The Organisation and Religion to Re-unite All Religions

 

The Papyrus of Ani
(The Egyptian Book of the Dead)


Translated by E. A. Wallis Budge

 

A Hymn of Praise to Ra When He Riseth in the Eastern Part of Heaven: Behold, the Osiris Ani,
the scribe of the holy offerings of all the gods, saith: Homage to thee, O thou who hast come as
Khepera, Khepera the creator of the gods, Thou art seated on thy throne, thou risest up in the
sky, illumining thy mother [Nut], thou art seated on thy throne as the king of the gods. [Thy]
mother Nut stretcheth out her hands, and performeth an act of homage to thee. The domain of
Manu receiveth thee with satisfaction. The goddess Maat embraceth thee at the two seasons of
the day. May Ra give glory, and power, and thruth-speaking, and the appearance as a living soul
so that he may gaze upon Heru-khuti, to the KA of the Osiris the Scribe Ani, who speaketh truth
before Osiris, and who saith: Hail, O all ye gods of the House of the Soul, who weigh heaven and
earth in a balance, and who give celestial food [to the dead]. Hail, Tatun, [who art] One, thou
creator of mortals [and] of the Companies of the Gods of the South and of the North, of the West
and of the East, ascribe ye praise to Ra, the lord of heaven, the KING, Life, Strength, and Health,
the maker of the gods. Give ye thanks unto him in his beneficent form which is enthroned in the
Atett Boat; beings celestial praise thee, beings terrestial praise thee. Thoth and the goddess
Maat mark out thy course for thee day by day and every day. Thine enemy the Serpent hath
been given over to the fire. The Serpent- fiend Sebau hath fallen headlong, his forelegs are
bound in chains, and his hind legs hath Ra carried away from him. The Sons of Revolt shall never
more rise up. The House of the Aged One keepeth festival, and the voices of those who make
merry are in the Great Place. The gods rejoice when they see Ra crowned upon his throne, and
when his beams flood the world with light. The majesty of this holy god setteth out on his journey,
and he goeth onwards until he reacheth the land of Manu; the earth becometh light at his birth
each day; he proceedeth until he reacheth the place where he was yesterday. O be thou at
peace with me. Let me gaze upon thy beauties. Let me journey above the earth. Let me smite the
Ass. Let me slit asunder the Serpent-fiend Sebau. Let me destroy Aepep at the moment of his
greatest power. Let me behold the Abtu Fish at his season, and the Ant Fish with the Ant Boat as
it piloteth it in its lake. Let me behold Horus when he is in charge of the rudder [of the Boat of Ra],
with Thoth and the goddess Maat on each side of him. Let me lay hold of the tow-rope of the
Sektet Boat, and the rope at the stern of the Matett Boat. Let Ra grant to me a view of the Disk
(the Sun), and a sight of Ah (the Moon) unfailingly each day. Let my Ba- soul come forth to walk
about hither and thither and whithersoever it pleaseth. Let my name be called out, let it be found
inscribed on the tablet which recordeth the names of those who are to receive offerings. Let
meals from the sepulchral offerings be given to me in the presence [of Osiris], as to those who
are in the following of Horus. Let there be prepared for me a seat in the Boat of the Sun on the
day wheron the god saileth. Let me be received in the presence of Osiris in the Land of
Truth-speaking- the Ka of Osiris Ani.
A Hymn of Praise of Osiris: A Hymn of Praise to Osiris Un-Nefer, the great god who dwelleth in
Abtu, the king of eternity, the lord of everlastingness, who traverseth millions of years in his
existence. Thou art the eldest son of the womb of Nut. Thou was begotten by Keb, the Erpat.
Thou art the lord of the Urrt Crown. Thou art he whose White Crown is lofty. Thou art the King
(Ati) of gods [and] men. Thou hast gained possession of the sceptre of rule, and the whip, and
the rank and dignity of thy divine fathers. Thy heart is expanded with joy, O thou who art in the
kingdom of the dead. Thy son Horus is firmly placed on thy throne. Thou hast ascended thy
throne as the Lord of Tetu, and as the Heq who dwelleth in Abydos. Thou makest the Two Lands
to flourish through Truth-speaking, in the presence of him who is the Lord to the Uttermost Limit.
Thou drawest on that which hath not yet come into being in thy name of "Ta-her-sta-nef." Thou
governest the Two Lands by Maat in thy name of "Seker." Thy power is wide-spread, thou art he
of whom the fear is great in thy name of "Usar" (or "Asar"). Thy existence endureth for an infinite
number of double henti periods in thy name of "Un-Nefer."
Homage to thee, King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, and Prince of Princes. Thou hast ruled the
Two Lands from the womb of the goddess Nut. Thou hast governed the Lands of Akert. Thy
members are of silver-gold, thy head is of lapis-lazuli, and the crown of thy head is of turquoise.
Thou art An of millions of years. Thy body is all pervading, O Beautiful Face in Ta-tchesert. Grant
thou to me glory in heaven, and power upon earth, and truth-speaking in the Divine Underworld,
and [the power to] sail down the river to Tetu in the form of a living Ba-soul, and [the power to]
sail up the river to Abydos in the form of a Benu bird, and [the power to] pass in through and to
pass out from, without obstruction, the doors of the lords of the Tuat. Let there be given unto me
bread-cakes in the House of Refreshing, and sepulchral offerings of cakes and ale, and
propitiatory offerings in Anu, and a permanent homestead in Sekhet-Aaru, with wheat and barley
therein- to the Double of the Osiris, the scribe Ani.
The Chapters of Coming Forth by Day: Here begin the chapters of coming forth by day, and the
songs of praising and glorifying which are to be recited for "coming forth" and for entering into
Khert-Neter, and the spells which are to be said in beautiful Amentet. They shall be recited on the
day of the funeral, entering in after coming forth: The Osiris Ani, the Osiris the scribe Ani saith:-
Homage to thee, O Bull of Amentet, Thoth the king of eternity is with me. I am the great god by
the side of the divine boat, I have fought for thee, I am one of those gods, those divine chiefs,
who proved the truth-speaking of Osiris before his enemies on the day of the weighing of words. I
am thy kinsman Osiris. I am [one of] those gods who were the children of the goddess Nut, who
hacked in pieces the enemies of Osiris, and who bound in fetters the legion of Sebau devils on
his behalf. I am thy kinsman Horus, I have fought on thy behalf, I have come to thee for thy
name's sake. I am Thoth who proved the truth of the words of Osiris before his enemies on the
day of the weighing of words in the great House of the Prince, who dwelleth in Anu. I am Teti, the
son of Teti. My mother conceived me in Tetu, and gave birth to me in Tetu. I am with the
mourners [and with] the women who tear out their hair and make lament for Osiris in Taui-Rekhti,
proving true the words of Osiris before his enemies. Ra commanded Thoth to prove true the
words of Osiris before his enemies; what was commanded [for Osiris], let that be done for me by
Thoth. I am with Horus on the day of dressing Teshtesh. I open the hidden water-springs for the
ablutions of Urt-ab. I unbolt the door of the Shetait Shrine in Ra-stau. I am with Horus as the
protector of the left shoulder of Osiris, the dweller in Sekhem. I enter in among and I come forth
from the Flame-gods on the day of the destruction of the Sebau fiends in Sekhem. I am with
Horus on the day[s] of the festivals of Osiris, at the making of offerings and oblations, namely, on
the festival which is celebrated on the sixth day of the month, and on the day of the Tenat festival
in Anu. I am the UAB priest (libationer) in Tetu, Rera, the dweller in Per-Asar. I exalt him that is
upon the high place of the country. I look upon the hidden things (the mysteries) in Ra-stau. I
recite the words of the liturgy of the festival of the Soul- god in Tetu. I am the SEM priest, and
[perform] his duties. I am the UR- KHERP-HEM priest on the day of placing the Henu Boat of
Seker upon its divine sledge. I have taken in my hand the digging tool on the day of digging up
the earth in Hensu.
Hail, O ye who make perfect souls to enter into the House of Osiris, make ye the well-instructed
soul of the Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is true, to enter in and to be with you in the House of
Osiris. Let him hear even as ye hear; let him have sight even as ye have sight; let him stand up
even as ye stand up; let him take his seat even as ye take your seats.
Hail, O ye who give cakes and ale to perfect souls in the House of Osiris, give ye cakes and ale
twice each day (in the morning and in the evening) to the soul of the Osiris Ani, whose word is
true before the gods, the Lords of Abydos, and whose word is true with you. Hail, O ye who open
up the way, who act as guides to the roads [in the Other World] to perfect souls in the House of
Osiris, open ye up for him the way, and act ye as guides to the roads to the soul of the Osiris, the
scribe, the registrary of all the offerings made to the gods, Ani, [whose word is true] with you. May
he enter the House of Osiris with boldness, and may he come forth therefrom in peace. May there
be no opposition made to him, and may he not be sent back [therefrom]. May he enter in under
favour [of Osiris], and may he come forth gratified [at the acceptance of] his true words. May his
commands be performed in the House of Osiris, may his words travel with you, may he be
glorious as ye are. May he be not found to be light in the Balance, may the Balance dispose of
his case.
The Chapter of Giving a Mouth to the Osiris Ani, the Scribe, and Teller of the Offerings Which
Are Made to All the Gods, Whose Word is True, Who Saith:- I rise up out of the Egg in the Hidden
Land. May my mouth be given unto me that I may speak therewith in the presence of the Great
God, the Lord of the Tuat. Let not my hand and my arm be repulsed in the presence of the
Chiefs (Tchatchau) of any god. I am Osiris, the Lord of Ra-stau. May I, the Osiris, the scribe Ani,
whose word is true, have my portion with him who is on the top of the Steps (Osiris). According to
the desire of my heart I have come forth from the Island of Nesersert, and I have extinguished the
fire.
Rubric: If this Chapter be known by the Osiris the scribe Ani, upon earth, [or if it be done] in
writing upon [his] coffin, he shall come forth by day in every form which he pleaseth, and he shall
enter into [his] abode, and shall not be repulsed. And cakes, and ale, and joints of meat [from
those which are on] the altar of Osiris shall be given unto him; and he shall enter in peace into
Sekhet-Aaru, conformably to the decree of the Dweller in Busiris. Wheat and barley (dhura) shall
be given unto him therein, and he shall flourish there just as he did upon earth; and he shall do
whatsoever it pleaseth him to do, even as do the Company of the Gods who are in the Tuat,
regularly and continually, for millions of times.
Texts Relating to the Weighing of the Heart of Ani: The Names of the Gods of the Great
Company:- 1. Ra Harmakhis, the Great God in his boat. 2. Temu. 3. Shu. 4. Tefnut. 5. Keb. 6.
Nut, the Lady of Heaven. 7. Isis. 8. Nephthys. 9. Horus, the Great God. 10. Hathor, Lady of
Amentet. 11. Hu. 12. Sa.
The Prayer of Ani:- My heart, my mother; my heart, my mother! My heart whereby I came into
being! May nought stand up to oppose me at [my] judgment, may there be no opposition to me in
the presence of the Chiefs (Tchatchau); may there be no parting of thee from me in the presence
of him that keepeth the Balance! Thou art my KA, which dwelleth in my body; the god Khnemu
who knitteth together and strengtheneth my limbs. Mayest thou come forth into the place of
happiness whither we go. May the Sheniu officials, who make the conditions of the lives of men,
not cause my name to stink, and may no lies be spoken against me in the presence of the God.
[Let it be satisfactory unto us, and let the Listener god be favourable unto us, and let there be joy
of heart (to us) at the weighing of words. Let not that which is false be uttered against me before
the Great God, the Lord of Amentet. Verily, how great shalt thou be when thou risest in triumph.]
The Speech of Thoth:- Thoth, the judge of right and truth of the Great Company of the Gods who
are in the presence of Osiris, saith: Hear ye this judgment. The heart of Osiris hath in very truth
been weighed, and his Heart-soul hath borne testimony on his behalf; his heart hath been found
right by the trial in the Great Balance. There hath not been found any wickedness in him; he hath
not wasted the offerings which have been made in the temples; he hath not committed any evil
act; and he hath not set his mouth in motion with words of evil whilst he was upon earth.
The Speech of the Dweller in the Embalmment Chamger (Anubis): - Pay good heed, O righteous
Judge to the Balance to support [the testimony] thereof. Variant: Pay good heed to the weighing
in the Balance of the heart of the Osiris, the singing-woman of Amen, Anhai, whose word is truth,
and place thou her heart in the seat of truth in the presence of the Great God.
The Speech of the Gods:- The Great Company of the Gods say to Thoth who dwelleth in
Khemenu: That which cometh forth from thy mouth shall be declared true. The Osiris the scribe
Ani, whose word is true, is holy and righteous. He hath not committed any sin, and he hath done
no evil against us. The devourer Am-mit shall not be permitted to prevail over him. Meat offerings
and admittance into the presence of the god Osiris shall be granted unto him, together with an
abiding habitation in the Field of Offerings (Sekhet-hetepet), as unto the Followers of Horus.
The Speech of Horus to Osiris in Introducing Ani to Him:- Horus, the son of Isis, saith: I have come
to thee, O Un-Nefer, and I have brought unto thee the Osiris Ani. His heart is righteous, and it
hath come forth from the Balance; it hath not sinned against any god or any goddess. Thoth hath
weighed it according to the decree pronounced unto him by the Company of the Gods, and it is
most true and righteous. Grant thou that cakes and ale may be given unto him, and let him
appear in the presence of the god Osiris, and let him be like unto the Followers of Horus for ever
and ever.
The Speech of Ani:- And the Osiris Ani saith: Behold, I am in thy presence, O Lord of Amentet.
There is no sin in my body. I have not spoken that which is not true knowingly, nor have I done
anything with a false heart. Grant thou that I may be like unto those favoured ones who are in thy
following, and that I may be an Osiris greatly favoured of the beautiful god, and beloved of the
Lord of the Two Lands, I who am a veritable royal scribe who loveth thee, Ani, whose word is true
before the god Osiris.
The Description of the Beast Am-Mit:- Her forepart is like that of a crocodile, the middle of her
body is like that of a lion, her hind quarters are like those of a hippopotamus.
Here Begin the Praises and Glorifyings of Coming Out From and of Going Into the Glorious
Khert-Neter, Which Is in the Beautiful Amentet, of Coming Forth by Day in All the Forms of
Existence Which It May Please the Deceased to Take, of Playing at Draughts, of Sitting in the
Seh Hall, and of Appearing as a Living Soul: The Osiris the scribe Ani saith after he hath arrived
in his haven of rest- now it is good for [a man] to recite [this work whilst he is] upon earth, for then
all the words of Tem come to pass.
"I am the god Tem in rising. I am the Only One. I came into existence in Nu. I am Ra who rose in
the beginning, the ruler of this [creation]."
Who is this?
"It is Ra, when at the beginning he rose in the city of Hensu, crowned like a king for his
coronation. The Pillars of the god Shu were not as yet created, when he was upon the steps of
him that dwelleth in Khemenu.
"I am the Great God who created himself, even Nu, who made his names to become the Company
of the Gods as gods."
Who is this?
"It is Ra, the creator of the names of his limbs, which came into being in the form of the gods who
are in the train of Ra.
"I am he who cannot be repulsed among the gods."
Who is this?
"It is Temu, the dweller in his disk, but others say that it is Ra when he riseth in the eastern
horizon of the sky.
"I am Yesterday, I know To-day."
Who is this?
"Yesterday is Osiris, and To-day is Ra, when he shall destroy the enemies of Neb-er-tcher (the
lord to the uttermost limit), and when he shall establish as prince and ruler his son Horus.
"Others, however, say that To-day is Ra, on the day when we commemorate the festival of the
meeting of the dead Osiris with his father Ra, and when the battle of the gods was fought, in
which Osiris, the Lord of Amentet, was the leader."
What is this?
"It is Amentet, [that is to say] the creation ofthe souls of the gods when Osiris was leader in
Set-Amentet.
"Others, however, say that it is the Amentet which Ra hath given unto me; when any god cometh
he must rise up and fight for it.
"I know the god who dwelleth therein."
Who is this?
"It is Osiris. Others, however, say that his name is Ra, and that the god who dwelleth in Amentet
is the phallus of Ra, wherewith he had union with himself.
"I am the Benu bird which is in Anu. I am the keeper of the volume of the book (the Tablet of
Destiny) of the things which have been made, and of the things which shall be made."
Who is this?
"It is Osiris.
"Others, however, say that it is the dead body of Osiris, and yet others say that it is the
excrement of Osiris. The things which have been made, and the things which shall be made [refer
to] the dead body of Osiris. Others again say that the things which have been made are Eternity,
and the things which shall be made are Everlastingness, and that Eternity is the Day, and
Everlastingness the Night.
"I am the god Menu in his coming forth; may his two plumes be set on my head for me."
Who is this?
"Menu is Horis, the Advocate of his father [Osiris], and his coming forth means his birth. The two
plumes on his head are Isis and Nephthys, when these goddesses go forth and set themselves
thereon, and when they act as his protectors, and when they provide that which his head lacketh.
"Others, however, say that the two plumes are the two exceedingly large uraei which are upon the
head of their father Tem, and there are yet others who say that the two plumes which are upon
the head of Menu are his two eyes.
"The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is true, the registrar of all the offerings which are made to
the gods, riseth up and cometh into his city."
What is this [city]?
"It is the horizon of his father Tem.
"I have made an end of my shortcomings, and I have put away my faults."
What is this?
"It is the cutting of the navel string of the body of the Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is true
before all the gods, and all his faults are driven out.
What is this ?
"It is the purification [of Osiris] on the day of his birth.
"I am purified in my great double nest which is in Hensu on the day of the offerings of the
followers of the Great God who dwelleth therein."
What is the "great double nest"?
"The name of one nest is 'Millions of years,' and 'Great Green [Sea]' is the name of the other,
that is to say 'Lake of Natron' and 'Lake of Salt.'
"Others, however, say the name of the one is 'Guide of Millions of Years,' and that 'Great Green
Lake' is name of the other. Yet others say that 'Begetter of Millions of Years' is the name of one,
and 'Great Green Lake' is the name of the other. Now, as concerning the Great God who dwelleth
therein, it is Ra himself.
"I pass over the way, I know the head of the Island of Maati."
What is this?
"It is Ra-stau, that is to say, it is the gate to the South of Nerutef, and it is the Northern Gate of
the Domain (Tomb of the god).
"Now, as concerning the Island of Maati, it is Abtu.
"Others, however, say that it is the way by which Father Tem travelleth when he goeth forth to
Sekhet-Aaru, [the place] which produceth the food and sustenance of the gods who are [in] their
shrines.
"Now the Gate Tchesert is the Gate of the Pillars of Shu, that is to say, the Northern Gate of the
Tuat.
"Others, however, say that the Gate of Tchesert is the two leaves of the door through which the
god Tem passeth when he goeth forth to the eastern horizon of the sky.
"O ye gods who are in the presence [of Osiris], grant to me your arms, for I am the god who shall
come into being among you."
Who are these gods?
"They are the drops of blood which came forth from the phallus of Ra when he went forth to
perform his own mutilitation. These drops of blood sprang into being under the forms of the gods
Hu and Sa, who are in the bodyguard of Ra, and who accompany the god Tem daily and every
day.
"I, Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, have filled for thee the utchat (the Eye of Ra, or of
Horus), when it had suffered extinction on the day of the combat of the Two Fighters (Horus and
Set)."
What was this combat?
It was the combat which took place on the day when Horus fought with Set, during which Set threw
filth in the face of Horus, and Horus crushed the genitals of Set. The filling of the utchat Thoth
performed with his own fingers.
"I remove the thunder-cloud from the sky when there is a storm with thunder and lightning
therein."
What is this?
"This storm was the raging of Ra at the thunder-cloud which [Set] sent forth against the Right Eye
of Ra (the Sun). Thoth removed the thunder- cloud from the Eye of Ra, and brought back the
Eye living, healthy, sound, and with no defect in it to its owner.
"Others, however, say that the thunder-cloud is caused by sickness in the Eye of Ra, which
weepeth for its companion Eye (the Moon); at this time Thoth cleanseth the Right Eye of Ra.
"I behold Ra who was born yesterday from the thighs of the goddess Mehurt; his strength is my
strength, and my strength is his strength."
Who is this?
"Mehurt is the great Celestial Water, but others say that Mehurt is the image of the Eye of Ra at
dawn at his birth daily.
"[Others, however, say that] Mehurt is the utchat of Ra.
"Now Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, is a very great one among the gods who are in
the following of Horus; they say that he is the prince who loveth his lord."
Who are the gods who are in the train of Horus?
"[They are] Kesta, Hapi, Taumutef, and Qebhsenuf.
"Homage to you, O ye lords of right and truth, ye sovereign princes (Tchatcha) who [stand] round
about Osiris, who do away utterly sins and offences, and who are in the following of the goddess
Hetepsekhus, grant ye that I may come unto you. Destroy ye all the faults which are within me,
even as ye did for the Seven Spirits who are among the followers of their lord Sepa. Anpu
(Anubis) appointed to them their places on the day [when he said unto them], "Come ye hither."
Who are the "lords of right and truth"?
"The lords of right and truth are Thoth and Astes, the Lord of Amentet.
"The Tchatcha round about Osiris are Kesta, Hapi, Tuamutef, and Qebhsenuf, and they are also
round about the Constellation of the Thigh (the Great Bear), in the northern sky.
"Those who do away utterly sins and offences, and who are in the following of the goddess
Hetepsekhus, are the god Sebek and his associates who dwell in the water.
"The goddess Hetepsekhus is the Eye of Ra.
"Others, however, say that it is the flame which accompanieth Osiris to burn up the souls of his
enemies.
"As concerning all the faults which are in Osiris, the registrar of the offerings which are made unto
all the gods, Ani, whose word is truth, [these are all the offences which he hath committed against
the Lords of Eternity] since he came forth from his mother's womb.
"As concerning the Seven Spirits who are Kesta, Hapi, Tuamutef, Qebhsenuf, Maa-atef,
Kheribeqef and Heru-khenti-en-ariti, these did Anubis appoint to be protectors of the dead body
of Osiris.
"Others, however, say that he set them round about the holy place of Osiris.
"Others say that the Seven Spirits [which were appointed by Anubis] were Netcheh-netcheh,
Aatqetqet, Nertanef-besef-khenti-hehf, Aq-her-ami- unnut-f, Tesher-ariti-ami-Het-anes,
Ubes-her-per-em-khetkhet, and Maaem- kerh-annef-em-hru.
"The chief of the Tchatcha (sovereign princes) who is in Naarutef is Horus, the Advocate of his
father.
"As concerning the day wherein [Anubis said to the Seven Spirits], 'Come ye hither,' [the allusion
here] is to the words 'Come ye hither,' which Ra spake unto Osiris."
Verily may these same words be said unto me in Amentet.
"I am the Divine Soul which dwelleth in the Divine Twin-gods."
Who is this Divine Soul?
"It is Osiris. [When] he goeth into Tetu, and findeth there the Soul of Ra, the one god embraceth
the other, and two Divine Souls spring into being within the Divine Twin-gods."
"As concerning the Divine Twin-gods they are Heru-netch-her-tefef and Heru-khent-en-Ariti
(Horus the Advocate of his father [Osiris], and Horus the sightless). "Others say that the double
Divine Soul which dwelleth in the Divine Twin-gods is the Soul of Ra and the Soul of Osiris, and
yet others say that it is the Soul which dwelleth in Shu, and the Sould which dwelleth in Tefnut,
and that these two Souls form the double Divine Soul which dwelleth in Tetu.
"I am the Cat which fought near the Persea Tree in Anu on the night when the foes of
Neb-er-tcher were destroyed."
Who is this Cat?
"This male Cat is Ra himself, and he was called 'Mau' because of the speech of the god Sa, who
said concerning him: 'He is like (mau) unto that which he hath made'; therefore, did the name of
Ra become 'Mau.'
"Others, however, say that the male Cat is the god Shu, who made over the possessions of Keb
to Osiris.
"As concerning the fight which took place near the Persea Tree in Anu [these words have
reference to the slaughter] of the children of rebellion, when righteous retribution was meted out
to them for [the evil] which they had done.
"As concerning the 'night of the battle,' [these words refer to] the invasion of the eastern portion
of the heaven by the children of rebellion, whereupon a great battle arose in heaven and in all
the earth.
"O thou who art in thine egg (Ra,) who showest from thy Disk, who risest on thy horizon, and dost
shine with golden beams in the height of heaven, like unto whom there is none among the gods,
who sailest above the Pillars of Shu, who sendest forth blasts of fire from thy mouth, [who
illuminest the Two Lands with thy splendour, deliver] thou Nebseni, the lord of fealty [to Osiris],
from the god whose form is hidden, and whose eyebrows are like unto the two arms of the
Balance on the night when the sentences of doom are promulgated."
Who is this invisible god?
"It is An-a-f (he who bringeth his arm.).
"As concerning 'the night when the sentences of doom are promulgated,' it is the night of the
burning of the damned, and of the overthrow of the wicked at the Block, and of the slaughter of
souls."
Who is this [slaughterer of souls]?
"It is Shesmu, the headsman of Osiris.
"[Concerning the invisible god] some say that he is Aapep when he riseth up with a head bearing
upon it [the feather of] Maat (Truth). But others say that he is Horus when he riseth up with two
heads, whereon one beareth [the feather of] Maat, and the other [the symbol of] wickedness. He
bestoweth wickedness on him that worketh wickedness, and right and truth upon him that
followeth righteousness and truth.
"Others say that he is Heru-ur (the Old Horus), who dwelleth in Sekhem; others say that he is
Thoth; others say that he is Nefer-Tem; and others say that he is Sept who doth bring to nought
the acts of the foes of Nebertcher.
"Deliver thou the scribe Nebseni, whose word is truth, from the Watchers, who carry murderous
knives, who possess cruel fingers, and who would slay those who are in the following of Osiris."
May these Watchers never gain the mastery over me, and may I never fall under their knives!
Who are these Watchers?
"They are Anubis and Horus, [the latter being] in the form of Horus the sightless. Others,
however, say that they are the Tchatcha (sovereign princes of Osiris), who bring to nought the
operations of their knives; and others say that they are the chiefs of the Sheniu chamber.
"May their knives never gain the mastery over me. May I never fall under the knives wherewith
they inflict cruel tortures. For I know their names, and I know the being, Matchet, who is among
them in the House of Osiris. He shooteth forth rays of light from his eye, being himself invisible,
and he goeth round about heaven robed in the flames which come from his mouth, commanding
Hapi, but remaining invisible himself. May I be strong on earth before Ra, may I arrive safely in
the presence of Osiris. O ye who preside over your altars, let not your offerings to me be wanting,
for I am one of those who follow after Nebertcher, according to the writings of Khepera. Let me fly
like a hawk, let me cackle like a goose, let me lay always like the serpent-goddess Neheb- ka."
Who are those who preside over their altars?
"Those who preside over their altars are the similitude of the Eye of Ra, and the similitude of the
Eye of Horus.
"O Ra-Tem, thou Lord of the Great House [in Anu], thou Sovereign (life, strentgh, health [be to
thee]) of all the gods, deliver thou the scribe Nebseni, whose word is truth, from the god whose
face is like unto that of a greyhound, whose brows are like those of a man, who feedeth upon the
dead, who watcheth at the Bend of the Lake of Fire, who devoureth the bodies of the dead, and
swalloweth hearts, and who voideth filth, but who himself remaineth unseen."
Who is this greyhound-faced god?
"His name is 'Everlasting Devourer,' and he liveth in the Domain [of Fire] (the Lake of Unt).
"As concerning the Domain of Fire, it is that Aat which is in Naarutef, and is near the Sheniu
chamber. The sinner who walketh over this place falleth down among the knives [of the Watchers].

"Others, however, say that the name of this god is 'Mates,' and that he keepeth watch over the
door of Amentet; others say that his name is 'Beba,' and that he keepeth watch over the Bend [of
the stream] of Amentet, and yet others say that his name is 'Herisepef.'
"Hail, Lord of Terror, Chief of the Lands of the South and North, thou Lord of the Desert, who
dost keep prepared the block of slaughter, and who dost feed on the intestines [of men]!"
Who is this Lord of Terror?
"It is the Keeper of the Bend [of the stream] of Amentet."
Who is this Keeper?
"It is the Heart of Osiris, which is the devourer of all slaughtered things.
"The Urrt Crown hath been given unto him, with gladness of heart, as Lord of Hensu."
Who is this?
"He to whom the Urrt Crown hath been given with gladness of heart as Lord of Hensu is Osiris. He
was bidden to rule among the gods on the day of the union of earth [with earth] in the presence
of Nebertcher."
Who is this?
"He who was bidden to rule among the gods is the son of Isis (Horus), who was appointed to rule
in the room of his father Osiris.
"As concerning [the words] 'day of the union of earth with earth,' they have reference to the union
of earth with earth in the coffin of Osiris, the Soul that liveth in Hensu, the giver of meat and drink,
the destroyer of wrong, and the guide to the everlasting paths."
Who is this?
"It is Ra himself."
"[Deliver thou the Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth] from the great god who carrrieth
away souls, who eateth hearts, who feedeth upon offal, who keepeth watch in the darkness, who
dwelleth in the Seker Boat; those who live in sin fear him."
Who is this?
"It is Suti, but others say that it is Smamur, the soul of Keb.
"Hail, Khepera in thy boat, the two Companies of the Gods are in thy body. Deliver thou the Osiris
the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, from the Watchers who pass sentences of doom, who have
been appointed by the god Nebertcher to protect him, and to fasten the fetters on his foes, and
who slaughter in the torture chambers; there is no escape from their fingers. May they never stab
me with their knives, may I never fall helpless into their chambers of torture. I have never done
the things which the gods hate. I am he who is pure in the Mesqet chamber. And saffron cakes
have been brought unto him in Tannt."
Who is this?
"It is Khepera in his boat; it is Ra himself.
"As concerning the Watchers who pass sentences of doom, they are the Apes Isis and Nephthys.
"As concerning the things which the gods hate, they are acts of deceit and lying. He who passeth
through the place of purification within the Mesqet chamber is Anpu (Anubis), who is hard by the
coffer which containeth the inward parts of Osiris. He to whom saffron cakes have been brought
in Tannt is Osiris.
"Others, however, say that the saffron cakes in Tannt represent heaven and earth, and others
say that they represent Shu, the strengthener of the Two Lands in Hensu; and others say that
they represent the Eye of Horus, and that Tannt is the burial-place of Osiris.
"Tem hath builded thy house, and the double Lion-god hath laid the foundations of thy habitation.
Lo! medicaments have been brought. Horus purifieth Set and Set strengtheneth, and Set
purifieth and Horus strengtheneth.
"The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth before Osiris, hath come into this land, and he
hath taken possession thereof with his two feet. He is Tem, and he is in the city.
"Turn thou back, O Rehu, whose mouth shineth, whose head moveth, turn thou back before his
strength." Another reading is, 'Turn thou back from him who keepeth watch, and is himself
unseen.' Let the Osiris Ani be safely guarded. He is Isis, and he is found with her hair spread
over him; it is shaken out over his brow. He was conceived by Isis, and engendered by Nephthys,
and they have cut away from him the things which should be cut from him.
"Fear followeth after thee, terror is about thine arms. Thou hast been embraced for millions of
years by arms; mortals go round about thee. Thou smitest down the mediators of thy foes, and
thou seizest the arms of the power of darkness. Thy two sisters (Isis and Nephthys) are given to
thee for thy delight. Thou hast created that which is in Kher-aha, and that which is Anu. Every
god feareth thee, for thou art exceedingly great and terrible; thou [avengest] every god on the
man who curseth him, and thou shootest arrows at him. Thou livest according to thy will. Thou art
Uatchet, the Lady of Flame, evil befalleth those who set themselves up against thee."
What is this?
"'Hidden in form, given of Menhu,' is the name of the "tomb. 'He who seeth what is on his hand' is
the name of Qerau, or, as others say, it is the name of the Block.
"Now, he whose mouth shineth and whose head moveth is the phallus of Osiris, but others say it
is [the phallus] of Ra. 'Thou spreadest thy hair, and I shake it out over his brow" is said
concerning Isis, who hideth in her hair, and draweth it round about her.
"Uatchet, the Lady of Flames, is the Eye of Ra."
The Seven Arits: The First Arit: The name of the Doorkeeper is Sekhet-her-asht-aru. The name
of the Watcher is Smetti. The name of the Herald is Hakheru. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth,
shall say when he cometh unto the First Arit: "I am the mighty one who createth his own light. I
have come unto thee, O Osiris, and, purified from that which defileth thee, I adore thee. Lead on.
Name not the name of Ra-stau to me. Homage to thee, O Osiris, in thy might and in thy strength
in Ra-stau. Rise up and conquer, O Osiris, in Abtu. Thou goest round about heaven, thou sailest
in the presence of Ra, thou lookest upon all the beings who have knowledge. Hail, Ra, thou who
goest round about in the sky, I say, O Osiris in truth, that I am the Sahu (Spirit-body) of the god,
and I beseech thee not to let me be driven away, nor to be cast upon the wall of blazing fire. Let
the way be opened in Ra-stau, let the pain of the Osiris be relieved, embrace that which the
Balance hath weighed, let a path be made for the Osiris in the Great Valley, and let the Osiris
have light to guide him on his way."
The Second Arit: The name of the Doorkeeper is Unhat. The name of the Watcher is Seqt- her.
The name of the Herald is Ust. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, shall say [when he cometh to
this Arit]: "He sitteth to carry out his heart's desire, and he weigheth words as the Second of
Thoth. The strength which protecteth Thoth humbleth the hidden Maati gods, who feed upon
Maat during the years of their lives. I offer up my offerings [to him] at the moment when he
maketh his way. I advance, and I enter on the path. O grant thou that I may continue to advance,
and that I may attain to the sight of Ra, and of those who offer up [their] offerings."
The Third Arit: The name of the Doorkeeper is Unem-hauatu-ent-pehui. The name of the
Watcher is Seres-her. The name of the Herald is Aa. The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is
truth, shall say [when he cometh to this Arit]: "I am he who is hidden in the great deep. I am the
Judge of the Rehui, I have come and I have done away the offensive thing which was upon Osiris.
I tie firmly the place on which he standeth, coming forth from the Urt. I have stablished things in
Abtu, I have opened up a way through Ra-stau, and I have relieved the pain which was in Osiris. I
have balanced the place whereon he standeth, and I have made a path for him; he shineth
brilliantly in Ra-stau."
The Fourth Arit: The name of the Doorkeeper is Khesef-her-asht-kheru. The name of the
Watcher is Seres-tepu. The name of the Herald is Khesef-at. The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose
word is truth, shall say [when he cometh to this Arit]: "I am the Bull, the son of the ancestress of
Osiris. O grant ye that his father, the Lord of his god-like companions, may bear witness on his
behalf. I have weighed the guilty in judgment. I have brought unto his nostrils the life which is ever
lasting. I am the son of Osiris, I have accomplished the journey, I have advanced in Khert-Neter."
The Fifth Arit: The name of the Doorkeeper is Ankhf-em-fent. The name of the Watcher is Shabu.
The name of the Herald is Teb-her-kha-kheft. The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, shall
say [when he cometh to this Arit]: "I have brought unto thee the jawbone in Ra-stau. I have
brought unto thee thy backbone in Anu. I have gathered together his manifold members therein. I
have driven back Aapep for thee. I have spit upon the wounds [in his body]. I have made myself a
path among you. I am the Aged One among the gods. I have made offerings to Osiris. I have
defended him with the word of truth. I have gathered together his bones, and have collected all
his members."
The Sixth Arit: The name of the Doorkeeper is Atek-tau-kehaq-kheru. The name of the Watcher
is An-her. The name of the Herald is Ates-her-[ari]-she. The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is
truth, shall say [when he cometh to this Arit]: "I have come daily, I have come daily. I have made
myself a way. I have advanced over that which was created by Anpu (Anubis). I am the Lord of
the Urrt Crown. I am the possessor [of the knowledge of] the words of magical power, I am the
Avenger according to law, I have avenged [the injury to] his Eye. I have defended Osiris. I have
accomplished my journey. The Osiris Ani advanceth with you with the word which is truth."
The Seventh Arit: The name of the Doorkeeper is Sekhmet-em-tsu-sen. The name of the
Watcher is Aa-maa-kheru. The name of the Herald is Khesef-khemi. The Osiris the scribe Ani,
whose word is truth, shall say [when he cometh to this Arit]: "I have come unto thee, O Osiris,
being purified from foul emissions. Thou goest round about heaven, thou seest Ra, thou seest
the beings who have knowledge. [Hail], thou, ONE! Behold, thou art in the Sektet Boat which
traverseth the heavens. I speak what I will to his Sahu (Spirit-body). He is strong, and cometh into
being even [as] he spake. Thou meetest him face to face. Prepare thou for me all the ways which
are good [and which lead] to thee."
Rubric: If [these] words be recited by the spirit when he shall come to the Seven Arits, and as he
entereth the doors, he shall neither be turned back nor repulsed before Osiris, and he shall be
made to have his being among the blessed spirits, and to have dominion among the ancestral
followers of Osiris. If these things be done for any spirit he shall have his being in that place like a
lord of eternity in one body with Osiris, and at no place shall any being contend against him.
The Pylons of the House of Osiris: The following shall be said when one cometh to the FIRST
PYLON. The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith: "Lady of tremblings, high-walled, the
sovereign lady, the lady of destruction, who uttereth the words which drive back the destroyers,
who delivereth from destruction him that cometh." The name of her Doorkeeper is Neruit.
The following shall be said when one cometh to the SECOND PYLON. The Osiris the scribe Ani,
whose word is truth, saith: "Lady of heaven, Mistress of the Two Lands, devourer by fire, Lady of
mortals, who art infinitely greater than any human being." The name of her Doorkeeper is
Mes-Ptah.
The following shall be said when one cometh to the THIRD PYLON. The Osiris the scribe Ani,
whose word is truth, saith: "Lady of the Altar, the mighty lady to whom offerings are made, greatly
beloved one of every god sailing up the river to Abydos." The name of her Doorkeeper is Sebqa.
The following shall be said when one cometh to the FOURTH PYLON. The Osiris the scribe Ani,
whose word is truth, saith: "Prevailer with knives, Mistress of the Two Lands, destroyer of the
enemies of the Still-Heart (Osiris), who decreeth the release of those who suffer through evil
hap." The name of her Doorkeeper is Nekau.
The following shall be said when one cometh to the FIFTH PYLON. The Osiris the scribe Ani,
whose word is truth, saith: "Flame, Lady of fire, absorbing the entreaties which are made to her,
who permitteth not to approach her the rebel." The name of her Doorkeeper is Henti-Reqiu.
The following shall be said when one cometh to the SIXTH PYLON. The Osiris the scribe Ani,
whose word is truth, saith: "Lady of light, who roareth mightily, whose breadth cannot be
comprehended. Her like hath not been found since the beginning. There are serpents over which
are unknown. They were brought forth before the Still-Heart." The name of her Doorkeeper is
Semati.
The following shall be said when one cometh to the SEVENTH PYLON. The Osiris the scribe Ani,
whose word is truth, saith: "Garment which envelopeth the helpless one, which weepeth for and
loveth that which it covereth." The name of her Doorkeeper is Saktif.
The following shall be said when one cometh to the EIGHTH PYLON. The Osiris the scribe Ani,
whose word is truth, saith: "Blazing fire, unquenchable, with far-reaching tongues of flame,
irresistible slaughterer, which one may not pass through fear of its deadly attack." The name of
her Doorkeeper is Khutchetef.
The following shall be said when one cometh to the NINTH PYLON. The Osiris the scribe Ani,
whose word is truth, saith: "Chieftainess, lady of strength, who giveth quiet of heart to the
offspring of her lord. Her girth is three hundred and fifty khet, and she is clothed with green
feldspar of the South. She bindeth up the divine form and clotheth the helpless one. Devourer,
lady of all men." The name of her Doorkeeper is Arisutchesef.
The following shall be said when one cometh to the TENTH PYLON. The Osiris the scribe Ani,
whose word is truth, saith: "Goddess of the loud voice, who maketh her suppliants to mourn, the
awful one who terrifieth, who herself remaineth unterrified within." The name of her Doorkeeper is
Sekhenur.
The Speech of the Priest Ammutef: I have come unto you, O ye great Tchatcha Chiefs who dwell
in heaven, and upon earth, and in Khert-Neter, and I have brought unto you the Osiris Ani. He
hath not committed any act which is an abomination before all the gods. Grant ye that he may live
with you every day.
The Osiris the scribe Ani adoreth Osiris, Lord of Rasta, and the Great Company of the Gods who
live in Khert-Neter. He saith: "Homage to thee, Khenti Amenti, Un-Nefer, who dwellest in Abtu. I
come to thee. My heart holdeth Truth. There is no sin in my body. I have not told a lie wittingly, I
have not acted in a double manner. Grant thou to me cakes, let me appear in the presence, at
the altar of the Lords of Truth, let me go in and come forth from Khert-Neter [at will], let not my
Heart- soul be driven away [from me]; and grant me a sight of the Disk and the beholding of the
Moon for ever and ever.
The Speech of the Priest Sameref: I have come unto you, O ye Tchatcha Chiefs who dwell in
Rasta, and I have brought unto you the Osiris Ani, grant ye unto him cakes, and water, and air,
and a homestead in Sekhet-hetep as to the followers of Horus.
The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, adoreth Osiris, the Lord of everlastingness, and
the Tchatcha Chiefs, the Lords of Rasta. He saith: "Homage to thee, O King of Khert-Neter, thou
Governor of Akert! I have come unto thee. I know thy plans, I am equipped with the forms which
thou takest in the Tuat. Give thou to me a place in Khert-Neter, near the Lords of Truth. May my
homestead be lasting in Sekhet-hetep, may I receive cakes in thy presence."
The Judges in Anu: Hail, Thoth, who madest to be true the word of Osiris against his enemies,
make thou the word of the scribe Nebseni to be true against his enemies, even as thou didst
make the word of Osiris to be true against his enemies, in the presence of the Tchatcha Chiefs
who are with Ra and Osiris in Anu, on the night of the "things of the night," and the night of battle,
and of the fettering of the Sebau fiends, and the day of the destruction of the enemies of
Neb-er-tcher.
Now the great Tchatcha Chiefs in Anu are Tem, Shu, Tefnut, [Osiris and Thoth]. Now the
"fettering of the Sebau fiends" signifieth the destruction of the Smaiu fiends of Set, when he
wrought iniquity a second time.
Hail, Thoth, who didst make the word of Osiris to be true against his enemies, make thou the word
of the Osiris Ani to be true against his enemies, with the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Tetu,
on the night of setting up the Tet in Tetu.
Now the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Tetu are Osiris, Isis, Nephthys, and Horus the avenger
of his father. Now the "setting up of the Tet in Tetu" signifieth [the raising up of] the shoulder of
Horus, the Governor of Sekhem. They are round about Osiris in the band [and] the bandages.
Hail, Thoth, who didst make the word of Osiris to be true against his enemies, make thou the word
of the Osiris Ani to be true against his enemies, with the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in
Sekhem, on the night of the "things of the night" in Sekhem.
Now the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Sekhem are Heru-khenti-en- ariti and Thoth who is with
the Tchatcha Chiefs of Nerutef. Now the night of the "things of the night festival" signifieth the
dawn on the sarcophagus of Osiris.
Hail, Thoth, who didst make the word of Osiris to be true against his enemies, make thou the word
of the Osiris the scribe Ani to be true against his enemies, with the great Tchatcha Chiefs who
are in the double town Pe-Tep, on the night of setting up the "Senti" of Horus, and of establishing
him in the inheritance of the possessions of his father Osiris.
Now the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Pe-Tep are Horus, Isis, Kesta (Mesta) and Hapi. Now
the "setting up of the 'Senti' of Horus" hath reference to the words which Set spake to his
followers, saying "Set up the Senti."
Hail, Thoth, who didst make the word of Osiris to be true against his enemies, make thou the word
of the Osiris the scribe Ani to be true, in peace, against his enemies, with the great Tchatcha
Chiefs who are in the Lands of the Rekhti (Taiu-Rekhti), in the night when Isis lay down, and kept
watch to make lamentation for her brother Osiris.
Now the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Taiu-Rekhti are Isis, Horus, Kesta (Mesta) [Anpu and
Thoth].
Hail, Thoth, who didst make the word of Osiris true against his enemies, make thou the word of
Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, in peace, to be true against his enemies, with the great
Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Abtu, on the night of the god Haker, when the dead are separated,
and the spirits are judged, and when the procession taketh place in Teni.
Now the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Abtu are Osiris, Isis, and Up-uat.
Hail, Thoth, who didst make the word of Osiris to be true against his enemies, make thou the word
of the Osiris, the scribe and assessor of the sacred offerings which are made to all the gods, Ani,
to be true against his enemies, with the Tchatcha Chiefs who examine the dead on the night of
making the inspection of those who are to be annihilated.
Now the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are present at the examination of the dead are Thoth, Osiris,
Anpu and Asten (read Astes). Now the inspection (or, counting) of those who are to be
annihilated signifieth the shutting up of things from the souls of the sons of revolt.
Hail, Thoth, who didst make the word of Osiris true against his enemies, make thou the word of
the Osiris the scribe Ani to be true against his enemies, with the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are
present at the digging up of the earth [and mixing it] with their blood, and of making the word of
Osiris to be true against his enemies.
As concerning the Tchatcha Chiefs who are present at the digging up of the earth in Tetu: When
the Smaiu fiends of Set came [there], having transformed themselves into animals, these
Tchatcha Chiefs slew them in the presence of the gods who were there, and they took their
blood, and carried it to them. These things were permitted at the examination [of the wicked] by
those [gods] who dwelt in Tetu.
Hail, Thoth, who didst make the word of Osiris to be true against his enemies, make thou the word
of the Osiris [the scribe] Ani to be true against his enemies, with the great Tchatcha Chiefs who
are in Nerutef on the night of the "Hidden of Forms."
Now the great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Nerutef are Ra, Osiris, Shu and Bebi.
Now, the night of the "Hidden of Forms" referreth to the placing on the sarcophagus [of Osiris] the
arm, the heel, and the thigh of Osiris Un-Nefer.
Hail, Thoth, who didst make the word of Osiris true against his enemies, make thou the word of
the Osiris, whose word is truth, to be true against his enemies, with the great Tchatcha Chiefs
who are in Rasta, on the night when Anpu lay with his arms on the things by Osiris, and when the
word of Horus was make to be true against his enemies.
The great Tchatcha Chiefs who are in Rasta are Horus, Osiris, and Isis. The heart of Osiris is
happy, the heart of Horus is glad, and the two halves of Egypt (Aterti) are well satisfied thereat.
Hail, Thoth, who didst make the word of Osiris true against his enemies, make thou the word of
the Osiris the scribe Ani, the assessor of the holy offerings made to all the gods, to be true
against his enemies, with the Ten great Tchatcha Chiefs who are with Ra, and with Osiris, and
with every god, and with every goddess, in the presence of the god Nebertcher. He hath
destroyed his enemies, and he hath destroyed every evil thing which appertained to him.
Rubric: If this Chapter be recited for, or over, the deceased, he shall come forth by day, purified
after death, according to the desire of his heart. Now if this Chapter be recited over him, he shall
progress over the earth, and he shall escape from every fire, and none of the evil things which
appertain to him shall ever be round about him; never, a million times over, shall this be.
The Chapter of Opening the Mouth of Osiris Ani: To be said:- The god Ptah shall open my mouth,
and the god of my town shall unfasten the swathings, the swathings which are over my mouth.
Thereupon shall come Thoth, who is equipped with words of power in great abundance, and shall
untie the fetters, even the fetters of the god Set which are over my mouth. And the god Tem shall
cast them back at those who would fetter me with them, and cast them at him. Then shall the god
Shu open my mouth, and make an opening into my mouth with the same iron implement
wherewith he opened the mouth of the gods. I am the goddess Sekhmet, and I take my seat upon
the place by the side of Amt-ur the great wind of heaven. I am the great Star-goddess Saah, who
dwelleth among the Souls of Anu. Now as concerning every spell, and every word which shall be
spoken against me, every god of the Divine Company shall set himself in opposition thereto.
The Chapter of Bringing Words of Power to the Osiris Ani, who saith:- I am Tem-Khepera who
produced himself on the thighs of his divine mother. Those who dwell in Nu have been made
wolves, and those who are among the Tchatcha Chiefs have become hyenas. Behold, I will
gather together to myself this charm from the person with whom it is [and from the place] wherein
it is [and it shall come to me] quicker than a greyhound, and swifter that light. Hail, thou who
bringest the Ferry- Boat of Ra, thou holdest thy course firmly and directly in the north wind as
thou sailest up the river towards the Island of Fire which is in Khert-Neter. Behold, thou shalt
gather together to thee this charm from wheresoever it may be, and from whomsoever it may be
with [and it shall come to me] quicker than a greyhound, and swifter than light. It (the charm)
made the transformations of Mut; it fashioned the gods [or] kept them silent; by it Mut gave the
warmth [of life] to the gods. Behold, these words of power are mine, and they shall come unto me
from wheresoever they may be, or with whomsoever they may be, quicker than greyhounds and
swifter than light, or, according to another reading, "swifter than shadows."
The Chapter of Giving a Heart to the Osiris Ani in Khert-Neter: He saith:- Let my heart be with me
in the House of Hearts. Let my heart- case be with me in the House of heart-cases. Let my heart
be with me, and let it rest in [me or] I shall not eat the cakes of Osiris in the eastern side of the
Lake of Flowers, nor have a boat wherein to float down the river, nor a boat to sail up the river to
thee, nor be able to embark in a boat with thee. Let my mouth be to me that I may speak
therewith. Let my legs be to me that I may walk therewith. Let my arms be to me that I may
overthrow the foe therewith. Let the two doors of the sky be opened to me. May Keb, the Erpat of
the gods, open his jaws to me. May he open my two eyes which are blinded by swathings. May he
make me to lift up my legs in walking which are tied together. May Anpu make my thighs to
become vigorous. May the goddess Sekhmet raise me, and lift me up. Let me ascend into
heaven, let that which I command be performed in Het-ka-Ptah. I know how to use my heart. I am
master of my heart-case. I am master of my hands and arms. I am master of my legs. I have the
power to do that which my KA desireth to do. My Heart-soul shall not be kept a prisoner in my
body at the gates of Amentet when I would go in in peace and come forth in peace.
The Chapter of Not Letting the Heart of the Osiris, the Assessor of the Divine Offerings of All the
Gods, Ani, Whose Word Is Truth Before Osiris, Be Driven Back from Him in Khert-Neter: He
saith:- My heart of my mother. My heart of my mother. My heart-case of my transformations. Let
not any one stand up to bear testimony against me. Let no one drive me away from the Tchatcha
Chiefs. Let no one make thee to fall away from me in the presence of the Keeper of the Balance.
Thou art my KA, the dweller in my body, the god Khnemu who makest sound my members.
Mayest thou appear in the place of happiness whither we go. Let not make my name to stink
Shenit Chiefs, who make men to be stable.
The Chapter of Not Letting the Heart-Soul of a Man Be Snatched Away from Him in Khert-Neter:
The Osiris the scribe Ani saith:--I, even I, am he who cometh forth from the Celestial Water
(Akeb). He (Akeb) produced abundance for me, and hath the mastery there in the form of the
River.
The Chapter of Giving Air in Khert-Neter: The Osiris Ani saith:- I am the Egg which dwelt in the
Great Cackler. I keep ward over that great place which Keb hath proclaimed upon earth. I live; it
liveth. I grow up, I live, I snuff the air. I am Utcha-aab. I go round about his egg [to protect it]. I
have thwarted the moment of Set. Hail, Sweet one of the Two Lands! Hail, dweller in the tchefa
food! Hail, dweller in the lapis-lazuli! Watch ye over him that is in his cradle, the Babe when he
cometh forth to you.
The Chapter of Not Letting the Heart of a Man Be Snatched Away from Him in Khert-Neter: The
Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- Get thee back, O messenger of every god! Art thou come
to [snatch away] my heart-case which liveth? My heart-case which liveth shall not be given unto
thee. [As] I advance, the gods hearken unto my propitiation [prayer] and they fall down on their
faces [whilst] they are on their own land.
The Chapter of Not Letting the Heart-Case of a Man Be Taken Away from Him in Khert-Neter: The
Osiris Ani saith:- Hail, ye who steal and crush heart-cases [and who make the heart of a man to
go through its transformations according to his deeds: let not what he hath done harm him before
you]. Homage to you, O ye Lords of Eternity, ye masters of everlastingness, take ye not this heart
of Osiris Ani into your fingers, and this heart-case, and cause ye not things of evil to spring up
against it, because this heart belongeth to the Osiris Ani, and this heart-case belongeth to him of
the great names (Thoth), the mighty one, whose words are his members. He sendeth his heart to
rule his body, and his heart is renewed before the gods. The heart of the Osiris Ani, whose word
is truth, is to him; he hath gained the mastery over it. He hath not said what he hath done. He
hath obtained power over his own members. His heart obeyeth him, he is the lord thereof, it is in
his body, and it shall never fall away therefrom. I command thee to be obedient unto me in
Khert-Neter. I, the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, in peace; whose word is truth in the Beautiful
Amentet, by the Domain of Eternity.
The Chapter of Breathing the Air and of Having Power over Water in Khert-Neter: The Osiris Ani
saith:- Open to me! Who art thou? Whither goest thou? What is thy name? I am one of you. Who
are these with you? The two Merti goddesses (Isis and Nephthys). Thou separatest head from
head when [he] entereth the divine Mesqen chamber. He causeth me to set out for the temple of
the gods Kem-heru. "Assembler of souls" is the name of my ferry-boat. "Those who make the hair
to bristle" is the name of the oars. "Sert" ("Goad") is the name of the hold. "Steering straight in
the middle" is the name of the rudder; likewise, [the boat] is a type of my being borne onward in
the lake. Let there be given unto me vessels of milk, and cakes, and loaves of bread, and cups of
drink, and flesh, in the Temple of Anpu.
Rubric: If the deceased knoweth this Chapter, he shall go into, after coming forth from
Khert-Neter of [the Beautiful Amentet].
The Chapter of Snuffing the Air, and of Having Power over the Water in Khert-Neter: The Osiris
Ani saith:- Hail, thou Sycamore tree of the goddess Nut! Give me of the [water and of the] air
which is in thee. I embrace that throne which is in Unu, and I keep guard over the Egg of
Nekek-ur. It flourisheth, and I flourish; it liveth, and I live; it snuffeth the air, and I snuff the air, I
the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, in [peace].
The Chapter of Not Dying a Second Time in Khert-Neter: The Osiris Ani saith:- My hiding place is
opened, my hiding place is opened. The Spirits fall headlong in the darkness, but the Eye of
Horus hath made me holy, and Upuati hath nursed me. I will hide myself among you, O ye stars
which are imperishable. My brow is like the brow of Ra. My face is open. My heart-case is upon its
throne, I know how to utter words. In very truth I am Ra himself. I am not a man of no account. I
am not a man to whom violence can be done. Thy father liveth for thee, O son of Nut. I am thy
son, O great one, I have seen the hidden things which are thine. I am crowned upon my throne
like the king of the gods. I shall not die a second time in Khert-Neter.
The Chapter of Not Rotting in Khert-Neter: The Osiris Ani saith:- O thou who art motionless, O
thou who art motionless, O thou whose members are motionless, like unto those of Osiris. Thy
members shall not be motionless, they shall not rot, they shall not crumble away, they shall not
fall into decay. My members shall be made [permanent] for me as if I were Osiris.
Rubric: If this Chapter be known by the deceased he shall never see corruption in Khert-Neter.
The Chapter of Not Perishing and of Being Alive in Khert-Neter: The Osiris Ani saith:- Hail ye
children of the god Shu. The Tuat hath gained the mastery over his diadem. Among the Hamemet
Spirits may I arise, even as did arise Osiris.
The Chapter of Not Going in to the Block of the God: The Osiris Ani saith:- My head was fastened
on my body in heaven, O Guardian of the Earth, by Ra. [This] was granted [to me] on the day of
my being stablished, when I rose up out of a state of weakness upon [my] two feet. On the day of
cutting off the hair Set and the Company of the Gods fastened my head to my neck, and it
became as firm as it was originally. Let nothing happen to shake it off again! Make ye me safe
from the murderer of my father. I have tied together the Two Earths. Nut hath fastened together
the vertebrae of my neck, and [I] behold them as they were originally, and they are seen in the
order wherein they were when as yet Maat was not seen, and when the gods were not born in
visible forms. I am Penti. I am the heir of the great gods, I the Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is
truth.
The Chapter of Not Being Transported to the East in Khert-Neter: The Osiris Ani saith:- Hail,
Phallus of Ra, which advanceth and beateth down opposition. Things which have been without
motion for millions of years have come into life through Baba. I am stronger thereby than the
strong, and I have more power thereby than the mighty. Now, let me not be carried away in a
boat, or be seized violently and taken to the East, to have the festivals of Sebau Devils
celebrated on me. Let not deadly wounds be inflicted upon me, and let me not be gored by horns.
Thou shalt neither fall [nor] eat fish made by Tebun.
Now, no evil thing of any kind whatsoever shall be done unto me by the Sebau Devils. [I shall not
be gored by] horns. Therefore the Phallus of Ra, [which is] the head of Osiris, shall not be
swallowed up. Behold, I shall come into me fields and I shall cut the grain. The gods shall provide
me with food. Thou shalt not then be gored, Ra-Khepera. There shall not be then pus in the Eye
of Tem, and it shall not be destroyed. Violence shall not be done unto me, and I shall not be
carried away in [my] boat to the East to have the festivals of the Sebau Devils celebrated on me
in evil fashion. Cruel gashes with knives shall not be inflicted upon me, and I shall not be carried
away in [my] boat to the East. I the Osiris, the assessor of the holy offerings of all the gods, Ani,
whose word is truth, happily, the lord of fealty [to Osiris].
The Chapter of Not Letting the Head of a Man Be Cut Off from His Body in Khert-Neter: The
Osiris Ani saith:- I am a Great One, the son of a Great One. [I am] Fire, the son of Fire, to whom
was given his head after it had been cut off. The head of Osiris was not removed from his body,
and the head of Osiris Ani shall not be removed from his body. I have knitted myself together, I
have made myself whole and complete. I shall renew my youth. I am Osiris Himself, the Lord of
Eternity.
The Chapter of Making the Soul To Be Joined to its Body in Khert-Neter: The Osiris Ani saith:-
Hail, thou god Aniu! Hail, thou god Pehreri, who dwellest in thy hall, the Great God. Grant thou
that my soul may come to me from any place wherein it may be. Even if it would tarry, let my soul
be brought unto me from any place wherein it may be. Thou findest the Eye of Horus standing by
thee like unto those beings who resemble Osiris, who never lie down in death. Let not the Osiris
Ani, whose word is truth, lie down dead among those who lie in Anu, the land wherein [souls] are
joined to their bodies in thousands. Let me have possession of my Ba-soul and of my Spirit-soul,
and let my word be truth with it (the Ba-soul) in every place wherein it may be. Observe then, O
ye guardians of Heaven, my soul [wherever it may be]. Even if it would tarry, cause thou my
Ba-soul to see my body. Thou shalt find the Eye of Horus standing by thee like [the Watchers].
Hail, ye gods who tow along the boat of the Lord of Millions of Years, who bring it over the sky of
the Tuat, who make it to journey over Nent, who make Ba-souls to enter into their Spirit-bodies,
whose hands hold the steering poles and guide it straight, who grasp tightly your paddles,
destroy ye the Enemy; thus shall the Boat rejoice, and the Great God shall travel on his way in
peace. Moreover, grant ye that the Ba-soul of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth before the gods,
may come forth with your navel cords in the eastern part of the sky, and that it may follow Ra to
the place where he was yesterday, and may set in peace, in peace in Amentet. May it gaze upon
its earthly body, may it take up its abode and its Spirit-body, may it neither perish nor be
destroyed for ever and for ever.
Rubric: These words shall be said over a model of the Ba-soul made of gold, and inlaid with
precious stones, which shall be placed on the breast of the Osiris.
The Chapter of Not Letting the Soul of a Man Be Held Captice in Khert-Neter: The Osiris Ani
saith:- Hail, thou who art exalted! Hail, thou who art adored! Hail, Mighty One of Souls, thou divine
Soul who inspirest great dread, who dost set the fear of thyself in the gods, who are enthroned
upon thy mighty seat. Make thou a path for the Spirit-soul and the Ba-soul of the Osiris Ani. I am
equipped with [words of power]. I am a Spirit-soul equipped with [words of power]. I have made my
way to the place where are Ra and Hathor.
Rubric: If this Chapter be known by the deceased he shall be able to transform himself into a
Spirit-soul who shall be equipped with [his soul and his shadow] in Khert-Neter, and he shall not
be shut up inside any door in Amentet, when he is coming forth upon the Earth, or when he is
going back into [Khert-Neter.]
The Chapter of Opening the Tomb to the Ba-Soul and the Shadow, and of Coming Forth by Day,
and of Having Mastery Over the Two Legs: The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith:-
The place which is closed is opened, the place which is shut (or sealed) is sealed. That which
lieth down in the closed place is opened by the Ba-soul which is in it. By the Eye of Horus I am
delivered. Ornaments are stablished on the brow of Ra. My stride is made long. I lift up my two
thighs [in walking]. I have journeyed over a long road. My limbs are in a flourishing condition. I am
Horus, the Avenger of his Father, and I bring the Urrt Crown [and set it on] its standard. The road
of souls is opened. My twin soul seeth the Great God in the Boat of Ra, on the day of souls. My
soul is in the front thereof with the counter of the years. Come, the Eye of Horus hath delivered
for me my soul, my ornaments are stablished on the brow of Ra. Light is on the faces of those
who are in the members of Osiris. Ye shall not hold captive my soul. Ye shall not keep in durance
my shadow. The way is open to my soul and to my shadow. It seeth the Great God in the shrine
on the day of counting souls. It repeateth the words of Osiris. Those whose seats are invisible,
who fetter the members of Osiris, who fetter Heart-souls and Spirit-souls, who set a seal upon the
dead, and who would do evil to me, shall do no evil to me. Haste on the way to me. Thy heart is
with thee. My Heart-soul and my Spirit-soul are equipped; they guide thee. I sit down at the head
of the great ones who are chiefs of their abodes. The wardens of the members of Osiris shall not
hold thee captive, though they keep ward over souls, and set a seal on the shadow which is
dead. Heaven shall not shut thee in.
Rubric: If this Chapter be known by the deceased he shall come forth by day, and his soul shall
not be kept captive.
The Chapter of Lifting Up the Feet, and of Coming Forth on the Earth: The Osiris Ani saith:-
Perform thy work, O Seker, perform thy work, O Seker, O thou who dwellest in thy circle, and who
dwellest in my feet in Khert-Neter. I am he who sendeth forth light over the Thigh of heaven. I
come forth in heaven. I sit down by the Light-god (Khu). O I am helpless. O I am helpless. I would
walk. I am helpless. I am helpless in the regions of those who plunder in Khert-Neter, I the Osiris
Ani, whose word is truth, in peace.
The Chapter of Forcing a Way into Amentet [and of Coming Forth] by Day: The Osiris Ani saith:-
The town of Unu is opened. My head is sealed up, Thoth. Perfect is the Eye of Horus. I have
delivered the Eye of Horus which shineth with splendours on the brow of Ra, the Father of the
gods, [I am] that self-same Osiris, [the dweller in] Amentet. Osiris knoweth his day, and he
knoweth that he shall live through his period of life; I shall have by being with him. I am the
Moon-god Aah, the dweller among the gods. I shall not come to an end. Stand up therefore, O
Horus, for thou art counted among the gods.
The Chapter of Coming Forth by Day and of Living after Death: The Osiris Ani saith:- Hail, thou
One, who shinest from the moon. Hail, thou One, who shinest from the moon. Grant that this
Osiris Ani may come forth among thy multitudes who are at the portal. Let him be with the
Light-God. Let the Tuat be opened to him. Behold, the Osiris Ani shall come forth by day to
perform everything which he wisheth upon the earth among those who are living [thereon].
The Chapter of Coming Forth by Day after Forcing an Entrance through the Aamhet: The Osiris
Ani saith:- Hail, Soul, thou mighty one of terror! Verily, I am here. I have come. I behold thee. I
have passed through the Tuat. I have seen Father Osiris. I have scattered the gloom of night. I
am his beloved one. I have come, I have seen my Father Osiris. I have stabbed the heart of Suti. I
have made offerings to my Father Osiris. I have opened every way in heaven and on the earth. I
am the son who loveth his Fathers (sic) Osiris. I am a Spirit-body. I am a Spirit-soul. I am
equipped. Hail, every god and every Spirit-soul. I have made the way [to Osiris]. I the Osiris the
scribe Ani, whose word is truth.
The Chapter of Making a Man to Return to Look Upon his House on Earth: The Osiris Ani saith:- I
am the Lion-god who cometh forth with long strides. I have shot arrows, and I have wounded my
prey. I have shot arrows, and I have wounded my prey. I am the Eye of Horus, I traverse the Eye
of Horus at this season. I have arrived at the domains. Grant that the Osiris Ani may come in
peace.
Another Chapter of the Coming Forth of a Man by Day against His Enemies in Khert-Neter: [The
Osiris Ani saith:-] I have divided the heavens. I have cleft the horizon. I have traversed the earth
[following in] his footsteps. I have conquered the mighty Spirit-souls because I am equipped for
millions of years with words of power. I eat with my mouth. I evacuate with my body. Behold, I am
the God of the Tuat! Let these things be given unto me, the Osiris Ani, in perpetuity withou fail or
diminution.
A Hymn of Praise to Ra When He Riseth upon the Horizon, and When He Settest in the Land of
Life: Osiris the scribe Ani saith:- Homage to thee, O Ra, when thou risest as Tem-Heru-Khuti.
Thou art to be adored. Thy beauties are before mine eyes, [thy] radiance is upon my body. Thou
goest forth to thy setting in the Sektet Boat with [fair] winds, and thy heart is glad; the heart of the
Matet Boat rejoiceth. Thou stridest over the heavens in peace, and all thy foes are cast down; the
stars which never rest sing hymns of praise unto thee, and the stars which are imperishable
glorify thee as thou sinkest to rest in the horizon of Manu, O thou who art beautiful at morn and at
eve, O thou lord who livest, and art established, O my Lord!
Homage to thee, O thou who art Ra when thou risest, and who art Tem when thou settest in
beauty. Thou risest and thou shinest on the back of thy mother [Nut], O thou who art crowned the
king of the gods! Nut welcometh thee, and payeth homage unto thee, and Maat, the everlasting
and never-changing goddess, embraceth thee at noon and at eve. Thou stridest over the
heavens, being glad at heart, and the Lake of Testes is content. The Sebau-fiend hath fallen to
the ground, his fore-legs and his hind-legs have been hacked off him, and the knife hath severed
the joints of his back. Ra hath a fair wind, and the Sektet Boat setteth out on its journey, and
saileth on until it cometh into port. The gods of the South, the gods of the North, the gods of the
West, and the gods of the East praise thee, O thou Divine Substance, from whom all living things
came into being. Thou didst send forth the word when the earth was submerged with silence, O
thou Only One, who didst dwell in heaven before ever the earth and the mountains came into
being. Hail, thou Runner, Lord, Only One, thou maker of the things that are, thou hast fashioned
the tongue of the Company of the Gods, thou hast produced whatsoever cometh forth from the
waters, thou springest up out of them above the submerged land of the Lake of Horus. Let me
breathe the air which cometh forth from thy nostrils, and the north wind which cometh forth from
thy mother Nut. Make thou my Spirit-soul to be glorious, O Osiris, make thou my Heart-soul to be
divine. Thou art worshipped as thou settest, O Lord of the gods, thou art exalted by reason of thy
wondrous works. Shine thou with the rays of light upon my body day by day, upon me, Osiris the
scribe, the assessor of the divine offerings of all the gods, the overseer of the granary of the
Lords of Abydos, the real royal scribe who loveth thee, Ani, whose word is truth, in peace.
Praise be unto thee, O Osiris, the Lord of Eternity, Un-Nefer, Heru- Khuti (Harmakhis), whose
forms are manifold, whose attributes are majestic [Praise be unto thee], O thou who art
Ptah-Seker-Tem in Anu, thou Lord of the hidden shrine, thou Creator of the House of the KA of
Ptah (Het-ka-Ptah) and of the gods [therein], thou Guide of the Tuat, who art glorified when thou
settest in Nu (the Sky). Isis embraceth thee in peace, and she driveth away the fiends from the
entrances of thy paths. Thou turnest thy face towards Amentet, and thou makest the earth to
shine as with refined copper. Those who have lain down in death rise up to see thee, they
breathe the air, and they look upon thy face when the disk riseth on the horizon. Their hearts are
at peace since they behold thee, o thou who art Eternity and Everlastingness.
The Solar Litany Homage to you, O ye gods of the Dekans in Anu, and to you, O ye
Hememet-spirits in Kher Aha, and to thee, O Unti, who art the most glorious of all the gods who
are hidden in Anu,
O grant thou unto me a path whereover I may pass in peace, for I am just and true; I have not
spoken falsehood wittingly, nor have I done aught with deceit.
Homage to thee, O An in Antes, Heru-khuti, who dost with long strides march across the heavens,
O grant thou unto me a path whereover I may pass in peace, for I am just and true; I have not
spoken falsehood wittingly, nor have I done aught with deceit.
Homage to thee, O Everlasting Soul, thou Soul who dwellest in Tetu, Un-Nefer, the son of Nut,
who art the Lord of Akert,
O grant thou unto me a path whereover I may pass in peace, for I am just and true; I have not
spoken falsehood wittingly, nor have done aught with deceit.
Homage to thee in thy dominion over Tetu, upon whose brow the Urrt Crown is established, thou
One who createst the strength to protect thyself, and who dwellest in peace,
O grant thou unto me a path whereover I may pass in peace, for I am just and true; I have not
spoken falsehood wittingly, nor have I done aught with deceit.
Homage to thee, O Lord of the Acacia Tree, whose Seker Boat is set upon its sledge, who turnest
back the Fiend, the Evildoer, and dost cause the Eye of Ra (utchat) to rest upon its seat,
O grant thou unto me a path whereover I may pass in peace, for I am just and true; I have not
spoken falsehood wittingly, nor have I done aught with deceit.
Homage to thee, O thou who art mighty in thine hour, thou great and mighty Prince who dost
dwell in Anrutef, thou Lord of Eternity and Creator of the Everlastingness, thou Lord of Hensu,
O grant thou unto me a path whereover I may pass in peace, for I am just and true; I have not
spoken falsehood wittingly, nor have I done aught with deceit.
Homage to thee, O thou who restest upon Truth, thou Lord of Abtu, whose limbs form the
substance of Ta-tchesert, unto whom fraud and deceit are abominations,
O grant thou unto me a path whereover I may pass in peace, for I am just and true; I have not
spoken falsehood wittingly, nor have I done aught with deceit.
Homage to thee, O thou who dwellest in thy boat, who dost bring Hapi (the Nile) forth from his
cavern, whose body is the light, and who dwellest in Nekhen, O grant thou unto me a path
whereover I may pass in peace, for I am just and true; I have not spoken falsehood wittingly, nor
have I done aught with deceit.
Homage to thee, O thou Creator of the gods, thou King of the South and North, Osiris, whose
word is truth, who rulest the world by thy gracious goodness, thou Lord of the Atebui,
O grant thou unto me a path whereover I may pass in peace, for I am just and true; I have not
spoken falsehood wittingly, nor have I done aught with deceit.
A Hymn of Praise to Ra When He Riseth in the Eastern Part of Heaven: Those who are in his
following rejoice, and the Osiris, the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- Hail, thou Disk, thou
lord of rays, who risest on the horizon day by day. Shine thou with thy beams of light upon the
face of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, for he singeth hymns of praise to thee at dawn, and he
maketh thee to sit at eventide [with words of adoration]. May the soul of the Osiris Ani, whose
word is truth, come forth with thee into heaven! May he set out with thee in the Matet Boat [in the
morning], may he come into port in the Sektet Boat [in the evening], and may he cleave his path
among the stars of heaven which never rest.
The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, being at peace [with his god], maketh adoration to his Lord,
the Lord of Eternity, and saith:- Homage to thee, O Heru-khuti, who art the god Khepera, the
self-created. When thou risest on the horizon and sheddest thy beams of light upon the Lands of
the South and of the North, thou art beautiful, yea beautiful, and all the gods rejoice when they
behold thee, the king of heaven. The goddess, the Lady of the Hour, is stablished upon thy head,
her Uraei of the South and of the North are upon thy brow, and she taketh up her place before
thee. The god Thoth is stablished in the bows of thy boat to destroy utterly all thy foes. Those
who dwell in the Tuat come forth to meet thee, and they bow to the earth in homage as they come
towards thee, to look upon thy beautiful Form. And I, Ani, have come into thy presence, so that I
may be with thee, and may behold thy Disk every day. Let me not be kept captive [by the tomb],
and let me not be turned back [on my way]. Let the members of my body be made new again
when I contemplate thy beauties, even as are the members of all thy favoured ones, because I
am one of those who worshipped thee upon earth. Let me arrive in the Land of Eternity, let me
enter into the Land of Everlastingness. This, O my Lord, behold thou shalt ordain for me.
And moreover, the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, in peace, the truth-speaker, saith:- Homage to
thee, O thou who risest on thy horizon in the form of Ra, who restest upon Law, [which can
neither be changed nor altered]. Thou passest over the sky, and every face, watcheth thee and
thy course, for thou thyself art hidden from their gaze. Thou dost show thyself [to them] at dawn
and at eventide each day. The Sektet Boat, wherein Thy Majesty dwelleth, setteth forth on its
journey with vigour. Thy beams [fall] upon all faces, thy light with its manifold colours is
incomprehensible [to man], and thy brilliant rays cannot be reported. The Lands of the Gods see
thee, they could write [concerning thee]; the Deserts of Punt could count thee. Thy creation is
hidden. It is one by the opening of thy mouth. Thy form is the head of Nu. May he (Ani) advance,
even as thou dost advance, without cessation, even as Thy Majesty [ceaseth not to advance]
even for a moment. With great strides thou dost in one little moment pass over limitless distances
which would need millions and hundreds of thousands of years [for a man to pass over; this] thou
doest, and then thou sinkest to rest. Thou bringest to an end the hours of the night, even as thou
stridest over them. Thou bringest them to an end by thine own ordinance, and dawn cometh on
the earth. Thou settest thyself before thy handiwork in the form of Ra, and thou rollest up on the
horizon....... Thou sendest forth light when thy form raiseth itself up, thou ordainest the increase
of thy splendours. Thou mouldest thy limbs as thou advancest, thou bringest them forth, thou
who wast never brought forth, in the form of Ra, who rolleth up into the height of heaven. Grant
thou that I may reach the heaven of eternity, and the region where thy favoured ones dwell. May I
unite with those holy and perfect Spirit-souls of Khert-Neter. May I come forth with them to behold
thy beauties as thou rollest on at eventide, as thou journeyest to thy mother Nut (the Night-sky),
and dost place thyself at the right hand (in the West). My two hands are raised to thee in praise
and thanksgiving when thou settest in life. Behold, thou art the Creator of Eternity, who art
adored when thou settest in Nu. I have set thee in my heart, without wavering, O thou who art
more divine than the gods.
The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- Praise and thanksgiving be unto thee, O thou who
rollest on like unto gold, thou Illuminer of the Two Lands on the day of thy birth. Thy mother
brought thee forth on her hand, and thou didst light up with splendour the circle which is travelled
over by the Disk. O Great Light who rollest across Nu, thou dost raise up the generations of men
from the deep source of thy waters, and dost make to keep festivals all districts and cities, and all
habitations. Thou protectest [them] with thy beauties. Thy KA riseth up with the celestial food hu
and tchefau. O thou mightily victorious one, thou Power of Powers, who makest strong thy throne
against the sinful ones, whose risings on thy throne in the Sektet Boat are mighty, whose strength
is widespread in the Atett Boat, make thou the Osiris Ani to be glorious by virtue of his word,
which is truth, in Khert-Neter. Grant thou that he may be in Amentet free from evil, and let [his]
offences be [set] behind thee. Grant thou that he may [live there] a devoted slave of the
Spirit-souls. Let him mingle among the Heart-souls who live in Ta-tchesert (the Holy Land). Let
him travel about in the Sekhet-Aaru (the Elysian Fields), conformably to [thy] decree with joy of
heart- him the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth.
[And the god maketh answer]:--Thou shalt come forth into heaven, thou shalt sail over the sky,
and thou shalt hold loving intercourse with the Star-gods. Praises shall be made to thee in the
Boat. Thy name shall be proclaimed in the Atett Boat. Thou shalt look upon Ra within his shrine.
Thou shalt make the Disk to set [with prayer] every day. Thou shalt see the Ant Fish in his
transformations in the depths of the waters of turquoise. Thou shalt see the Abtu Fish in his time.
It shall be that the Evil One shall fall when he deviseth a plan to destroy thee, and the joints of his
neck and back shall be hacked asunder. Ra saileth with a fair wind, and the Sektet Boat
progresseth and cometh into port. The mariners of Ra rejoice, and the heart of the Lady of the
Hour is glad, for the enemy of her Lord hath been cast to the ground. Thou shalt behold Horus
standing on the pilot's place in the Boat, and Thoth and Maat shall stand one on each side of
him. All the gods shall rejoice when they behold Ra coming in peace to make the hearts of the
Spirit- souls to live, and the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, the assessor of the holy offerings of
the Lords of Thebes, shall be with them!
The Chapter of the New Moon: The following is to be recited on the day of the Month (New Moon
Day): The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, in peace, whose word is truth, saith:- Ra
ascendeth his throne on his horizon, and the Company of his Gods follow in his train. The God
cometh forth from his hidden place, [and] tchefau food falleth from the eastern horizon of heaven
at the word of Nut. They (the gods) rejoice over the paths of Ra, the Great Ancestor [as] he
journeyeth round about. Therefore art thou exalted, O Ra, the dweller in thy Shrine. Thou
swallowest the winds, thou drawest into thyself the north wind, thou eatest up the flesh of thy seat
on the day when thou breathest truth. Thou dividest [it among] the gods who are [thy] followers.
[Thy] Boat saileth on travelling among the Great Gods at thy word. Thou countest thy bones,
thou gatherest together thy members, thou settest thy face towards Beautiful Amentet, and thou
comest there, being made new every day. Behold, thou art that Image of Gold, thou hast the
unitings of the disks of the sky, thou hast quakings, thou goest round about, and art made new
each day. Hail! There is rejoicing in the horizon! The gods who dwell in the sky descend the
ropes [of thy Boat] when they see the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, they ascribe praise unto
him as unto Ra. The Osiris Ani is a Great Chief. [He] seeketh the Urrt Crown. His provisions are
apportioned to him- the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth. [His] fate is strong from the exalted body
of the Aamu gods, who are in the presence of Ra. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, is strong
on the earth and in Khert-Neter. O Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, wake up, and be strong like
unto Ra every day. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, shall not tarry, he shall not remain
motionless in this land for ever. Right well shall he see with his two eyes, right well shall he hear
with his two ears, the things which are true, the things which are true. The Osiris Ani, whose word
is truth, is in Anu, the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, is as Ra, and he is exalted by reason of [his]
oars among the Followers of Nu. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, cannot tell what he hath
seen [or] narrate [what he hath heard] in the House of the God of Mysteries. Hail! Let there be
shouts of acclamation of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, the divine body of Ra in the Boat of
Nu, who beareth propitiatory offerings for the KA of the god of that which he loveth. The Osiris
Ani, whose word is truth, in peace, whose word is truth, is like Horus, the mighty one of
transformations.
Rubric: This Chapter is to be recited over a boat seven cubits long, made of green stone of the
Tchatchau. Make a heaven of stars, and purify it and cleanse it with natron and incense. Make
then a figure of Ra upon a tablet of new stone in paint, and set it in the bows of the boat. Then
make a figure of the deceased whom thou wilt make perfect, [and place it] in the boat. Make it to
sail in the Boat of Ra, and Ra himself shall look upon it. Do not these things in the presence of
any one except thyself, or thy father, or thy son. Then let them keep guard over their faces, and
they shall see the deceased in Khert-Neter in the form of a messenger of Ra.
A Hymn to Ra [Which Is To Be Sung] on the Day of the Month (the Day of the New Moon) [When]
the Boat of Ra Saileth: [The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith:-] Homage to thee, O
thou who dwellest in thy Boat. Thou rollest on, thou rollest on, thou sendest forth light, thou
sendest forth light. Thou decreest rejoicing for [every] man for millions of years unto those who
love him. Thou givest [thy] face to the Hememet spirits, thou god Khepera who dwellest in thy
Boat. Thou hast overthrown the Fiend Aapep. O ye Sons of Keb, overthrow ye the enemies of the
Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, and the fiends of destruction who would destroy the Boat of Ra.
Horus hath cut off your heads in heaven. Ye who were in the forms of geese, your navel strings
are on the earth. The animals are set upon the earth..... in the form of fish. Every male fiend and
every female fiend shall be destroyed by the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth. Whether the fiends
descend from out of heaven, or whether they come forth from the earth, or whether they advance
on the waters, or whether they come from among the Star-gods, Thoth, [the son of Aner], coming
forth from Anerti shall hack them to pieces. And the Osiris Ani shall make them silent and dumb.
And behold ye, this god, the mighty one of slaughters, the terror of whom is most great, shall
wash himself clean in your blood, and he shall bathe in your gore, and ye shall be destroyed by
the Osiris Ani in the Boat of his Lord Ra- Horus. The heart of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth,
shall live. His mother Isis giveth birth to him, and Nephthys nurseth him, just as Isis gave birth to
Horus, and Nephthys nursed him. [He] shall repulse the Smait fiends of Suti. They shall see the
Urrt Crown stablished upon his head, and they shall fall down upon their faces [and worship him].
Behold, O ye Spirit-souls, and men, and gods, and ye dead, when ye see the Osiris Ani, whose
word is truth, in the form of Horus, and the favoured one of the Urrt Crown, fall ye down upon
your faces. The word of the Osiris Ani is truth before his enemies in heaven above, and on earth
beneath, and before the Tchatchau Chiefs of every god and of every goddess.
Rubric: This Chapter shall be recited over a large hawk standing upright with the White Crown
upon his head, [and over figures of] Tem, Shu, Tefnut, Keb, Nut, Osiris, Isis, [Suti] and Nephthys.
And they shall be painted in colour upon a new tablet, which shall be placed in a boat, together
with a figure of the deceased. Anoint them with heken oil, and offer unto them burning incense,
and geese, and joints of meat roasted. It is an act of praise to Ra as he journeyeth in his boat,
and it will make a man to have his being with Ra, and to travel with him wheresoever he goeth,
and it will most certainly cause the enemies of Ra to be slain. And the Chapter of travelling shall
be recited on the sixth day of the festival.
The Chapter of Advancing to the Tchatchau Chiefs of Osiris: The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth,
saith:- I have built a house for my Ba-soul in the sanctuary in Tetu. I sow seed in the town of Pe
(Buto). I have ploughed the fields with my labourers. My palm tree [standeth upright and is] like
Menu upon it. I abominate abominable things. I will not eat the things which are abominations unto
me. What I abominate is filth: I will not eat it. I shall not be destroyed by the offerings of
propitiation and the sepulchral meals. I will not approach filth [to touch it] with my hands, I will not
tread upon it with my sandals. For my bread shall be made of the white barley, and my ale shall
be made from the red grain of the god Hapi (the Nile-god), which the Sektet Boat and the Atett
Boat shall bring [unto me], and I will eat my food under the leaves of the trees whose beautiful
arms I myself do know. O what splendour shall the White Crown make for me which shall be lifted
up on me by the Uraei-goddesses! O Doorkeeper of Sehetep-taui, bring thou to me that
wherewith the cakes of propitiation are made. Grant thou to me that I may lift up the earth. May
the Spirit-souls open to me [their] arms, and let the Company of the Gods hold their peace whilst
the Hememet spirits hold converse with the Osiris Ani. May the hearts of the gods lead him in his
exalted state into heaven among the gods who appear in visible forms. If any god, or any
goddess, attack the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, when he setteth out, the Ancestor of the year
who liveth upon hearts [Osiris] shall eat him when he cometh forth from Abydos, and the
Ancestors of Ra shall reckon with him, and the Ancestors of Light shall reckon with him. [He is] a
god of splendour [arrayed in] the apparel of heaven, and he is among the Great Gods. Now the
subsistence of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, is among the cakes and the ale which are
made for your mouths. I enter in by the Disk, I come forth by the god Ahui. I shall hold converse
with the Followers of the Gods. I shall hold converse with the Disk. I shall hold converse with the
Hememet-spirits. He shall set the terror of me in the thick darkness, in the inside of the goddess
Mehurt, by the side of his forehead. Behold, I shall be with Osiris, and my perfection shall be his
perfection among the Great Gods. I shall speak unto him with the words of men, I shall listen, and
he shall repeat to me the words of the gods. I, the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, in peace, have
come equipped. Thou makest to approach [thee] those who love thee. I am a Spirit-soul who is
better equipped than any [other] Spirit-soul.
The Chapter of Making Transformations into a Swallow: The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth,
saith:- I am a swallow, [I am] a swallow. [I am] that Scorpion, the daughter of Ra. Hail, O ye gods
whose odour is sweet. Hail, O ye gods whose odour is sweet. Hail, Flame, who comest forth from
the horizon. Hail, thou who art in the city. I have brought the Warder of his corner there. Give me
thy two hands, and let me pass my time in the Island of Flame. I have advanced with a message, I
have come having the report thereof [to make]. Open to me. How shall I tell that which I have
seen there? I am like Horus, the governor of the Boat, when the throne of his father was given
unto him, and when Set, that son of Nut, was [lying] under the fetters which he had made for
Osiris. He who is in Sekhem hath inspected me. I stretch out my arms over Osiris. I have
advanced for the examination, I have come to speak there. Let me pass on and deliver my
message. I am he who goeth in, [I am] judged, [I] come forth magnified at the Gate of Nebertcher.
I am purified at the Great Uart. I have done away my wickednesses. I have put away utterly my
offences. I have put away utterly all the taints of evil which appertained to me [upon the earth]. I
have purified myself, I have made myself to be like a god. Hail, O ye Doorkeepers, I have
completed my journey. I am like unto you. I have come forth by day. I have advanced on my legs.
I have gained the master over [my] footsteps. [Hail, ye] Spirit-souls! I, even I, do know the hidden
roads and the Gates of Sekhet Aaru. I live there. Verily, I, even I, have come, I have overthrown
my enemies upon the earth, although my body lieth a mummy in the tomb.
Rubric: If this Chapter be known by the deceased, he shall come forth by day from Khert-Neter,
and he shall go [again] after he hath come forth. If this Chapter be not known [by the deceased],
he shall not go in again after he hath come forth [and he] shall not know [how] to come forth by
day.
[The Chapter] of Making the Transformation into A Hawk of Gold: The Osiris Ani saith:- I have
risen up out of the seshett chamber, like the golden hawk which cometh forth from his egg. I fly, I
alight like a hawk with a back of seven cubits, and the wings of which are like unto the
mother-of-emerald of the South. I have come forth from the Sektet Boat, and my heart hath been
brought unto me from the mountain of the East. I have alighted on the Atet Boat, and there have
been brought unto me those who dwelt in their substance, and they bowed in homage before me.
I have risen, I have gathered myself together like a beautiful golden hawk, with the head of the
Benu, and Ra hath entered in [to hear my speech]. I have taken my seat among the great gods,
[the children of] Nut. I have settled myself, the Sekhet-hetepet (the Field of Offerings) is before
me. I eat therein, I become a Spirit-soul therein, I am supplied with food in abundance therein, as
much as I desire. The Grain-god (Nepra) hath given unto me food for my throat, and I am master
over myself and over the attributes of my head.
[The Chapter of] Making the Transformation into A Divine Hawk: The Osiris Ani saith:- Hail, thou
Great God, come thou to Tetu. Make thou ready for me the ways, and let me go round [to visit]
my thrones. I have laboured. I have made myself perfect. O grant thou that I may be held in fear.
Create thou awe of me. Let the gods of the Tuat be afraid of me, and let them fight for me in their
halls. Permit not thou to come nigh unto me him that would attack me, or would injure me in the
House of Darkness. Cover over the helpless one, hide him. Let do likewise the gods who hearken
unto the word [of truth], the Khepriu gods who are in the following of Osiris. Hold ye your peace
then, O ye gods, whilst the God holdeth speech with me, he who listeneth to the truth. I speak
unto him my words. Osiris, grant thou that that which cometh forth from thy mouth may circulate to
me. Let me see thine own Form. Let thy Souls envelop me. Grant thou that I may come forth, and
that I may be master of my legs, and let me live there like Nebertcher upon his throne. Let the
gods of the Tuat hold me in fear, and let them fight for me in their halls. Grant thou that I may
move forward with him and with the Ariu gods, and let me be firmly stablished on my pedestal like
the Lord of Life. Let me be in the company of Isis, the goddess, and let [the gods] keep me safe
from him that would do an injury unto me. Let none come to see the helpless one. May I advance,
and may I come to the Henti boundaries of the sky. Let me address words to Keb, and let me
make supplicaion to the god Hu with Nebertcher. Let the gods of the Tuat be afraid of me, and let
them fight for me in their halls. Let them see that thou hast provided me with food for the festival. I
am one of those Spirit-souls who dwell in the Light-god. I have made my form in his Form, when
he cometh to Tetu. I am a Spirit-body among his Spirit- bodies; he shall speak unto thee the
things [which concern] me. Would that he would cause me to be held in fear! Would that he would
create [in them] awe of me! Let the gods of the Tuat be afraid of me, and let them fight for me [in
their halls]. I, even I, am a Spirit-soul, a dweller in the Light-god, whose form hath been created in
divine flesh. I am one of those Spirit-souls who dwell in the Light-god, who were created by Tem
himself, and who exist in the blossoms of his Eye. He hath made to exist, he hath made glorious,
and he hath magnified their faces during their existence with him. Behold, he is Alone in Nu. They
acclaim him when he cometh forth from the horizon, and the gods and the Spirit-souls who have
come into being with him ascribe fear unto him.
I am one of the worms which have been created by the Eye of the Lord One. And behold, when
as yet Isis had not given birth to Horus, I was flourishing, and I had waxed old, and had become
pre-eminent among the Spirit-souls who had come into being with him. I rose up like a divine
hawk, and Horus endowed me with a Spirit-body with his soul, so that [I] might take possession of
the property of Osiris in the Tuat. He shall say to the twin Lion-gods for me, the Chief of the
House of the Nemes Crown, the Dweller in his cavern: Get thee back to the heights of heaven, for
behold, inasmuch as thou art a Spirit-body with the creations of Horus, the Nemes Crown shall
not be to thee: [but] thou shalt have speech even to the uttermost limits of the heavens. I, the
warder, took possession of the property of Horus [which belonged] to Osiris in the Tuat, and
Horus repeated to me what his father Osiris had said unto him in the years [past], on the days of
his burial. Give thou to me the Nemes Crown, say the twin Lion-gods for me. Advance thou, come
along the road of heaven, and look upon those who dwell in the uttermost limits of the horizon.
The gods of the Tuat shall hold thee in fear, and they shall fight for thee in their halls. The god
Auhet belongeth to them. All the gods who guard the shrine of the Lord One are sm