Egyptian Book of the Dead

Chapter XXVI

Ancient Egyptian trans. P. Le Page Renouf & E. Naville • c. c. 1550 BCE

He saith: Heart [41] mine to me, in the place of Hearts! Whole Heart [42] mine to me, in the place of Whole Hearts!

Let me have my Heart that it may rest within me; but I shall feed upon the food of Osiris, on the eastern side of the mead of amaranthine flowers

Be mine a bark for descending the stream and another for ascending

I go down into the bark wherein thou art

Be there given to me my mouth wherewith to speak, and my feet for walking; and let me have my arms wherewith to overthrow my adversaries

Let two hands from the Earth open my mouth: Let Seb, the Erpā of the gods, part my two jaws; let him open my two eyes which are closed, and give motion to my two hands which are powerless: and let Anubis give vigour to my legs, that I may raise myself up upon them

And may Sechit the divine one lift me up, so that I may arise in Heaven and issue my behest in Memphis

I am in possession of my Heart, I am possession of my Whole Heart, I am possession of my arms and I have possession of my legs

I do whatsoever my Genius willeth, and my Soul is not bound to my body at the gates of Amenta