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THE PAPYRUS OF ANI
THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD
Translated by E.A. Wallis Budge
Part 63
THE CHAPTER OF NOT DYING A SECOND TIME. The Osiris Ani, whose word
is truth, saith:- Hail, Thoth! What is it that hath happened to the
children of Nut? They have waged war, they have upheld strife, they
have done evil, they have created the fiends, they have made
slaughter, they have caused trouble; in truth, in all their doings the
strong have worked against the weak. Grant, O might of Thoth, that
that which the god Tem hath decreed [may be done!] And thou
regardest not evil, nor art thou provoked to anger when they bring
their years to confusion, and throng in and push in to disturb their
months. For in all that they have done unto thee they have worked
iniquity in secret. I am they writing-palette, O Thoth, and I have
brought unto thee thine ink-jar. I am not of those who work iniquity
in their secret places; let not evil happen unto me.
The Osiris, the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- Hail, Temu!
What manner of land is this unto which I have come? It hath not water,
it hath not air; it is depth unfathomable, it is black as the blackest
night, and men wander helplessly therein. In it a man cannot live in
quietness of heart; nor may the longings of love be satisfied therein.
But let the state of the Spirit-souls be given unto me instead of
water and air, and the satisfying of the longings of love, and let
quietness of heart be given unto me instead of cakes and ale. The
god Tem hath decreed that I shall see thy face, and that I shall not
suffer from the things which pain thee. May every god transmit unto
thee his throne for millions of years. Thy throne hath descended
unto thy son Horus, and the god Tem hath decreed that thy course shall
be among the holy princes. In truth he shall rule from thy throne, and
he shall be heir to the throne of the Dweller in the fiery Lake
[Neserser]. In truth it hath been decreed that in me he shall see
his likeness, and that my face shall look upon the face of the Lord
Tem. How long then have I to live? It is decreed that thou shalt
live for millions of years, a life of millions of years. Let it be
granted to me to pass on to the holy princes, for indeed, I have
done away all the evil which I committed, from the time when this
earth came into being from Nu, when it sprang from the watery abyss
even as it was in the days of old. I am Fate and Osiris, I have made
my transformations into the likeness of divers serpents. Man knoweth
not, and the gods cannot behold the two-fold beauty which I have
made for Osiris, the greatest of the gods. I have given unto him the
region of the dead. And, verily, his son Horus is seated upon the
throne of the Dweller in the fiery Lake [of Neserser], as his heir.
I have made him to have his throne in the Boat of Millions of Years.
Horus is stablished upon his throne [among his] kinsmen, and he hath
all that is with him. Verily, the Soul of Set, which is greater than
all the gods, hath departed. Let it be granted to me to bind his
soul in fetter in the Boat of the God, when I please, and let him hold
the Body of the God in fear. O my father Osiris, thou hast done for me
that which thy father Ra did for thee. Let me abide upon the earth
permanently. Let me keep possession of my throne. Let my heir be
strong. Let my tomb, and my friends who are upon the earth,
flourish. Let my enemies be given over to destruction, and to the
shackles of the goddess Serq. I am thy son. Ra is my father. On me
likewise thou hast conferred life, strength, and health. Horus is
established upon his tomb. Grant thou that the days of my life may
come unto worship and honour.
(From the Leyden Papyrus of Ra)
RUBRIC: This Chapter shall be recited over a figure of Horus, made
of lapis-lazuli, which shall be placed on the neck of the deceased. It
is a protection upon earth, and it will secure for the deceased the
affection of men, gods, and the Spirit-souls which are perfect.
Moreover it acteth as a spell in Khert-Neter, but it must be recited
by thee on behalf of the Osiris Ra, regularly and continually millions
of times.
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