Part 2 (1/2)
IF THIS CHAPTER BE RECITED REGULARLY AND ALWAYS BY A MAN WHO HATH PURIFIED HIMSELF IN WATER OF NATRON, HE SHALL COME FORTH BY DAY AFTER HE HATH COME INTO PORT (I.E., IS DEAD), AND HE SHALL PERFORM ALL THE TRANSFORMATIONS WHICH HIS HEART SHALL DICTATE, AND HE SHALL COME FORTH FROM EVERY FIRE.
The Chapter Of Giving A Mouth To The Overseer
THE CHAPTER OF GIVING A MOUTH TO THE OVERSEER OF THE HOUSE, NU, TRIUMPHANT, IN THE UNDERWORLD. He saith:
”Homage to thee, O thou lord of brightness, thou who art at the head of the Great House, prince of the night and of thick darkness. I have come unto thee being a pure _khu_. Thy two hands are behind thee, and thou hast thy lot with [thy] ancestors. Oh, grant thou unto me my mouth that I may speak therewith; and guide thou to me my heart at the season when there is cloud and darkness.”
The Chapter Of Giving A Mouth To Osiris Ani
[From the Papyrus of Ani (British Museum No. 10,470, sheet 6).]
THE CHAPTER OF GIVING A MOUTH TO OSIRIS ANI, THE SCRIBE AND TELLER OF THE HOLY OFFERINGS OF ALL THE G.o.dS, TRIUMPHANT, IN THE UNDERWORLD. He saith:
”I rise 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 G.o.d, the lord of the Tuat (underworld). May my hand and my arm not be forced back in the presence of the sovereign princes of any G.o.d. I am Osiris, the lord of Re-stau; may I, Osiris the scribe Ani, triumphant, have a portion with him who is on the top of the steps (_i.e._, Osiris). According to the desire of my heart, I have come from the Pool of Fire, and I have quenched the fire.”
Opening The Mouth Of Osiris
[From the Papyrus of Ani (British Museum No. 10,470, sheet 15).]
THE CHAPTER OF OPENING THE MOUTH OF OSIRIS. The scribe Ani, triumphant, saith:
”May the good Ptah open my mouth, and may the G.o.d of my city loose the swathings, even the swathings which are over my mouth. Moreover, may Thoth, being filled and furnished with charms, come and loose the bandages, even the bandages of Set which fetter my mouth; and may the G.o.d Tem hurl them at those who would fetter [me] with them, and drive them back. May my mouth be opened, may my mouth be unclosed by Shu with his iron knife wherewith he opened the mouths of the G.o.ds. I am the G.o.ddess Sekhet, and I sit upon [my] place in the great wind(?) of heaven. I am the great G.o.ddess Sah who dwelleth among the Souls of Annu (Heliopolis). Now as concerning every charm and all the words which may be spoken against me, may the G.o.ds resist them, and may each and every one of the company of the G.o.ds withstand them.”
The Chapter Of Bringing Charms To Osiris
[From the Papyrus of Ani (British Museum No. 10,470, sheet 15).]
THE CHAPTER OF BRINGING CHARMS UNTO OSIRIS ANI [IN THE UNDERWORLD]. He saith:
”I am Tem-Khepera, who brought himself into being upon the thigh of his divine mother. Those who are in Nu (_i.e._, the sky) are made wolves, and those who are among the sovereign princes are become hyenas. Behold, I gather together the charm [from every place where] it is, and from every man with whom it is, swifter than greyhounds and quicker than light. Hail, thou who towest along the _Makhent_ boat of Ra, the stays of thy sails and of thy rudder are taut in the wind as thou sailest up the Pool of Fire in the underworld. Behold, thou gatherest together the charm from every place where it is, and from every man with whom it is, swifter than greyhounds and quicker than light, [the charm] which created the forms of being from the ... mother, and which either createth the G.o.ds or maketh them silent, and which giveth the heat of fire unto the G.o.ds. Behold, the charm is given unto me, from wherever it is [and from him with whom it is], swifter than greyhounds and quicker than light,” or (as others say) ”quicker than a shadow.”
The Chapter Of Memory
[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No, 10,477, sheet 5).]