Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life eBook

E. A. Wallis Budge
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 167 pages of information about Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life.

Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life eBook

E. A. Wallis Budge
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 167 pages of information about Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life.
to me, joy of heart; make thou me to be at peace, bind thou up my sinews and muscles, and make me to receive the air.”
“O Unen-em-hetep, O Lady of the winds, I have entered into thee, and I have shewn [Footnote:  Literally, “opened.”] my head [therein].  R[=a] sleepeth, but I am awake, and there is the goddess Hast at the gate of heaven by night.  Obstacles have been set before me, but I have gathered together what R[=a] hath emitted.  I am in my city.”
“O Nut-urt, [Footnote:  The name of a lake in the first section of Sekhet-Aaru.] I have entered into thee and I have reckoned up my harvest, and I go forward to Uakh. [Footnote:  The name of a lake in the second section of Sekhet-Aaru.] I am the Bull enveloped in turquoise, the lord of the Field of the Bull, the lord of the divine speech of the goddess Septet (Sothis) at her hours.  O Uakh, I have entered into thee, I have eaten my bread, I have gotten the mastery over choice pieces of the flesh of oxen and of feathered fowl, and the birds of Shu have been given unto me; I follow after the gods, and the divine ‘Doubles’ (KAU).”
“O Tohefet, [Footnote:  The name of a district in the third section of Sekhet-Aaru.] I have entered into thee, I array myself in apparel, and I have guarded myself with the Sa garment of R[=a]; now behold, he is in heaven, and those who dwell therein follow him, and I also follow R[=a] in heaven, O Unen-em-hetep, lord of the two lands, I have entered into thee, and I have plunged into the lakes of Tohesert; behold me now, for all uncleanness hath departed from me.  The Great God groweth therein, and behold, I have found [food therein]; I have snared feathered fowl and I feed upon, the finest of them.”
“O Qenqentet, [Footnote:  The name of a lake in the first section, of Sekhet-Aaru.] I have entered into thee, and I have seen, the Osiris [my father], and I have gazed upon my mother, and I have made love.  I have captured the worms and serpents [which are there] and have delivered myself.  I know the name of the god who is opposite to the goddess Tohesert, who hath straight hair and is provided with horns; he reapeth, but I both plough and reap.”
“O Hast, [Footnote:  The name of a lake in the third section of Sekhet-Aaru.] I have entered into thee, and I have driven back those who would come to the turquoise [sky]; and I have followed the winds of the company of the gods.  The Great God hath given my head unto me, and he who hath bound on me my head is the Mighty One with the eyes of turquoise, that is to say, Ari-en-ab-f (i.e., He who doeth as he pleaseth).”

  “O Usert, [Footnote:  The name of a lake in the third section of
  Sekhet-Aaru.] I have come unto thee at the house where the divine food
  is brought unto me.”

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