(650) 1833 [To say]: ------- it is Osiris N., son of [Nut]. 1833 She caused him to appear as king of Upper and Lower Egypt in all his dignity. 1833 [She caused him to appear as] Anubis, First of the Westerners, as Osiris son of Geb. 1833 --------- gods, as `nd.ti, chief of the eastern nomes. 1834 The earth [produces] N.; he shall be chief of the gods who are in heaven, 1834 as Geb, chief of the Ennead. 1835 His mother, heaven, bears him, living, each day, beloved of R`, 1835 with whom he dawns in the east, with whom he sets in the west. 1835 His mother Nut is not void of him, daily. 1836 He equips N. with life; 1836 he makes his heart rejoice; he makes his heart sweet. 1837 He settles for him the South; he settles for him the land of the North; 1837 he destroys for him the fortresses of Asia; 1837 he quells for him all the people, rebels, under his fingers.

(435) 786 To say: I am Nut, "the Granary." I have proclaimed the name of Osiris N., 786 namely, "Horus, beloved of the two lands, N."; "King of Upper and Lower Egypt, N."; 786 "nb.ti, beloved of the Corporation, N."; "falcon over gold, N. "; 787 "heir of Geb, his beloved N.", "beloved of all the gods, N."; 787 given all life, stability, prosperity, health, joy like R`, thou livest for ever. 20. MISCELLANEOUS TEXTS--SOME LARGELY OSIRIAN,

(9) I am the Father of this universe, the Mother, the Sustainer, and the Grandsire. I am the knowable, the purifier, and the syllable Om. I am also the Rik, the Sāman, and the Yajus.

(173) 101 To say: Osiris N., Horus is come to take care of thee; thou art his father. 101 `b.t-barley.

(643) 1819 To say: Osiris N ----------------- 1819 ------- he lives. Thou art a god; [thou art powerful over the gods]. 1820 [An eye has gone forth from thy head, like] the Great-incharms, the Upper Egyptian white crown. 1820 -------------------- great 1820 s ---------------------- a thing gone out from him. 1821 ------------------ thy 1821 Thy ka stands among the gods ------------ thy ---- on earth. 1822 O N ------------------- 1822 draw the ka after thee; [draw life after thee] 1822 draw joy after thee; Osiris N -------------

(442) 819 To say: That Great One is certainly fallen on his side; be who is in Ndi.t is thrown down. 819 Thine arm is seized by R`; thy head is lifted up by the Two Enneads. 819 Behold, he is come (again) as ; behold, Osiris is come as . 820 lord of the wine-cellar at the Wg-feast, 820 "good," as his mother said; "heir," as his father said, 820 conceived by heaven, born of the Dw.t. 820 Heaven conceives thee together with S'; 820 N. is born in the Dw.t together with S'. 821 He lives who lives at the command of the gods; so wilt thou live. 821 Thou ascendest with S' on the eastern side of the sky; 821 thou descendest with S' on the western side of the sky. 822 Your third is Sothis of the pure places, 822 she is your leader (or, who will lead you) by the beautiful ways in heaven, 822 in the Marsh of Reeds. 21. SECOND SERIES IN PRAISE OF NUT,

(10) After Osiris, here symbolized as the sun, had become King of Egypt and had given to his people the full advantage of his intellectual light, he continued his path through the heavens, visiting the peoples of other nations and converting all with whom he came in contact. Plutarch further asserts that the Greeks recognized in Osiris the same person whom they revered under the names of Dionysos and Bacchus. While he was away from his country, his brother, Typhon, the Evil One, like the Loki of Scandinavia, plotted against the Sun God to destroy him. Gathering seventy-two persons as fellow conspirators, he attained his nefarious end in a most subtle manner. He had a wonderful ornamented box made just the size of the body of Osiris. This he brought into a banquet hall where the gods and goddesses were feasting together. All admired the beautiful chest, and Typhon promised to give it to the one whose body fitted it most perfectly. One after another lay down in the box, but in disappointment

(7) Several authors have attempted to prove that Isis, Osiris, Typhon, Nephthys, and Aroueris (Thoth, or Mercury) were grandchildren of the great Jewish patriarch Noah by his son Ham. But as the story of Noah and his ark is a cosmic allegory concerning the repopulation of planets at the beginning of each world period, this only makes it less likely that they were historical personages. According to Robert Fludd, the sun has three properties--life, light, and heat. These three vivify and vitalize the three worlds--spiritual, intellectual, and material. Therefore, it is said "from one light, three lights," i. e. the first three Master Masons. In all probability, Osiris represents the third, or material, aspect of solar activity, which by its beneficent influences vitalizes and enlivens the flora and fauna of the earth. Osiris is not the sun, but the sun is symbolic of the vital principle of Nature, which the ancients knew as Osiris. His symbol, therefore, was an opened eye, in honor of the Great Eye of the universe, the sun. Opposed to the active, radiant principle of impregnating fire, hear, and motion was the passive, receptive principle of Nature.

(42) Isis is shown with her son Horus in her arms. She is crowned with the lunar orb, ornamented with the horns of rams or bulls. Orus, or Horus as he is more generally known, was the son of Isis and Osiris. He was the god of time, hours, days, and this narrow span of life recognized as mortal existence. In all probability, the four sons of Horus represent the four kingdoms of Nature. It was Horus who finally avenged the murder of his father, Osiris, by slaying Typhon, the spirit of Evil.

(649) 1830 To say: Osiris N., Geb has given thee all the gods, 1830 that they may unite with thee. Thou hast power over them; 1830 and they fraternize with thee, in their name of "n.wt"; 1830 they have not rejected thee in their name of ["The two 'itr.tpalaces"]. 1831 Osiris N., Horus has assigned them to thee, united (them). 1831a + 1. He has encircled for thee all the gods in the embrace of thy two arms, 1831a + 2. together with their lands, together with all their possessions, 1831a + 3. that they may do service of courtier, as thy "bodyguard." 1831a + 4. O N., thou art a great god; 1831a + 5. thou art great, thou art bent around like the "Circle which encircles the nb.wt." 1831 Osiris N., behold, thou art avenged, thou livest; thou movest daily. 1831 Osiris N., there is no discord in thee. 1831 d. Osiris, N., thou art the ka of all the gods. 1832 Horus has avenged thee; thou art become his ka. 1832a + 1. O Osiris N., thou art a god, the power of all the gods. 1832 An eye has gone forth from thy head like the "Great-in-charms" of Upper Egypt. 1832b + 1. He has given to thee as his eye in thy forehead as the "Great-in-charms" of Upper Egypt. 1832b + 2. An eye has gone forth from thy head (in) Lower Egypt. 1832b + 3. Thou dawnest as Horus, king of Lower Egypt; they are fraternizing with thee, 1832b + 4. in alliance with Horus, king of Lower Egypt. 1832b + 5. Thou dawnest as king of Upper and Lower Egypt. 1832b + 6. Thou art powerful over the gods, also their kas. 1832b + 7. O Osiris N., thou art the two souls, thou shalt not die; 1832b + 8. Osiris N., thou hast spoken; thou hast rejoiced, Osiris N. 1832b + 9. Thou hast a ba, Osiris N.; thou hast life, Osiris N.; 1832b + 10. thou art powerful; thou destroyest thine enemies, Osiris N. 1832b + 11. Horus, thou hast made peace (to be) with Osiris N.- 1832b + 12. peace be upon her. 1832b + 13. Thou hast put thy regard upon her. 1832b + 14. May peace be to thee, which he gives to thee, (to) thy head.

(258) 308 To say: N. is Osiris in a dust-storm. 308 His abomination is the earth; N. has not entered into Geb, 308 that he might be destroyed; nor has he slept in his house on earth, 308 that his bones might be broken. His wounds are effaced: 308 N. has purified himself with the eye of Horus; his wound is effaced by the two mourners of Osiris; 308 N. has let the running (of his wound) flow to the ground at u. 309 It is his sister, the lady of P, who wept for him. 309 N. is on his way to heaven; N. is on his way to heaven; on the wind; on the wind. 309 He is not hindered; there is no one by whom he is hindered. 309 N., he is "on his own," the eldest of the gods. 310 His bread comes on high with (that of) R`; 310 his offering comes out of Nun. 310 N. is one who comes again; 310 he goes, he comes with R`. 310 His houses are visited by him. 311 N. seizes kas; he frees kas; 311 he covers up evil; he abolishes evil. 311 N. spends the day; he spends, the night, while he appeases the two choppers in Wn.w. 311 Nothing opposes his foot; nothing restrains his heart.

(426) 776 To say: Osiris N., thou hast dawned as king of Upper and Lower Egypt, 776 for thou hast gained power over the gods together with their kas (attributes). 19. IN PRAISE OF NUT,

(660) 1870 [To say]: Shu. son of Atum is Osiris N. 1870 Thou art the great son of Atum, his eldest son. 1871 Atum has spit thee out of his mouth, in thy name of "Shu." 1871 He said: "Count my children, in thy name of 'Upper Mn.t'" 1872 O Shu, this is Osiris N. whom thou hast made to endure and to live. 1872 If thou livest, he lives; thou art lord of the entire earth.

(641) 1813 To say: Osiris N., I have come with -------- I am Horus. 1813 I have come, that I may speak for thee; I am thy son. 1814 Osiris N., thou art the eldest son of Geb, 1814 his primogeniture, his heir. 1814 Osiris N., thou art he who dawnest after him; 1815 the inheritance was given to thee by the Ennead; 1815 thou art powerful over the Ennead, and even (over) every god. 1816 ------------------------------------------- 1816 --- [an eye which goes] forth from thy head 1816 ----------------------------

(10) 8 Horus lives, living apparition of the king of Upper and Lower Egypt, N., 8 (of the land of) the two goddesses, living apparition, N., 8 (of the land of) the two lords (of Ombos), N., 8 Osiris, lord of the D.t, N., 8 the beloved son of Geb, N., 8 son of Nut, opener of her body (womb), N., 8 endowed with life, endurance, joy, health, like R`, eternally.

(10) Of the Yādavas I am Vāsudeva, and of the Pāndavas I am Arjuna. Of the sages I am Vyāsa, and of seers I am Uśanas the seer.

(7) I am the savour of waters, Ο son of Kunti, the radiance of the sun and moon; I am the syllable Om in all the Vedas, the sound in ether, the manliness in man.

(76) 51 Osiris, N., take to thyself the eye of Horus, with which he brought and carried the gods. Tw.t-oil.

(75) 51 Osiris N., take to thyself the eye of Horus, which is united with him. Nhnm-oil.

(4) Hermes, which is the name of my forebear, whose home is in a place called after him, doth aid and guard all mortal [men] who come to him from every side. As for Osiris’ [spouse]; how many are the blessings that we know Isis bestows when she’s propitious; how many does she injure when she’s wrath! For that the terrene and the cosmic Gods are easily enraged, in that they are created and composed of the two natures.