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THE PAPYRUS OF ANI
THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD
Translated by E.A. Wallis Budge
Part 37
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.
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