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 Fifth Arit.
The name of the Doorkeeper is Ankhf-em-fent. The name of the Watcher
is Shabu. The name of the Herald is Teb-her-kha-kheft.
The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, shall
say [when he cometh to this Arit]: "I have brought unto thee the
jawbone in Ra-stau. I have brought unto thee thy backbone in Anu. I
have gathered together his manifold members therein. I have driven back
Aapep for thee. I have spit upon the wounds [in his body]. I have made
myself a path among you. I am the Aged One among the gods. I have made
offerings to Osiris. I have defended him with the word of truth. I have
gathered together his bones, and have collected all his members."
The
Sixth Arit
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