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feedeth upon the gods. I am strong before you even like that god who
is exalted upon his pedestal, unto whom the gods come with
rejoicing, and the goddesses make supplication when they see me. I
have come unto you. I have ascended my throne like your Two Daughters.
I have taken my seat in the horizon. I receive my offerings of
propitiation upon my altars. I drink my fill of seth wine every
evening. I come to those who are making rejoicings, and the gods who
live in the horizon ascribe unto me praises, as the divine
Spirit-body, the Lord of mortals. I am exalted like that holy god
who dwelleth in the Great House. The gods rejoice greatly when they
see my beautiful appearances from the body of the goddess Nut, and
when the goddess Nut bringeth me forth.
[THE CHAPTER OF] MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO THE SERPENT SATA.
The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- I am the serpent Sata
whose years are infinite. I lie down dead. I am born daily. I am the
serpent Sa-en-ta, the dweller in the uttermost parts of the earth. I
lie down in death. I am born, I become new, I renew my youth every
day.
[THE CHAPTER OF] MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO THE CROCODILE-GOD.
The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- I am the Crocodile-god
(Sebak) who dwelleth amid his terrors. I am the Crocodile-god and I
seize [my prey] like a ravening beast. I am the great Fish which is in
Kamui. I am the Lord to whom bowings and prostrations are made in
Sekhem. And the Osiris Ani is the lord to whom bowings and
prostrations are made in Sekhem.
(From the Papyrus of Nebseni)
Behold, I am the dweller in his terrors, I am the crocodile, his
firstborn. I bring (prey) from a distance. I am the Fish of Horus, the
Great One in Kamui. I am the lord of bowings in Sekhem.
THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO PTAH. The Osiris Ani
[whose word is truth, saith]:- I eat bread. I drink ale. I gird up
my garments. I fly like a hawk. I cackle like the Smen goose. I alight
upon that place hard by the Sepulchre on the festival of the Great
God. That which is abominable, that which is abominable I will not
eat. [An abominable thing] is filth, I will not eat thereof. That
which is an abomination unto my KA shall not enter my body. I will
live upon that whereon live the gods and the Spirit-souls. I shall
live, and I shall be master of their cakes. I am master of them, and I
shall eat them under the trees of the dweller in the House of
Hathor, my Lady. I will make an offering. My cakes are in Tetu, my
offerings are in Anu. I gird about myself the robe which is woven
for me by the goddess Tait. I shall stand up and sit down in
whatsoever place it pleaseth me to do so. My head is like unto that of
Ra. I am gathered together like Tem.
Here offer the four cakes of Ra, and the offerings of the earth.
I shall come forth. My tongue is like that of Ptah, and my throat is
like unto that of Hathor, and I remember the words of Tem, of my
father, with my mouth. He forced the woman, the wife of Keb,
breaking the heads near him; therefore was the fear of him there.
[His] praises are repeated with vigour. I am decreed to be the Heir,
the lord of the earth of Keb. I have union with women. Keb hath
refreshed me, and he hath caused me to ascend his throne. Those who
dwell in Anu bow their heads to me. I am [their] Bull, I am stronger
than [the Lord] of the hour. I unite with women. I am master for
millions of years.
[THE CHAPTER OF] MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO THE SOUL OF TEM. The
Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- I shall not enter into the
place of destruction, I shall not perish, I shall not know [decay].
I am Ra, who came forth from Nu, the Soul of the God who created his
own members. What I abominate is sin; I will not look thereon. I cry
not out against truth, nay, I live therein. I am the god Hu, the
imperishable god, in my name of "Soul." I have created myself with Nu,
in the name of "Khepera." I exist in them like Ra. I am the Lord of
Light.
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(From the Papyrus of Nu)
That which is an abomination unto me is death; let me not go into
the chamber of torture which is in the Tuat. I am the delight of the
Khu of Osiris. I make to be content the heart[s] of those who dwell
among the divine things which are beloved [by me]. They cause the fear
of me [to abound], they create the awe of me to be in those divine
beings who dwell in their own circles. Behold, I am exalted on my
own standard, and upon my throne, and upon my seat which is assigned
[to me]. I am the god Nu, and those who commit sin shall not destroy
me. I am the firstborn of the primeval god, and my soul is the Souls
of the Eternal Gods, and my body is Everlastingness. My created form
is [that of] the god Eternity, the Lord of Years, and the Prince of
Everlastingness. I am the Creator of the Darkness, who maketh his seat
in the uttermost limits of the heavens, [which] I love. I arrive at
their boundaries. I advance upon my two legs. I direct my resting
place. I sail over the sky. I fetter and destroy the hidden serpents
which are about my footsteps [in going to] the Lord of the Two Arms.
My soul is the Souls of the Eternal Gods, and my body is
Everlastingness. I am the exalted one, the Lord of the Land of Tebu. I
am the Child in the city: "Young man in the country" is my name.
"Imperishable one" is my name. I am the Soul Creator of Nu. I make
my habitation in Khert-Neter. My nest is invisible, my egg is not
broken. I have done away the evil which is in me. I shall see my
Father, the Lord of the Evening. His body dwelleth in Anu. I am made
to be the Light-god, a dweller in the Light-god, over the Western
Domain of the Hebt bird.
[THE CHAPTER OF] MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO THE BENU BIRD. The
Osiris, the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- I flew up out
of primeval matter. I came into being like the god Khepera. I
germinated like the plants. I am concealed like the tortoise [in his
shell]. I am the seed of every god. I am Yesterday of the Four
[Quarters of the Earth, and] the Seven Uraei, who came into being in
the Eastern land. [I am] the Great One (Horus) who illumineth the
Hememet spirits with the light of his body. [I am] that god in respect
of Set. [I am] Thoth who [stood] between them (Horus and Set) as the
judge on behalf of the Governor of Sekhem and the Souls of Anu. [He
was like] a stream between them. I have come. I rise up on my
throne. I am endowed with Khu. I am mighty. I am endowed with
godhood among the gods. I am Khensu, [the lord] of every kind of
strength.
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