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The
Chapter Of Coming Forth By Day And Of Opening Up A Way Through The Amehet:
Behold, the scribe Nebseni, whose word is truth, saith:- Homage to you,
O ye Lords of Kau, ye who are without sin, and who live for the endless
and infinite aeons of time which make up eternity. I have opened up
a way for myself to you. I have become a spirit in my forms, I have
gotten the mastery over my words of magical power, and I am adjudged
a spirit; therefore deliver ye me from the Crocodile [which liveth in]
this Country of Truth. Grant ye to me my mouth that I may speak therewith,
and cause ye that sepulchral offerings shall be made unto me in your
presence, for I know you, and I know your names, and I know also the
name of the mighty god before whose face ye set your celestial food.
His name is "Tekem." [When] he openeth up his path on the
eastern horizon of heaven, [when] he alighteth towards the western horizon
of heaven, may he carry me along with him, and may I be safe and sound.
Let not the Mesqet make an end of me, let not the Fiend (Sebau) gain
the mastery over me, let me not be driven away from the doors of the
Other World, let not you doors be shut in my face, for my cakes are
in the city of Pe, and my ale is in the city of Tep. And there, in the
celestial mansions of heaven which my divine father Tem hath stablished,
let my hands lay hold upon the wheat and the barley, which shall be
given unto me therein in abundant measure, and may the son of my own
body make ready for me my food therein. And grant ye unto me when I
am there sepulchral meals, and incense, and unguents, and all the pure
and beautiful things whereon the god liveth, in every deed for ever,
in all the transformations which it pleaseth me [to perform], and grant
unto me the power to float down and to sail up the stream in the Field
of Reeds (Sekhet-Aaru), [and may I reach Sekhet-hetepet (the Field of
Offerings)]. I am the twin Lion-gods (Shu and Tefnut).
TEXTS
RELATING TO THE WEIGHING OF THE HEART OF ANI
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