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The Seven
Arits
If [these] words be recited by the spirit when he shall come to the
Seven Arits, and as he entereth the doors, he shall neither be turned
back nor repulsed before Osiris, and he shall be made to have his being
among the blessed spirits, and to have dominion among the ancestral
followers of Osiris. If these things be done for any spirit he shall
have his being in that place like a lord of eternity in one body with
Osiris, and at no place shall any being contend against him.
The Second Arit.
The name of the Doorkeeper is Unhat. The name of the Watcher is Seqt-her.
The name of the Herald is Ust.
The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, shall say [when
he cometh to this Arit]: "He sitteth to carry out his heart's desire,
and he weigheth words as the Second of Thoth. The strength which protecteth
Thoth humbleth the hidden Maati gods, who feed upon Maat during the
years of their lives. I offer up my offerings [to him] at the moment
when he maketh his way. I advance, and I enter on the path. O grant
thou that I may continue to advance, and that I may attain to the sight
of Ra, and of those who offer up [their] offerings."
The
Third Arit
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