, Ruler of
everlasting. I am he who created darkness and who made his seat in
the limits of the sky. I desire to reach their limits, and I walk afoot,
I go ahead with my staff, I cross the firmament of those who . . . , I
drive away the hidden snakes which are upon my march to the Lord
of the Two Regions.
  I am the soul of the souls of the eternal gods, my body is everlasting,
I am he who is on high, Lord of Tatebu, I am young in my city, I am
boyish in the field, and such is my name, for my name will not
perish. I am the soul who created the Abyss, who made his seat in the
realm of the dead. My nest will not be seen, my egg will not be broken,
I have got rid of my ills, I have seen my father, the Lord of the eve-
ning, and whose body it is which is in Heliopolis; I govern those who
are in the dusk upon the western Mound of the Ibis.
  Spell 86
  SPELL FOR BEING TRANSFORMED INTO A SWALLOW.
I am a swallow, I am a swallow, I am that scorpion, the daughter of
Re. O you gods, may your savour be sweet; a flame has gone up from
the horizon. O you who are in the city, I have brought him who
guards his coils; give me your hands, for I have spent the day in the
Island of Fire, I have gone on an errand and I have returned with a
report. Open to me; then I will tell what I have seen. Horus is in
command of the Sacred Bark, and the throne of his father Osiris has
been given to him, while that Seth the son of Nut is in bonds because
of what he has done. What is in Letopolis has been allotted to me,
and I have made obeisance to Osiris. I have gone to make inspection
and I have returned to speak; let me pass, that I may report on my
errand. I am one who goes in esteemed and who goes out distin-
guished at the portal of the Lord of All; I am pure on that great
tomb-plateau, for I have got rid of my evil, I have discarded my
wrongdoing, I have cast to the ground the ills which were on my
flesh. O you keepers of the gate, make a way for me, for I am one
like you. I go out into the day, I walk on my feet, I have power in
my strides. O You of the sunshine, I know the secret ways of the
portals of the Field of Rushes. See, I have come, having felled my
enemies to the ground, and my corpse is buried.
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  AS FOR HIM WHO KNOWS THIS SPELL, HE SHALL GO OUT
INTO THE DAY, AND HE SHALL NOT BE TURNED AWAY AT ANY
PORTAL IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD, AND HE SHALL ASSUME
THE SHAPE OF A SWALLOW. A MATTER A MILLION TIMES TRUE.
  Spell 87
  SPELL FOR BEING TRANSFORMED INTO A SNAKE.
I am a long-lived snake; I pass the night and am reborn every day. I
am a snake which is in the limits of the earth; I pass the night and
am reborn, renewed and rejuvenated every day.
  Spell 88
  SPELL FOR BEING TRANSFORMED INTO A CROCODILE.
I am a crocodile immersed in dread, I am a crocodile who takes by
robbery I am the great and mighty fish-like being who is in the
Bitter Lakes, I am the Lord of those who bow down in Letopolis.
  Spell 89
  SPELL FOR LETTING A SOUL REJOIN ITS CORPSE IN THE
  REALM OF THE DEAD.
O you who bring, you who run, you who are in the booth of the
great god, let my soul come to me from anywhere it is. If the bringing
of my soul to me from anywhere it is be delayed, you will find the
Eye of Horus standing up thus against you. O you Osirians, if you do
not sleep, then will I not sleep in Heliopolis, the land of thousands of
abodes. My soul shall be taken to me, and my spirit shall be vindicated
with it wherever it may be.
  Come for my soul, O you wardens of the sky! If you delay letting
my soul see my corpse, you will find the Eye of Horus standing up
thus against you. O you gods who are dragged in the bark of the Lord
of Millions of Years, who bring the upper sky to the Netherworld
and who raise up the lower sky, who let souls draw near to the noble
dead, may your hands be filled with your ropes, may your grip be on
your harpoons, may you drive off the enemy. The Sacred Bark will
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be joyful and the great god will proceed in peace when you allow this
soul of mine to ascend vindicated to the gods, while your buttocks are
in the eastern horizon of the sky, so as to follow in peace to the place
where it was yesterday, to the West. May it see my corpse, may it
rest on my mummy, which will never be destroyed or perish.
  TO BE SPOKEN OVER A HUMAN-HEADED BIRD OF GOLD
INLAID WITH SEMIPRECIOUS STONES AND LAID ON THE
BREAST OF THE DECEASED.
  Spell 90
SPELL FOR REMOVING FOOLISH SPEECH FROM THE MOUTH.
O you who cut off heads and sever necks and who put folly into the
mouths of the spirits because of the magic which is in their bodies,
you shall not see me with those eyes of yours with which you see,
(you shall kneel) on your knees, you shall go about with your face
behind you, you shall look on the tormentors belonging to Shu who
follow after you to cut off your head and to sever your neck at the
behest of Him who saved his lord, because of this which you have
said you would do to me, namely the putting of folly into my mouth
with intent to cut off my head, to sever my neck and to close my
mouth because of the magic which is in my body, just as you did to
the spirits because of the magic which was in their bodies. Turn
away at the sentence which Isis spoke when you came to put folly into
the mouth of Osiris at the desire of his enemy Seth, saying to you:
" May your face be downcast at seeing this face of mine!' May the
flame of the Eye of Horus go forth against you within the Eye of
Atum, which was injured on that night when it swallowed you. Get
you back because of Osiris, for abhorrence of you is in him--and
<1vice versa;>1 get you back because of me, because abhorrence of you is in
me--and <1vice versa.>1 If you come against me, I will speak to you; if
you do not come against me, I will not speak to you. Get back to the
tormentors belonging to Shu . . .
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SPELL FOR NOT RESTRAINING N. S SOUL
  IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
O you who are on high, who are worshipped, whose power is great  a
Ram greatly majestic, the dread of whom is put into the gods when
you appear on your great throne: You shall make a way for me and
my soul, my spirit and my shade, for I am equipped. I am a worthy
spirit; make a way for me to the place where Re and Hathor are.
  AS FOR HIM WHO KNOWS THIS SPELL, HE SHALL BECOME AN
EQUIPPED SPIRIT IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD, HE SHALL NOT
BE RESTRAINED AT ANY GATE OF THE WEST WHETHER COMING
OR GOING. A TRUE MATTER.
  Spell 92
SPELL FOR OPENING THE TOMB TO N. s SOUL AND SHADE so
that he may go out into the day and have power in his legs.
  Open and close! O you who sleep, open and close for my soul
according to the command of Horus. O Eye of Horus, save me
establish my beauty on the vertex of Re. O Far-strider whose legs
extend, make a way for me here, for my flesh is made ready.
  I am Horus who protects his father, I am he who brought his father
and who brought his mother with his staff; open a way for one who
has power in his legs, who sees the great god within the bark of Re
wherein souls are examined at the beginning of the reckoning of
years. Save my soul for me, O Eye of Horus, who fixes ornaments on
the vertex of Re. When the dusk is in your sight, you wardens of
Osiris  do not restrain my soul or hold back my shade; open a way for
my soul and my shade, that it may see the great god within the shrine
on the day of examining souls. May it speak again to Osiris. O you
whose seats are hidden, wardens of the limbs of Osiris, who hold back
spirits and who shut up the shades of the dead, and who would harm
me you shall not harm me. "Go far away, because your double is
with you as a soul,' say the wardens of the limbs of Osiris who hold
back the shades of the dead, "lest you be grasped by the sky and re-
strained by the earth; may the slayers not be with you, for you have
power in your legs. Be far away from your corpse which is on earth.'
  Get back, you who guard the tomb of Osiris!
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  Spell 93
SPELL FOR NOT LETTING N. BE FERRIED OVER TO THE
  EAST IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
O you phallus of Re, this which is injured by uproar  whose inertness
came into being through Babi, I am stronger thereby than the strong
ones, I am mightier thereby than the mighty ones. If I be ferried
over and taken to the East with bound horns, or if any injury be done
to me by rebels, I will swallow up the phallus of Re and the head of
Osiris, I will be guided to the tomb of the decapitation of the gods in
which they make answer; I will bind the horns of Khopri, I will
become the stone in the Eye of Atum the Destroyer if I be seized and
ferried over to the East, if the festival of the rebels be celebrated over
me, or if anything terrible be evilly done to me.
  Spell 94
  SPELL FOR REQUESTING A WATER-POT AND A PALETTE.
O you great one who see your father, keeper of the book of Thoth,
see, I have come spiritualized, besouled, mighty and equipped with
the writings of Thoth. Bring me the messenger of the earth-god
who is with Seth, bring me a water-pot and palette from the writing
kit of Thoth and the mysteries which are in them.
  See, I am a scribe; bring me the corruption of Osiris that I may
write with it and that I may do what the great and good god says
every day, being the good which you have decreed for me, O Harakhti.
I will do what is right and I will send to Re daily.
  Spell 95
  SPELL FOR BEING BESIDE THOTH.
I am he who gave protection in the tumult, who guarded the great
goddess in the war. I smote with my knife, I calmed Ashu, I acted on
behalf of the great goddess in the war I made  strong the sharp knife
which was in the hand of Thoth in the tumult.
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  Spells 96 and 97
SPELL FOR BEING BESIDE THOTH AND FOR CAUSING A MAN TO
  BE A SPIRIT IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
I am he who dwells in his Eye, I have come that I may give Maet to
Re, I have propitiated Seth with the bodily fluids of Aker and the
blood which is in the spinal cord of Geb.
  O Night-bark, O Staff of Anubis, I have propitiated those four
spirits who are in the suite of the Lord of Offerings, I am an owner
of fields through their command. I am the father of Plenty who drives
away thirst and who guards the waterways. See me, you great, elder
and mighty gods who are at the head of the Souls of Heliopolis; I am
high above your heads and I am one potent among you. See, I am
one whose mighty, elder and great soul is respected; I will not be
given over to this ill-will which has issued from your mouths, and
harm will not turn round over me, for I am pure in the Island of
Propitiation . . . in the divine Eye under the tree of the goddess of the
sky, which refreshes the vindicated ones, the lords who were afore-
time.
  Draw near quickly, you righteous ones! I was the most truly
precise person on earth, I was an interpreter of speech, the sceptre of
the Sole Lord, Re the great god who lives by truth; do not injure
me . . .
  Spell 98
  SPELL FOR FETCHING A FERRY-BOAT IN THE SKY.
Hail to you, you plateau which is in the sky north of the Great
Waterway, for whoever sees it will not die. I stand upon you, I
appear as a god, I have seen you and I will not die. I stand upon you,
I appear as a god, I cackle as a goose, I fly up thence as the falcon upon
the branches.
  O Dew of the Great One, I cross the earth towards the sky, I stand
up as Shu, I make the sunshine to Mourish on the sides of the ladder
which is made to mount up to the Unwearying Stars, far from
decapitation. Bring me those who repel evil when I have passed you
by at the polar region of Tepen.
  " Where have you come from? '
  " O Tepen, I have come from the Lake of Burning in the Field of
Fire.'
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   "What did you live on in the Lake of Burning in the Field of
Fire?'
  "I lived on that noble tree of Ikaa who brought these boats from
the Dried-up Lake for me. The water-jar was on . . . that I might
stand in the Sacred Bark and guide the waters; that I might stand
in the Sacred Bark and conduct the god; that I might stand up, my
staff being a rod.'
  " Go aboard and sail.'
  The gates are opened for me in Letopolis, the earth is split open
for me in Unu, and the staffs have been given to me in respect of my
inheritance.
  Spell 99
  <1This Spell is concerned with the provision of a boat for>1
  <1the deceased to cross the celestial river, equated by the>1
  <1Egyptians with the Milky Way. It falls into three>1
  <1parts. In Part I the deceased calls on the celestial>1
  <1ferryman, whose name is Mahaf, to arouse Aken, who>1
  <1apparently has charge of the boat and who is sound>1
  <1asleep. The ferryman proceeds to question the deceased>1
  <1as to his intentions and to make all sorts of excuses to>1
  <1the effect that the boat is not in afit state to be used,>1
  <1and so on, in a kind of game of cross questions and>1
  <1crooked answers.>1
  <1The name of the ferryman Mahaf originally meant>1
  <1"the stern is behind him,' i.e. the helmsman, but owing>1
  <1to similarity of sound the meaning of the name was>1
  <1early misunderstood as " he who sees behind him'; hence>1
  <1theferryman is depicted in the manuscripts of the Book>1
  <1of the Dead as sitting in a boat with his head turned>1
  <1backwards.>1
  <1In Part II Aken, having been aroused from sleep, is >1
  <1called upon to bring the boat, and he in his turn proceeds>1
  <1to make all kinds of difficulties. In Part III the boat is>1
  <1brought, but the deceased has to declare the names of>1
  <1the various parts and fittings. At the end of Part II is>1
  <1an interesting kind of spell or game concerned with>1
  <1counting the fingers, in which ten sentences>1
  <1obscurely correspond to each of>1
  <1the fingers and thumbs.>1
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SPELL FOR BRINGING A FERRY-BOAT IN THE
  REALM OF THE DEAD.
  I
O Ferryman, bring me this which was brought to Horus on account
of his Eye and which was brought to Seth on account of his testicles;
there leaps up the Eye of Horus which fell in the eastern side of the
sky so that it may protect itself from Seth.
  O Mahaf, as you are provided with life, awaken Aken for me, for
see, I have come.
  WHO ARE YOU WHO COMES?
  I am the beloved of my father, one who greatly loves his father, and
I am he who awakens his sleeping father.
  O Mahaf, as you are endowed with life, awaken Aken for me, for
see, I have come.
  DO YOU SAY THAT YOU WOULD CROSS TO THE EASTERN SIDE
OF THE SKY ? IF YOU CROSS, WHAT WILL YOU DO?
  I will raise up his head, I will lift up his brow, and he shall make a
decree in your favour, and the decree which he shall make for you
shall not perish nor become void in this land for ever.
  O Mahaf, as you are endowed with life, awaken Aken for me, for
see, I have come.
  WHY SHOULD I AWAKEN AKEN FOR YOU?
  That he may bring me the built-up boat of Khnum from the Lake
of Feet.
  BUT SHE IS IN PIECES AND STORED IN THE DOCKYARD.
  Take her larboard side and fix it to the stern; take her starboard
side and fix it to the bow.
  BUT SHE HAS NO PLANKS, SHE HAS NO END-PIECES, SHE HAS
NO RUBBING-PIECES, SHE HAS NO LACINGS.
  Her planks are the drops of moisture which are on the lips of Babi;
her end-pieces are the hair which is under the tail of Seth; her
rubbing-pieces are the sweat which is on the ribs of Babi; her lacings
are the hands of the female counterpart of Horus. She is built by the
Eye of Horus, who shall steer her to me.
  O Mahaf, as you are endowed with life, awaken Aken for me, for
see, I have come.
  WHO WLLL GUARD THIS BOAT?
  Bring the tail of the senemty-animal and put it in her stern; that
will guard her.
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  O Mahaf, as you are endowed with life, awaken Aken for me, for
see, I have come.
  WHO WILL BRING HER TO YOU AND TO ME?
  Bring her to me with the best of the gods and his offspring,
namely Imsety, Hapy, Duamutef and Kebhsenuf; he will command
her, the tetwy-animal being placed at her bow, and he will steer her
to the place where you are.
  WHAT IS SHE?
  She is the wings of the tetwy-animal.
  THE WEATHER IS WINDY AND SHE HAS NO MAST.
  Bring this phallus of Babi which creates children and begets calves.
  TO WHAT SHALL I MAKE IT FAST?
  To the thighs which open out the shanks.
  WHAT ABOUT HER CABLE?
  Bring this snake which is in the hand of Hemen.
  WHERE SHALL I STOW IT?
  You shall stow it in her bilge.
  WHAT ABOUT HER SAIL?
  It is the cloth which came out of Setem when Horus and the
Ombite kissed on New Year's Day.
  WHAT ABOUT THE GUN WALES?
  They are the sinews of Him whom all these fear.
  WHO IS HE WHOM ALL THESE FEAR?
  It is he who lives in the night which precedes the New Year.
  O Mahaf, as you are endowed with life, awaken Aken for me, for
see, I have come.
  WHO ARE YOU WHO COMES?
  I am a magician.
  HOW HAVE YOU COME AND HOW HAVE YOU GONE UP?
  I have gone up on this . . .
  WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HER?
  I have trodden on her back, I have guided her . . . aright.
  WHAT ELSE HAVE YOU DONE TO HER?
  My right side was at her starboard, my front was toward her bow,
my left side was at her larboard, my back was toward her stern.
  WHAT ELSE HAVE YOU DONE TO HER?
  At night her bulls were slaughtered and her geese cut up.
  WHO STANDS ON HER?
  Horus of the Rulers.
  WHO TAKES HER CORDAGE?
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-  The Foremost One, the Ruler, the Oldest One.
  WHO CONTROLS HER BOWLS?
  The Foremost One, the Ruler, Baty.
  WHAT ELSE HAVE YOU DONE TO HER?
  I went to Min of Koptos and Anubis the Commander of the Two
  Lands, and I found them celebrating their festivals and reaping their
  emmer in bundles of ears with their sickles between their thighs,
  from which you have made cakes. The god who ascends led me to the
  goddess who ascends, and the Lady of Pe led me to the Lady of
  Netjeru. Now as for the gods of Pe who are in front of their houses, I
  found them washing their head-cloths. They will come bearing the
  cakes of the gods, and they will make cakes for you when going
  downstream and bread when going upstream.
  O Mahaf, as you are endowed with life, awaken Aken for me, for
  see, I have come.
  WHO ARE YOU WHO COMES?
  I am a magician.
  ARE YOU COMPLETE?
  I am complete.
  ARE YOU EQUIPPED?
  I am equipped.
  HAVE YOU HEALED THE LIMBS?
  I have healed the limbs.
  WHAT ARE THOSE LIMBS, MAGICIAN?
  They are the arm and the leg.
  TAKE CARE! DO YOU SAY THAT YOU WOULD CROSS TO THE
  EAST SIDE OF THE SKY? IF YOU CROSS, WHAT WILL YOU DO?
  I will govern the towns, I will rule the villages, I will know the rich
  and give to the poor, I will prepare cakes for you when going down-
  stream and bread when going upstream.
  O Mahaf, as you are endowed with life, awaken Aken for me, for
  see, I have come.
  DO YOU KNOW THE ROAD ON WHICH YOU MUST GO,
  MAGICIAN?
  I know the road on which I must go.
  WHICH IS THE ROAD ON WHICH YOU MUST GO?
  It is "Power of Earth,' and I shall go to the Field of Rushes.
  WHO WILL GUIDE YOU?
  The Royal Twins will guide me.
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WHO WILL TELL YOUR NAME TO THIS AUGUST GOD?
He who is content, the elder brother of Sokar.
O Mahaf, as you are endowed with life, awaken Aken for me, for
see, I have come.
  HE DOES NOT WAKE FOR ME.
  You shall say: O Vulture-god who rebuilds a courtyard, I will
break your box, I will smash your pens, I will tear up your books
because of Him who is in the Abyss. If I see, Shu will see; if I hear,
Shu will hear; I will give orders to the Imperishable Stars, and it will
be well with me on earth.
  II
  WHAT IS IT?.  SAYS AKEN;  I WAS ASLEEP.
  O Aken, as you are endowed with life, bring me this, for see, I have
come.
  WHO ARE YOU WHO COMES?
  I am a magician.
  ARE YOU COMPLETE?
  I am complete.
  ARE YOU EQUIPPED?
  I am equipped.
  HAVE YOU TAKEN CARE OF THE TWO LIMBS?
  I have taken care of the two limbs.
  WHAT ARE THE TWO LIMBS  MAGICIAN?
  They are the arm and the leg.
  O Aken, as you are endowed with life, bring me this, for see, I have
come.
  HAVE YOU POWER OVER WHAT I HAVE NOT BROUGHT TO
YOU, MAGICIAN, THAT IS TO SAY THIS BOAT? SHE HAS NO
BAILER.
  Bring that fire-drill of Khnum through which I am made alive,
and put it in her.
  O Aken, as you are endowed with life, bring me this, for see, I have
come.
  HAVE YOU POWER OVER WHAT I HAVE NOT BROUGHT TO
YOU, MAGICIAN, THAT IS TO SAY THIS BOAT? SHE HAS NO SPARS.
  What is missing from her?
  SHE HAS NO RIGGING, SHE HAS NO MOORING-POST SHE
HAS NO...
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  Go to that god who knows you and all that you would mention to
him in respect of her spars; what he has given to you will come.
  WHO IS THAT GOD WHO KNOWS ME AND ALL THAT I WOULD
MENTION TO HIM IN RESPECT OF HER SPARS  SO THAT WHAT HE
HAS GIVEN TO ME WILL COME?
  He is Horus with whom is a seal-ring.
  O Aken, as you are endowed with life, bring me this, for see, I have
come.
  HAVE YOU POWER OVER WHAT I HAVE NOT BROUGHT TO
YOU, MAGICIAN, THAT IS TO SAY THIS BOAT? SHE HAS NO CABLE.
  Bring that snake which is in the hands of Hemen and of Anubis
the Controller of the Two Lands, and put it in her, with its head in
your hands and its tail in my hands, and we must pull it tight between
us (in) its name of " Pain' . . . the waterways which are between those
two cities; the river is in good order and the Lake of Offerings which
connects with that river is in good order.
  O Aken, as you are endowed with life, bring me this, for see, I have
come.
  WHAT ARE THOSE TWO CITIES, MAGICIAN?
  They are the horizon and the malachite-region, or so I believe.
  DO YOU KNOW THOSE TWO CITIES, MAGICIAN?
  I know them.
  WHAT ARE THOSE TWO CITIES  MAGICIAN?
  They are the Netherworld and the Field of Rushes.
  O Aken, as you are endowed with life, bring me this, for see, I have
come.
  HAVE YOU POWER OVER WHAT I HAVE NOT BROUGHT TO
YOU MAGICIANl THAT AUGUST GOD WILL SAY: HAVE YOU
FERRIED OVER TO ME A MAN WHO DOES NOT KNOW THE NUM-
BER OF HIS FINGERS?
  I know how to count my fingers; take one, take the second, quench
it, remove it, give it to me, be friendly towards me; do not let go of it;
have no pity on it; make the Eye bright; give the Eye to me.
  III
O you who bring the ferry-boat of the Abyss to this difficult bank,
bring me the ferry-boat, make fast the warp for me in peace, in peace!
Come, come; hurry, hurry, for I have come in order to see my father
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Osiris. O Lord of Red Cloth, who is mighty through joy; O Lord of
Storm  the Male who navigates; O You who navigate over this
sandbank of APEP; O You who bind on heads and make necks firm
when escaping from wounds; O You who are in charge of the myster-
ious ferry-boat, who ward off APEP, bring me the ferry-boat, knot
the warp for me, in order to escape from that evil land in which the
stars fall upside down upon their faces and are unable to raise them-
selves up.
  O Henswa who is the tongue of Re; O Indebu who governs the
Two Lands; O Mengeb their helmsman; O Power who reveals the
solar disk, who is in charge of redness, fetch me, do not let me be
boatless, for there comes a spirit my brother who will ferry me over
to the place I know of.
  "TELL ME MY NAME,  SAYS THE MOORING-POST.
  " Lady of the Two Lands in the shrine' is your name.
  TELL ME MY NAME  SAYS THE MALLET.
  " Shank of Apis' is your name.
  TELL ME MY NAME  SAYS THE BOW-WARP.
  " Lock of hair of the mooring-post of Anubis in the craft of embalm-
ing' is your name.
  TELL ME MY NAME  SAYS THE STEERING-POST.
  " Pillars of the realm of the dead' is your name.
  TELL ME MY NAME  SAYS THE MAST-STEP.
" Earth-god ' is your name.
"TELL ME MY NAME,  SAYS THE MAST.
" He who brought back the great goddess after she had been far
away' is your name.
  TELL ME MY NAME  SAY THE HALYARDS.
  " Standard of Wepwawet' is your name.
  TELL ME MY NAME,  SAYS THE MAST-HEAD.
  " Throat of Imsety is your name.
  TELL ME MY NAME SAYS THE SAIL.
  " Nut' is your name.
  "TELL ME MY NAME,  SAY THE LACINGS.
  "You have been made with the hide of the Mnevis-bull and the
tendons of Seth' is your name.
  TELL ME MY NAME  SAY THE OARS.
" The fingers of Horus the Elder' are your names.
  TELL ME MY NAME  SAYS THE BAILER
" The hand of Isis which swabs up the blood from the Eye of Horus '
is your name.
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  "TELL ME MY NAME  SAY THE JAWS WHICH ARE IN HER
TIMBERS.
  "Imsety Hapy Duamutef and Kebhsenuf, Plunderer, He who
takes by robbery, He who sees what he has brought, He who helps
himself ' are your names.
  "TELL ME MY NAME,  SAYS THE HOGGING-BEAM.
  " She who presides over gardens' is your name.
  TELL ME MY NAME  SAYS THE BOW-PIECE.
  " Songstress ' is your name.
  "TELL ME MY NAME  SAYS THE STEERING-OAR.
  " Accurate' is your name. " That which rises from the water, whose
blade is limited (in movement)' is your name.
  TELL ME MY NAME SAYS THE BOAT.
  "That leg of Isis which Re cut off with a knife in order to bring
blood to the Night-bark' is your name.
  "TELL ME MY NAME  SAYS THE SKIPPER.
  " Wey' is your name.
  "TELL ME MY NAME ' SAYS THE WIND  SINCE YOU ARE CAR-
RIED THEREBY.
  " North-wind which went forth from Atum to the nose of the
Foremost of the Westerners' is your name.
  "TELL ME MY NAME  SAYS THE RIVER  SINCE YOU FERRY
OVERONME.
  " He who sees them' is your name.
  TELL ME MY NAME  SAYS THE BANK OF THE RIVER.
  " Destroyer of those who stretch out the arm in the pure place' is
your name.
  "TELL ME MY NAME  SAYS THE GROUND  SINCE YOU TREAD
ON ME.
  " Nose of the sky which goes out from the Embalmer who is in the
Field of Rushes, which goes out in joy' is your name.
  WHAT IS TO BE SAID TO THEM: Hail to you, you whose natures
are kind, possessors of offerings who live for ever and ever! I have
penetrated to you so that you may give me a funeral meal for my
mouth with which I speak, namely the cake which Isis baked in the
presence of the great god, for I know that great god to whose nose
you present provisions, whose name is Tekem. He reveals himself in
the eastern horizon of the sky, he travels in the western horizon of the
sky. When he departs, I will depart; when he is hale, I will be hale.
You shall not repel me from the Milky Way, and those who are
rebellious will not have power over this flesh of mine. My bread is in
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Pe, my beer is in Dep, your gifts of today shall be given to me, and
the gifts due to me are barley and emmer, the gifts due to me are
myrrh and clothing, the gifts due to me are life, welfare and health,
the gifts due to me are what are issued by clay in any shape in which I
desire to go out to the Field of Rushes.
  AS FOR HIM WHO KNOWS THIS SPELL, HE WILL GO OUT INTO
THE FIELD OF RUSHES, AND THERE WILL BE GIVEN TO HIM A
CAKE A JUG OF BEER AND A LOAF FROM UPON THE ALTAR OF the
great god, an aroura of land with barley and emmer by the Followers
of Horus, WHO WILL REAP THEM FOR HIM. HE WILL CONSUME
THIS BARLEY AND EMMER AND WILL RUB HIS BODY WITH THEM
HIS BODY WILL BE LIKE THESE GODS, AND HE WILL GO OUT
INTO the Field of Rushes in any shape in which lie desires to go out.
A matter a million times true.
  Spell 100
THE BOOK OF MAKING A SOUL WORTHY AND OFP ERMITTING IT
TO GO ABOARD THE BARK OF Re with those who are in his suite.
  I have ferried over the phoenix to the East, Osiris is in Busiris, I
have thrown open the caverns of the Nile-god, I have cleared the paths
of the solar disk, I have dragged Sokar on his sledge, I have made the
great goddess powerful in her moment of action, I have hymned and
worshipped the solar disk, I have joined with him who is with the
worshipping baboons, and I am one of them. I have acted as second to
Isis  I have strengthened her powers, I have knotted the rope, I have
driven off APEP, I have put a stop to his movements, Re has given his
hands to me and his crew will not drive me away. If I am strong, the
Sacred Eye will be strong---and <1vice versa.>1 As for him who shall hold
me back from the bark of Re, he shall be held back from the Egg and
the abdju-fish..
  TO BE SAID OVER THIS WRITTEN TEXT, WHICH SHOULD BE
WRITTEN ON A CLEAN BLANK ROLL WITH POWDER OF GREEN
GLAZE MIXED WITH WATER OF MYRRH. TO BE PLACED ON THE
BREAST OF THE BLESSED DEAD WITHOUT LETTING IT TOUCH
HIS FLESH. AS FOR ANY BLESSED DEAD FOR WHOM THIS IS
DONE  HE WILL GO ABOARD THE BARK OF RE EVERY DAY, AND
THOTH WILL TAKE COUNT OF HIM IN DAILY GOING AND COM-
ING. A MATTER A MILLION TIMES TRUE.
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  Spell  101
SPELL FOR PROTECTING THE BARK OF RE.
O you who emerge from the waters, who escape from the flood and
climb on to the stern of your bark, may you indeed climb on to the
stern of your bark, may you be more hale than you were yesterday.
You have included N., a worthy spirit, in you crew; if you are hale
he will be hale.
  O Re in this your name of Re, if you pass by the Eye of seven
cubits with a pupil of three cubits, you will make N. hale, the worthy
spirit in your crew; if you are hale, he will be hale.
  O Re in this your name of Re, if you pass by the dead who are
upside down, you shall cause N. the worthy spirit to stand up on his
feet; if you are hale, he will be hale.
  O Re in this your name of Re, if the mysteries of the Netherworld
are opened to you in order to guide the hearts of your Ennead, you
shall give N.'s heart to him; if you are hale, he will be hale.
  Your body, O Re, is everlasting by reason of the spell.
  TO DE RECITED OVER A STRIP OF ROYAL LINEN ON WHICH
THIS SPELL HAS BEEN WRITTEN IN DRIEDMYRRH; TO BE PLACED
ON THE THROAT OF THE BLESSED DEAD ON THE DAY OF BURIAL.
IF THIS PROTECTIVE SPELL IS PLACED ON HIS THROAT FOR HIM
PRAISES WILL BE MADE FOR HIM AS FOR THE GODS, HE SHALL
BE UNITED WITH THE FOLLOWERS OF HORUS; THE STARRY
SKY SHALL BE MADE FIRM FOR HIM IN THE PRESENCE OF HIM
WHO IS WITH SO THIS, HIS CORPSE SHALL BE A GOD  TOGETHER
WITH HIS RELATIVES,FOR  EVER, AND A BUSH SHALL BE PLANT-
ED FOR HIM OVER THE BREAST BY MENKET. IT WAS THE
MAJESTY OF THOTH WHO DID THIS FOR THE MAJESTY OF THE
VINDICATED KING OF UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT OSIRIS
THROUGH DESIRE THAT THE SUNLIGHT SHOULD REST ON HIS
CORPSE.
  Spell 102
  SPELL FOR GOING ABOARD THE BARK OF RE.
O you who are great in your bark, bring me to your bark, so that I
may take charge of your navigating in the duty which is allotted to
one who is among the Unwearying Stars. What I doubly detest, I will
not eat; my detestation is faeces, and I will not eat it, I will not
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consume excrement, I will not approach it with my hands, I will not
tread on it with my sandals, because my bread is of white emmer and
my beer of red barley. It is the Night-bark and the Day-bark who
bring them to me, and the gifts of the towns are emptied on to the
altar of the Souls of Heliopolis. Greeting to you, O Great One who
acts in the rowing over the sky; the shens-cake which is in Thinis is
that of which the dogs partake. I am not weary; I myself have come
that I might save this god from those who would do him evil, namely
the pain allotted to thigh, arm and leg. I have come that I may spit on
the thigh, tie up the arm and raise the leg. " Go aboard and navigate'
is the command of Re.
  Spell 103
  SPELL FOR BEING IN THE PRESENCE OF HATHOR.
I am one who passes by, pure and bald; O Sistrum-player, I will be
in the suite of Hathor.
  Spell  104
  SPELL FOR SITTING AMONG THE GREAT GODS.
I have sat among the great gods, I have passed by the House of the
Night-bark; it is the wasp which fetches me to see the great gods who
are in the realm of the dead, and I am vindicated in their presence, I
am pure.
  Spell 105
  SPELL FOR PROPITIATING N. S DOUBLE FOR HIM IN THE
  REALM OF THE DEAD.
Hail to you, my double of my lifetime; behold, I have come to you, I
have appeared in glory, I am strong, besouled and mighty, and I have
brought to you natron and incense that I may cleanse you with them,
that I may cleanse your slaver with them, even this evil phrase which
I have spoken  this evil impurity which I have done, and nothing has
been imputed to me, because to me belongs that pillar-amulet which
is on the neck of Re, which was given to those who are in the horizon;
if they are white, I will be white, and my double will be like them, my
double's provisions will be like theirs, having been weighed in the
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balance. May truth be uplifted to the nose of Re, my head being
supported by it, for I am an eye which sees and an ear which hears  I
am not a bull for butchery, and none shall have an invocation-
offering of me.
  Spell  106
  SPELL FOR GIVING GIFTS TO N. IN MEMPHIS AND IN THE
  REALM OF THE DEAD.
O Great One, Lord of provisions; O Great One who presides over
houses; O You who are above, who give bread to Ptah, the Great
One who is on the Great Throne; may you give me bread, may you
give me beer, may I eat of the shin of beef together with the roasted
bread. O Ferryman of the Field of Rushes, bring me these loaves
from your polar waters like your father the Great One who travels in
the Bark of the God.
  Spell 108
  SPELL FOR KNOWING THE SOULS OF THE WESTERNERS.
As for that mountain of Bakhu on which the sky rests, it is in the
east of the sky; it is three hundred rods long and one hundred and
fifty rods broad. Sobk, Lord of Bakhu, is in the east of that mountain ;
his temple is of carnelian. A serpent is on the top of that mountain;
it is thirty cubits long, eight cubits of its forepart are of flint, and its
teeth gleam. I know the name of this serpent which is on the moun-
tain; its name is "He who is in his burning.' Now after a while he will
turn his eyes against Re, and a stoppage will occur in the Sacred Bark
and a great vision among the crew, for he will swallow up seven
cubits of the great waters; Seth will project a lance of iron against
him and will make him vomit up all that he has swallowed. Seth will
place him before him and will say to him with magic power: "Get
back at the sharp knife which is in my hand! I stand before you,
navigating aright and seeing afar. Cover your face, for I ferry across;
get back because of me, for I am the Male! Cover your head, cleanse
the palm of your hand; I am hale and I remain hale, for I am the
great magician, the son of Nut, and power against you has been
granted to me. Who is that spirit who goes on his belly, his tail and
his spine? See, I have gone against you, and your tail is in my hand,
for I am one who exhibits strength. I have come that I may rescue the
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earth-gods for Re so that he may go to rest for me in the evening. I
go round about the sky, but you are in the fetters which were decreed
for you in the Presence, and Re will go to rest alive in his horizon.'
  I know those who govern the matter by reason of which APEP is
repelled; I know the Souls of the Westerners, who are Atum, Sobk
the Lord of Bakhu, and Hathor the Lady of the Evening.
  Spell  109
  SPELL FOR KNOWING THE SOULS OF THE EASTERNERS.
I know the northern gate of the sky; its south is in the Lake of
Water-fowl, its north is in the Waters of Geese, the place in which
Re navigates by wind or by rowing. I am the whip-master in the Ship
of the God, I am one who rows and does not tire in the bark of Re.
  I know those two trees of turquoise between which Re goes forth,
which have grown up at the Supports of Shu at that gate of the Lord
of the East from which Re goes forth.
  I know that Field of Rushes which belongs to Re, the walls of
which are of iron; the height of the barley is five cubits, its ear is two
cubits and its stalk is three cubits; its emmer is seven cubits, its ear is
of three cubits and its stalk of four cubits. They are spirits, each nine
cubits tall, who reap it in the presence of the Souls of the Easterners.
  I know the Souls of the Easterners; they are Harakhti, the . . .-calf
and the Morning Star.
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N. worships the Ennead which is in the Field of Offerings, and he
says: Hail to you, you owners of doubles! I have come in peace to
your fields in order to receive the provisions which you give; I have
come to the great god in order that I may receive the provisions which
his good will grants of bread and beer, oxen and fowl. Giving praise
to the Ennead, doing homage to the great god by N.
  A boon which the King grants to Osiris and the Ennead which is in
the Field of Offerings, that they may give invocation-offerings of
bread and beer, oxen and fowl and all things good, and clothing and
incense daily, which rest upon the altar every day; to receive senu-
bread and khenef-bread, persen-bread, milk, wine and the provisions
of one who follows the god in his procession in his Festival of Rostau,
bearing the water-jars of the great god, for the benefit of N.
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  Here begin the spells of the Field of Offerings and spells of going
forth into the day; of coming and going in the realm of the dead; of
being provided for in the Field of Rushes which is in the Field of
Offerings, the abode of the Great Goddess, the Mistress of Winds;
having strength thereby, having power thereby, ploughing therein,
reaping and eating therein, drinking therein, copulating therein, and
doing everything that used to be done on earth by N. He says:
  The Falcon has been taken by Seth, and I have seen the damage in
the Field of Offerings; I have released the Falcon from Seth, I opened
the paths of Re on the day when the sky was choked and stifled, when
the Rejected One panted for breath in vivifying Him who was in the
egg and took Him who was in the womb from the Silent Ones.
  Now it befell that I rowed in the bark in the Lake of Offerings; I
took it from the Limbs of Shu, and his northern stars, his Limbs,
were set in due order; I rowed and arrived at its waterways and towns,
I fared southward to the god who is in it, because I am he who would
rest in his fields. I control the two Enneads whom he loves, I pacify
the Combatants on behalf of those who are in the West; I create what
is good, I bring peace, I pacify the Combatants on behalf of those who
belong to them, I drive away mourning from their elders, I remove
turmoil from their young; I wipe away harm of all kinds from Isis, I
wipe away harm of all kinds from the gods, I remove turmoil from
the Rivals, I separate the Authoritative One from his light, and I give
abundance to souls and spirits; I have power over them.
  I am one whom Hetep knows, I row on its waterways, I arrive atits
towns. My utterance is mighty, I am more acute than the spirits  and
they shall not have power over me. O Hetep, I acquire this field of
yours which you love, the Lady of Air. I eat and carouse in it, I drink
and plough init, I reap in it, I copulate in it, I make love in it, I do not
perish in it, for my magic is powerful in it. I will not be aroused in it,
my happy heart is not apprehensive in it, for I know the wooden post
of Hetep, which is called Bekutet; it was made firm on the blood of
Shu and it was lashed with the Bowstring of the Years on that day
when the years were divided; my mouth is hidden and his mouth is
silent. I say something mysterious, I bring eternity to an end and I
take possession of everlasting.
  <1All rubrics hereafter refer to the Field of Offerings (Sekhet-hetep) or>1
<1to parts of it. Hetep alone is used either of the Field or of its personifi->1
<1cation as a deity.>1
  BEING IN HETEP, Lord of the Field of Offerings. This is Horus;
he is a falcon a thousand cubits long, life and dominion are in his hand,
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he comes and goes at will in its waterways and towns, he rises and sets
in Kenkenet, the birth-place of the god. He does everything in it as it
is done in the Island of Fire; there is no shouting in it, there is nothing
evil in it.
  This is Hetep who walks throughout this field of his; he partakes
of a meal in the birth-place of the god. If he rests in Kenkenet, he will
do everything in it as it is done in the Island of Fire; there is no
shouting in it, there is nothing evil in it.
  I live in Hetep, my bag and my bowl are on me, which I have
filled from baskets, being one whom the spirits of the Lord of Plenty
guide. I depart and ascend to Him who brings it, and I have power
through him, he accepts on my behalf, for I am equipped and content.
This great magic of mine is powerful in this body of mine, in these
seats of mine; I am one who recalls to himself that of which I have
been forgetful. I plough and I reap, and I am content in the City of
God. I know the names of the districts, towns and waterways which
are in the Field of Offerings and of those who are in them; I am
strong in them and I am a spirit in them; I eat in them and travel
about in them. I plough and reap in the Field ; I rise early in it and go
to rest in it. I am a spirit in it as Hetep; I shoot and travel about in it;
at my word I row on its waterways and I arrive at its towns as Hetep.
My horns are sharp, I give abundance to the souls and spirits, I allot
authoritative utterance to him who can use it. I arrive at its towns, I
row on its waterways, I traverse the Field of Offerings as Re who is
in the sky, and it is Hetep who satisfies them. I have gone down to
the earth, I have made Re content; I have gone up on high and I
have caused joy to be made, I have taken power, I have promised
peace.
  BEING IN HETEP. O Field, I have come into you, my soul behind
me and authority before me. O Lady of the Two Lands, establish my
magic power for me, that by means of it I may recall what I had
forgotten. I am alive without harm of any kind, and joy is given to
me, peace is mine, I create seed, I have received air.
  BEING IN HETEP  LORD OF BREEZES. I have come into you,
having opened up my head and having aroused my body. I close my
eye, yet I shine on the day of the Milk-goddess; I have slept by night,
I have restored the milk to its proper level, and I am in my town.
  O TOWN OF THE GREAT GODDESS, I have come into you that
I may allot abundance and cause vegetation to flourish; I am the bull
of lapis-lazuli, unique and exalted, Lord of the Field, Bull of the Gods.
Sothis speaks to me in her good time.
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  O SWAMP-LAND, I have come into you, I have taken the Grey-
haired One to the roof, for I am the moon, I have swallowed up the
darkness.
  O TOWN OF FAIR OFFERINGS, I have come into you, I eat my
meal, I have power over fowl and Mesh, and the poultry of Shu which
attend on my double have been given to me.
  O PROVISION-TOWN, I have come into you, I have woven the
eight-weave cloth, I have donned the fringed cloak as Re in the sky
whom the gods who are in the sky serve.
  BEING IN HETEP, LADY OF THE TWO LANDS. I have come
into you, I have immersed the waterways as Osiris, Lord of putridity
Lord of the swamp-lands; as the Oldest One, Bull of vultures. I am
a flamingo, which has eaten the like.
  O KENKENET, I have come into you, I have seen my father, I have
recognized my mother, I have risen early, I have caught fish. I know
the deep holes of the snakes, and I am saved. I know the name of this
god; He whose mouth is put together, Lord of holiness, whose hair
is in good order, whose horns are sharp. If he reaps, I will plough and
I will reap.
  O TOWN OF THE MILK-GODDESS, I have come into you; those
who would oppose me and drive me off and who would follow after
me are those who would follow after Horus; heads have been given
to me, and I knit on the Head of Horus the blue-eyed, acting according
to his desire.
  O TOWN OF UNION, I have come into you; my head is whole and
my heart is awake beneath the White Crown; I am guided above and
I am hale below, I give joy to the bulls who are in charge of the
Enneads, for I am a bull, Lord of the gods, who proceeds into the
place of turquoise.
  O MIGHTY WOMAN, I have come into you, I have taken the Grey-
haired One to the roof, I have fashioned Authority, I am in the middle
of my Eye.
  O BARLEY AND EMMER OF THE DISTRICT OF THE GOD  I have
come into you, I fare upstream, I sail on the Waterway of Horns,
Lady of Pure Things, I drive in the mooring-post in the upper water-
ways. I have borne aloft the storm of the Disturber and I have upheld
the Supports of the Old One.
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  Spell  112
SPELL FOR KNOWING THE SOULS OF PE.
O you female Souls of the Night, Marsh-dwellers, Mendesians, you
of the Fish-nome and of the Mansion of Yapu, Sunshade-bearers of
the Adoration, who prepare beer of Nubia, do you know why Pe
was given to Horus? You do not know it, but I know it. It was Re
who gave it to him in compensation for the mutilation in his Eye; I
know it.
  It so happened that Re said to Horus: " Let me see your eye since
this has happened to it. ' He looked at it and said : " Look at that black
stroke with your hand covering up the sound eye which is there.'
Horus looked at that stroke and said:  "Behold, I am seeing it as
altogether white.' And that is how the oryx came into being. And
Re said: " Look again at yonder black pig.' And Horus looked at this
black pig, and Horus cried out because of the condition of his injured
eye, saying: " Behold, my eye is like that first wound which Seth
inflicted on my eye,' and Horus fainted before him. Then Re said:
"Put him on his bed until he is well.' It so happened that Seth had
transformed himself into a black pig and had projected a wound into
his eye, and Re said: " The pig is detestable to Horus.' " We wish he
were well' said the gods. That is how the detestation of the pig came
about for Horus's sake by the gods who are in the Suite.
  Now when Horus was a child, his sacrificial animal was a pig before
his eye had suffered--Imsety, Hapy, Duamutef and Kebhsenuf,
whose father was Horus the Elder and whose mother was Isis--and
he said to Re: "Give me two in Pe and two in Nekhen from this
second company. May I be an allotter of eternity, an opener of ever-
lasting and a queller of strife in this my name of "Horus who is on
his pillar." '
  I KNOW THE SOULS OF PE; THEY ARE HORUS, IMSETY AND
HAPY.
  Spell  113
  SPELL FOR KNOWING THE SOULS OF NEKHEN.
I know the mystery of Nekhen; it is the hands of Horus of his
mother's making which were thrown into the water when she said:
"You shall be the two severed portions of Horus after you have been
found.' And Re said "This son of Isis is injured by reason of what his
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own mother has done to him; let us fetch Sobk from the back of the
waters, so that he may fish them out and that his mother Isis may
cause them to grow again in their proper place.' And Sobk from the
back of the waters said: "I have fished and I have sought; they slipped
from my hand on the bank of the waters, but in the end I fished them
up with a fish-trap.' THAT IS HOW THE FISH-TRAP CAME INTO
BEING.
  KNOWING THE MYSTERY OF NEKHEN. Thus said Re: "Has Sobk
any fish as well as finding Horus's hands for him?  THAT IS HOW
FISH-WORSHIP-TOWN CAME INTO BEING. Then Re said: "Hidden
are the mysteries concerning this fish-trap which brought Horus's
hands to us; the sight is cleared because of it in the monthly festival
and the half-monthly festival in Fish-worship-town.' And Re said:
" Nekhen is set in his embrace and the sight is cleared on account of
his hands in this Nekhen which I have given to him, and what is in
them is shut up in the half-monthly festival.'
  Then Horus said: "Indeed I have placed Duamutef and Kebhsenuf
with me so that I may watch over them, for they are a contentious
company; further, they are to be there while Nekhen is mine, accord-
ing to the word of Re, "Place them in the prison of Nekhen, for
they have done what used to be done by Her who is in the Broad
Hall" ; " They are with me" you shall say, and they will end up with
you until Seth knows that they are with you and complains.'
  O you who are in Nekhen, power is given to me, and I know the
mystery of Nekhen; it is the hands of Horus and what is in them, for
I have been introduced to the Souls of Nekhen. Open to me, that I
may join with Horus.
  I KNOW THE SOULS OF NEKHEN: THEY ARE HORUS  DUAMU-
TEF AND KEBHSENUF. NOT TO BE SAID WHEN EATINGP IG.
  Spell 114
  SPELL FOR KNOWING THE SOULS OF HERMOPOLIS.
The plume is stuck into the shoulder of Osiris, the Red Crown shines
in the bowl, the Eye is eaten and he who sought it is fetched. I know
it, for I have been initiated into it by the sem-priest, and I have never
spoken nor made repetition to the gods. I have come on an errand
for Re in order to cause the plume to grow into the shoulder of
Osiris, to make complete the Red Crown in the bowl and to pacify
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the Eye for him who numbered it. I have entered as a Power because
of what I know, I have not spoken to men, I have not repeated what
was said.
  Hail to you, Souls of Hermopolis! Know that Re desires the plume
which grows and the Red Crown which is complete at this temple,
and rejoice at the allotting of what is to be allotted.
  I KNOW THE SOULS OF HERMOPOLIS. WHAT IS GREAT IN THE
HALF-MONTH AND SMALL IN THE FULL MONTH  THAT IS THOTH.
  Spell 115
SPELL FOR ASCENDING TO THE SKY, OPENING UP THE TOMB,
  AND KNOWING THE SOULS OF HELIOPOLIS.
I have spent yesterday among the great ones, I have become Khopri,
I have cleared the vision of the Sole Eye, I have opened up the circle
of darkness. I am one of them, I know the Souls of Heliopolis, into
which the high-priest of Heliopolis was not initiated through revela-
tion; (I know) the hostile acts by Him who would destroy the heirs of
Heliopolis; I know why a braided lock is made for a man.
  Re disputed with the serpent " Him who is in his burning,' and his
mouth was injured, and that is how the reduction in the month came
about. He said to the serpent: "I will take my harpoon, which men
will inherit,' and that is how the harpoon came into being. The
serpent said : " The Two Sisters will come into being,' and thatis how
Re's passing by came into being.
  It so happened that He of the red cloth heard, and his arm was not
stopped. He transformed himself into a woman with braided hair,
and that is how the priest of Heliopolis with braided hair came into
being. It so happened that the mighty one was stripped in the
temple, and that is how the stripped one of Heliopolis came into being.
It so happened that the heritage of the heir came into being, and
great will be he who shall see it; he will become high-priest of
Heliopolis.
  I know the Souls of Heliopolis; they are Re, Shu and Tefenet.
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  Spell  117
SPELL FOR TAKING THE ROAD IN ROSTAU.
The ways which are above the waters lead to Rostau; I am he who
clothed my standard which came forth from the Wereret-crown. I
have come that I may establish offerings in Abydos, I have opened the
ways in Rostau, I have assuaged the pains of Osiris. It is I who created
water, who discerned my throne, who prepared my way in the valley
and on the waterway. O Great One, prepare a way for me, for it is
yours. It was I who vindicated Osiris against his enemies, so may I be
vindicated against my enemies. May I be like one of you, a friend of
the Lord of Eternity, may I walk like you walk, may I stand like you
stand, may I sit like you sit, may I speak like you speak before the
great god, Lord of the West.
  Spell  118
  SPELL FOR ARRIVING AT ROSTAU.
I am one who was born in Rostau, and benefits have been given to me
by those who are among the noble dead, with the pure things of
Osiris; I received praise in Rostau when I conducted Osiris to the
Mounds of Osiris. I am unique, having conducted them to the Mounds
of Osiris.
  Spell  119
  SPELL FOR GOING FORTH FROM ROSTAU.
I am the Great One who created his own light; I have come to you,
Osiris, that I may worship you, for pure is the efflux which was drawn
from you, the name of which was made in Rostau; may you be
mighty thereby in Abydos. Raise yourself, Osiris, that you may go
round about the sky with Re and see the people; O Unique One,
travel around as Re. See, I have spoken to you, Osiris; I have the rank
of a god, I say what comes to pass, and I will not be turned away from
you,  Osiris.
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  Spell 122
SPELL FOR ENTERING AFTER COMING OUT.
To me belongs everything, and the whole of it has been given to me.
I have gone in as a falcon, I have come out as a phoenix; the Morning
Star has made a path for me, and I enter in peace in to the beautiful
West. I belong to the Garden of Osiris, and a path is made for me so
that I may go in and worship Osiris the Lord of Life.
  Spell  123
  SPELL FOR ENTERING INTO THE GREAT MANSION.
Hail to you, Atum! I am Thoth who judged between the Rivals. I
have stopped their fighting, I have wiped away their mourning, I have
seized the buri-fish when it would flee away, I have done what you
commanded in the matter, and afterwards I spent the night within my
Eye (the moon). I am devoid of ill-will, and I have come that you
may see me in the Mansion of Him of the double face in accordance
with what was commanded; the old men are under my control and the
little ones belong to me.
  Spell  124
  SPELL FOR BEING TRANSFORMED INTO A PHOENIX.
My soul has built an enclosed place in Busiris, and I am flourishing in
Pe; I plough my fields in my own shape, and my dom-palm is that
upon which Min is.
  What I doubly detest, I will not eat; my detestation is faeces, and I
will not eat it, I will not consume excrement, I will not approach it
with my hands, I will not tread on it with my sandals, because my
bread is of white emmer and my beer is of red barley. It is the Night-
bark and the Day-bark which bring it to me, and I will eat beneath
the branches, for I know the bearers of what is good- Then I will
recite glorifications of the White Crown, and I will be raised aloft by
the uraei. O you door-keepers of Him who pacified the Two Lands,
bring me those who prepare offerings and let the branches be raised
for me; may the sunshine open its arms to me, may the Ennead be
silent when the sun-folk speak to me. May I guide the hears of the
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gods, and may they protect me, may I be mighty among those who
suspend themselves on high. As for any god or any goddess who shall
oppose themselves to me, they shall be handed over to those who are
in charge of the year, who live on hearts, while the preparation of
senu-bread is before me; may Osiris eat it when going forth from the
East, may it be allotted to those who are in the presence of Re, may
it be allotted to those who are in the presence of the Sunshine-god
who covers the sky among the great ones who belong to it.
  Place bread in my mouth; I will go into the Moon-god, so that he
may speak to me, that the followers of the gods may speak to me,
that the sun may speak to me, and that the sun-folk may speak to me.
The dread of me is in the twilight and in the celestial waters which
are his on his forehead; I am there with Osiris, and my mat is his
mat among the Elders. I have told him the words of men, and I have
repeated to him the words of the gods. My spirit comes equipped, for
I am an equipped spirit and I have equipped all the spirits.
  Spell  125
  <1See p. 4 above.>1
  Spell 126
O you four baboons who sit in the bow of the bark of Re, who raise
up truth to the Lord of All, who judge poor and rich, who propitiate
the gods with the breath of your mouths, who give god's-offerings to
the gods and invocation-offerings to the spirits, who live on truth and
gulp down truth, whose hearts have no lies, who detest falsehood:
Expel my evil, grip hold of my falsehood, and I will have no guilt in
respect of you. Grant that I may open up the tomb, that I may enter
into Rostau, and that I may pass by the secret portals of the West.
There shall be given to me a shens-cake, a jug of beer and a persen-
loaf, just like those spirits who go in and out in Rostau.
  <1The baboons reply:>1 Come, so that we may expel your evil and grip
hold of your falsehood so that the dread of you may be on earth, and
dispel the evil which was on you on earth. Enter into Rostau, pass by
the secret portals of the West, and there shall be given to you a shens-
cake, a jug of beer, and a persen-loaf, and you shall go in and out at
your desire, just like those favoured spirits who are summoned daily
into the horizon.
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  Spell  127
The book of worshipping the gods of the caverns; what a man should
say there when he reaches them in order to go in to see this god in the
Great Mansion of the Netherworld.
  Hail to you, gods of the caverns which are in the West! Hail to you
doorkeepers of the Netherworld who guard this god and who bring
news to the presence of Osiris ! May you be alert, may you have power,
may you destroy the enemies of Re, may you make brightness, may
you dispel your darkness, may you see the holiest of the Great Ones
may you live as he lives, may you give praise to Him who is in his
sun-disk, may you guide N. to your doors. May his soul pass by your
hidden things, for he is one of you. May he strike evil into Apep,
may his wrongdoing be smitten down in the West. You are trium-
phant over your enemies, O Great God who are in your sun-disk; you
are triumphant over your enemies, O Osiris, Foremost of the West-
erners; you are triumphant, O N., over your enemies in sky and
earth and in the tribunals of every god and every goddess. Osiris,
Foremost of the Westerners, speaks in front of the Valley and he is
vindicated in the great tribunal.
  O you doorkeepers who guard your portals, who swallow souls and
who gulp down the corpses of the dead who pass by you when they
are allotted to the House of Destruction, who cause that the soul of
every potent, great and holy spirit shall be led aright to the place of
the Silent Land, even he who is a soul like Re who is praised and like
Osiris who is praised. May you guide N., may you open the portals
for him, may the earth open its caverns to him, may you make him
triumphant over his enemies. So shall he give gifts to Him of the
Netherworld; he shall make the head-cloth potent for its wearer
within the hidden chamber as the image of Harakhti. "May the soul
of the potent spirit be led aright; how mighty is that which is in his
hands ! ', say the two great and mighty gods concerning N. They
rejoice over him, they acclaim him with what is in their hands, they
give him their protection so that he may live. N. has appeared as a
living one who is in the sky, it has been commanded to him to
assume his own shape, he is vindicated in the tribunal, and the gates
of sky, earth and the Netherworld are opened for him as for Re-
  N. says : Open for me the gates of sky, earth and the Netherworld,
for I am the soul of Osiris, and I am at peace thereby. I pass by their
courts, and they give praise when they see me; I have gone in favoured
and I have come out beloved; I have journeyed, and no fault of any
kind has been found in me.
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  Spell  128
WORSHIPPING OSIRIS.
Hail to you, Osiris Onnophris, the vindicated, the son of Nut! You are
the first-born son of Geb, the Great One who came forth from Nut;
King in the Thinite nome; Foremost of the Westerners; Lord of
Abydos; Lord of Power, greatly majestic; Lord of the atef-crown in
Heracleopolis; Lord of Might in the Thinite nome; owner of a tomb ;
greatly powerful in Busiris ; Lord of offerings and multiple of festivals
in Mendes. Horus exalts his father Osiris in every place which Isis the
goddess and her sister Nephthys protect; Thoth speaks with his great
incantations which are in his body and which issue from his mouth;
and Horus's heart is made more glad than those of all the gods. Raise
yourself up, Horus son of Isis, so that you may protect your father
Osiris.
  Shout with joy, Osiris, for I have come to you; I am Horus, I have
saved you alive today, and there are invocation-offerings of bread and
beer, oxen and fowl and all good things for Osiris. Raise yourself up,
Osiris; I will smite your enemies for you, for I have saved you from
them. I am Horus in this happy day as one who appears happily in
glory with your power.
  He exalts you with himself today in your tribunal; shout for joy,
Osiris, for your double has come to you, accompanying you, that you
may be content in this your name of " Contented Double'; he glorifies
you in this your name of " Divine Spirit' ; he worships you in this your
name of "Magician'; he opens up paths for you in this your name of
" Opener of Paths. '
  Shout with joy, Osiris, for I have come to you that I may put your
enemies under you in every place where you are vindicated in the
tribunals of the Ennead.
  Shout with joy, Osiris; take your mace and your staff, with your
stairway below you. Control the food of the gods ; control the offerings
of those who are in their tombs; give your greatness to the gods, O
You whom the great god created. May you be with them in your
mummy-form, may you collect yourself because of all the gods, for
you have heard the voice of Maet today.
  RECITE AN OFFERING-FORMULA TO this god in the Waeg-
festival.
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  Spell  130
ANOTHER SPELL FOR MAKING A SPIRIT WORTHY ON THE
  BIRTHDAY OF OSIRIS AND FOR MAKING A SOUL
  TO LIVE FOR EVER.
May the sky be opened, may the earth be opened, may the West be
opened, may the East be opened, may the chapel of Upper Egypt be
opened, may the chapel of Lower Egypt be opened, may the doors
be opened, may the eastern portals be thrown open for Re when he
ascends from the horizon. May the doors of the Night-bark be opened
for him, may the portals of the Day-bark be thrown open for him
may he breathe Shu, may he create Tefenet, may those who are in the
suite serve him, may they serve me like Re daily.
  I am a follower of Re, who receives his firmament; the god occupies
his shrine, Horus having approached his lord, whose seats are secret
whose shrine is pure, messenger of the god to him whom he loved.
I am one who takes hold of Maet, having presented her before him;
I am he who knots the cord and lashes his shrine together. What I
detest is storm, and there will be no heaping up of waters in my
presence, I will not be turned back because of Re, I will not be driven
off by whoever acts with his hands, I will not go into the Valley of
Darkness, I will not enter into the Lake of Criminals, I will not be in
the weakening of striking-power, I will not fall as plunder, I will go in
among those who are taken before him, behind the slaughter-block of
the shambles of Sopd.
  Hail to you, you squatting gods! The seclusion of the god is in the
secrecy of the arms of Geb at dawn; who is he who will guide the
Great One? He will number the children in his good time, while
Thoth is in the secret places; he will make purity for Him who counts
the myriads who are to be counted, who opens up the firmament and
dispels all cloudiness. I have reached him in his place, I grasp the staff,
I receive the head-cloth for Re, whose fair movements are great.
Horus flames up around his eye, and his two Enneads are about his
throne; if they remove the sore pain which he suffers, then will I
remove the pain, that I may be made comfortable thereby. I will open
up the horizon for Re, and I have built his ship "She who proceeds
happily'; the face of Thoth will be made bright for me, and I will
worship Re, he will hearken to me, for he has implanted an obstacle
on my behalf against my enemies. I will not be left boatless, I will not
be turned back from the horizon, for I am Re. I will not be left boat-
less in the great crossing by Him whose face is on his knee and whose
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hand is bent down, because the name of Re is in my body, his dignity is
in my mouth. So he has told me, and I hear his word.
  Praise to you, Re, Lord of the horizon; hail to you for whom the
sun-folk are pure, for whom the sky is controlled in the great moment
when the hostile oarsmen pass by. See, I have come among those
who make truth known, because I am far away in the West; I have
broken up the storm of APEP, O Double Lion, as I promised you.
See, I have come; O you who are before the Great Throne, hearken
to me. I go down into your tribunal, I rescue Re from APEP every
day, and there is no-one who can attack him, for those who are about
him are awake. I lay hold of the writings, I receive offerings, I equip
Thoth with what was made for him, I cause truth to circulate over
the great bark, I go down vindicated into the tribunal, I establish the
Chaos-gods, I lead the Entourage, I grant to them a voyage in utter
joy, when the crew of Re goes round about following his beauty.
Maet is exalted so that she may reach her lord, and praise is given to
the Lord of All.
  I take the staff, I sweep the sky with it, and the sun-folk give me
praise as to Him who stands and does not tire. I extol Re in what he
has made, I dispel cloudiness, I see his beauty, I display the terror of
him, I make his oarsmen firm when his bark travels over the sky at
dawn. I am the Great One within his Eye, who kneels at the head of
the great bark of Khopri. I come into being and what I have said
comes into being, I am this one who traverses the sky towards the
West, and those who heap up the air stand up in joy; they have taken
the bow-warp of Re from his crew, and Re traverses the sky happily in
peace by my command; I will not be driven away, the fiery breath of
your power will not carry me off, the power of repulsion in your mouth
will not go forth against me, I will not walk on the paths of pestilence,
for to fall into it is the detestation of my soul; what I detest is the
flood, and it shall not attack me. I go aboard your bark, I occupy your
seat, I receive my dignity, I control the paths of Re and the stars, I am
he who drives off the Destructive One who comes at the flame of your
bark upon the great plateau. I know them by their names, and they
will not attack your bark, for I am in it, and I am he who prepares the
offerings.
  TO BE SAID OVER A BARK OF Re drawn in ochre on a clean place.
WHEN YOU HAVE PLACED A LIKENESS OF THIS SPIRITIN FRONT
OF IT  YOU SHALL DRAW A NIGHT-BARK ON ITS RIGHT SIDE AND
A DAY-BARK ON ITS LEFT SIDE. THERE SHALL BE OFFERED TO
THEM IN THEIR PRESENCE BREAD AND BEER AND ALL GOOD
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THINGS ON THE BIRTHDAY OF OSIRIS. IF THIS IS DONE FOR
HIM, HIS SOUL WILL LIVE FOR EVER AND HE WILL NOT DIE
AGAIN.
  Spell  131
  SPELL FOR BEING IN THE PRESENCE OF RE.
I am that Re who shines in the night. As for anyone who is in his
suite or who lives in the suite of Thoth, he will give appearance in
glory to this Horus in the night and joy to me, because I am one of
these, and my enemies will be driven off from the Entourage; I am
a follower of Re who has received his firmament. I have come to you,
my father Re; I have travelled in the air, I have summoned this great
goddess, I have adorned the god of Authority, I have passed by that
Destructive One who is in the road to Re, and it is well with me. I
have reached this Old One who is at the limits of the horizon, whom I
have driven off. I take possession of the great goddess, I lift up your
soul when you have become strong, and my soul is in the dread of you
and the awe of you; I am he who enforces the commands of Re in
the sky.
  Hail to you, great god in the east of the sky! I go aboard your bark
O Re; I pass by as a divine falcon, I give orders, I smite with my
sceptre and govern with my staff. I go aboard your bark, O Re, in
peace; I navigate in peace to the beautiful West, and Atum speaks to
me.
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  Spell 132
SPELL FOR CAUSING A MAN TO TURN ABOUT IN ORDER TO SEE
  HIS HOUSE UPON EARTH.
I am the Lion who went out with a bow, I have shot and I have . . .
The Eye of Horus belongs to me, I have opened the Eye of Horus at
this time, I have reached the river-bank.
  Come in peace, O N.
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WRITING FOR MAKING A SPIRIT WORTHY; TO BE RECITED
  ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH.
Re appears in his horizon, his Ennead following after him; the god
issues from the secret place, and trembling falls on the eastern horizon
of the sky at the voice of Nut; she clears the ways for Re before the
Oldest One, who turns about. Raise yourself, O Re who are in your
shrine, that you may snuff the breezes. May you suck in the north-
wind, may you swallow spines, may you entrap the day, may you kiss
Maet, may you divide your suite, may you sail the sacred bark to the
Lower Sky, may the Elders run to and fro at your voice; may you
reckon up your bones, may you gather your members together, may
you turn your face to the beautiful West, may you return anew every
day, for you are that golden image which bears the likeness of the
sun-disk, the sky being possessed with trembling at your recurrence
every day. The horizon is joyful, and there is acclamation within
your bounds.
  As for the gods who are in the sky who behold N., they have offered
up praise as though to Re, for N. is a great one who seeks out the
Wereret-crown of Re and reckons up his needs; N. is one alone whose
affairs flourish in that first company of those who are in the presence
of Re; N. is hale on earth and in the realm of the dead, N. is hale like
Re every day, N. will run and will not tire in this land for ever. How
happy are those who see with their eyes and who hear truth with
their ears as Re and who ply the oar in the suite of Nu! N. will not
tell what he has seen nor will he repeat what he has heard of the
secret matters, and there is acclamation for N. The god's body of Re
crosses the Abyss among those who propitiate the will of the god
with what he has desired, and N. is a falcon whose shape is great.
  TO BE SPOKEN OVER A SACRED BARK OF FOUR CUBITS
LENGTH MADE OF PIECES OF MALACHITE, AND HAVING UPON IT
THE TRIBUNAL OF THE NOMES. THERE SHALL BE MADE A SKY
WITH STARS PURIFIED WITH NATRON AND INCENSE. MAKE AN
IMAGE OF RE WITH OCHRE IN A NEW BOWL PLACED IN FRONT
OF THIS BARK  AND PUT AN IMAGE OF THIS SPIRIT WHICH YOU
DESIRE TO BE MADE WORTHY WITHIN THIS BARK; IT MEANS
THAT HE WILL SAIL IN THE BARK OF RE  AND THAT RE HIMSELF
WILL SEE HIM IN IT. THIS SPIRIT WILL BE DEEMED WORTHY IN
THE HEART OF RE  HE WILL BE CAUSED TO HAVE POWER OVER
THE ENNEAD, AND THEY WILL BE WITH HIM; THE GODS WILL
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SEE HIM AS ONE OF THEMSELVES, THE DEAD WILL SEE HIM,
AND THEY WILL FALL ON THEIR FACES WHEN HE IS SEEN IN THE
REALM OF THE DEAD BY MEANS OF THE RAYS OF THE SUN.
  Spell 134
  ANOTHER SPELL FOR MAKING A SPIRIT WORTHY.
Hail to Him who dwells in his shrine, who rises and shines, who
imprisons myriads at his will and who gives commands to the sun-folk
Khopri who dwells in his bark, for he has felled APEP. It is the
children of Geb who will fell you, you enemies of N., who would
demolish the bark of Re. Horus has cut off their heads in the sky like
birds, and their goat-buttocks are in the Lake of Fish. As for any male
or female adversary who would do harm to N., whether he is one
who shall descend from the sky or ascend from the earth, who shall
come by water or travel in company with the stars, Thoth the son of
an eggshell who came out of the two eggshells shall decapitate them.
Be dumb, be deaf before N.! This is Re, this god mightily terrible and
greatly majestic; he will bathe in your blood, he will drink of your
gore, O you who would do much harm to N. in the bark of his father
Re. N. is Horus; his mother Isis bore him, Nephthys nursed him, just
as they did for Horus, in order to drive away the confederacy of Seth,
and they see the Wereret-crown firm-planted on his head. The
spirits of men and gods and the spirits of the dead fall on their faces
when they see N. as Horus, with the Wereret-crown firm-planted
on his head; they fall on their faces when N. is triumphant over his
enemies in the upper sky and the lower sky and in the tribunals of
every god and every goddess.
  TO BE SPOKEN OVER A FALCON STANDING WITH THE WHITE
CROWN ON HIS HEAD; ATUM  SHU AND TEFENET, GEB AND
NUT  OSIRIS AND ISIS  SETH AND NEPHTHYS BEING DRAWN IN
OCHRE ON A NEW BOWL PLACED IN THE SACRED BARK, TOGETH-
ER WITH AN IMAGE OF THIS SPIRIT WHOM YOU WISH TO BE
MADE WORTHY, IT BEING ANOINTED WITH OIL. AFFER TO
THEM INCENSE ON THE FIRE AND ROASTED DUCKS, AND WOR-
SHIP RE. IT MEANS THAT HE FOR WHOM THIS IS DONE WILL
VOYAGE AND BE WITH RE EVERY DAY IN EVERY PLACE TO
WHICH HE DESIRES TO TRAVEL  AND IT MEANS THAT THE
ENEMIES OF RE WILL BE DRIVEN OFF IN VERY DEED-AMATTER
A MILLION TIMES TRUE.
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  Spell 135
ANOTHER SPELL TO BE SAID when the moon is new on the first
day of the month.
  Open, O cloudiness! The bleared Eye of Re is covered, and Horus
proceeds happily every day, even he the great of shape and weighty of
striking-power, who dispels bleariness of eye with his fiery breath.
Behold, O Re, I have come voyaging, for I am one of these four gods who
are at the side of the sky, and I show you Him who is present by day.
  Make your cable fast, for there is no opposition to you.
  AS FOR HIM WHO KNOWS THIS SPELL, he will be a worthy
spirit in the realm of the dead, and he will not die again in the realm
of the dead, and he will eat in the presence of Osiris. As for him who
knows it on earth, he will be like Thoth, he will be worshipped by
the living, he will not fall to the power of the king or the hot rage of
Bastet, and he will proceed to a very happy old age.
  Spell  136A
  ANOTHER SPELL FOR MAKING A SPIRIT WORTHY ON THE
  FESTIVAL OF THE SIXTH DAY.
Behold the starry sky is in Heliopolis, and the sun-folk are in
Kheraha. The god is born, his fillet is bound on, his oar is grasped, and
N. gives judgement with them in the lotus-bark at the dockyard of
the gods; N. takes over the bark in it which has lotus-flowers on its
ends; N. ascends to the sky, N. sails in it to Nut, he sails in it with Re,
he sails in it with apes, he repels the waves which are over yonder
polar region of Nut at that stairway of Sebeg. Geb and Nut are happy,
there is repeated the renewed and rejuvenated name of Onnophris,
Re is his power, Wenti is what he is called: " You are abundance, the
greatest of the gods, widespread of sweet savour among all those who
are not ignorant of you. Your war-shout is harsh, O swiftest of the
Ennead, you being stronger, more besouled and more effective than
the gods of Upper and Lower Egypt and their powers. May you grant
that N. be great and mighty in the sky just as you are greatest of the
gods; may you save him from anything that those who hunt with
yonder Adversary may do against him. May his heart be valiant, may
you make N. mightier than all the gods, the spirits and the dead.'
  N. is mighty, the Lord of might; N. is the master of righteousness,
whom Edjo made; N.'s protection is the protection of Re in the sky.
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May you permit N. to pass into your bark, O Re, in peace; prepare a
path for N. who navigates the bark, for N.'s protection is its protection.
N. is he who daily drives off the aggressor against Re; N. has come
like Horus into the holy place of the horizon of the sky; N. is he who
makes Re known at the gates, and the gods who meet N. rejoice over
him, for the greatness of a god is on N., the Destroyer will not attack
him, the keepers of the gates will not ignore him. N. is he whose face
is hidden within the Great Mansion, even he the master of the god's
shrine; N. is he who despatches the words of the gods to Re; N. has
come that he may report business to its lord; N. is stout of heart and
weighty of action among those who prepare offerings.
  TO BE RECITED OVER AN IMAGE OF THIS SPIRIT PLACED IN
THIS BARK, YOU BEING CLEANSED, PURIFIED AND CENSED IN
THE PRESENCE OF RE, WITH BREAD  BEER, ROAST MEAT AND
DUCKS;IT MEANS THAT HE WILL BE CONVEYED IN THE BARK OF
RE. AS FOR ANY SPIRIT FOR WHOM THIS IS DONE, HE WILL BE
AMONG THE LIVING, AND HE WILL NEVER PERISH. HE WILL BE
A HOLY GOD  AND NOTHING EVIL SHALL EVER HARM HIM; HE
WILL BE A POTENT SPIRIT IN THE WEST, AND HE WILL NOT
DIE AGAIN. HE WILL EAT AND DRINK IN THE PRESENCE OF
OSIRIS EVERY DAY; HE WILL BE ADMITTED WITH THE KINGS
OF UPPER EGYPT AND THE KINGS OF LOWER EGYPT EVERY
DAY HE WILL DRINK WATER FROM THE STREAM, HE WILL
GO OUT INTO THE DAY LIKE HORUS  HE WILL LIVE AND BE
LIKE A GOD, AND HE WILL BE WORSHIPPED BY THE LIVING
LIKE RE EVERY DAY.A MATTER A MILLION TIMES TRUE.
  Spell  136B
  SPELL FOR SAILING IN THE GREAT BARK OF RE AND FOR
  PASSING OVER THE CIRCLE OF FIRE.
This is the fire which shines behind Re and which is concentrated
behind him; the storm is afraid of the shining and splendid bark of
Re. I have come with Him whose face is wiped into his sacred lake, I
have seen Him who attains to righteousness, who has fallen among
those whose forms are holy, who are in sarcophagi; and the reed-
dwellers in the Lake Rushes are many. I have looked there, and we
rejoice; their great ones are in joy and their little ones are in happi-
ness. A path is made for me at the head of the sacred bark, and I am
lifted up as the sundisk; I am bright in its sunshine...
  Down on your faces, you evil snakes! Let me pass, for I am a
mighty one, Lord of the mighty ones; I am a noble of the Lord of
righteousness, whom Edjo made. My protection is the protection of
Re. See, I am he who went round about in the Field of Offerings of
the Two Lands; a greater god than you, who reckons up his Enneads
among those who give offerings.
  Spell 137A
SPELL FOR FOUR TORCHES FOR THE CEREMONIES WHICH ARE
CARRIED OUT FOR A SPIRIT. YOU SHALL MAKE FOUR BASINS OF
CLAY BEATEN UP WITH INCENSE AND FILLED WITH MILK OF A
WHITE COW; THE TORCHES ARE TO BE QUENCHED IN THEM.
The torch comes to your double, O Osiris, Foremost of the Western-
ers, and the torch comes to your double, O N. There comes he who
promises the night after the day; there come the two sisters of Re;
there comes she who was manifested in Abydos, for I cause it to
come, even that Eye of Horus which was foretold before you, O
Osiris, Foremost of the Westerners. It is safe in your outer chamber,
having appeared on your brow, for it was foretold before you, O N.,
and it is safe on your brow.
  The Eye of Horus is your protection, O Osiris, Foremost of the
Westerners; it spreads its protection over you, it fells all your
enemies for you, and your enemies have indeed fallen to you.
  The Eye of Horus is your protection, O N., it spreads its protection
over you, it fells all your enemies for you, and your enemies have
indeed fallen to you.
  To your double, O Osiris, Foremost of the Westerners! The Eye of
Horus is your protection; it spreads its protection over you, it fells
all your enemies for you, and your enemies have indeed fallen to you.
  To your double, O N.! The Eye of Horus is your protection; it
spreads its protection over you, it fells all your enemies for you, and
your enemies have indeed fallen to you.
  The Eye of Horus comes intact and shining like Re in the horizon;
it covers up the powers of Seth who would possess it, for it is he who
would fetch it for himself, and it is hot against him when he is at the
feet of the intact Eye of Horus. Eat the food of your body, possessing
it, and worship it.
  May the four torches go in to your double, O Osiris, Foremost of
the Westerners; may the four torches go in to your double, O N. O
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you Children of Horus, Imsety, Hapy, Duamutef, Kebhsenuf, as you
spread your protection over your father Osiris, Foremost of the
Westerners, so spread your protection over N. as when you removed
the impediment from Osiris, Foremost of the Westerners  so that he
might live with the gods and drive Seth from him; as when at dawn
Horus became strong that he himself might protect his father Osiris
when wrong was done to your father when you drove Seth off.
  To your double, Osiris, Foremost of the Westerners! The Eye of
Horus is your protector which spreads its protection over you; it fells
all your enemies for you, and your enemies have indeed fallen to you.
Remove the impediment from N. that he may live with the gods;
smite the enemies of N. and protect N. At dawn may Horus become
strong that he may protect N. when wrong is done to N., and may
you drive Seth off.
  To your double, N.! The Eye of Horus is your protector, it fells
all your enemies for you and your enemies have indeed fallen to you.
  Osiris, Foremost of the Westerners, is he who causes a torch to
be bright for the potent souls in Heracleopolis; may you make the
living soul of N. strong with his torch, so that he may not be repelled
nor driven off from the portals of the West. Then there will be
brought in to him his bread, beer and clothing among the possessors
of offerings; you will send up thanks for power, for N. will be re-
stored to his true shape, his true god-like form.
  TO BE SPOKEN OVER FOUR TORCHES OF RED LINEN SMEARED
WITH BEST QUALITY LIBYAN OIL IN THE HANDS OF FOUR MEN
ON WHOSE ARMS ARE INSCRIBED THE NAMES OF THE CHILDREN
OF HORUS. THEY ARE TO BE LIGHTED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT, IN
ORDER TO GIVE THIS SPIRIT POWER OVER THE IMPERISHABLE
STARS.AS FOR HIM FOR WHOM THIS SPELL IS RECITED,HE WILL
NEVER PERISH, HIS SOUL SHALL LIVE FOR EVER, AND THIS
TORCH SHALL STRENGTHEN HIS SPIRIT LIKE OSIRIS, FORE-
MOST OF THE WESTERNERS. A MATTER A MILLION TIMES TRUE.
  BEWARE GREATLY LEST YOU DO THIS BEFORE ANYONE
EXCEPT YOURSELF WITH YOUR FATHER OR YOUR SON, BECAUSE
IT IS A GREAT SECRET OF THE WEST, A SECRET IMAGE OF THE
NETHERWORLD  SINCE THE GODS, SPIRITS AND DEAD SEE IT
AS THE SHAPE OF THE FOREMOST OF THE WESTERNERS. HE
WILL BE MIGHTY LIKE THIS GOD, AND YOU SHALL CAUSE THIS
SPELL OF THESE FOUR TORCHES TO BE RECITED FOR HIM EVERY
DAY  SO THAT HIS IMAGE SHALL BE MADE TO ARRIVE AT EVERY
GATE OF THESE SEVEN GATES OF OSIRIS. IT MEANS BEING A
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GOD, HAVING POWER IN THE COMPANY OF THE GODS AND
SPIRITS FOR EVER AND EVER, AND ENTERING INTO THE SECRET
PORTALS WITHOUT HIS BEING TURNED AWAY FROM OSIRIS.
AS FOR HIM FOR WHOM THIS IS DONE  HE SHALL GO IN AND OUT
WITHOUT BEING TURNED AWAY; HE SHALL NOT BE ARRESTED
OR LEFT OUT ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT WHEN HE WHO IS
DETESTABLE TO OSIRIS WILL SUFFER. A TRUE MATTER.
  YOU SHALL RECITE THIS WRITING WHEN THIS SPIRIT IS PURE
MADE WORTHY AND CLEANSED AND WHEN HIS MOUTH IS
OPENED WITH A WAND OFIRON. THIS TEXT WAS COPIED WHEN
IT WAS FOUND IN WRITING BY THE KING'S SON HARDEDEF
BEING WHAT HE FOUND IN A BOX OF THE MYSTERIES IN THE
WRITING OF THE GOD HIMSELF IN THE HOUSE OF UNUT,
MISTRESS OF UNU, WHEN HE WAS TRAVELLING UPSTREAM
INSPECTING THE TEMPLES IN THE FIELDS AND MOUNDS OF THE
GODS. WHAT IS DONE IS A SECRET OF THE NETHERWORLD
BELONGING TO THE MYSTERIES OF THE NETHERWORLD  A
SECRET IMAGE OF THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
  Spell 137B
  SPELL FOR KINDLING ATORCH FOR N.
The bright Eye of Horus comes, the glorious Eye of Horus comes;
welcome, O you who shine like Re in the horizon. It drives off the
powers of Seth from upon the feet of Him who brings it. It is Seth
who would take possession of it, but its heat is against him; the
torch comes. When will it arrive? It comes now, traversing the sky
behind Re on the hands of your two sisters, O Re. Live, live, O Eye
of Horus within the Great Hall! Live, live, O Eye of Horus, for he is
the Pillar-of-his-Mother priest.
  Spell 138
  SPELL FOR ENTERING INTO ABYDOS AND BEING IN
  THE SUITE OF OSIRIS.
O you gods who are in Abydos, the whole and complete company,
come joyfully to meet me and see my father Osiris whom I have
recognized and from whom I have come forth. I am this Horus, Lord
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of the Black Land and of the Red Land, I have taken possession
entirely of Him who cannot be conquered, whose eye is victorious
over his enemies, who protects his father who is saved from the flood-
waters and also his mother; who smites his enemies, who drives away
the robber thereby, who counters the strength of the Destructive
One; ruler of multitudes, monarch of the Two Lands, who smoothly
takes possession of his father's house. I have been judged and I have
been vindicated, I have power over my enemies, I get the better of
those who would harm me, my strength is my protection. I am the
son of Osiris, my father is in his own place, his body is in . . .
  Spell  140
BOOK TO BE RECITED IN THE SECOND MONTH OF WINTER, LAST
  DAY, WHEN COMPLETING the sacred Eye in the
  second month of winter, last day.
The Mighty One appears, the horizon shines, Atum appears on the
smell of his censing, the Sunshine-god has risen in the sky, the
Mansion of the Pyramidion is in joy and all its inmates are assembled,
a voice calls out within the shrine, shouting reverberates around the
Netherworld, One is kissed by the mouth of Atum-Harakhti. His
Majesty gives a command to the Ennead attendant on His Majesty,
for His Majesty is happy in contemplating the sacred Eye: "Behold
my body to which protection has been given and all my members have
been made to flourish.' His Majesty's utterance goes forth, his Eye
rests in its place upon His Majesty in this fourth hour of the night,
and the land is happy in the second month of winter, last day. The
Majesty of the Eye is in front of the Ennead, His Majesty shines as on
the First Occasion and the Eye is in his head; Re, Atum, the Eye,
Shu, Geb, Osiris, Seth and Horus, Mont, He of the Inundation, Re the
everlasting, Thoth who travels eternity, Nut, Isis, Nephthys, Hathor
the victorious, the two Songstress-goddesses, Maet, Anubis of the land,
born of eternity, and the Soul of Mendes: when the Eye HAS BEEN
RECKONED up in the presence of the Lord of this land, and it stands
complete and content, these gods are joyful on this day; their hands
support it and the festival of all the gods is celebrated. They say:
  Hail to you and praise to Re! The crew navigate the sacred bark
and APEP is felled.
  Hail to you and praise to Re! The shape of Khopri has been
brought into being.
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  Hail to you and praise to Re! Rejoice over him  for his enemies
have been driven off.
  Hail to you and praise to Re! The heads of the CHILDREN OF
IMPOTENCE have been removed.
  Worship to you and praise to N. !
  TO DE SPOKEN OVER a sacred Eye of real lapis-lazuli or carnelian
decorated with gold; there shall be offered to it everything good and
pure before it when Re shows himself in the second month, last day;
and there shall be made another Eye of red jasper which is to be
placed for a man on every member which he wishes. He who utters
this spell will be in the bark of Re when it is taken out with these
gods, and he will be like one of them, he will be raised up in the realm
of the dead.
  As for him who utters this spell, ALSO THE OFFERINGS when the
Eye is complete: FOUR BRAZIERS for the Eye and FOUR for Re-
Atum; FOUR BRAZIERS for the Eye and FOUR for these gods,
EACH ONE OF THEM; five good loaves of white bread, five cones of
incense, five thin Mat biscuits, one basket of incense, one basket of
fruit and one of roast meat.
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BOOK WHICH A MAN SHOULD RECITE FOR HIS FATHER AND
SON: IT IS AN UTTERANCE FOR THE FESTIVALS OF THE WEST.
IT MEANS THAT HE WILL BE DEEMED WORTHY BY RE AND BY
THE GODS AND THAT HE WILL BE WITH THEM. TO BE SPOKEN
  ON THE DAY OF THE FESTIVAL OF THE NEW MOON.
An offering of bread and beer, oxen and fowl, roast meat and incense
on the fire to Osiris, Foremost of the Westerners; to Re-Harakhti; to
Nu; to Maet; to the Bark of Re; to Atum; to the Great Ennead; to
the Lesser Ennead; to Horus, Lord of the Wereret-crown; to Shu;
to Tefenet; to Geb; to Nut; to Isis; to Nephthys; to the Mansion of
Doubles, the Mistress of All; to the Storm in the sky which bears the
god aloft; to the Silent land and Her who dwells in its place; to Her
of Chemmis, the noble divine Lady; to Her who is greatly beloved,
the red-haired; to Her who protects in life,  the particoloured;  to
Her whose name has power in her craft; to the Bull, the male of the
herd; to the Good Power, the good steering-oar of the northern sky;
to the Wanderer who guides the Two Lands, the good steering-oar
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of the western sky; to the Sunshine-god who dwells in the Mansion
of Images, the good steering-oar of the eastern sky; to Him who
dwells in the Mansion of the Red Ones, the good steering-oar of the
southern sky; to Imsety; to Hapy; to Duamutef; to Kebhsenuf; to
the Southern Conclave; to the Northern Conclave; to the Night-bark;
to the Day-bark; to Thoth; to the Southern Gods; to the Northern
Gods; to the Western Gods; to the Eastern Gods; to the Squatting
Gods; to the Gods of the Offerings; to the Per-wer; to the Per-neser;
to the Gods of the Mounds; to the Gods of the Horizon; to the Gods
of the Fields; to the Gods of the Houses; to the Gods of the Thrones;
to the Southern Roads; to the Northern Roads; to the Eastern Toads ;
to the Western Roads; to the Gates of the  Netherworld; to the
Portals of the Netherworld; to the Secret Doors; to the Secret Gates;
to the Keepers of the Doors of the Netherworld; to Those with
hidden faces who guard the roads; to the Guardians of those who
utter cries; to the Guardians of the Deserts who display kindly faces;
to Those of the heat who give fire; to Those of the braziers; to Those
who open up and quench the flame of fire in the West.
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THE FIRST GATE.  He whose face is inverted, the many-shaped' is
the name of the keeper of the first gate; " Eavesdropper' is the name
of him who guards it; "The loud-voiced' is the name of him who
makes report in it.
  THE SECOND GATE.  He whose hinder-parts are extended' is the
name of the keeper of the second gate; " Shifting of face' is the name
of him who guards it; " Sabes ' is the name of him who makes report in
it.
  THE THIRD GATE.  He who eats the corruption of his hinder-
parts' is the name of the keeper of the third gate; "Vigilant' is the
name of him who guards it; " He who curses' is the name of him who
makes report in it.
  THE FOURTH  GATE.  He who  defends from the  noisy'  is the
name of the keeper of the fourth gate; " Wakeful' is the name of him
who guards it; " Grim of visage who repels the aggressor' is the name
of him who makes report in it.
  THE FIFTH GATE.  He who lives on snakes' is the name of the
keeper of the fifth gate; "Ashbu' is the name of him who guards it;
" Hippopotamus-faced, raging of power' is the  name  of him who
makes report in it.
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  THE SIXTH GATE.  The bread-shaper,  the harsh-voiced' is the
name of the keeper of the sixth gate; "He who looks to and fro' is
the name of him who guards it; " Sharp of glance, warden of the Lake '
is the name of him who makes report in it.
  THE SEVENTH GATE. "He who cuts them down' is the name of
the keeper of the seventh gate; "Loud-voiced' is the name of him
who guards it; " He who defends from those who would work harm'
is the name of him who makes report in it.
  O you gates, O you who keep the gates because of Osiris, O you
who guard them and who report the affairs of the Two Lands to
Osiris every day: I know you and I know your names; I was born
in Rostau, and the power of the Lord of the horizon was given to
me. I was ennobled in Pe like the priest of Osiris; I receive food in
Rostau and lead the gods in the horizon in the entourage about
Osiris; I am one of them as one who leads them. I am a spirit, a
master of  spirits,  a spirit who  acts.  I  am  one who  celebrates the
monthly festival and announces the half-monthly festival, I go round
about bearing the fiery Eye of Horus which the hand of Thoth bears
on the night when he crosses the sky in vindication. I pass by in peace,
I sail in the bark of Re, and my protection is the protection of the
bark of Re. Mine is a name greater than yours, mightier than yours
  upon the road of righteousness; I detest any deduction, for my pro-
  tection is the protection of Horus, the first-born of Re, whom his will
  created. I will not be arrested, I will not be driven off from the gates
  of Osiris, I am he who equips the Double Lion, one who is purified
  daily in the suite of Osiris, Foremost of the Westerners. My lands are
  in the Field of Offerings among the wise ones, among those who
  serve me in the presence of Thoth and among those who make
  offerings. Anubis has commanded those who are among the offerings
  that my offerings shall be in my possession, and they shall not be
  taken from me by those who are among the plunderers.
  I have come like Horus into the holy place of the horizon of the
  sky; I announce Re at the gates of the horizon, the gods are joyful at
  meeting me, and the costly stones of the gods are on me. The
  Destructive One shall not attack me, and those who keep their gates
  shall not be ignorant of me. I am one whose face is hidden within the
  Great Mansion, the Upper Place, the shrine of the god, and I have
  reached there after the purification of Hathor. I am one who creates
  a multitude, who raises up Truth to Re and who destroys the might
  of APEP; I am one who opens up the firmament, who drives off the
  storm, who makes the crew of Re alive, and who raises up offerings
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to the place where they are. I have caused the sacred bark to make its
fair voyages; a way is prepared for me that I may pass on it. My face
is that of a Great One, my hinder-parts are the Double Crown, I am
a possessor of power, I am content in the horizon, and I am joyful at
felling you. O you who are awake, prepare a path for your lord
Osiris.
  TO BE RECITED OVER THESE DIRECTIONS WHICH ARE IN
WRITING, AND WHICH ARE TO BE INSCRIBED IN OCHRE WITH
THE TWO COMPANIES OF THE BARK OF RE. OFFER TO THEM
FOODSTUFFS  POULTRY AND INCENSE IN THEIR PRESENCE. IT
MEANS THAT A SPIRIT WILL BE MADE TO LIVE AND BE GIVEN
POWER OVER THESE GODS; IT MEANS HE WILL NOT BE DRIVEN
OFF OR TURNED AWAY AT THE PORTALS OF THE NETHERWORLD.
YOU SHALL MAKE RECITATION OVER AN IMAGE OF THIS SPIRIT
IN THEIR PRESENCE  AND HE WILL BE PERMITTED TO ARRIVE
AT EVERY GATE ACCORDING TO WHAT IS WRITTEN. MAKE
RECITATION AT EVERY GATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT IS
WRITTEN AND MAKE OFFERING TO EACH OF THEM WITH A
FORELEG, HEAD, HEART AND SIDE OF A RED DULL AND FOUR
BOWLS OF BLOOD NOT LEAVING OUT A HEART OF COSTLY
STONE; SIXTEEN WHITE LOAVES, EIGHT PERSEN-CAKES, EIGHT-
EEN SHENS-CAKES  EIGHT KHENEF-LOAVES, EIGHT HEBNENET-
LOAVES EIGHT MEASURES OF BEER EIGHT BOWLS OF GRAIN
FOUR CLAY BASINS FILLED WITH MILK OF A WHITE COW, GREEN
HERBS, FRESH MORINGA-OIL, GREEN AND BLACK EYE-PAINT
FIRST QUALITY UNGUENT AND INCENSE ON THE FIRE. TO BE
RECITED AND ERASED, ITEM BY ITEM, AFTER RECITING THESE
DIRECTIONS  FOUR HOURS OF THE DAY HAVING PASSED, AND
TAKING GREAT CARE AS TO THE POSITION (OF THE SUN) IN THE
SKY. YOU SHALL RECITE THIS BOOK WITHOUT LETTING ANY-
ONE SEE IT; IT MEANS THAT THE MOVEMENTS OF A SPIRIT WILL
BE EXTENDED IN THE SKY, ON EARTH AND IN THE REALM OF
THE DEAD  BECAUSE IT WILL BE MORE BENEFICIAL TO A SPIRIT
THAN ANYTHING WHICH IS DONE FOR HIM  AND WHAT IS NEED-
ED WILL BE AT HAND THIS DAY. A MATTER A MILLION TIMES
TRUE.
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HERE BEGIN THE SPELLS FOR ENTERING BY THE MYSTERIOUS
PORTALS OF THE HOUSE OF OSIRIS IN THE FIELD OF RUSHES.
WHAT IS TO BE SAID BY N. WHEN ARRIVING AT THE FIRST
PORTAL OF OSIRIS. Make a way for me, for I know you, I know
your name, and I know the name of the god who guards you.
"Mistress of trembling; Lofty of battlements; Chieftainess; Mistress
of destruction; One who foretells matters, who repels storms and
who rescues the robbed among those who come from afar' is your
name. " Terrible ' is the name of her doorkeeper.
  WHAT IS TO BE SAID BY N. WHEN ARRIVING AT THE SECOND
PORTAL OF OSIRIS. Make a way for me, for I know you, I know your
name, and I know the name of the god who guards you. "Mistress
of the sky; Lady of the Two Lands; She who licks (her calves);
Mistress of the world who numbers all men' is your name. " He who
fashions the end' is the name of her doorkeeper.
  WHAT IS TO BE SAID BY N. WHEN ARRIVING AT THE THIRD
PORTAL OF OSIRIS. Make a way for me, for I know you, I know
your name, and I know the name of the god who guards you.
" Mistress of altars, great of oblations, who pleases every god therewith
on the day of faring upstream to Abydos' is your name. "He who
makes brightness ' is the name of her doorkeeper.
  WHAT IS TO BE SAID BY N. WHEN ARRIVING AT THE FOURTH
PORTAL OF OSIRIS. Make a way for me, for I know you, I know
your name, and I know the name of the god who guards you.
" Mighty of knives; Lady of the Two Lands, who destroys the enemies
of the Inert One, who does what is wise and who is devoid of wrong'
is your name. " Long-horned Bull' is the name of her doorkeeper.
  WHAT IS TO BE SAID BY N. WHEN ARRIVING AT THE FIFTH
PORTAL OF OSIRIS. Make a way for me, for I know you, I know
your name, and I know the name of the god who guards you. " Fiery
One, Mistress of heat; joyful One who asks that something be given
to her without the swift of glance entering into her  is your name.
" He who cuts up an opponent' is the name of her doorkeeper.
  WHAT IS TO BE SAID BY N. WHEN ARRIVING AT THE SIXTH
PORTAL OF OSIRIS. Make a way for me, for I know you, I know
your name, and I know the name of the god who guards you. "Mistress
of Darkness, loud of shouts; its height cannot be known from its
breadth, and its extent in space cannot be discovered. Snakes are on it,
of which the number is not known; it was fashioned before the Inert
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One' is your name. "He who was joined together' is the name of her
doorkeeper.
  WHAT IS TO BE SAID BY N. WHEN ARRIVING AT THE SEVENTH
PORTAL OF OSIRIS. Make a way for me, for I know you, I know your
name and I know the name of the god who guards you. "Shroud
which veils the Limp One; Mourner who wishes to hide the body' is
your name  "Ikenty' is the name of her doorkeeper.
  WHAT IS TO BE SAID BY N. WHEN ARRIVING AT THE EIGHTH
PORTAL OF OSIRIS. Make a way for me, for I know you, I know
your name, and I know the name of the god who guards you. " Hot
of flames, destructive of heat, sharp of blaze, swift of hand, who kills
without warning, whom none pass by for fear of her pain' is your
name. " He who protects himself ' is the name of her doorkeeper.
  WHAT IS TO BE SAID BY N. WHEN ARRIVING AT THE NINTH
PORTAL OF OSIRIS. Make a way for me, for I know you, I know
your name, and I know the name of the god who guards you. "She
who is at the forefront; Mistress of power; Contented of heart, who
bore her lord. Its circuit is 350 rods, strewn with green-stone of
Upper Egypt. She who raises the secret image on high, who veils the
Limp One, who pleases her lord daily' is your name. " Himself' is the
name of her doorkeeper.
  WHAT IS TO BE SAID BY N. WHEN ARRIVING AT THE TENTH
PORTAL OF OSIRIS. Make a way for me, for I know you, I know
your name, and I know the name of the god who guards you. "Loud-
voiced whose cries arouse, who calls at the top of her voice, terrible
and majestic, but who does not drive out whoever is in her' is your
name. " The Great User of reed rafts'is the name of her doorkeeper.
  WHAT IS TO BE SAID BY N. WHEN ARRIVING AT THE ELEV-
ENTH PORTAL OF OSIRIS. Make a way for me, for I know you, I
know your name, and I know who is within you. "She who always
bears knives, who burns up the rebellious; Mistress of every portal,
to whom acclamation is made on the day of darkness' is your name.
She is under the supervision of Him who veils the Limp One.
  WHAT IS TO BE SAID BY N. WHEN ARRIVING AT THE TWELFTH
PORTAL OF OSIRIS. Make a way for me, for I know you, I know
your name, and I know who is within you. "She who summons her
Two Lands, who destroys those who come at dawn; Bright One;
Mistress of spirits, who hears the voice of her lord, is your name. She
is under the supervision of Him who veils the Limp One.
  WHAT IS TO BE SAID BY N. WHEN ARRIVING AT THE THIR-
TEENTH PORTAL OF OSIRIS. Make a way for me, for I know you,
I know your name, and I know who is within you. "She on whom
Osiris has extended his hands, who illumines the Nile-god in his
abode' is your name. She is under the supervision of Him who veils
the Limp One.
  WHAT IS TO BE SAID BY N. WHEN ARRIVING AT THE FOUR-
TEENTH PORTAL OF OSIRIS. Make a way for me, for I know you,
I know your name, and I know who is within you. " Mistress of wrath,
who dances in blood, for whom the haker-festival is celebrated on the
day of Her who hears sins' is your name. She is under the supervision
of Him who veils the Limp One.
  The fifteenth portal. " She who has a soul, red of plaited hair,
dim-eyed when going out by night, who grasps the rebel by his belly,
who gives her hand to the Inert One at his critical moment, who makes
her comings and goings.' She is under the supervision of Him who
veils the Limp One.
  The sixteenth portal. What is to be said by N. when arriving at
this portal. " The Terrible One, Lady of Pestilence, who casts away
thousands of human souls, who hacks up human dead, who decapi-
tates him who would go out, who creates terror.' She is under the
supervision of Him who veils the Limp One.
  The seventeenth portal. " She who dances in blood . . . Mistress of
Fire.' She is under the supervision of Him who veils the Limp One.
  What is to be said by N. when arriving at the eighteenth portal.
" Lover of heat, clean of brand-mark, who loves to cut off heads; the
venerated Mistress of the Castle, who quells rebels in the evening.'
She is under the supervision of Him who veils the Limp One.
  What is to be said by N. when arriving at the nineteenth portal.
" She who announces the dawn in her time, flaming hot, Mistress of
the powers of the writings of Thoth himself.' She is under the super-
vision of the veiled ones of the treasury.
  What is to be said by N. when arriving at the twentieth portal.
" She who is within the cavern of her lord; She whose name is hidden ;
Mysterious of shape, who takes hearts for food.' She is under the
supervision of the veiled ones of the treasury.
  What is to be said by N. when arriving at the twenty-first portal.
" Sharp of knife against the talker, who acts the slayer, who descends
in her own flame.' She is under secret governance.
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SPELL FOR MAKING PROVISION FOR A SPIRIT
  IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
Hail to you, You who shine in your disk, a living soul who goes up
from the horizon! I know you and I know your name; I know the
names of the seven cows and their bull who give bread and beer who
are beneficial to souls and who provide daily portions; may you give
bread and beer and make provision for me, so that I may serve you,
and may I come into being under your hinder-parts.
  <1The names of the cattle are:>1
  Mansion of Doubles, Mistress of All.
  Silent One who dwells in her place
  She of Chemmis whom the god ennobled.
  The Much Beloved, red of hair.
  She who protects in life, the particoloured.
  She whose name has power in her craft.
  Storm in the sky which wafts the god aloft.
  The Bull, husband of the cows.
  May you grant bread and beer, offerings and provisions which shall
provide for my spirit, for I am a worthy spirit who is in the realm of
the dead.
  <1The names of thefour steering-oars of the sky:>1
O Good Power, the good steering-oar of the northern sky;
O Wanderer who guides the Two Lands, good steering-oar of the
  western sky;
O Shining One who dwells in the Mansion of Images, good steering-
  oar of the eastern sky;
O Pre-eminent who dwells in the Mansion of the Red Ones, good
  steering-oar of the southern sky;
may you grant bread and beer, offerings and provisions which are
beneficial to my spirit, may you grant me life, prosperity, health, joy
and long duration on earth; may you grant to me sky and earth and
what is beneficial in Heliopolis and the Netherworld, for I know them
all; may you do the like for me.
  O fathers of the gods and mothers of the gods who are over sky and
earth and who are in the realm of the dead, save me from all kinds of
harm and injury, from the trap with painful knives and from things
bad and harmful which may be said or done against me by men, gods,
spirits or the dead, by day, by night, in the monthly festival, in the
half-monthly festival, in the year or in what appertains to it.
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OVER THESE GODS DEPICTED IN PAINT ON A WRITING-BOARD.
THERE SHALL BE GIVEN TO THEM OFFERINGS AND PROVISIONS
BEFORE THEM, CONSISTING OF BREAD, BEER, MEAT, POULTRY
AND INCENSE. THE INVOCATION-OFFERING FOR THIS SPIRIT
SHALL BE MADE TO THEM IN THE PRESENCE OF RE; IT MEANS
THAT THIS SOUL WILL HAVE PROVISION IN THE REALM OF THE
DEAD; IT MEANS THAT A MAN WILL BE SAVED FROM ANYTHING
EVIL. DO NOTHING ON BEHALF OF ANYONE EXCEPT YOUR OWN
SELF, FOR IT IS THE BOOK OF ONNOPHRIS. AS FOR HIM FOR
WHOM THIS IS DONE, RE WILL BE HIS HELMSMAN AND HIS
PROTECTION, AND NONE OF HIS ENEMIES WILL KNOW HIM in
the realm of the dead, in the sky, on earth, or in any place where he
may walk; it means that this spirit will be provisioned in very deed.
A true matter.
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The first mound; green. N. SAYS: As for this Mound of the West in
which men live on shens-loaves and jugs of beer, doff your headcloths
at meeting me as at the likeness of the greatest among you. May he
knit my bones together, may he make my members firm. May the
Sistrum-player, Lord of hearts, be brought to me that he may shape
my bones and establish the Wereret-crown of Atum. Make my head
firm for me, O Bestower of Powers; complete and make firm my spine,
that you may rule among the gods, O Min the Builder.
  The second mound; green. The god who is in it is Re-Harakhti.
N. SAYS: I am one rich in possessions in the Field of Rushes. As for
this Field of Rushes, its walls are of iron, the height of its barley is five
cubits, its ear is two cubits and its stalk is three cubits. Its emmer is
seven cubits, its ear is three cubits and its stalk is four cubits. They
are spirits, each nine cubits tall, who reap it in the presence of Re-
Harakhti. I know the gate in the middle of the Field of Rushes from
which Re goes out into the east of the sky, of which the south is the
Lake of Waterfowl and the north is the Waters of Geese, the place
where Re navigates by wind or by rowing. I am the whip-master in
the God's Ship, I row and never tire in the bark of Re. I know those
two trees of turquoise between which Re goes forth, and which have
grown up at the Supports of Shu at that door of the Lord of the East
from which Re goes forth. I know that Field of Rushes which belongs
to Re; the height of its barley is five cubits, its ear is two cubits and its
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stalk is three cubits. Its emmer is seven cubits, its ear is three cubits
and its stalk is four cubits. They are spirits nine cubits tall who reap
it in the presence of the Souls of the East.
  The third mound; green. The Mound of Spirits. N. SAYS: As for
the Mound of Spirits over which none travel, it contains spirits, and
its flame is efficient for burning. As for the Mound of Spirits whose
faces are downcast, cleanse your mounds, being what it was command-
ed that you should do for me by Osiris, Lord of eternity, for I am a
Great One. The Red Crown which is between the horns of the Sun-
shine-god makes the whole world to live with the flame of its mouth,
and Re is saved from APEP.
  The fourth mound; green. The very high twin mountains. N.
SAYS: As for the Chief of the mysterious mound, as for the very high
mountain which is in the realm of the dead, on which the sky rests,
it is 300 rods long by 150 rods wide; a snake is on it called "Caster of
knives,' and it is 70 cubits when it glides; it lives by decapitating the
spirits of the dead in the realm of the dead. I rise up against you
(the snake), so that navigation may be carried out aright; I have seen
the way to you, and I will gather myself together against you, for I
am the Male. Cover your head, for I am hale, hale, I am one mighty
of magic and my eyes have caused me to benefit therefrom. Who is
this spirit who goes on his belly and whose tail is on his mountain?
  See, I have gone against you, and your tail is in my hand. I am one
who displays strength; I have come that I may care for the earth-
snakes of Re, so that he will be pleased with me in the evening. I
circumambulate the sky, while you are in bonds; that is what was
commanded for you upon earth.
  The fifth mound; green. N. SAYS: As for this Mound of Spirits by
which men do not pass, the spirits who are in it are seven cubits from
their buttocks, and they live on the shades of the inert ones. As for
the Mound of Spirits, open your roads for me until I pass by you
when I travel to the beautiful West; that is what was commanded by
Osiris, a spirit and master of spirits, so that I might live by my magic
power. I am one who celebrates exactly every monthly festival and
half-monthly festival; the Eye of Horus which my hand holds goes
round about for me in the suite of Thoth. As for any god or any dead
who shall lick his lips over me this day, he shall fall into the depths.
The sixth mound; green. N. SAYS: As for this cavern sacred to the
gods secret from spirits and inaccessible to the dead, the god who is
in it is called " Centipede.' Hail to you, you cavern! I have come to
see the gods who are in you. Clear your vision, doff your headcloths
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when meeting me as at the likeness of the greatest among you. I have
come to prepare your flat cakes, and the Centipede shall not have
power over me, the slayers shall not pursue me, the adversaries shall
not pursue me, and I shall live on the offerings which are with you.
  The seventh mound; green. The Mountain of the rerek-snake. N.
SAYS: As for this town of Ises, which is far out of sight, its breath is
fire, and a snake in it is called "Rerek.' It is seven cubits long over its
back, and it lives on spirits, being provided with their power. Get
back, Rerek in Ises, biting with your mouth and staring with your
eyes! May your bones be broken, may your poison be powerless, for
you shall not come against me, your poison shall not enter into me.
Fall! Lie down! May your hot rage be in the ground, may your lips
remain in the hole! The bull falls to the snake and the snake falls to
the bull, but I am protected, for your head is cut off by Mafdet.
  The eighth mound; green. The height Hahotep. N. SAYS: As for
Hahotep, great and mighty, with waves over the water in which none
have power, because so great is the terror of the height of its roar, the
god in it is called "High One of Hahotep'; it is he who guards it in
order that none may come near it. I am this heron which is over the
plateau which is not quiet, I bring the produce of the land to Atum at
the time of enriching the crews of the gods. The terror of me has been
put into those who are in charge of shrines, and the awe of me has
been impressed on the owners of offerings. I will not be taken to the
house of the Destroyer, which they desire for me, for I am the guide
of the northern horizon.
  The ninth mound; yellow. Ikesy-town and the Eye which captures.
N. SAYS: As for Ikesy, which is hidden from the gods, of which the
spirits are afraid to learn the name, from which none go in or out
except that august god who is in his egg, who puts the fear of him
into the gods and the dread of him into the spirits: It opens with fire,
and its breath is destruction to noses and mouths. He has made it
against those who follow after him in order that they may not breathe
the air except that august god who is in his egg. He has done it against
those who are in it in order that none may come near it except on the
day of the great celebration. Hail to you, you august god who are in
your egg! I have come to you to be in your suite so that I may go in
and out of Ikesy, that its doors may be opened to me, that I may
breathe the air in it, and that I may have power through its offerings.
  The tenth mound, which is on the plateau; yellow. N. SAYS: As
for this town of Kahu which has taken possession of the spirits and
which has power over the shades who eat what is fresh and gulp down
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corruption on account of what their eyes see, and who do not watch
over the land, who are in their mounds: Put yourselves on your
bellies until I have passed by you; no-one shall take my spirit, no-one
shall have power over my shade, for I am a divine falcon  and incense
shall be burnt for me, offerings shall be presented to me  with Isis
before me and Nephthys behind me; the road of the nau-snake  the
bull of the sky, the bestower of powers, shall be cleared for me. I have
come to you, you gods; save me and give me my powers for ever.
  The eleventh mound; green. N. SAYS: As for that town which is in
the realm of the dead, the body of which is secret, which has power
over spirits from which none come out or go in through fear of revealing
what is in it: The gods with him (its god) see it as a marvel, the dead
with him see it in dread of him, except for those gods who are with
him in his mystery as regards the spirits. O Idu-town, let me pass, for
I am great of magic, with the knife which issued from Seth, and my
legs are mine for ever. I have appeared in glory and am strong by
means of that Eye of Horus which lifted up my heart after I was limp.
One powerful in the sky and mighty on earth, I have flown up as a
falcon, I have cackled as a goose, it has been granted to me to alight
on the plateau of the lake, so that I stand on it and sit on it. I have
appeared as a god, I have eaten of the provisions of Him of the Field
of Offerings, I have gone down to the Bank of Reeds, I have opened
the doors of Maet, I have thrown open the doors of the firmament, I
have set up a ladder to the sky among the gods, for I am one of them. I
have spoken as a goose until the gods have heard my voice, and I have
made repetition for Sothis.
  The twelfth mound; green. Isdjedet in the West. N. SAYS: As for
that Mound of Wenet which is in front of Rostau, its breath is fire, and
the gods cannot get near it, the spirits cannot associate with it; there
are four cobras on it whose names are "Destruction.' O Mound of
Wenet, I am the greatest of the spirits who are in you, I am among
the Imperishable Stars who are in you, and I will not perish, nor will
my name perish. "O savour of a god!' say the gods who are in the
Mound of Wenet. If you love me more than your gods, I will be with
you for ever.
  The thirteenth mound; green. He who opens his mouth, a basin of
water. N. SAYS: As for that Mound of Spirits over which no-one has
power, its water is fire, its waves are fire, its breath is efficient for
burning, in order that no-one may drink its water to quench their
thirst, that being what is in them, because their fear is so great and so
towering is its majesty. Gods and spirits see its water from afar, but
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order that no-one may approach them, the river is filled with papyrus
like the fluid in the efflux which issued from Osiris. May I have power
over the water in the flood like that god who is in the Mound of Water.
It is he who guards it from fear of the gods who would drink its
water when it is removed from the spirits. Hail to you, you god in the
Mound of Water! I have come to you that you may give me power
over water and that I may drink of the flood, just as you did for that
great god for whom the Nile came, for whom herbage came into
being, for whom green-stuff grew up when the same was given to the
gods at his coming forth content. May you cause the Nile to come to
me, may I have power over green-stuff, for I am your son for ever.
  The fourteenth mound; yellow. The Mound of Kheraha. N.
SAYS: As for that Mound of Kheraha which diverts the Nile to
Busiris, which causes the Nile to come laden with barley, which
guides it to the mouth of the eater, which gives god's-offerings to the
gods and invocation-offerings to the spirits: The snake which belongs
to it is in the caverns of Elephantine at the source of the Nile; it
comes with the water and it halts at that plateau of Kheraha at its
assembly which is above the flood in order that it may see in its hour
in the silence of the night. O you gods of Kheraha, you assembly
which is above the flood, open your water-basins for me, throw open
your waterways for me, that I may have power over water, that I
may be satisfied with the flood, that I may eat grain, and that I may
be satisfied with your provisions. Raise me up, that my heart may be
happy, for you are the god who is in Kheraha. Your offerings shall be
prepared for me, I shall be provided with the efflux which issued from
Osiris, and I will never let go of it.
  Spell 150
  <1A summary list of " Mounds ' which does not entirely agree>1
  <1with Spell 149.>1
  The Field of Rushes. The god who is in it is Re-Harakhti.
  The Horns of Fire. The god who is in it is Lifter of Braziers.
  The Very High Mountain.
  The Mound of Spirits.
  The Cavern. The god who is in it is Feller of Fish.
  Iseset.
  Hasret. The god who is in it is He who is on high.
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The Horns of Kahu.
Idu. The god who is in it is Sothis.
The Mound of Wenet. The god who is in it is Destroyer of Souls.
The Horns of Water. The god who is in it is Greatest of the
  Mighty Ones.
The Mound of Kheraha. The god who is in it is the Nile.
The River of Flaming Fire.
Ikesi. The god who is in it is He who sees and takes.
The Beautiful West of the gods who live in it on shens-cakes and
  beer.
  Spell 151
  SPELL FOR THE HEAD OF MYSTERY.
HAIL to you whose face is kindly, Lord of vision, one who is knit
together for Ptah-Sokar and who is set on high for Anubis, to whom
Shu has given the Supports, kindly face who is among the gods! Your
right Eye is the Night-bark, your left Eye is the Day-bark, your
eyebrows are the Ennead, your vertex is Anubis, the back of your
head is Horus, your fingers are Thoth, your braided tress is Ptah-
Sokar, and you are before N., who is happy with the great god, whom
he sees in you; lead him on fair roads that he may obstruct the con-
federacy of Seth for you, and make his enemies fall beneath him
before the Great Ennead in the great Mansion of the Prince which is
in Heliopolis. May you take a fair road into the presence of Horus,
Lord of patricians, O N.
  Words spoken by Isis: I have come as your protection, O Osiris,
with the north-wind which issued from Atum. I have let your throat
breathe, I have caused you to be a god, and I have placed your
enemies under your sandals.
  Words spoken by Nephthys: I have gone round about my brother
Osiris N.; I have come as your protection, and my protection will be
about you for ever. Your call has been heard by Re, and vindication
has been carried out for you, O son of Hathor, and your head will
never be taken away. In peace! Arouse yourself !
  <1Formula at the presentation of a lighted torch:>1 O you who come
to lasso, I will not let you lasso; O you who come to do harm, I will
not let you do harm. I will harm you, I will lasso you, for I am N.'s
protection.
  <1The presentation of a pillar-amulet>1:  O you who come seeking,
reverse your steps; O you whose face is covered, I have illumined your
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covered place. I am he who stands behind the pilar on the day-  when
I should stand behind the pillar, and I drive off the slayers, for I am
N.'s protection.
  <1Another presentation of a torch>1: I am he who drags the sand to stop
up the hidden place, I drive off him who would oppose himself to the
torch of the necropolis. I have fired the necropolis, I have confused
the path, for I am N.'s protection.
  WORDS SPOKEN BY Anubis who presides over the god's booth,
who is upon his mountain, Lord of the Sacred Land: I have come
that I may spread my protection over N.
  WORDS SPOKEN BY the living soul of N.: I give praise in the sky
to Re when he goes to rest in the western horizon of the sky.
  WORDS SPOKEN BY the living soul and worthy spirit of N. to
Osiris. <1What was to have been said has been omitted.>1
  <1The presentation of a shabti>1: N. says: O shabti, if I am allotted or
numbered in the realm of the dead for any work, or if any unpleasant
duty of a man at his task is imposed there, whether to plant the
fields, to flood the banks or to convey sand from West to East; " Here
am I,' you shall say.
  WORDS SPOKEN BY Imseti: I am your son, O N. I have come that
I may be your protection, and that I may make your house to flourish
and endure, in accordance with the command of Ptah and in accord-
ance with the command of Re.
  WORDS SPOKEN BY Hapy: I have come that I may be your
protection, O N. : I have knit together your head and your members,
I have smitten your enemies beneath you, and I have given you your
head for ever.
  WORDS SPOKEN BY Duamutef: I am your beloved son Horus,
O N. I have come that I may protect my father Osiris from him who
would harm you, and I lead him under your feet.
  WORDS SPOKEN BY Kebhsenuf: I am Kebhsenuf, and I have
come that I may be your protection, O N. I join your bones together
for you, I collect your members for you, I bring your heart to you, I
set it in its place in your body for you, and I have caused your house to
flourish after you.
  Spell 152
SPELL FOR BUILDING A MANSION ON EARTH.
Geb is joyful when I hasten over him on his body, and men, the
children of their fathers, give me praise when they see that Seshat
brings the Destructive One.
  Anubis has summoned me to build a mansion which is on earth  its
foundation-plan is in Heliopolis, its circuit is in Kheraha he who is
pre-eminent in Letopolis is the scribe responsible for making new
what belongs to it; men bring to it bowls of water, and the gangs
(work at it). Thus said Osiris to the gods who are in his suite: "Let
us go and see the building of this mansion of this equipped spirit who
today has come newly among you. Grant that he may be respected and
give him the praise due to him who is favoured there, and you will
see what I have done and spoken.'
  Thus said Osiris to this god: "Today he has come newly among
you; it is Osiris who brings him herds, it is the south-wind which
brings him barley, it is the north-wind which brings him emmer
which the earth has ripened.'
  The utterance of Osiris has announced me, he who was destroyed
has turned himself over from upon his left side and has set himself upon
his right side. Men, gods, spirits and the dead have seen, they spend
their time in praise, and I am favoured thereby.
  Spell 153A
  SPELL FOR ESCAPING FROM THE NET.
O you who look backward, you with power in your heart, you
fisherman who net at the river-bank and open up the earth: O you
fishermen, children of your fathers, you takers of your catch, who go
round about in the abode of the waters, you shall not catch me in
this net of yours in which you catch the inert ones, you shall not trap
me in this trap in which you trap the wanderers, the floats of which
are in the sky and its weights on earth. I have escaped from its snare,
and I have rejoiced as Henu; I have escaped from its clutch, and I have
appeared as Sobk, I have used my arms for flying from you, even you
who fish and net with hidden fingers.
  I know the reel in it; it is the middle -finger of Sokar.
  I know the guard-beam in it; it is the shank of the Wine-press god.
  I know the valve in it; it is the hand of Isis.
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  I know the cutter in it; it is the knife of Isis with which the navel-
string of Horus was cut.
  I know the name of the floats in it and of its weight; they are the
knee-cap and the knee of the Double Lion.
  I know the name of its cords with which it catches fish; they are
the sinews of Atum.
  I know the names of the fishermen who use it; they are the Earth-
gods, the forefathers of the Swallowers.
  I know the names of its arms; they are the arms of the great god
who gives judgement in Heliopolis on the night of the half-monthly
festival in the Mansion of the Moon . . .
  I know the name of the plateau on which it is pulled tight; it is the
plateau of the firmament on which the gods stand.
  I know the name of the agent who receives its fish; it is " Marker of
jars, the agent of the god.'
  I know the name of the table on which he lays it; it is the table of
Horus who sits alone in darkness and cannot be seen, of whom those
who have not given him praise are afraid.
  I have come and have appeared as a great one, I have governed the
land, I have gone down to the earth in the two great barks, and the
Great One has made presentation to me in the midst of the Prince-
mansion. I have come as a fisherman, with my net and my reel in my
hand, my knife in my hand, and my cutter in my hand; I go to and
fro and I catch with my net.
  I know the name of the reel which closes the mouth of the opening;
it is the middle finger of Osiris.
  I know the name of the fingers which hold it; they are the fingers
which are on the hand of Re and the nails which are on the hand of
Hathor.
  I know the name of the cords which are on this reel; they are the
sinews of the Lord of the common folk.
  I know the name of its valve; it is the hand of Isis.
  I know the name of its draw-rope; it is the draw-rope of the
Eldest God.
  I know the name of its netting; it is . . . of the day.
  I know the names of the fishermen who use it; they are the Earth-
gods who are in the presence of Re.
  I know the name of . . .; they are everyone who is in the presence
of Geb.
  What you have brought and eaten, I have brought and eaten; you
have swallowed what Geb and Osiris swallowed. O you who look
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behind you, O you who have power in your heart, fish and catch for
him who opens the earth, O you fishers, children of your fathers, who
entrap within Nefersenet, you shall not catch me in your net  you
shall not entrap me in your net in which you catch the inert ones and
entrap those who are throughout the earth, for I know it, I know it
from its upper floats to its lower weights. Here am I, I have come
with my reel in my hand, my peg in my hand, my valve in my hand
and my knife in my hand; I have come and I have entered; I smite
and I catch. Do you know that I know the name of the catcher of
fledglings? I break his bow. I smite him and I put him in his place.
As for the peg which is in my hand, it is the shank of the Wine-press
god; as for the reel which is in my hand, it is the finger of Sokar; as
for the valve which is in my hand, it is the hand of Isis; as for the
knife which is in my hand, it is the decapitating sword of the Wine-
press god.
  Here am I; I have come. Here am I; I sit in the bark of Re, I ferry
across the Lake of the Two Knives in the northern sky, I hear the
words of the gods, I do as they do, I rejoice as they rejoice over my
double, I live on what they live on. I ascend on your ladder which my
father Re made for me, and Horus and Seth grip my hands.
  Spell 153B
  SPELL FOR ESCAPING FROM THE CATCHER OF FISH.
O you net-users, trappers and fishermen, O you children of your
fathers, do you know that I know the name of that great and mighty
net? "The All-embracing' is its name.
  Do you know that I know the name of its cords? They are the
sinews of Isis.
  Do you know that I know the name of the peg? It is the shank of
Atum.
  Do you know that I know the name of its reel? It is the finger of
the Wine-press god.
  Do you know that I know the name of its valve? It is the finger-
nail of Ptah.
  Do you know that I know the name of its knife? It is the decapi-
tating sword of Isis.
  Do you know that I know the name of its weights? It is the iron in
the midst of the sky.
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feathers of the Falcon.
  Do you know that I know the name of its fishermen? They are
baboons.
  Do you know that I know the name of the plateau on which it is
pulled tight? It is the Mansion of the Moon.
  Do you know that I know the name of him who uses it for him-
self? He is the great prince who dwells in the eastern side of the sky.
  The Great One shall not eat me, the Great One shall not swallow
me, I shall not sit on my haunches by the water, for I have eaten and
I have swallowed in his presence, and the food of the dead is in my
belly.
  I am a guinea-fowl, I am Re who emerged from the Abyss, my
soul is a god. I am he who created Authority, and falsehood is my
detestation. I am Osiris who created righteousness so that Re might
live by it daily. I am prayed to as a bull, I am invoked in the Ennead
in this my name of the guinea-fowl god. I came into being of myself
in company with the Abyss in this my name of Khopri; I come into
being in it daily, for I am the Lord of light; I appear as Re, Lord of
the East, and life is given to me at his risings in the East. I have come
to the sky and I have sought out my throne which is in the East.
They are the youths and elders who are in the fields who apportion
the time when I am born in peace. I have eaten as Shu, I have swal-
lowed as Shu, I have defecated as Shu; the Kings of Upper and Lower
Egypt are in me, Khons is in me, the heads of the netters of fish are
in me, while the warmth of the earth shall embrace you, you multi-
tudes.
  Spell  154
  SPELL FOR NOT LETTING THE CORPSE PERISH.
Hail to you, my father Osiris! I have come to you to the intent that
you may heal my Mesh; I am complete like my father Khopri, who is
the like of one who does not perish. Come, that my breath may be
stronger than yours, O Lord of breath; where are the likes of him?
May I endure longer than you, for I am fashioned as the possessor of
a burial; may you permit me to go down into the earth for ever like
that one who serves you and your father Atum, and his corpse will
not perish; such is he who will not be destroyed. I have not done what
you dislike; may your double love me and not thrust me aside; take
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me after you. May I not become corrupt, being like that one who
served you better than any god or any goddess, than any herds or any
snakes who shall perish. May my soul ascend aloft after death; may it
descend only after it has perished. Such is he who is decayed; all his
bones are corrupt, his flesh is slain, his bones are softened, his flesh is
made into foul water, his corruption stinks and he turns into many
worms . . . when he is sent to the Eye of Shu, whether as god, goddess,
fowl, fish, snakes, worms and herds altogether, because they pros-
trated themselves to me when they recognized me; it is the fear of
me which frightens them. Now every mortal is thus, one who will die
whether (men), herds, fowl, fish, snakes or worms; those who live
will die. May no worm at all pass by; may they not come against me
in their various shapes; you shall not give me over to that slayer
who is in his . . ., who kills the body, who rots the hidden one, who
destroys a multitude of corpses, who lives by killing the living, who
carries out his business and who does what has been commanded to
him. You shall not give me over to his fingers, he shall not have
power over me, for I am at your command, O Lord of the gods.
  Hail to you, my father Osiris! You shall possess your body; you
shall not become corrupt, you shall not have worms, you shall not be
distended, you shall not stink, you shall not become putrid, you shall
not become worms. I am Khopri; I will possess my body for ever, for
I will not become corrupt, I will not decay, I will not be putrid, I will
not become worms, I will not be faint because of the Eye of Shu, I
exist, I am alive  I am strong, I have awaked in peace, I have not
decayed, there is no destruction in my viscera, I have not been injured,
my eye has not rotted, my skull has not been crushed, my ears are not
deaf, my head has not removed itself from my neck, my tongue has
not been taken away, my hair has not been cut off, my eyebrows have
not been stripped, no injury has happened to me. My corpse is
permanent, it will not perish nor be destroyed in this land for ever.
  Spell 155
  SPELL FOR A DJED-PILLAR OF GOLD.
Raise yourself, O Osiris, place yourself on your side, that I may put
water beneath you and that I may bring you a djed-pillar of gold so
that you may rejoice at it.
  TO BE SAID OVER A GOLDEN DJED-PILLAR EMBELLISHED
WITH SYCAMORE-BAST  TO BE PLACED ON THE THROAT OF THE
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DECEASED ON THE DAY OF INTERMENT. AS FOR HIM ON WHOSE
THROAT THIS AMULET HAS BEEN PLACED, HE WILL BE A WORTHY
SPIRIT WHO WILL BE IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD ON NEW
YEARS DAY LIKE THOSE WHO ARE IN THE SUITE OF OSIRIS
A matter a million times true.
  Spell 156
  SPELL FOR A BUCKLE-AMULET OF RED JASPER.
You have your blood, O Isis; you have your power, O Isis; you have
your magic, O Isis. The amulet is a protection for this Great One
which will drive away whoever would commit a crime against him.
  TO BE SAID OVER A BUCKLE-AMULET OF RED JASPER MOIS-
TENED WITH JUICE OF THE LIFE-IS-IN-IT FRUIT AND EM-
BELLISHED WITH SYCAMORE-BAST AND PLACED ON THE NECK
OF THE DECEASED ON THE DAY OF INTERMENT. AS FOR HIM FOR
WHOM THIS IS DONE, THE POWER OF ISIS WILL BE THE PRO-
TECTION OF HIS BODY, AND HORUS SON OF ISIS WILL REJOICE
OVER HIM WHEN HE SEES HIM; NO PATH WILL BE HIDDEN FROM
HIM, AND ONE SIDE OF HIM WILL BE TOWARD THE SKY AND
THE OTHER TOWARD THE EARTH.
  A true matter; you shall not let anyone see it in your hand, for
there is nothing equal to it.
  Spell 157
SPELL FOR A GOLDEN VULTURE to be placed on the neck of the
  deceased.
Isis came, she halted at the town and sought out a hiding-place for
Horus when he came out of his marshes . . . awoke in a bad state and
painted his eyes in the god's ship. It was commanded to him to rule
the Banks, and he assumed the condition of a mighty warrior, for he
remembered what had been done, and he engendered fear of him and
inspired respect. His great mother protects him and erases those who
come against Horus.
  TO BE SPOKEN OVER a golden vulture with this spell inscribed on
it; it is to be set as a protection for this worthy spirit on the day of
interment, as a matter a million times true.
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  Spell 158
SPELL FOR A GOLDEN COLLAR TO BE PLACED ON THE THROAT
  OF THE DECEASED.
O my father, my brother, and my mother Isis  release me  look at me
for I am one of those who should be released when Geb sees them.
  TO BE SPOKEN OVER a golden collar with this spell inscribed on it;
it is to be set on the throat of the deceased on the day of interment.
  Spell 159
SPELL FOR A COLUMN OF GREEN FELSPAR TO BE PLACED ON
  THE THROAT OF THE DECEASED.
O you who have come forth today from the god's house, She whose
voice is loud goes round about from the door of the Two Houses, she
has assumed the power of her father, who is ennobled as Bull of the
Nursing Goddess, and she accepts those of her followers who do great
deeds for her.
  TO BE SPOKEN OVER a column of green felspar with this spell
inscribed on it; it is to be set on the throat of the deceased.
  Spell  160
  GIVING A COLUMN OF GREEN FELSPAR.
To me belongs a column of green felspar which is not imperfect, and
which the hand of Thoth supports, for he detests injury. If it is
intact, then I will be hale; if it is uninjured, then will I be uninjured;
if it is not struck, then I will not be struck. It is what Thoth has said
which knits your spine together.
  Welcome, O Elder of Heliopolis, greatest in Pe, to whom Shu has
gone; he finds him in Shenmu in this his name of " Green Felspar.'
He has taken his place opposite the great god, and Atum is satisfied
with his Eye, so that my members will not be damaged.
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  Spell  161
SPELL FOR BREAKING AN OPENING INTO THE SKY which Thoth
  made for Onnophris when he broke into the solar disk.
Re lives, the tortoise is dead, the corpse is interred  and N.'s bones
are reunited.
  Re lives, the tortoise is dead, and he who is in the sarcophagus and
in the coffin is stretched out.
  <1The two remaining paragraphs continue the refrain>1 " <1Re lives, the>1
<1tortoise is dead,' but otherwise are unintelligible. A " rubric' in black>1
<1follows:>1
  As for any noble dead for whom this ritual is performed over his
coffin, there shall be opened for him four openings in the sky, one for
the north-wind--that is Osiris; another for the south-wind--that is
Re; another for the west-wind--that is Isis; another for the east-wind
--that is Nephthys. As for each one of these winds which is in its
opening, its task is to enter into his nose. No outsider knows, for it is
a secret which the common folk do not yet know; you shall not
perform it over anyone, not your father or your son, except yourself
alone. It is truly a secret, which no-one of the people should know.
  Spell 166
  SPELL FOR A HEADREST.
May the pigeons awaken you when you are asleep, O N., may they
awaken your head at the horizon. Raise yourself, so that you may be
triumphant over what was done against you, for Ptah has felled your
enemies, and it is commanded that action be taken against those who
would harm you. You are Horus son of Hathor, the male and female
fiery serpents, to whom was given a head after it had been cut off.
Your head shall not be taken from you afterwards, your head shall
not be taken from you for ever.
  Spell  167
  SPELL FOR BRINGING A SACRED EYE BY N.
Thoth has fetched the sacred Eye, having pacified the Eye after Re
had sent it away. It was very angry, but Thoth pacified it from anger
after it had been far away. If I be hale, it will be hale, and N. will be
hale.
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  Spell  168
  Those who lift up their faces to the sky in the bow of the bark of Re
  will permit N. to see Re when he rises. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO
  THEM ON EARTH BY N., a possessor of gifts in the West within the
  Field of Offerings.
  Those who lift up their faces to the sky in the bow of the bark of
  Re will permit Osiris to see Re when he rises. A BOWL IS OFFERED
  TO THEM ON EARTH BY N., a follower of the great god, the Lord of
  the beautiful West.
  Those who drive Re will cause bread to pass to N. as to the suite Of
  Re when he goes to rest. A BOWL WILL BE OFFERED TO THEM ON
  EARTH By N., who comes to Horus, Lord of the Mountain-top.
  The bearers of gifts will cause N. to be like those who are in the
  Netherworld. A BOWL WILL BE OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH
  BY N., who goes out and comes in with Re for ever.
  The inert ones will permit N. to enter into the Hall of justice. A
  BOWL WILL BE OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH BY N., as a possessor
  of gifts in the beautiful West.
  The snakes will permit N. to follow Re into his bark. A BOWL
  WILL BE OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH BY N., who travels freely
  with the gods of the Netherworld.
  The bearers of offerings who give offerings to the gods wili give
  offerings and provisions to N. in the realm of the dead. A BOWL
  WILL BE OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH BY N. May they not stand
  up against the soul at the portal.
  THE GODS OF THE EIGHTH CAVERN OF THE NETHERWORLD
  WHOSE SHAPES ARE MYSTERIOUS, WHO BREATHE THE AIR.
  The gods who are in their shrines which are about the Abyss. May
  they let N. drink. A BOWL WILL BE OFFERED TO THEM ON
  EARTH BY N.; may his soul live and may his corpse be intact in the
  realm of the dead.
  The gods who are in the suite of Osiris. May they grant that N. be
  at rest with his mummy. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH
  BY N. in the presence of the great god who dwells in his bark.
  He who stands up. May he permit N. to worship Re when he rises.
  A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH BY N.; he shall be in
  charge of the braziers.
  He who is hidden. May he make N. strong in the hall of Geb. A
  BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH BY N., who knows the
  secrets of the lords of the Netherworld.
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  He who is mysterious. May he permit N.'s corpse to be strong and
intact on earth and in the realm of the dead. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO
THEM ON EARTH BY N., being a possessor of movement in the realm
of the dead and in Rostau.
  He who is concealed. May he give bread and beer to N. with you in
the House of Osiris. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH BY
N., who enters into the secrets of the lords of the Netherworld.
  The mysterious one of Osiris. May he cause N. to be a possessor of
movement in the sacred place. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON
EARTH BY N., who becomes the owner of a throne in the realm of
the dead.
  Sherem. He shall not let evil draw near to N. in the realm of the
dead. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH BY N., a soul who
hears the words of the gods.
  The Usher. May he permit N. to see Re when he rises and sets. A
BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH BY N. May his members
live and his body be hale for ever.
  The Dark One. May he make N. to be a spirit on earth and to
be strong in the West. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH
BY N., whose legs have power as a possessor of a throne in the
West.
  The Eyeless One. May he permit N. to be among those who are in
charge of braziers. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH BY N.,
who belongs to the Standing One who is in the Netherworld.
  The Embalmers. May they permit N. to be in the presence of the
great god, Lord of the West. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON
EARTH BY N., who becomes a possessor of arms and one who is
stouthearted in the realm of the dead.
  The Males whose arms are hidden. May they permit N. to be with
them for ever in the realm of the dead. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO
THEM ON EARTH BY N., who will attain to the throne of Osiris.
  The Females whose arms are hidden. May they grant that N. be
hale  and  that  his  offerings  endure  in  his  presence.  A  BOWL  IS
OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH BY N.; he is the two-horned one
who hears the words of the gods.
  He whose body is hidden. May he grant to N. righteousness with
Re who is in his Ennead. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH
BY N. as the possessor of a phallus who takes women for ever.
  The souls who go forth. May they judge the speech of N. among
the gods who are with them. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON
EARTH By N. among the living, the lords of eternity.
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  Those who belong to . . . May they grant that N. have power
through his offerings on earth like all the gods. A BOWL IS OFFERED
TO THEM ON EARTH BY N., who benefits from provisions in the
realm of the dead.
  Those who receive. May they permit N. to enter into all the secret
places of the Netherworld. A BOWL WILL BE OFFERED TO THEM
ON EARTH BY N., who shall have power over offerings upon earth as
a possessor of braziers.
  The female inert ones. May they grant that N. be with the great
god as the possessor of a phallus. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON
EARTH BY N., so that he who is in the secret place in darkness may
have light.
  Osiris-Anubis. May he grant that N. be a possessor of a throne in
the Sacred Land. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH BY N.
who passes the threshold of the portal of Osiris.
  THE GODS OF THE TENTH CAVERN IN THE NETHERWORLD,
WHO CRY ALOUD AND WHOSE MYSTERIES ARE HOLY.
  Those who belong to the sunshine. May they give light to N. in
darkness. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH BY N., who
worships the great god in his place every day.
  Those who take hold. May they grant that N. be acclaimed. A
BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH BY N. on the day of driving
off the great encircling serpent.
  The Nine Gods who guard those who are in (the cavern). May they
grant the breath of life to N. on earth and in the realm of the dead.
A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH BY N., whose hand is
extended and who repels him who comes.
  The Nine Gods whose arms are hidden. May they grant that N. be a
spirit like the worthy spirits. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON
EARTH BY N., whose head is hale on earth and in the realm of the
dead.
  The Hidden Goddess. May she grant that N.'s soul be strong and
his corpse intact like the gods who are in the Netherworld. A BOWL
IS OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH BY N.; may his soul rest in the
place where it desires to be.
  The souls of the gods who have become the members of Osiris.
May they grant that N. have peace. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM
ON EARTH By N., who receives his place on earth and in the realm of
the dead.
  Those who worship Re. N. shall not be driven off from any of the
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portals of the Netherworld. A BOWL SHALL BE OFFERED TO THEM
ON EARTH BY N. when he goes out into the day and is cool in the
cool place.
  Those whose faces are warlike. May they grant that N. be cool in
the place of heat. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH BY N.;
may he sit in front in the presence of the great god.
  THE GODS OF THE ELEVENTH CAVERN, COVERED, . . .
HIDDEN,SECRET.
  The Python. May she grant that N. be hale before the great god
who is in the Netherworld. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON
EARTH BY N., who shall come into being as Khopri in the West.
  The Soul of the West. May he grant invocation-offerings of bread
and beer, oxen and fowl to N. on earth and in the realm of the dead.
A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH BY N.  a possessor of a
throne whose heart is content on the mountain of the realm of the dead.
  The Souls of Earth. May they grant triumph to N. over his
enemies in sky and earth. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON
EARTH BY N., who keeps silence regarding all that he has seen.
  Those who make offerings. May they grant that N. be like the
crew (of the solar bark) in the sky. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM
ON EARTH BY N.; may he go in by the secret portal.
  The Nine Gods who rule the West. May they permit N. to go in by
the great secret portal of Osiris. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON
EARTH BY N., who is dominant over the Lords of the Netherworld.
  The Nine Gods who are in the suite of Osiris. May they grant that
N. have power over his enemies. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON
EARTH BY N.; may he become a worthy soul from day to day.
  Ikeh. May he grant that N. be in the presence of Re and that he
may cross the sky for ever. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON
EARTH BY N., for he is in the following of Him who dwells in the
Place of Embalmment, Lord of the Sacred Land.
  The Embalmer of Osiris. May he grant that N.'s soul shall live; he
shall not die again for ever. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON
EARTH BY N.; mourning shall be decreed for him and for his god.
  The Nine Watchers. May they grant wakefulness to N.; he shall
never be destroyed. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH BY
N., who is vindicated before Osiris, Lord of the Fayyum.
  The Nine Mourners. May they grant mourning for N. like what
was done for Osiris. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH BY
N. when his soul ascends among the spirits.
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  He whom Re summoned. May he summon N. to Re and his
Ennead. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH BY N  whose
soul comes into the secret place and goes up from the earth.
  Iken. May he drive away all evil from N. for ever. A BOWL IS
OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH BY N., who comes in peace and is
vindicated.
  Those who are with Her whose head is red. May they permit N. to
go in and out and to stride forward like the Lords of the Netherworld.
A BOWLIS OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH By N. when he goes in
and out of the portal of the Netherworld.
  She whose head is red. May she grant that N. have power over the
waters. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH BY N. as one who
strides freely up the great stairway.
  The Coiled Serpent. May she grant that N. be holy in the Nether-
world for ever. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH BY N.
as a worthy soul who is in his cavern.
  Those who are with the Coiled Serpent. May they permit N. to stride
forward freely in the sacred place. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON
EARTH BY N., and he shall be in the presence ofthe Followers of Horus.
  The Nine Gods who hide Osiris. May they grant that N. dwell in
the place which he desires. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON
EARTH BY N., and he shall be among the Lords of righteousness.
  The Destroyer. May he clear N.'s vision that he may see the Sun-
shine-god. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH BY N., so that
he may be in the following of the serpent-guardian of the West.
  THE GODS OF THE TWELFTH CAVERN OF THE NETHERWORLD;
THE GODS ARE UNITED IN FRONT OF THOSE WHO GUIDE.
  He of the river-bank. May he grant that N. be Lord of the Island
of the just. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH BY N. as a
possessor of offerings in the Field of Rushes.
  The gods who are in the region of the Netherworld. May they give
justice to N. in the Hall of justice. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM
ON EARTH BY N.; may he plough in the Field of Offerings.
  The gods who are with the Coiled Serpent. May they grant that N.
be in the place which his double desires, and he will be there. A
BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH BY N., who will come into
being at the word of the Lord of the West.
  The gods who are on the earth. May they give an island to N. in the
Field of Rushes. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH BY N.;
may he dwell in the place where he desires to be.
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  He who is in charge of the earth. May he make a grant of land to
N. in the Field of Offerings. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON
EARTH BY N.; may amulets protect him like the Lords of the
Netherworld.
  The gods who are in the earth. May they give food-offerings,
provisions and a portion of meat to N. in the realm of the dead. A
BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH BY N. when he sets in
Manu.
  Those who are in charge of the secret things which are in the
earth. May they place their walls about N., like what is done for the
Inert One. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH BY N. when
he goes in and out of the realm of the dead.
  The gods who are in the coils of the Serpent. May they cause the
sun-disk to look on N. A BOWL IS OFFERED TO THEM ON EARTH
By N. as a mighty spirit in his firmament.
  Yuba. May he grant that N. rest in the West. A BOWL IS OFFERED
TO THEM ON EARTH BY N. when going in and out of the West more
than anyone.
  Spell  169
  SPELL FOR ERECTING A BIER.
You are the Lion, you are the Double Lion, you are Horus the
protector of his father, you are the fourth of these four mighty gods
who belong to those who make acclamation and who make shouting,
who bring water by means of their power of . . . Raise yourself upon
your right side, lift yourself upon your left side, for Geb will open for
you your blind eyes, he will straighten your bent knees, and there
will be given to you your heart which you had from your mother,
your heart which belongs to your body. Your soul is bound for the
sky, your corpse is beneath the ground; there is bread for your belly,
water for your throat and sweet air for your nose. Those who are in
their tombs will be kindly to you, those who are in their cofins will be
open to you, they will bring to you your members when you are
re-established in your original shape. You shall go up to the sky, the
cord shall be knotted for you in the presence of Re, you shall close the
net in the river, you shall drink water from it, you shall walk on your
feet, you shall not walk upside down. You shall ascend to those who
are above the earth, you shall not go out to those who are under the
walls; your walls which belong to you, being what your city god made
for you, will not be thrown down.
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  You are pure, your front is pure, your back parts are clean by
means of natron, fresh water and incense, and you are pure by means
of milk of Apis, by beer of the Beer-goddess, and by natron which
dispels the evil on you. Tefenet the daughter of Re will feed you in
the presence of her father Re; She of the Valley will knit you together
as at the burial of her father Osiris, you will bite on something sweet
which he gives to you there. Your three portions are above with Re,
of barley of Ibu; your four portions are below with Geb, of barley of
Upper Egypt; it is the citizens who bring to you Him of the Field of
Offerings, and he is set before you. You shall go forth with Re, you
shall have power through Re, you shall have power in your legs at all
seasons and at any hour.
  You shall not be examined, you shall not be imprisoned, you shall
not be watched, you shall not be fettered, you shall not be put in the
cell for rebels, the sand shall be removed from your face. Beware of
him who is heavy against you, let none oppose you; beware that you
do not go forth. Take your garment, your sandals, your staff, your
loincloth and all your weapons, so that you may cut off the heads and
sever the necks of those rebellius enemies who draw near when you
are dead. " Do not go near' is the word of the great god to you, even he
who brings himself on the day of coming into being. The Falcon
rejoices at you, the Goose cackles at you, the doors of the sky are
opened by Re, the earth is thrown open for you by Geb, because your
power is so great and the knowledge of your name is so effective. It is
opening up the West for this worthy soul, it is speech which is
pleasing to the heart of Re and satisfactory to the heart of his tribunal
which watches over men. May the Double Lion lead to the place
where N. has made his double content.
  O N., entrap all those who would harm you, for you have life, your
soul has health, your corpse is long-enduring, you see the flame, you
breathe the air, your vision is clear in the House of Darkness which is
set in the entrance (of the sky), without seeing a storm. You serve the
ruler of the Two Lands, you refresh yourself at the meru-tree in the
presence of him whose magic is mighty, while Seshat sits before you,
Sia protects your body, the Ox-herd milks for you his herd which
follows Sekhat-Hor. May you raise yourself at the opening of the
waters of Kheraha, may the great ones of Pe and Dep praise you,
may you gaze on Thoth the representative of Re in the sky, may you
go up and enter into the pillared hall, may the Rivals make report to
you. Your double is with you because of your joy of heart at your
existing. Your happy . . . awaken you, the Ennead makes your heart
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glad ; four loaves are issued to you in Letopolis, fourloaves in Hermop-
olis and four loaves in Heliopolis upon the altar of the Lady of the
Two Lands. May the night of stars awaken you, may the Lords of
Heliopolis refresh you, may food be in your mouth, for your feet
shall not go astray, yourlimbs shall have life, you shall grasp a whip in
Abydos; you shall guide the collection of the great ones, the full
muster of those who are in charge of the company at the jubilee of
Osiris at the morning of the Waeg-festival, and of the masters of the
mysteries. You shall be adorned with gold, your vestment being of
fine linen, the Nile shall surge over your breast, the seter-plant will
be beneficial to you, being carved on your offering-stone, and you
shall drink beside the Lake of the Two Knives. The gods who are
yonder shall favour you, you shall ascend to the sky with the gods who
present Truth to Re, you shall be inducted into the presence of the
Ennead, and you shall be made like one of them. Yours is the khar-
goose, son of the ro-goose, and you shall offer it to Ptah South-of-his-
Wall.
  Spell 170
  SPELL FOR ASSEMBLING A BIER.
O N., I have given you your flesh, I have gathered your bones
together for you, I have collected your members for you, I have
thrown off for you the earth which was on your flesh, for you are
Horus within the egg. Raise yourself that you may see the gods,
extend your arm toward the horizon, to the pure place where you
desire to be. May men serve you there, may acclamation be made for
you, with what is issued from the altar. Horus will raise you up at his
appearings, just as he did for Him who was in the Pure Place.
  O N., Anubis who is on his mountain will raise you up and will
make your bandages strong.
  O N., Ptah-Sokar will give you an arm with its temple adornments.
  O N., Thoth himself will come to you with the book of the sacred
words, and he will set your hand on the horizon, at the place which
your double desires ; he it was who helped you, O Osiris, on that night
of death. May your White Crown be firm on your brow, for Shesmu
is with you, and he will present you with the choicest of fowl.
  O N., raise yourself on your bier that you may go forth. Re will
raise you up in the horizon, to the bank of rowers which is in his bark.
O N., Atum, father of the gods, will cause you to endure for ever.
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  O N.  Min of Koptos will raise you up so that gods of the shrine
may worship you.
  O N.  how happy a thing it is that you should cross in peace to your
house for eternity, your tomb for everlasting! May you be greeted in
Pe and Dep in the shrine which your double desires, for your place is
pre-eminent and your power is great. The great bier will raise you up
to the Wild Bull whom the gods embrace, for you are a god who
begot those who exist, whose shape is better than those of the gods.
Your brilliance is greater than that of the spirits, your power is
mightier than that of those who are yonder.
  O N., Ptah South-of-his-Wall will raise you up and will advance
your position above that of the gods.
  O N., you are Horus, son of Isis, whom Ptah begot, whom Nut
created; may you shine like Re in the horizon when he illumines the
Two Lands with his beauty. The gods say to you: " Welcome! Cross
over that you may see your possessions in your house for eternity.'
Ernutet will raise you up, even she whom Atum impregnated in the
presence of the Ennead.
  O Nut, I am the heir of the sky, the companion of Him who
created his light; I went forth from the womb when I was orphaned
of my father without having the wisdom to answer for my deeds.
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  SPELL FOR DONNING A PURE GARMENT.
Atum, Shu, Tefenet, Geb, Nut,  Osiris, Isis, Seth, Nephthys, Harakhti,
Hathor, the Great Mansion, Khopri, Mont the Lord of Thebes, Amun
the Lord of the thrones of the Two Lands, the Great Ennead, the
Lesser Ennead, the gods and goddesses who are in the Abyss, Sobk of
Crocodilopolis, Sobk in all his many names in every place of his where
his soul desires to be; the southern gods and the northern gods, those
who are in the sky and those who are on earth: mayyou give this pure
garment to the worthy spirit N.; may you grant that it be beneficial
to him; may you remove the evil which is on him. As for this pure
garment for N., may it be allotted to him for ever and ever, and may
you remove the evil which is on him.
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  Spell 172
HERE BEGIN THE SPELLS OF PRAISING WHICH ARE MADE IN
  THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
I am purified with natron, I chew natron, incense . . . I am pure, and
pure are the recitations which come forth from my mouth. They are
more pure than the fins and scales of the fish in the river, more than
the image belonging to the Mansion of Natron; my recitations are
pure. How happy am I! Ptah praises me, He who is South-of-his-Wall
praises me, every god praises me and every goddess praises me, (and
they say): " Your beauty is that of a calm pool, like a quiet water;
your beauty is that of a hall of festival wherein every god is extolled;
your beauty is like the pillar of Ptah, indeed like the shaft of Re.'
May there be made for me a pillar for Ptah and a metal jar for Him
who is South-of-his-Wall.
  SEE, YOU ARE DOUBLY MOURNED. First stanza. See, you are
lamented, you are glorified, you are exalted, you are a spirit, you are
mighty. Rise up, for you are indeed risen! Rise up against those who
would harm you, male or female, for your enemies are fallen; Ptah
has felled your enemies, and you are victorious over them, you have
power over them. Your words are heard, orders are carried out for
you, for you are risen and vindicated in the tribunals of every god or
goddess.
  SEE  YOU ARE DOUBLY MOURNED. Second stanza. Your head, O
my lord, is adorned with the tress of a woman of Asia; your face is
brighter than the Mansion of the Moon; your upper part is lapis
lazuli; your hair is blacker than all the doors of the Netherworld on
the day of darkness, your hair is bestrewn with lapis lazuli; the upper
part of your face is as the shining of Re; your visage is covered with
gold and Horus has inlaid it with lapis lazuli; your eyebrows are the
two sisterly Serpents, and Horus has inlaid them with lapis lazuli;
your nose is in the odour of the place of embalming, your nostrils are
like the winds of the sky; your eyes behold Bakhu; your eyelashes
are firm every day, being coloured with real lapis lazuli; your eyelids
are the bringers of peace, and their corners are full of black eyepaint;
your lips give you truth, they repeat truth to Re and make the gods
content; your teeth are those of the Coiled Serpent, with which the
Two Horuses play; your tongue is wise and sharp when you speak to
the kites of the field; your jaw is the starry sky; your breasts are firm
in their place when they traverse the western desert.
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  SEE, YOU ARE DOUBLY MOURNED. Third stanza. Your neck is
adorned with gold and also with fine gold; your throat is great, your
windpipe is Anubis; your vertebrae are the Two Cobras; your back is
overlaid with gold and also with fine gold; your lungs are Nephthys;
your face is the Nile-god and his flood; your buttocks are eggs of
carnelian; your legs are strong in walking; you are seated on your
throne, and the gods have given you your eyes.
  SEE, YOU ARE DOUBLY MOURNED. Fourth stanza. Your gullet
is Anubis; your body is extended with gold; your breasts are eggs of
carnelian which Horus has inlaid with lapis lazuli; your arms glitter
with faience; your shoulders are firm in their places; your heart is
happy every day; your heart is the work of the two Mighty Ones;
your thighs worship the lower stars, your belly is the peaceful sky;
your navel is the Morning Star which makes judgement and promises
light in darkness, and whose offerings are the "life-is-in-it' plant; it
worships the Majesty of Thoth. I love its beauty in my tomb which
  my god decreed for me in the pure place where I desire to be.
  SEE, YOU ARE DOUBLY MOURNED. Fifth stanza. Your arms are a
waterway at the fair season of inundation, a waterway which the
  Children of Water have covered; your knees are enclosed with gold;
your breast is a thicket of the swamps; the soles of your feet are firm
  every day; your toes guide you on fair paths, O N.; your hands are
  the reeds in the water-basins; your fingers are picks of gold and their
  nails are knives of flint in the faces of those who would harm you.
  SEE, YOU ARE DOUBLY MOURNED. Sixth stanza. You don the
  pure garment, you discard the thick cloth, you rise up from the bier,
  the foreleg is cut off for your double, O N., the heart is for your
  mummy, you receive the loincloth of fine linen from the hands of the
  messenger of Re; you eat bread upon a cloth woven by Tayt herself;
you eat the foreleg, you devour the haunch. Re glorifies you in his
pure abode; you wash your feet in bowls of silver fashioned by the
craft of Sokar, while you eat the shens-bread which was issued from
the altar; the two god's-fathers make presentation, and you eat persen-
bread prepared in the cooking-vessel of the storehouse; in the fear of
your heart you chew onions from your offering-stone; the nurse-
baboons prepare for you the provisions and food of the Souls of
Heliopolis, who themselves bear food to you; fowl and fish are
promised to you to be at your feet in the portals of the Great Mansion.
You raise up Orion, your hinder-parts reach to the sky; and her hands
are on you. That is what Orion said, even he the son of Nut who bore
the gods. The two great gods of the sky said the one to the other:
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"Take on your shoulder him whom I have brought on my shoulder
and let us help N. on this happy day. May he be glorified, may he be
remembered, even he who will be in the mouths of all children.'
Raise yourself and listen to your praises in the mouths of all your
household.
  SEE, YOU ARE DOUBLY MOURNED. Seventh stanza. May Anubis
embalm you, for he has acted on behalf of one whom he has favoured.
May the Greatest of the Seers make presentation of his clothing when
you go to bathe in the Lake of Perfection, for he is the butler of the
great god. May you make offerings in the Upper Houses, may you
propitiate the Lords of Heliopolis, may you present to Re water in a
vase and two large jars of milk. May your offering be raised up on the
altar; may your feet be washed on a stone of . . . on the slab of the
God of the Lake; may you ascend and see Re on the supporting posts
of the sky, on the head of Pillar-of-his-Mother, and on the shoulders
of Wepwawet; may he open a path for you that you may see the
horizon, the pure place where you desire to be.
  SEE, YOU ARE DOUBLY MOURNED. Eighth stanza. Offerings are
divided up for you in the presence of Re. You have your front part,
you have your back part, being what Horus and Thoth decreed for
you. They have summoned you, and you see that whereby you
become a spirit. It is caused that the god goes up to you in the
neighbourhood of the Souls of Heliopolis; may you proceed on the
paths, great in your dignity of one who receives the offerings of your
father who was before you, being clad in fine linen every day and
being guided by the god to the portals of the Great Mansion.
  SEE, YOU ARE DOUBLY MOURNED. Ninth stanza. As for N.,
there is air for him, air for his nose, air for his nostrils; a thousand
geese, and fifty baskets of everything good and pure. Your enemies
have fallen and shall exist no longer, O N.
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The greetings of Horus to his father when he went in to see his
father Osiris when he went up into the great pure place, so that Re
might see him as Onnophris, Lord of the Sacred Land; they embraced
each other in order that he might be a spirit thereby in the realm of
the dead.
  Worship of Osiris, Foremost of the Westerners, the great god,
Lord of Abydos, King of eternity and Ruler of everlastin g, the
august god in Rostau, by N.
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  I give you praise, O Lord of the gods, sole god who lives on truth--
so says your son Horus. I have come to you that I may greet you, and I
have brought truth to you at the place where your Ennead is; may you
grant that I be among those who are in your suite and that I may fell all
your enemies, for I have perpetuated your offerings on earth for ever.
Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus, and I have come to you that I may
  greet you, my father Osiris.
Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come, having felled your
  enemies for you.
Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come that I may remove
  all evil which is on you.
  Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come that I may slay for
  you him who mutilated you.
  Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come, having thrust my hand
  against those who rebelled against you.
  Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come, having brought to you
  the confederacy of Seth with their bonds on them.
  Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come, having brought Upper
  Egypt to you and having bound Lower Egypt together for you.
  Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come, having perpetuated
  god's-offerings for you in Upper and Lower Egypt.
  Ho Osiris!  I am your son Horus; I have come, having cultivated
  fields for you.
  Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come, having flooded the
  river-banks for you.
  Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come, having ploughed up
  the lands for you.
  Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come, having constructed
  canals for you.
  Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come, having cut irrigation
  channels for you.
  Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come, having made for you
  a massacre of those who rebelled against you.
  Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come, having made wild
  bulls and herds into butchery for you.
  Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come, having made pro-
  vision for you.
  Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come, having brought to
  you . . .
  Ho Osiris ! I am your son Horus; I have come, having killed for
  you . . .
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Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come, having struck down
  calves for you.
Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come, having wrung the
  necks of geese and ducks for you.
Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come, having lassoed your
  enemies for you with their own ropes.
Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come, having got rid of
  your enemies for you down a drain-pipe.
Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come, having brought you
  fresh water from Elephantine so that you may be refreshed with it.
Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come, having brought you
  all kinds of fresh vegetables.
Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come, having perpetuated
  your offerings on earth like Re.
Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come, having prepared your
  bread of red emmer in Pe.
Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come, having prepared your
  beer from white shert-grain in Dep.
Ho Osiris ! I am your son Horus; I have come, having cultivated
  barley and emmer for you in the Field of Rushes.
Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come, having reaped them
  there for you.
Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come that I may glorify you.
Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come that I may cause you to
  be a soul.
Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come that I may make you
  strong.
Ho Osiris ! I am your son Horus; I have come that I may cause . . .
Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come that I may cause . . .
Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come that I may make you
  respected.
Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come that I may cause you
  to be feared.
Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come that I may give you
  your eyes and the plumes on your head.
Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come that I may cause Isis
  and Nephthys to make you enduring.
Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come, having filled the Eye
  of Horus with unguent for you.
Ho Osiris! I am your son Horus; I have come, having brought you
  the Eye of Horus so that your face may be provided with it.
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SPELL FOR LETTING A SPIRIT GO OUT FROM THE
  GREAT GATE IN THE SKY.
Your son has acted on your behalf, and the Great Ones tremble when
they see the sword which is in your hand when you ascend from the
Netherworld. Hail to you, O Wise One! Geb has created you, the
Ennead has borne you. Horus is pleased with his Eye, Atum is pleased
with his years, the gods of West and East are pleased with the great
goddess who came into being in the arms of Her who bore the god.
  I am reborn, I see, I behold, I will be yonder, I am raised up on my
side, I make a decree, I hate sleep, (I detest) limpness, and I who was
in Nedit stand up. My bread is prepared in Pe, I receive the sceptre in
Heliopolis; it was Horus who commanded that I his father be helped.
As for the Lord of Storm, the slavering of Seth is forbidden to him.
  I will raise up Atum, for my words are great; I have issued from
between the thighs of the Ennead, I was conceived by Sakhmet, it
was Shesmetet who bore me, a star brilliant and far-travelling, who
brings distant products to Re daily. I have come to my throne upon
the Vulture and the Cobra,  I have appeared as a star.
  O you two fighters, tell the Noble One, whoever he may be, that I
am this lotus-flower which sprang up from the earth. Pure is he who
received me and prepared my place at the nostril of the Great Power.
I have come into the Island of Fire, I have set right in the place of
wrong, and I am he who guards the linen garments which the Cobra
guarded on the night of the great flood. I have appeared as Nefertem,
the lotus at the nostril of Re; he issues from the horizon daily, and
the gods will be cleansed at the sight of him.
  I am he who is vindicated with the doubles, who unites hearts,
who is in charge of wisdom, a great one under the god, namely Sia
who is at the right hand of Re. I have come to my place among the
doubles, I unite hearts because of the wisdom of the great goddess, I
have become Sia, the god at the right hand of Re. O you who are
protected by my hand, it is I who say what is in the heart of the great
goddess in the Festival of Red Linen. I am Sia who is at the right hand
of Re, the haughty one who presides over the Cavern of the Abyss.
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  SPELL FOR NOT DYING AGAIN.
O Thoth, what is it that has come about through the Children of Nut?
They have made war, they have raised up tumult, they have done
wrong, they have created rebellion, they have done slaughter, they
have created imprisonment, they have reduced what was great to
what is little in all that we have made; show greatness, O Thoth!--
so says Atum. You shall not witness wrongdoing, you shall not suffer
it! Shorten their years, cut short their months, because they have
done hidden damage to all that you have made. I have your palette,
O Thoth, I bring your inkpot to you; I am not among those who have
done hidden damage, and none wili work harm on me.
  THUS SAYS N.: O ltum, how comes it that I travel to a desert
which has no water and no air, and which is deep, dark and un-
searchable ?
  <1Atum:>1 Live in it in content!
  N.: But there is no love-making there !
  <1Atum:>1 I have given spirit-being instead of water, air and love-
making, contentment in place of bread and beer--so says Atum. Do
not be sorry for yourself, for I will not suffer you to lack.
  N.: But every god has taken his place in the Bark of Millions of
Years !
  <1Atum:>1 Your seat now belongs to your son Horus--so says Atum--
and <1he>1 will despatch the Elders, he will rule from your seat, he will
inherit the throne which is in the Island of Fire.
  N.: Command that I may see his equal, for my face will see the
face of the Lord of All. What will be the duration of my life?--so
said he.
  <1Atum:>1 You shall be for millions on millions of years, a lifetime of
millions of years. I will despatch the Elders and destroy all that I have
made; the earth shall return to the Abyss, to the surging Mood, as in
its original state. But I will remain with Osiris, I will transform
myself into something else, namely a serpent, without men knowing
or the gods seeing. How good is what I have done for Osiris, even
more than for all the gods! I have given him the desert, and his son
Horus is the heir on his throne which is in the Island of Fire; I have
made what appertains to his place in the Bark of Millions of Years,
and Horus is firm on his throne in order to found his establishments.
  <1N.>1 : But the soul of Seth will travel further than all the gods.
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<1Atum:>1 I have caused his soul which is in the bark to be restrained, so
that the body of the god may be afraid.
  N.: O my father Osiris, do for me what your father Re did for you,
so that I may be long-lived on earth, that my throne may be well
founded, that my heir may be in good health, that my tomb may be
long enduring, and that these servants of mine may be on earth; let
my enemies be split open, may the Scorpion be on their bones, for I
am your son, O my father Re; do this for me for the sake of my life,
welfare and health, for Horus is firmly established on his throne, and
let my lifetime come to attain to the blessed state.
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  SPELL FOR NOT DYING AGAIN.
I abhor the eastern land, I will not enter the place of destruction,
none shall bring me offerings of what the gods detest, because I pass
pure into the midst of the Milky Way, one to whom the Lord of All
granted his power on that day when the Two Lands were united in
the presence of the Lord of Things.
  As for him who knows this spell, he will be a worthy spirit and he
will not die again in the realm of the dead.
  Spell 177
SPELL FOR RAISING UP A SPIRIT AND CAUSING A SOUL TO LIVE
  IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
<1N.:>1 O Nut, Nut, I have cast my father to the earth, with Horus
behind me. My wings have grown into those of a falcon, my plumes
are those of a sacred falcon, my soul has brought me and its words
have equipped me.
  <1Nut:>1 You have opened up your place among the stars of the sky,
for you are the Lone Star of the sky; see, O N., fair are the orders
which you give to the spirits, for you are a Power; you will not go
hungry, you are not among them and you will not be among them.
See, upon your head as a soul are horns as of a wild bull, for you are a
black ram which a white ewe bore, one who sucked from the four
teats. The blue-eyed Horus comes to you; the red-eyed Horus,
violent of power, waits for you. He meets his soul, his messengers go,
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his couriers run, they come to him who is supported above the West;
this one goes from you of whom it is said: " The god who speaks to the
Field of the Gods.' Your name is vindicated in the presence of the
gods, the Ennead raise you up with their hands, the god speaks to the
Field of the Gods. Be strong at the door of the doubles of the horizon-
dwellers, for their doors shall be opened to you, they shall praise you
and you shall have power over them . . . they go forth and lift up
their faces, so that they see you before the great god. Min . . . your
head. Someone stands behind you, and you have power; you shall
neither perish nor be destroyed, but you shall act among men and
gods.
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SPELL FOR RAISING THE CORPSE, for having power in the eyes and
ears and for making the head firm when it has been set in its proper
place.
  Take to yourself the Eye of Horus for which you have asked,
namely a funeral meal.
  Rejoice, O you who use the hoe! Lift up the heart so as to cleanse
the breast, that you may swallow the bright Eye of Horus which is in
Heliopolis and drive out what is in the belly of Osiris . . . N. shall not
be hungry, he shall not be thirsty, for Ha has saved him and removed
his hunger, and hearts are filled, are filled.
  O you who are in charge of food and attend to supplies of drink, N.
is commended to the House of Bread . . . Re himself commended him;
Re commends him to those who are in charge of food-supplies for
this year. They seize and give to him barley and emmer, for this
bread of his belongs to the Great Bull. May you give to N. five loaves
in the temple, for three loaves are in the sky with Re and two loaves
are on earth with the Enneads. Nu departs and sees Re, and it goes
well with N. on this happy day. N. is under the command of Shu and
Isis and is united happily with his god. They give bread and beer to N.,
and they make for him everything good and pure on this happy day.
  A meal for the guide who travels, a meal of the Eye of Horus! A
meal for all who go in and see the god! May you have power over
water, may your shin of beef be on the altar of roast meat--four
handfuls of water--according to the command of Osiris for N.; Shu
has ordered meals for N. That is your bread and beer.
  Awake, O Wepiu ! Be high, O Thoth! Awake, you sleepers! Rouse
up, O you who are within! Offerings shall be given to you in the
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Wepwawet who issued fom Tamarisk-town. N.'s mouth is pure, the
Ennead has censed N.'s mouth, and truly pure are his mouth and the
tongue which is in his mouth. What N. detests is faeces, he rejects
urine, even as Seth rejected it. O you two Companions who cross the
sky, namely (Re and) Thoth, take N. with you, that he may eat of
what you eat, that he may drink of what you drink, that he may sit
on what you sit on, that he may be strong by means of that whereby
you are strong, that he may sail in that wherein you sail. N.'s booth
is plaited with rushes, N.'s drink-supply is in the Field of Offerings,
his food-supplies are with the gods, and N.'s water is the wine of Re;
he goes round about the sky and travels like Thoth.
  N. detests hunger, and he will not eat it; he detests thirst. Bread is
given to him by the Lord of eternity, who makes an order for him.
N. was conceived in the night, he was born in the morning, he belongs
to those who are in the suite of Re, who are before the Morning Star;
he has brought to you the bread which he has found.
  The Eye of Horus drips upon the bush of the djenu-plant, the
Foremost of the Westerners comes for him and brings provisions to
Horus who presides over the houses. What he lives on, N. lives on;
what he drinks of, N. drinks of; the shin of beef is on the altar of the
roast meat, and N. is vindicated, even he who is favoured by Anubis
who is on his mountain.
  Ho N.! Such is your good repute in which you were held on earth;
you are alive and young every day. Your vision is cleared, you are the
Lord of the horizon, and he gives you bread in its due hour, and his
nightly portion. Horus has protected you, he has destroyed the jaws
of your enemies, he has arrested the thief at the door of his lair.
  Ho N. ! you have no enemies in the Mansion of the Great One, the
balance is true as regards your deeds . . . for Osiris, Lord of provisions
for the West. May you go in at will, may you see the great god in his
shape; may there be given to you life for your nose and triumph over
your enemies.
  Ho N.! Your detestation is lies, and the Lords of offerings will be
gracious to you on that night of silence and weeping. Sweet life is
given to you from the mouths of the Ennead, and Thoth is pleased
about it. May you be triumphant over your enemies, O N.; Nut has
spread herself over you in her name of Her of Shetpet, and she will
cause you to be in the suite of the great god, You have no enemies,
and she will save you from all things evil in her name of " Great Well, '
for you are the greatest of her children.
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  O you who are in charge of the hours, who are before Re, make a
path for N. that he may pass within the circle of Osiris, Lord of
Ankh-towe, living for ever.
  O N., be happy in the suite of Nefertem, the lotus-bloom at the
nose of Re . . . cleansed in the presence of the gods, that you may see
Re for ever.
  Spell 179
SPELL FOR LEAVING YESTERDAY AND COMING INTO TODAY,
  WHICH HE ASKS FOR HIMSELF AND HIS MEMBERS.
My demise was granted yesterday, I have returned today, I have gone
forth in my own shape; I am tousled, having issued from my imet-
tree; I am dishecelled, having gone forth with my wand; I am Lord
of the Wereret-crown, a third to Nehebkau; I am the Red One
whose eye is protected. I died yesterday, I returned today, and a path
has been made for me by the doorkeeper of the great arena. I have
gone out into the day against my enemy, and I have power over him;
he has been given over to me and he will not be taken from me, for
an end will be put to him under me in the tribunal, Osiris being in his
shroud . . . I am a possessor of blood on the day of coming into being,
I am a possessor of knives and I wil not be robbed; a path is prepared
for me, I am the embalmer-scribe of Her who is in date-wine, and
there is brought to me what appertains to the great Red Crown. The
great Red Crown has been given to me, and I go out into the day
against yonder enemy of mine so that I may fetch him, for I have
power over him; he has been given over to me and he shall not be
taken from me, for an end will be put to him under me in the
tribunal. I will eat him in the Great Field upon the altar of Edjo, for
I have power over him as Sakhmet the Great. I am a possessor of
being, to me belongs the shape of every god when they go round
about . . .
  Spell 180
Spell for going out into the day, worshipping Re in the West, giving
praise to those who are in the Netherworld; opening a path for a
worthy spirit who is in the realm of the dead, granting him his
movements, extending his strides, going in and out of the realm of
the dead, and taking shape as a living soul.
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  O Re, you who go to rest as Osiris with all the appearings in glory
of the spirits and gods of the West; you are the hidden one of the
Netherworld, the holy soul at the head of the West, Onnophris who
shall exist for ever and ever.
  How well provided are you, O Dweller in the Netherworld! Your
son Horus is pleased about you, and he has taken over the governance;
may you permit him to appear to those who are in the Netherworld,
even he the great star who brings what is his to the Netherworld, and
who traverses the place where they are as the son of Re who went
forth from Atum.
  How well provided are you, O Dweller in the Netherworld! Your
stepped throne is in the midst, O Your Majesty the King who rules
the Silent Land, great prince of the Wereret-crown, great god whose
throne is secret, Lord of judgement who is over his tribunal.
  How well provided are you, O Dweller in the Netherworld! How
content are you !
  How well provided are you, O Dweller in the Netherworld! The
mourners are dishevelled because of you, they clap their hands
because of you, they cry out because of you, they lament because of
you, they weep because of you. But your soul is joyful, your corpse
has power, the souls of Re are on high in the West . . . souls when
they are set on high in the cavern of the Netherworld, because of the
souls of Re who is in the Netherworld in the person of the soul of the
Angry One, who rests in the person of his soul.
  O Osiris, I am a servant of your chapel which is in the middle of
your temple. May you give orders that you grant to me appearance in
glory to those who are in the Netherworld, the great star who brings
what is his to the Netherworld, who travels over what is in it, the son
of Re who issued from Atum. I rest in the Netherworld, I have power
in the darkness, I go in and out of it. The arms of Tatenen are what
receive me and raise me up. O you who are at peace, give me your
arms, for I know the spells for guidance; guide me.
  Praise to you who are at peace; give praise joyfully. O Re, be
praised through me like Osiris. I have perpetuated your offerings for
you, that you may have power through your gifts, just as Re decreed
for me. I am the guardian, I am his heir upon earth. Prepare a path
for me, O you who are at peace; see, I enter into the Netherworld, I
open up the beautiful West, I make firm the staff of Orion and the
wig-cover of Him whose name is hidden. Look at me, O you who are
at peace, you gods who guide Him of the Netherworld. See, I take
my powers, having appeared as master of the mysteries; save me
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from the whipping-posts and the ropes of the whipping-posts; you
shall not bind me to your whipping-posts, you shall not give me over
to the place of punishment.
  I am the heir of Osiris, I have received his wig-cover in the Nether-
world; look at me, for I have appeared in glory in coming forth from
your body, I have become his father, and he applauds. Look at me,
rejoice over me, for behold, I am on high, I have come into being, one
who provides his own shape; open a path to my soul, stand at your
proper places, let me be at peace in the beautiful West, open a place
for me among you. Open your paths, draw back your bolts. O Re who
guides this land, you are the guide of souls, you are the leader of the
gods. I am the keeper of the gate, who ushers in those who are to be
ushered in; I am one who guards the portals and who sets the gods in
their places; I am one who is in his proper place in the Netherworld;
I am the surveyor who is in charge of the surveyors; to me belong
the limits of the Netherworld; I am one who is at peace in the silent
land, I have made for myself offerings in the West with the souls
who are among the gods. I am the guardian of Re, I am the mysteri-
ous phoenix, I am one who goes in that I may rest in the Netherworld,
and who ascends peacefully to the sky. I am Lord of the celestial
expanses, I travel through the lower sky in the train of Re; my
offerings in the sky are in the Field of Re, my gifts on earth are in the
Field of Rushes. I traverse the Netherworld after the manner of Re,
I give judgement like Thoth, I walk and am glad, I run at my own
pace in my dignity of one whose affairs are secret, my shape is that of
the double god Horus-Seth. I am in charge of the gifts to the gods of
the Netherworld, one who gives food-offerings to the spirits; I am
one stout of heart, smiting my enemies. O you gods and spirits who
are before Re and who follow after his soul, usher me in at your
usherings, for you are those who guide Re, who usher in those who
are in the sky, and I am a soul who is holy in the West.
  Spell 181
SPELL FOR GOING IN TO THE TRIBUNAL OF OSIRIS and the gods
who govern the Netherworld, who guard their gates, who make
report concerning their courts, who keep the doors of the portals of
the West; for taking shape as a living soul, worshipping Osiris, and
becoming an elder of the tribunal.
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  Hail to you, Foremost of the Westerners, Onnophris, Lord of the
Sacred Land! You have appeared in glory like Re, and behold, he has
come to see you and to rejoice at seeing your beauty.
  His sun-disk is your sun-disk;
  His rays are your rays;
  His crown is your crown;
  His greatness is your greatness;
  His appearings are your appearings;
  His beauty is your beauty;
  His majesty is your majesty;
  His savour is your savour;
  His extent is your extent;
  His seat is your seat;
  His throne is your throne;
  His heritage is your heritage ;
  His panoply is your panoply;
  His destiny is your destiny;
  His West is your West;
  His goods are your goods;
  His wisdom is your wisdom;
  His distinction is your distinction;
  He who should protect himself does indeed protect himself----
  And <1vice versa.>1
  He will not die and you will not die;
  He will triumph over his enemies
  And you will triumph over your enemies;
  Nothing evil will come into being against him,
  And nothing evil will come into being against you
  for ever and ever.
  Hail to you, Osiris, son of Nut, possessor of horns, whose Atef-
  crown is tall, to whom the Wereret-crown and crook have been given
  in the presence of the Ennead; the awe of whom Atum created in the
  hearts of men, gods, spirits and the dead; to whom the crook was
  given in Heliopolis ; great of shape in Busiris; Lord of fear in the Two
  Mounds, greatly dreaded in Rostau; Lord of fair remembrance in
  the Castle, who greatly appeared in glory in Abydos; to whom vindi-
  cation was given in the presence of the Ennead; who protects the
  great powers; the dread of whom pervades the land; on whom men
  wait, the Elders being on their mats. Monarch of the gods of the
  Netherworld, great Power in the sky who rules the living, King of
  those who are yonder, who glorifies thousands in Kheraha, at whom
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the sun-folk rejoice; possessor of choice morsels in the Upper Houses,
for whom a shin of beef is prepared in Memphis; for whom the night-
ritual is performed in Letopolis.
  You are a Great One whose strength is mighty, and your son
Horus is your protector; he will remove all evil which is on you.
Your Mesh is knit together for you, your members are recreated for
you, your bones are reassembled for you, and there is brought to you
. . . Rise up, Osiris; I have given you my hand and have caused you to
stand up living for ever. Geb has wiped your mouth for you, the
Great Ennead calls on you . . . when they travel protected to the gate
of the Netherworld. Your mother Nut has put her arms about you
that she may protect you, and she will continually guard you, even
you the high-born. Your sisters Isis and Nephthys will come to you,
they will enfold you with life, prosperity and health, and you will be
glad through them; they (will rejoice) over you through love of you.
They will enclose everything for you within your arms; the gods, the
lords of doubles will care for you, and they will worship you for ever.
  Happy are you, O Osiris! You have appeared in glory, you have
power, you are a spirit; you have made your shape everlasting, and
your face is that of Anubis. Re rejoices over you and he is well dis-
posed toward your beauty. You have seated yourself on your pure
throne which Geb, who loves you, made for you; you receive him in
your arms in the West, you cross the sky daily, you convey him to his
mother Nut when he goes to rest daily in the West in the bark of Re,
together with Horus who loves you. The protection of Re is your
safeguard, the power of Thoth is behind you, and the spells of Isis
pervade your members.
  I have come to you, O Lord of the Sacred Land, Osiris Foremost
of the Westerners, Onnophris who will exist for ever and ever. My
heart is true, my hands are clean, I bring a meal to its owner and
offerings to him who made them. I have come here to your towns, I
have done what is good on earth, I have smitten your enemies for you
as bulls, I have slain cattle for you, and I cause them to fall on their
faces before you. I have purified your pure place, I have cleansed your
lustral basin, I have wrung the necks of birds upon your altar for the
benefit of your soul, of your powers, and of the gods and goddesses
who are in your suite.
  As for him who knows this book, nothing evil shall have power
over him, he shall not be turned away at the gates of the West; he
shall go in and out, and bread and beer and all good things shall be
given to him in the presence of those who are in the Netherworld.
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BOOK FOR THE PERMANENCE OF OSIRIS, GIVING BREATH TO
THE INERT ONE IN THE PRESENCE OF THOTH, AND REPELLING
THE ENEMY OF OSIRIS, who comes yonder in his various shapes;
the safeguarding, protection and defence in the realm of the dead
which Thoth himself has carried out in order that the sunlight might
rest on him every day.
  I am Thoth the skilled scribe whose hands are pure, a possessor of
purity, who drives away evil, who writes what is true, who detests
  falsehood, whose pen defends the Lord of All; master of laws who
  interprets writings, whose words establish the Two Lands.
  I am the Lord of justice, one truly precise to the gods, who judges
  a matter so that it may continue in being; who vindicates him whose
  voice is hushed; who dispels darkness and clears away the storm. I
  have given the sweet breath of the north-wind to Osiris Onnophris as
  when he went forth from the womb of her who bore him; I cause Re
  to go to rest as Osiris, Osiris having gone to rest at the going to rest of
  Re; I cause him to go in to the secret cavern in order to revive the
  heart of the Inert One, the Holy Soul at the head of the West.
  Acclamation for the Inert One, Onnophris the son of Nut!.
  I am Thoth, the favoured of Re; Lord of strength who ennobles
  him who made him; great of magic in the Bark of Millions of Years;
  master of laws who makes the Two Lands content; whose power
  protects her who bore him; who gets rid of noise and quells uproar;
  who does what Re in his shrine approves.
  I am Thoth who made Osiris triumphant over his enemies.
  I am Thoth who foretells the morrow and foresees the future,
  whose act cannot be brought to naught; who guides sky, earth and the
  Netherworld; who nourishes the sun-folk. I give breath to him who
  is in the secret places by means of the power which is on my mouth,
  and Osiris is triumphant over his enemies.
  I have come to you, O Lord of the Sacred Land, Osiris the Bull of
  the West, and I have made you flourishing for ever, I grant eternity
  as a protection for your members.
  I have come to you bearing the amulet which is in my hand, my
  protection for the daily course. Protection and life are about him,
  namely this god who guards his double, King of the Netherworld,
  Ruler of the West, who takes possession of the sky in vindication,
  whose Atef-crown is firm, who appears in the White Crown, having
  grasped the crook and the flail; whose power is great and whose
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Wereret-crown is mighty. He has assembled all the gods, for love has
pervaded their bodies for Onnophris, who shall exist for ever and
ever.
  Hail to you, Foremost of the Westerners, who refashioned man-
kind, who comes as one rejuvenated in his time, better than he was
formerly! Your son Horus is your protector, in the function of Atum ;
your face is potent, O Onnophris. Raise yourself, O Bull of the West,
be firm as you were firm in the womb of your mother Nut. She
enfolds you, even you who issued from her; may your heart be firm
in its place, may your heart be like it was before, may your nose
endure with life and dominion, you being alive, renewed and young
like Re every day. Great, great in triumph is Osiris--may he endure
in life.
  I am Thoth; I have pacified Horus, I have calmed the Rivals in
their time of raging; I have come and have washed away the blood, I
have calmed the tumult and have eliminated everything evil.
  I am Thoth; I have performed the night-ritual in Letopolis.
  I am Thoth; I have come today from Pe and Dep, I have conducted
the oblations, I have given bread-offerings as gifts to the spirits, I have
guarded the elbow of Osiris whom I embalmed and I have sweetened
his odour like a pleasant smell.
  I am Thoth; I have come today from Kheraha, I have knotted the
cord and have put the ferry-boat in good order, I have fetched East
and West, I am uplifted on my standard higher than any god in this
my name of Him whose face is on high; I have opened those things
which are good in this my name of Wepwawet; I have given praise
and have made homage to Osiris Onnophris, who shall exist for ever
and ever.
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WORSHIPPING Osiris, giving praise to him and homage to Onno-
phris, doing obeisance to the Lord of the Sacred Land, exalting Him
who is on his sand, by N. HE SAYS:
  I have come to you, O Son of Nut, Osiris, Ruler of eternity; I am
in the suite of Thoth, and I am joyful because of all that he has done.
He brings to you sweet air for your nose, life and dominion for your
face, and fair is the north-wind which goes forth from Atum to your
nostrils, O Lord of the Sacred Land. He causes the sun to shine on
your breast, he illumines the dark way for you, he removes the evil
which is on your body by means of the power which is on his mouth.
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He has pacified the Rival Gods for you, he has stopped the raging and
the tumult for you, he has made the Rivals well disposed to you, and
the Two Lands are peacefully reconciled before you; he has driven
anger from their hearts for you, and they fraternize with each other.
Your son Horus is vindicated in the presence of the entire Ennead;
the kingship over the land has been given to him, and his uraeus
pervades the entire land. The throne of Geb has been allotted to him,
and the potent office of Atum has been confirmed in writing in a
testament which has been engraved on a block of sandstone, according
as your father Ptah-Tatenen commanded from upon the great throne.
  His brother has been set for him upon the Supports of Shu, raising
  up water to the mountains in order to make flourishing what comes
  out on the desert and the fruit which comes forth on the flat-land,
  and he gives produce by water and by land. The gods of the sky and
  the gods of the earth have entrusted the earth to your son Horus,
  and they follow to his court; all that he has decreed is in their sight,
  and they perform it immediately.
  Your heart is happy; your heart, O Lord of the gods, possesses all
  joy. The Black Land and the Red Land are at peace, and they serve
  your uraeus; the shrines are made firm in their places, towns and
  nomes are established by name. They make presentation to you with
  god's-offerings; men make offering to your name for ever; men call
  out praises to you because of your name; men present libations to
  your double and invocation-offerings to the spirits who are in your
  suite; water is poured over halved bread-cakes for the souls of the
  dead in this land. Every design of yours is as effective as in its former
  state; appear, O Son of Nut, as the Lord of All in his glorious
  appearings, for you are living, permanent, young and real. Your
  father Re has made your body hale, your Ennead give you praise;
  Isis is with you and will not forsake you, and there will be no more
  felling of your enemies. The lords of all the lands worship your
  beauty like Re when he shines at dawn. You appear as one upraised
  on his standard, and your beauty is exalted and widespread. The
  kingship of Geb has been given to you, for he is your father who
  created your beauty. It was your mother Nut who bore the gods who
  brought your body into being, who bore you as the greatest of the
  Five Gods, who made the White Crown firm on your head, and you
  grasped the crook and the flail while you were yet in the womb, before
  you had come forth on earth. You have appeared as Lord of the Two
  Lands, and the Atef-crown of Re is on your brow; the gods come to
  you bowing down, and the fear of you pervades their bodies; they see
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you in the dignity of Re, and the dread of Your Majesty is in their
hearts. Life is with you, food follows after you, and Truth is presented
before you.
  May you let me be in Your Majesty's suite as when I was on earth;
may my soul be summoned, and may it find you beside the Lords of
Truth. I come from the city of the god, the primeval region; soul,
double and spirit are what is in this land. Such is its god, namely the
Lord of Truth, possessor of provisions, rich in precious things, he to
whom every land is drawn. Upper Egypt comes downstream to Lower
Egypt with wind and oar to make it festive with gifts, in accordance
with what its god commanded; as for anyone who rests within it, he
will never have to express a wish. Happy is he who does what is right
for the god in it; he will grant old age to him who does it until he
reaches the blessed state, and the end of this is a happy burial in the
Sacred Land.
  I come to you with my hands bearing Truth, and my heart has no
lies in it. I place Truth before you, for I know that you live by it. I
have done no wrong in this land, and no man will suffer loss of his
possessions.
  I am Thoth, the skilled scribe whose hands are pure, the Lord of
purity who drives away evil; who writes what is true, who detests
falsehood, whose pen defends the Lord of All; master of laws who
interprets writings, and whose words have settled the Two Lands.
  I am Thoth, Lord of justice, who vindicates him whose voice is
hushed; protector of the poor man who has suffered loss of his
property; who dispels darkness and clears away the storm. I have
(given) breath to Onnophris, even the fair breeze of the north-wind,
as when he came forth from his mother's womb. I have caused him
to enter into the secret cavern in order to revive the beam of the
Inert One, Onnophris the son of Nut, the vindicated Horus.
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Giving praise to Osiris, doing homage to the Lord of eternity,
propitiating the god with what he desires, speaking truth to him who
knows its lord.
  Hail to you, you august, great and potent god, prince for ever,
foremost of place in the Night-bark, great of glorious appearings in
the Day-bark, to whom is given acclamation in sky and earth, whom
the patricians and the common folk extol! Great is the awe of him in
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the hearts of men, spirits and the dead; his powers were granted in
Mendes  the awe of him in Heracleopolis, his sacred images are placed
in Heliopolis and many are his shapes in the Pure Place.
  My heart comes to you bearing Truth, my heart has no falseness.
May you grant that I be among the living, and that I fare downstream
and upstream in your suite.
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  <1Test accompanying a picture of the goddess Hathor.>1
Hathor, Lady of the West; She of the West; Lady of the Sacred
Land; Eye of Re which is on his forehead; kindly of countenance in
the Bark of Minions of Years; a resting-place for him who has done
right within the boat of the blessed; who built the great bark of
Osiris in order to cross the water of truth.
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  SPELL FOR GOING IN TO THE ENNEAD.
Hail to you, Ennead of Re! I have come to you, for I am in the suite
of Re; prepare a path for me that I may pass among you, for I will
not be turned away because of what I have done this day.
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  SENDING A SOUL, BUILDING TOMB-CHAMBERS, AND GOING
  OUT INTO THE DAY AMONG MEN.
In peace, O Anubis! It goes well with the son of Re at peace with my
sacred Eye; may you glorify my soul and my shade, that they may
see Re by means of what he brings. I ask that I may come and go and
that I may have power in my feet so that this person may see him in
any place where he is, in my nature, in my wisdom, and in the true
shape of my equipped and divine spirit. It shines as Re, it travels as
Hathor. Therefore you have granted that my soul and my shade may
walk on their feet to the place where this person is, so that he may
stand, sit and walk, and enter into his chapel of eternity, because I
am one of the entourage of Osiris, who goes by night and returns by
day, and no god can be created when I am silent.
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SPELL FOR PREVENTING A MAN FROM GOING
UPSIDE DOWN AND FROM EATING FAECES.
What I doubly detest, I will not eat; what I detest is faeces  and I will
not eat it; excrement, I will not consume it. It shall not fall from my
belly, it shall not come near my fingers, and I will not touch it with
my toes.
  What will you live on,' say the gods and spirits to me, "in this
place to which you have been brought?'
  "I will live on seven loaves which have been brought to me; four
loaves are with Horus and three loaves with Thoth.'
  "Where is it granted to you to eat?' say the gods and spirits to me.
  "I will eat under that sycamore of Hathor, for I have placed my
portions there for her minstrels. My fields have been assigned to me in
Busiris, my green plants are in Heliopolis, and I will live on bread of
white emmer and beer of red barley; there shall be given to me my
father's and my mother's families, and my doorkeeper in respect of
my land.'
  Open to me; may there be space for me, make a path for me, that
I may dwell as a living soul in the place which I desire, and I will not
be subdued by my enemies. I detest faeces and will not eat it, I have
not gone infected into Heliopolis. Be far from me, for I am a bull
whose throne is provided; I have flown up as a swallow, I have cackled
as a goose, I have alighted on the beautiful tree which is in the middle
of the island in the flood. I have gone up and have alighted on it, and I
will not suffer neglect; as for him who dwells under it, he is a great
god.
  What I detest, I will not eat; what I detest is faeces, and I will not
eat it; what my double detests is faeces, and it shall not enter into my
body, I will not approach it with my hands, I will not tread on it with
my sandals. I will not flow for you into a bowl, I will not empty out
for you into a basin, . . . I will not take anything from upon the banks
of your ponds, I will not depart upside down for you.
  Thus says that one who cannot count: " What will you live on in
this land to which you have come so that you may be a spirit?'
  "I will live on bread of black barley and beer of white emmer, four
loaves being in the Field of Offerings, for I am more distinguished
than any god. I will have four loaves daily and four portions of roast
meat in Heliopolis, for I am more distinguished than any god. '
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  Thus says that one who cannot count: " Who will bring it to you,
and where will you eat?'
  "Upon that pure river-bank on the day when I have brightened
my teeth with myrrh.'
  Thus says that one who cannot count: " What will you live on in
this land to which you have come so that you may be a spirit ?'
  " I will live on those seven loaves; four loaves are brought from the
house of Horus and three loaves from the house of Thoth.'
  Thus says that one who cannot count: "Who will bring them to
you?'
  "A nurse from the house of the Great One and a stewardess from
Heliopolis.'
  " Where will you eat them? '
  " Under the branches of the djebat-nefret tree beside . . . to which I
have been taken.'
  Thus says that one who cannot count: " Will you live on someone
else's goods every day?'
  I say to him : " I plough the lands which are in the Field of Rushes. '
  Thus says that one who cannot count: " Who will guard them for
you ? '
  I say to him: "It is the twin children of the King of Lower Egypt
who will look after them.'
  "Who will plough them for you?'
  "The greatest of the gods of the sky and of the gods of the earth.
Men will thresh for me as for the Apis-bull who presides over Sais,
men will reap for me as for Seth, Lord of the northern sky.'
  O you who turn back the ished-tree on your own account, who
uproot falsehood, whose faces are pure, shall I be with the con-
federates of Seth on the mountain of Bakhu? I will dwell with those
potent noble dead in order to excavate the pool of Osiris and to rub
(his) heart, and there shall be no accusation against me, N., by any
living person.