(469) 906 N. purifies himself; 906 N. has taken his helm (oar); he occupies his seat; 906 N. seats himself in the bow of the boat of the Two Enneads; 906 N. rows R` to the West. 906 He (R`) establishes the seat of N. ever the lords of kas; 906 he writes (the name) of N. over the living. 907 The double doors of the b-k, which is in b.w, are open for N.; 907 the double doors of bi, which is in d.w, are open for N. 907 This N. goes through, 907 with his panther-skin loin-cloth on, and the m-sceptre of N. in his hand. 906 N. is unhurt (well) with his flesh; N. is pleased (is good) with his name. 906 N. lives with his ka; 908 it (the ka) expels the evil which is before N.; 908 it drives away the evil which is behind N.; 908 like the boomerangs of him who presides over Letopolis, 908 which drove away the evil which was before him, 908 which expelled the evil which was behind him. 909 N. sees what the n.w (-stars) do, because (to be) on their side is so good; 909 N. is pleased (to be) with them; they are pleased. 909 I am a (n.w)-star, the side-locks of a (n.w)-star; N. is a (n.w)-star, a (n.w)-star indeed. 909 This N. will not suffer eternally.

(348) Unclean demons do lay claim to a polluted soul; a faithful (and) good soul, evil demons will not be able to hinder in the way of God.

(10) N. is triumphant among the ka , smiting the hearts through his great wisdom. He is near the god, he is the Sau (the knowing one) at the western (right) side of Rā

(409) 717 To say: N. is the bull of the Ennead, 717 lord of the five meals, three in heaven, two on earth. 717 It is the boat of the evening sun and the boat of the morning sun, 717 which convey this to N. from the nn-house of the god. 718 The abomination of N. is offal; he rejects urine; 718 he drinks it not. 718 N. lives on sweet-wood (i.e. sweets), and from fumigations which are in the earth.

(16) There are two types of beings created in this world: the divine and the demoniac. The divine have been described at length. Hear now from Me, Ο Pārtha, concerning the demoniac.

(10) Feed N. with you; let him eat what you eat, drink as you drink, sit as you sit, be mighty as you are mighty, navigate as you navigate. The tent of N. is woven in the field of Aarru, his running water is in the Garden of Hotepit. Offerings are made to him among the gods; the drink of N. is the wine of Rā

(259) 312 To say: N. is Osiris in a dust-storm. 3112 The abomination of N. is the earth; he has, not entered into Geb, 312 that N. might perish; nor has he slept in his house on earth, 312 that the bones of N. might be broken. His wounds are effaced; 312 N. has purified himself with the eye of Horus; his wound is effaced by the two mourners of Osiris; 312 N. has let the running (of his wound) flow to the ground at u. 313 It is the sister of N., the lady P, who wept for him. 313 The two nurses (or, attendants), who wept for Osiris, wept for him. 313 N. is on his way to heaven; N. is on his way to heaven, with Shu and R`. 313 N. is not hindered; there is no one who hinders him. 313 N. is upon his feet, the eldest of the gods. 313 N. has no session in the divine court. 314 The bread of N. comes on high with (that of) R`; 314 his offering comes out of Nun. 314 N. is one who comes again; 314 N. goes with R`; N. comes with R`. 3, 4 His houses are visited by him. 3, 5 He covers up evil; he abolishes evil. 315 He seizes kas; he frees kas. 315 N. spends the day; he spends the night; N. frees the two choppers in Wn.w. 315 Nothing opposes the feet of N.; nothing restrains the heart of N. 8. THE DECEASED KING TRIUMPHS OVER HIS ENEMIES AND IS RECOGNIZED BY THE GODS,

(9) I am the Craftsman of Nu, who lighteneth the darkness, and I have come to dissipate the darkness, and that light should be

(8) O ye, these gates, who are the gates to Osiris, ye who guard their gates, ye who herald the things of the world to Osiris every day. Osiris N. knows you—he knows your names; for he is born in Restau, where all the glory of the horizon was given him. N. receives the investiture in Pu, like the purification of Osiris. N. receives the saying in Restau, when he leads the gods on the horizon with the ministrant, the protectors of Osiris. I am one of them in their leading. N. is the glorious one, the lord of the glorious, a glorious one who performs the rites. N. celebrates the festival of the first day of the month; he is the herald in the fifteenth day of the month. O thou who revolvest. N. carries the sacred flame to the hand of Thoth in the night when he sails through the sky as victor. N. passes on in peace, he navigates in the boat of Rā. The attributes of N. are the attributes of the boat of Rā. N. has a name greater than yours, mightier than you who are on the roads of Maāt. N. hates what is corrupt. The attributes of N. are the attributes of Horus, the firstborn of Rā, who accomplishes his will. N. is not fettered, he is not driven away from the gates of Osiris. N. is perfect, the lion god, the pure one who follows Osiris Khent Amenta every day. His domains are in Sechet hotepu among those who know the sacred rites, among those who perform the sacred rites to Osiris. N. is on the side of Thoth, among those who bring offerings. Anubis ordered to the bearers of offerings, that there should be offerings to N. of his own, and that they should not be taken from him by those who are in captivity. N. has come like Horus, when he adorns the horizon of heaven N. directs the march of Rā towards the gates of the horizon; therefore the gods rejoice in the presence of N. The divine scent is upon Osiris, the god with the lock will not reach him; the keepers of the gates will not be hostile to him. N. is the one whose face is hidden inside the palace, in the sanctuary of the god, the lord of Tuat. N. has reached it after Hathor. N. gathers his hosts; he brings Maāt to Rā, he drives away the Mighty One, Apepi. N. pierces the steel firmament, and repels the raging storm; he gives life to the seamen of Rā. N. carries offerings to the place where it (the boat) is. N. causes that the boat gives him a successful voyage. N. marches, and when he reaches it, the face of N. is like the Great One, and his back like the lofty one. N. is the lord of the mighty. N. is well pleased on the horizon. N. is valiant; he strikes you down; you wakers; he makes his way to your lord, Osiris

(211) 131 To say: The abomination of N. is hunger; he does not eat it; 131 the abomination of N. is thirst; he does not drink it. 131 It is N. who gives food to those who exist. 131 His nurse is 'i.t; 131 it is she who makes his life (through nourishment?); it is she who gave birth to N. 132 N. was conceived in the night; N. was born in the night. 132 He belongs, to the Followers of R`, who are before the morning star. 132 N. was conceived in Nun; he was born in Nun. 132 He has come; he has brought to you (some) bread of that which he found there.

(4) Neith, the burning one, after whom nothing remains; she who follows Kaharo, who follows Saromkaharomat is thy name, thou art the mighty burning wind behind Kanas, at the prow of the boat of her father Haropukaka Scharoshaba, in the language of the negroes and of the Anti of the land of Nubia

(37) O nobly-born, the dhyani and other deities are born of the power of Samddhi [or meditation]. Pretas [or unhappy spirits or shades] and malignant spirits of certain orders are those who by changing their feeling [or mental attitude] while in the Intermediate State assumed that very shape which they thereafter retained, and became pretas, evil spirits, and rdkshasas, possessed of the power of shape- shifting. All pretas, who exist in space, who traverse the sky, and the eighty thousand species of mischievous sprites, have become so by changing their feelings [while] in the mental-body [on the Bardo-plam].

(268) 370 To say: N. washes himself, R` appears, the Great Ennead sparkles; 370 the Ombite is high as chief of the 'itr.t-palace; 371 N. puts humanity off from him as a limb; 371 N. seizes the wrr.t-crown from the hand of the Ennead. 371 Isis nurses him, Nephthys suckles him, 372 Horus takes him by his fingers (to his side), 372 he purifies N. in the lake of the jackal, 372 he makes, the ka of N. clean in the lake of the D.t. 372 He rubs down the flesh of the ka of N. and his own 372 with that which is near R` in the horizon, that which he (R`) took, 373 when the two lands beamed and when he bared the face of the gods. 373 He brings the ka of N. and himself to the great palace, 373 after offices (?) were made for him and the mtt was knotted for him. 374 N. leads the imperishable stars, 374 he ferries over to the Marshes of Reeds, 374 the inhabitants of the horizon row him, the inhabitants of b.w navigate him. 375 N. is very capable (mighty), his arms will not desert him; 375 N. is very excellent (foremost), his ka comes to him (to his aid).

(2) "And in order that the demons also might become devoid of the power that they possessed through the impure intercourse, a womb was with the winds resembling water. And an unclean penis was with the demons in accordance with the example of the darkness, and in the way he rubbed with the womb from the beginning. And after the forms of nature had been together, they separated from each other. They cast off the power, being astonished about the deceit that had happened to them. They grieved with an eternal grief. They covered themselves with their power.

(20) N. is in the following of Nefertmu, he is the lotus at the nostrils of Rā ... he is pure, in the presence of the gods; he sees Rā eternally

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(274) 393 To say: The sky is overcast, the stars are darkened, 393 the bows are agitated, the bones of the earth-gods quake. 393 The agitations cease 394 after they have seen N. dawning (as) a ba, 394 as a god, who lives on his fathers and feeds on his mothers. 394 N. is lord of craftiness, whose name his mother knows not. 395 The honour of N. is in heaven, his might is in the horizon, 395 like his father, Atum, who begat him. He has begotten him mightier than he. 396 The kas of N. are behind him, his maid-servants are under his feet, 396 his gods are over him, his uraeus-serpents are upon his brow; 396 the leader-serpent of N. is on his forehead, she who perceives the soul (of the enemy), (as) a diadem, a flame of fire; 396 the might of N. is for his protection. 397 N. is the bull of heaven, who (once) suffered want and decided (lit. gave in his heart) to live on the being of every god, 397 who ate their entrails (?) when it came (to pass) that their belly was full of magic 397 from the Isle of Flame. 398 N. is equipped, he who has incorporated his spirits. 398 N. dawns as the Great One, lord of those with (ready) hands. 398 He sits, his side towards Geb (the earth). 399 It is N. who judges with him whose name is hidden, 399 (on) this day of slaying the eldest (gods). 399 N. is lord of offerings, who knots the cord, 399 who himself prepares his meal. 400 N. is he who eats men and lives on gods, 400 lords of messengers, who distributes orders. 401 It is "Grasper-of-the-top-knot" who is in k.w who lassoes them for N. 401 It is "The serpent with raised head (dr-tp)" who watches them (the gods) for N., who repels them for him. 401 It is "He who is upon the willows" who binds them for N. 402 It is "Khonsu who slaughters the lords (gods)," in that he beheads them for N., 402 and takes out for him what is in their body. 402 He (Khonsu?) is the messenger whom he (N.) sends forth to punish. 403 It is Ssm.w who cuts them up for N., 403 cooking for him a meal of them in his evening cooking-pots. 403 It is N. who eats their magic and swallows their spirits; 404 their Great Ones are for his morning meal, 404 their middle-sized ones are for his evening meal, 404 their little ones are for his night meal, 404 their old men and old women are for his incense-burning (or, fire). 405 It is "The Great Ones in the north side of heaven" who lay for him the fire 405 to the kettles containing them, with the thighs of their eldest (as fuel). 406 The inhabitants of heaven wait on N., 406 when the hearth was constructed for him with (out of) the legs of their women. 406 He has completely encircled the two heavens; he has revolved about the two lands. 407 N. is the great mighty one, who has power over the mighty ones. 407 N. is the `hm-falcon, who surpasses the `hm-falcons--the great falcon. 407 Whom he finds on his way, he eats for himself bit by bit. 407 The respect of N. is before (first of) all noble ones, who are in the horizon. 408 N. is a god older than the eldest. 408 Thousands serve him; hundreds make offering to him. 408 A certificate as (of) a mighty, great one is given to him by , father of the gods. 409 N. has dawned again in heaven; he is crowned with the Upper Egyptian crown as lord of the horizon. 409 He has smashed the dorsal vertebra; 409 he has carried off the hearts of the gods; 410 he has eaten the red crown, he has swallowed the green one; 410 N. feeds on the lungs of the wise ones; 410 he is satisfied by living on hearts as well as their magic. 411 N. is disgusted when he licks the emetics which are in the red crown, 411 (but) he is delighted when their magic is in his belly. 411'c. The dignities of N. shall not be taken from him, 411 (for) he has swallowed the intelligence of every god. 412 The lifetime of N. is eternity, its limit is everlastingness 412 in this his dignity of "If he wishes he does, if he wishes not he does not," 412 who is within the boundary of the horizon for ever and ever. 413 Behold, their soul (of the gods) is in the belly of N., their spirits are with N., 413 as his soup � la ntr.w, cooked for N. from their bones, 413 Behold, their soul is, with N., their shadows are taken away from the hand of those to whom they belong. 414 N. is as that which dawns, which dawns, which endures, which endures. 414 The doers of evil shall not be able to destroy 414 the favourite place of N. among the living in this land for ever and ever. 11. CHARMS,

(1) "O Shem, the disturbance that occurred at my wish happened so that nature might become empty. For the wrath of the darkness subsided. O Shem, the mouth of darkness was shut. No longer does the light that shone for the world appear in it, according to my will. And when nature had said that its wish was fulfilled, then every form was engulfed by the waters in prideful ignorance. Nature turned her dark vagina and cast from her the power of fire, which was in her from the beginning through the rubbing of the darkness. It lifted itself up and shone upon the whole world instead of the righteous one. And all her forms sent forth a power like a flame of fire up to heaven as a help to the corrupted light, which had lifted itself up. For they were members of the chaotic fire. And she did not know that she had harmed herself. When she cast forth the power, the power that she possessed, she cast it forth from the genitals. The demon, who is a deceiver, stirred up the womb in every form.

(6) And between these two spirits the Demon-gods (and they who give them worship) can make no righteous choice , since we have beguiled them. As they were questioning and debating in their council the (personified ) Worst Mind approached them that he might be chosen. (They made their fatal decision.) And thereupon they rushed together unto the Demon of Fury, that they might pollute the lives of mortals .

(214) 136 O N., beware of the ocean (sea?). To say four times. 136 The messengers of thy ka are come for thee; the messengers of thy father are come for thee; the messengers of R` are come for thee. 137 Go after (pursue) thy sun (days); purify thyself, 137 (for) thy bones are (those of) female-falcons, goddesses, who are in heaven, 137 that thou mayest be at the side of the god; that thou mayest leave thy house to thy son 137 who is thine heir. Everyone who speaks, evil against the name of N., 138 when he ascends, Geb reckons him as an evil-doer in his own city, 138 so that he weakens, he falters. Thou purifiest thyself in the dew of the stars; 138 thou descendest on firm (copper?) cables, on the shoulders of Horus in his name of "He who is in the nw-boat." 139 The blessed dead (?) lament for thee (after) the imperishable stars bore thee (away). 139 Enter the abode of thy father, to the abode of Geb, 139 that he may give to thee that which is on the brow of Horus, that thou mayest be a ba thereby, that thou mayest be a m thereby, 139 that thou mayest be a nti-'imntiw thereby.