off the Words of Power from a person in the Netherworld. Back, in retreat! Back, Crocodile Sui! Come not against me, who live by the Words of Power. I utter that Name of the great god, who granteth that two of his Messengers should come; the name of one is Batta, and the name of the other is Thine Aspect is Fixed Law. Heaven determineth its hour; my Word of Power determineth all that which concerneth it; and my mouth determineth my Word of Power. I eat, and my teeth are like flint, and my grinders are like the Cliff of Tuf. O thou who art sitting with a watchful eye against this my Word of Power; do not thou carry it off, O Crocodile who livest by thine own Word of Power. CHAPTER XXXIII. Chapter whereby all Serpents are kept back. O serpent Rerek, advance not! Here are the gods Seb and Shu. Stop! or thou shalt eat the rat which Ra execrateth, and gnaw the bones of a putrid she-cat. CHAPTER XLI. Chapter whereby one avoideth the Slaughter which is carried out in the Netherworld. O Tmu, let me be glorified in presence of the god in Lion form, the great god; that he may open to me the gate of Seb. I prostrate myself to earth to the great god who is in the Netherworld. Let me be introduced into the presence of the company of gods who preside over those who are in Amenta. O thou who are at the gate of Tebat; god with the Red Crown, who art in Amenta; let me feed, let me live by the breath of air and accompany the great Cleaver, and the Bark of Chepera. Let me speak to the divine Boatman at the gloaming, let me enter in and let me go out; that I may see who is there; that I may raise him up and speak my words to him. O Breathless one: Let me live and be saved after death. O thou Bearer of peace offerings, who openest thy mouth for the presentation of the tablets, for the acceptation of the offerngs and for the establishment of Maat upon her throne; let the tablets be brought forward, and let the goddess be firmly established. I am Osiris, the great god, the eternal king, who numbereth his seasons and who lifteth up his right arm, who judgeth the great ones and giveth mission to the gods of the great Circle which is in the Netherworld. CHAPTER XLII. Chapter whereby one hindereth the slaughter which is wrought at Sutenhenen. Land of the Rod, of the White Crown of the Image, and the Pedestal of the gods. I am the Babe. [Said Four Times.] O Serpent Abur! Thou sayest this day, "The Block of Execution is furnished with what thou knowest," and thou art come to soil the Mighty One. But I am he whose honours are abiding. I am the Link, the god within the Tamarisk, who connecteth the Solar orb with Yesterday. [Four Times.] I am Ra, whose honours are abiding. I am Link, the god within the Tamarisk. My course is the course of Ra, and the course of Ra is my course. My two eyes are those of Hathor, My two ears are those of Apuat, My nose that of Chenti-chas, My two lips those of Anubis, My teeth those of Selkit, My neck that of Isis, the Mighty, My two hands those of the Soul most Mighty, Lord of Tattu, My shoulders those of Neith, Mistress of Sais, My phallus that of Osiris, My liver is that of the Lords of Cher-abat, My feet those of Ptah, My nails and bones those of the Living Uraei. There is not a limb in me which is without a god. And Thoth is a protecton to my flesh. I shall not be grasped by my arms or seized by my hands. Not men or gods, or the glorified ones or the damned; not genera tions past, present, or future, shall inflict any injury upon me. I am he who cometh forth and proceedeth, and whose name is unknown to man. I am Yesterday, "Witness of Eternity" is my Name: the persistent traveler upon the heavenly highways which I survey. I am the Everlasting one. I am felt and thought of as Chepera. I am the Crowned one. It is an attribute of mine that I live within them. I am the Dweller in the Eye, even in its closing. I am that by which it is supported. I come forth and I rise up: I enter and I have life. I am the Dweller in the Eye; my seat is upon my throne, and I sit conspicuously upon it. I am Horus, who steppeth onwards through Eternity. I have instituted the throne of which I am the master. As regards my mouth: whether in speech or in silence, I am right and fair. As regards my attributes: I hasten headlong, I the god Unen, with all that pertaineth to me, hour proceeding from hour, the One proceeding from the One, in my course. me. I am the Dweller in the Eye; no evil or calamitous things befall It is I who open the gates of Heaven; It is I who am master of the throne, and who open the series of births upon this day. I am the Babe, who treadeth his path of Yesterday. I am "This Day" to generation of men after generation. I am he who giveth you stableness for eternity, whether ye be in heaven or upon earth; in the South or in the North, in the West or in the East-and the fear of me is upon you. I am he who fashioneth with his eye, and who dieth not a second time. A moment of mine belongeth to you, but my attributes belong to my own domain. I am the Unknown one, but the gods of Ruddy Countenance belong to me. I am the Gladsome one, and no time hath been found, but served to create for me the Heaven and the increase of Earth, and the increase of their offspring. They sever and join not-they sever my name from all evil things, according to the words which I say unto you. It is I who rise up and shine forth; strength proceeding from strength, the One proceeding from the One. There is not a day devoid of that which belongeth to it; for ever and for ever. I am Unbu, who proceedeth from Nu, and my mother is Nut. O thou who hast set me in motion! for I was motionless, a mighty link within the close of Yesterday; my present activity is a link within the close of my hand. I am not known, but I am one who knoweth thee. I am Horus, Prince of Eternity, a fire before your faces, which inflameth your hearts towards me. I am not to be grasped, but I am one who graspeth thee. [O Dweller in the Egg! O Dweller in the Egg!] I am Horus, Prince of Eternity, a fire before your faces, which inflameth your hearts towards me. I am master of my throne and I pass onwards. The present time is the path which I have opened, and I have set myself free from all things evil. I am the golden Cynocephalus, three palms in height, without legs or arms in the Temple of Ptah; and my course is the course of the golden Cynocphalus, three palms in height, without legs or arms in the Temple of Ptah. Let these words be said-Ababakter-ek. CHAPTER XLVI. Chapter whereby he that is living is not destroyed in the Nether world. Oh ye recent offspring of Shu, who dawn after dawn is possessor of his diadem at Sunrise; ye future generations of men, my springing forth is the springing forth of Osiris. CHAPTER LII. Chapter whereby one eateth not dirt in the Netherworld. I execrate, I execrate, I do not eat it. That which I execrate is dirt. I eat it not, that I may appease my Genius. Let it not fall upon me; let me not approach it with my hands; let me not tread upon it with my sandals. Henceforth let me live upon corn in your presence, ye gods, and let there come one who bringeth to me that I may feed from those seven loaves which he hath brought for Horus and upon the loaves for Thoth. "What willst thou eat?" say the gods to him. Let me eat under the Sycamore of Hathor the Sovereign, and let my turn be given to me among those who rest there. And let me manage the fields in Tattu and prosper in Heliopolis. And let me feed upon the bread of the white corn and upon the beer of the red barley. And let the forms of my father and of my mother be granted to me; the gate-keepers of the stream. Let room be thrown open for me, let the path be made, and let me sit in any place that I desire. CHAPTER LVII. Chapter for breathing air and command of water in the Nether world. Let the Great One be opened to Osiris; let the two folding doors of Kabhu be thrown wide to Ra. O thou great Coverer of Heaven, in thy name of Stretcher [of Heaven], grant that I may have the command of water, even as Sut hath command of force on the night of the Great Disaster: grant that I may prevail over those who preside at the Inundation, even as that venerable god prevaileth over them, whose name they know not. May I prevail over them. My nostril is opened in Tattu, and I go to rest in Heliopolis, my dwelling, which the goddess Seshait built, and which Chnum raised on its foundation. If the Sky is at the North I sit at the South; if the Sky is at the South I sit at the North; if the Sky is at the West I sit at the East; and if the Sky is at the East I sit at the West. And drawing up my eyebrows I pierce through into every place that I desire. CHAPTER LXIV. Chapter whereby one cometh forth by day from the Netherworld. I am Yesterday, To-day, and To-morrow, for I am born again and again; mine is the unseen Force, which createth the gods and giveth food to those in the Tuat at the West of Heaven; I am the Eastern |