Part 9 (1/2)

CHAPTER XXVIII.

_Chapter whereby the Heart of a person is not taken from him in the Netherworld._

O Lion-G.o.d!

I am Unbu[E] and what I abominate is the block of execution.

Let not this Whole Heart of mine be torn from me by the Divine Champions[F] in Heliopolis.

O thou who clothest Osiris and hast seen Sutu.

O thou who turnest back after having smitten him, and hast accomplished the overthrow.

This Whole Heart of mine remaineth weeping over itself in (the) presence of Osiris.

Its strength proceedeth from him, it hath obtained it by prayer from him.

I have had granted to it and awarded to it, the glow of heart at the hour of the G.o.d of the Broad Face, and have offered the sacrificial cakes in Hermopolis.

Let not this Whole Heart of mine be torn from me.[G] It is I who entrust to you its place, and vehemently stir your Whole Heart towards it in Sechit-hotepit and the years of triumph over all that it abhors, and taking all provisions at thine appointed time from thine hand after thee.

And this Whole Heart of mine is laid upon the tablets of Tmu, who guideth me to the caverns of Sutu and who giveth me back my Whole Heart which hath accomplished its desire in (the) presence of the Divine Circle which is in the Netherworld.

The sacrificial joint and the funereal raiment, let those who find them bury them.

CHAPTER XXIXA.

_Chapter whereby the Heart of a person may not be taken from him in the Netherworld._

Back thou Messenger[H] of thy G.o.d! Art thou come to carry off by violence this Whole Heart of mine, of the Living.[I] The G.o.ds have regard to my offerings and fall upon their faces, all together, upon their own earth.[J]

Certain chapters referring to the Heart were incised upon hard precious stones,[K] and used as amulets and talisman. The XXVIth upon Lapis-lazuli, the XXVIIth on green Felspar, the x.x.xth on Serpentine. The following was usually incised on Carnelian.

CHAPTER XXIXB.

_Chapter of the Heart; upon Carnelian._

I am the Heron, the Soul of Ra, who conducts the Glorious ones to the Tuat.

It is granted to their Souls (_Baiu?_) to come forth upon the Earth, to do whatsoever their Genius (_Ka?_) willeth.