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THE PAPYRUS OF ANI
THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD
Translated by E.A. Wallis Budge
Part 62
(Naville, op. cit., I, Bl. XCIII)
Chapter of making the transformation into a lotus. The Osiris, the
lady of of the house, Aui, whose word is truth, in peace, saith:-
Hail, thou Lotus, thou type of the god Nefer-Temu! I am the man who
knoweth your names. I know your names among the gods, the lords of
Khert-Neter. I am one among you. Grant ye that I may see the gods
who are the Guides of the Tuat. Grant ye to me a seat in
Khert-Neter, near the Lords of Amentet. Assign to me a habitation in
the land of Tchesert. Receive ye me in the presence of the Lords of
Eternity. Let my soul come forth in whatsoever place it pleaseth.
Let it not be rejected in the presence of the Great Company of the
Gods.
[THE CHAPTER OF] MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO THE GOD WHO
LIGHTENETH THE DARKNESS. The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is
truth, saith:- I am the girdle of the garment of the god Nu, which
giveth light, and shineth, and belongeth to his breast, the
illuminer of the darkness, the uniter of the two Rehti deities, the
dweller in my body, through the great spell of the words of my
mouth. I rise up, but he who was coming after me hath fallen. He who
was with him in the Valley of Abtu hath fallen. I rest. I remember
him. The god Hu hath taken possession of me in my town. I found him
there. I have carried away the darkness by my strength, I have
filled the Eye [of Ra] when it was helpless, and when it came not on
the festival of the fifteenth day. I have weighed Sut in the celestial
houses against the Aged One who was with him. I have equipped Thoth in
the House of the Moon-god, when the fifteenth day of the festival come
not. I have taken possession of the Urrt Crown. Truth is in my body;
turquoise and crystal are its months. My homestead is there among
the lapis-lazuli, among the furrows thereof. I am Hem-Nu, the
lightener of the darkness. I have come to lighten the darkness; it
is light. I have lightened the darkness. I have overthrown the
ashmiu-fiends. I have sung hymns to those who dwell in the darkness. I
have made to stand up the weeping ones, whose faces were covered over;
they were in a helpless state of misery. Look ye then upon me. I am
Hem-Nu. I will not let you hear concerning it. [I have fought. I am
Hem-Nu. I have lightened the darkness. I have come. I have made an end
to the darkness which hath become light indeed.]
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