(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.

(357) 583 To say by Horus: May Geb make an offering to Osiris N., O Osiris N., 583 Geb has given to thee thy two eyes that thou mayest be satisfied. Take in thee the two eyes of this Great One. 583 Geb has caused Horus to give them to thee that thou mayest be satisfied with them. 584 Isis and Nephthys have seen thee; they have found thee. 584 Horus has taken care of thee; Horus has caused Isis and Nephthys to protect thee. 584 They have given thee to Horus that he may be satisfied with thee. 585 It is pleasing to Horus (to be) with thee in thy name of "He of the horizon, whence R` goes forth," 585 in thine arms in thy name of "He from within the palace." 585 Thou hast closed thine arms about him, about him, 585 so that his bones stretch and he become proud. 586 O Osiris N., betake thyself to Horus, 586 approach thyself to him, do not go far from him. 587 Horus has come, he recognizes thee; 587 he has smitten (and) bound Set for thee, for thou art his ka. 587 Horus has made him afraid of thee, for thou art greater than he; 588 he swims under thee; he carries in thee one greater than he. 588 His followers have noticed thee how thy strength is greater 588 so that they dare not resist thee. than his, 589 Horus comes; he recognizes his father in thee, for thou art young in thy name of "He of the fresh water." 589 Horus has opened for thee thy mouth. 590 O Osiris N., be not in distress, groan not. 590 Geb has brought Horus to thee, that he may count for thee their hearts. 590 He has brought to thee all the gods together; there is not one among them who escapes him. 591 Horus has avenged thee; it was not long till he avenged thee. 591 Horus has snatched back his eye from Set; he has given it to thee. 591 This his eye, the sweet one, cause it to stay with thee, reclaim it for thyself. O may it be pleasing to thee. 592 Isis has taken care of thee. 592 The heart of Horus is glad because of thee in thy name of "He who is First of the Westerners." 592 It is Horus who will avenge what Set has done to thee.

(356) 575 To say: O Osiris N., Horus has come that he may seek thee. 575 He has caused that Thot turn back for thee the Followers of Set, 575 and that he bring them to thee all together. 576 He has made the heart of Set timid. Thou art greater (or, elder) than he; 576 thou didst come forth (from the womb) before him; thy qualifications are better than his. 576 Geb has seen thy qualifications; he has put thee in thy place. 577 Geb has brought to thee thy two sisters, to thy side, Isis and Nephthys. 577 Horus has caused the gods to unite with thee, 577 to fraternize with thee in thy name of "He of the two nw.tpalaces," 577 but not to reject thee in thy name of "He of the two 'itr.tpalaces." 578 He has caused the gods to avenge thee. 578 Geb has put the sole of his foot on the head of thine enemy, who is afraid of thee. 578 Thy son Horus has smitten him; 578 he has snatched back his eye from him; he has given it to thee, 579 that thou mayest become glorious thereby, that thou mayest become mighty before the spirits. 579 Horus has caused thee to seize thine enemy, that there should be none escaping among them from thee. 580 Horus was indeed ingenious in that be recognized in thee his father, in thy name of b-'iti-rp.t. 580 Nut has established thee as god, in spite of Set, in thy name of "god"; 580 thy mother Nut has, spread herself over thee in her name of "She of St-p.t." 581 Horus has seized Set; he has placed him under thee 581 that be may carry thee and that he may quake under thee like the quaking of the earth, 581 for thou art more exalted than he, in thy name of "He of the exalted land." 582 Horus has caused that thou recognize him (Set) in himself without his getting away from thee; 582 he has caused that thou seize him with thy hand without his escaping from thee. 582 O Osiris N., Horus has avenged thee; 582 he has done (it) for his ka in thee, that thou mayest be satisfied in thy name of "Satisfied ka."

(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.

(694) 2144a (N. J�quier, XII 1028-1029). ------ says Isis; "I have found (him)," says Nephthys, 2144b (N. 1029). when they saw Osiris on his side on the shore [of Ndi.t] 2145a (N. 1029). -------- rise up ----------------------2145b (N. 1029-1030). --------- my brother, I sought thee; 2145c (N. 1030). raise thyself up, spirit." Geb said: 2145d (N. 1030). "I have smitten -------------- the [Enn]ead 2146 --------------------- for thy father Atum, 2146 that he may cause thee to be (on) the nti-ocean among the gods, 2146 as the Great One who is before ---------------- 2146 ---------------------------------------- 2147 Those who are in Nun come to thee; mankind (the blessed dead (?)) circulate for thee; 2147 thou art like Horus ----------------------------2148a ---------------------- with him, in thy time. 2148 Thine annual (offerings) are made with him, in his hour, 2148 by order of --------------- 2149 ----------------------------------------- 2149 The way of N. is open for N.; the way of N. is made (prepared?). 2150 N -----------------------------------------2150b ---------------------- chief of the two lands. 2150 N. is Thot chief of heaven; N. is Anubis chief of the house. 2151 It was brought, open -------------------------- 2151 ----------------------------- to N., before N. 2152 a. He is the bittern (d-bird), which comes from the marsh 2152 ------------------------------------------ 2153 ------------------------------------------ 2153 who is in tnw of the four tnw, depart from N. 2154 N ---------- 2154 N ---------------------------------------- 2154 pure is the tongue which is in the mouth of N. 2155 Protect N -----------2155a + 1 (N. J�quier, XII 1038). ---- N ------ 2155 ---------------- that N. may not be upside down. 2156 N. is the bull --------- 2156 N. is the bull ------------------------------ 2156 three in heaven; two on earth.

(74) 51 Osiris N., take to thyself the eye of Horus, on account of which he was punished. ft-oil.

(701) 2188 To say: The Great One is fallen in Ndi.t; Isis is loosed from her burden (tn). 2188 Raise thyself up, thou who art in Ntrw; raise thyself up 2189 ------------------------------------- 2189 ------------------------ the god is loosed. 2190 Horus comes forth from Chemmis; 2190 Buto arises for Horus; he purifies himself there. 2191 Horus comes purified, that he may avenge [his father] 2191 ------------------------------------- 2192 [I am thy sister], who loves thee, says Isis, says Nephthys. 2192 They weep for thee; they awake for thee. 2193 O N., raise [thyself] up ------------------------ 2193 -------------------------------------2 194 -------------------------------------- 2194 [(receive) thy thousand (loaves) of bread], [thy thousand (mugs) of beer], thy thousand cattle, thy thousand geese, 2194 a roast, a double-rib piece from the slaughtering-bench of the god; the great bread and the rt-bread from the broad-hall. 2195 Provide thyself, N., with ----------------------- 2195 ------------------------------------- 2196 Thou hast thy wrr.t-crown; the wrr.t-crown is on thy head; 2196 thou hast taken the wrr.t-crown before the Two Enneads 2196 Thou art a spirit among [thy] brothers ------------ 2197 -------------------------------------- 2197 ----------- spirits. 2198 O N., stand up; 2198 sit thou before thy heart like Anubis First of the Westerners. 2199 Thou art come (again) to [thy] (right) state -------- 2199 -------------------------------------- 2199 ------

(366) 626 To say: O Osiris N., stand up, lift thyself up; 626 thy mother Nut has brought thee forth; Geb has wiped thy mouth for thee. 626 The Great Ennead avenge thee; 626 they put for thee thine enemy under thee. 627 Carry thou (him who is) greater than thou, said they to him, in thy name of "He of the Great Saw Palace." 627 Lift (him up who is) greater than thou, said they, in thy name of "He of the Great Land Nome." 628 Thy two sisters Isis and Nephthys come to thee; they heal thee 628 complete and great, in thy name of "Great Black," 628 fresh and great, in thy name of "Great Green." 629 Behold, thou art great and round like the "Great Round"; 629 behold, thou are bent around, and art round like the "Circle which encircles the nb.wt"; 629 behold, thou art round and great like the "Great Circle which sets." 630 Isis and Nephthys protected thee in Si�t, 630 even their lord in thee, in thy name of "Lord of Si�t"; 630 even their god in thee, in thy name of "God." 631 a. They adore thee, so that thou shalt not (again) withdraw from them, in thy name of "Dw-ntr" (or, "divine Dw"); 631 they take care of thee, so that thou mayest not (again) be angry, in thy name of "Dndr.w-boat." 632 Thy sister comes to thee, rejoicing for love of thee. 632 Thou hast placed her on thy phallus, 632 that thy seed may go into her, (while) it is pointed like Sothis. 632 Horus the pointed has come forth from thee as Horus who was in Sothis. 633 Thou art pleased with him, in his name of "Spirit who was in the Dndr.w-boat"; 633 he avenges thee, in his name of "Horus, the son, who avenges his father."

(676) 2007 To say: Thy water belongs to thee, thine abundance belongs to thee, thine efflux belongs to thee, 2007 which issues from Osiris. 2008 Collect thy bones; arrange thy limbs; 2008 shake off thy dust; untie thy bandages. 2009 The tomb is open for thee; the double doors of the coffin are undone for thee; 2009 the double doors of heaven are open for thee. 2009 "Hail," says Isis; "(come) in peace," says Nephthys, 2009 when they see their brother at the feast of Atum. 2010 These thy libations, Osiris, are in Busiris, in Grg.w-b(.f ); 2010 thy soul is in thy body; thy might is behind thee; remain chief of (or, master of) thy powers. 2011 Raise thyself up, N., 2011 travel over the southern regions; travel over the northern regions; 2011 be thou powerful over the powers that are in thee. 2011 Thy spirits, the jackals, are given thee which Horus of Hierakonpolis has given to thee. 2012 Raise thyself up, N., be seated on thy firm (or, copper) throne. 2012 Anubis, who is chief of the divine pavillion (s-ntr), has commanded 2012 thy purification with thy eight nm.t-jars and (thy) eight `b.tjars, which come from the s-ntr. 2013 Thou art a god who supports the sky, who beautifies the earth. 2013 The mnt.t-woman laments for thee; the great min.t mourns for thee; 2014 arms agitate for thee; feet tremble for thee, 2014 when thou ascendest as a star, as the morning star. 2014 He comes to thee, his father; he comes to thee, Geb; 2015 take his hand, let him sit upon the great seat; 2015 let him unite with the two mt-lakes of b.w; 2015 purify his mouth with natron on the lap of Mnti-'irti; 2015 purify his nails, upper and lower. 2016 Let one do for him what thou didst do for his brother, Osiris, . on the day of counting the bones, 2016 of making firm the sandals, of ferrying over the lake Rd-wr. 2017 To thee come the wise and the understanding; 2017 thou art called to the southern 'itr.t-palace; 2017 to thee come (the gods of) the full northern 'itr.t-palace, with a salutation. 54. TEXTS OF MISCELLANEOUS CONTENTS,

(11) Diodorus writes of a famous inscription carved on a column at Nysa, in Arabia, wherein Isis described herself as follows: "I am Isis, Queen of this country. I was instructed by Mercury. No one can destroy the laws which I have established. I am the eldest daughter of Saturn, most ancient of the gods. I am the wife and sister of Osiris the King. I first made known to mortals the use of wheat. I am the mother of Orus the King. In my honor was the city of Bubaste built. Rejoice, O Egypt, rejoice, land that gave me birth!" (See "Morals and Dogma," by Albert Pike.)

(368) 636 To say: O Osiris N., this is Horus who is in thine arms; 636 he will avenge thee. 636 It is pleasing to him to be again with thee, in thy name of "He of the horizon whence R` goes forth." 636 Thou hast closed thine arms round and round him;, he will not depart from thee. 637 Horus does not allow thee to be sick; Horus, has placed thine enemy under thy feet, 637 that thou mayest live. Horus has given his children to thee, 637 that they may put themselves under thee, without one of them withdrawing, and that they may carry thee. 638 Thy mother Nut has spread herself over thee, in her name of "She of St-p.t"; 638 she has caused thee to be as a god, in spite of thee, in thy name of "God", 638 she protects thee against all evil things, in her name of "Great Sieve" (protectress). 638 Thou art the greatest among her children. 639 Geb is satisfied with thee; he has loved thee; he has protected thee; 639 he has given (back) to thee thy head; he has caused Thot to take care of thee, so that what was against thee ceased.

(369) 640 To say: O Osiris N., stand up. Horus has caused thee to stand up. 640 Geb has caused Horus to see his father in thee, in thy name of "He of the royal castle." 641 Horus has given the gods to thee; he has brought them to thee, so that they may illuminate thy face. 641 Horus has given his eye to thee, that thou mayest see with it. 642 Horus has placed thine enemy under thee, 642 that he may carry thee, that thou be not far from him, 642 and that thou mayest come (again) in thy (former) state. The gods have bound (again) thy face to thee. 643 Horus has opened thine eye for thee, that thou mayest see with it, in her (the eye) name of "Opener of the way." 643 Thine enemy is smitten by the children of Horus; they made his smiting red (bloody); 643 they have punished him; he is severely punished, so that his smell is evil. 644 Horus has fitted thy mouth to thee; he has adjusted for thee thy mouth to thy bones. 644 Horus has opened thy mouth for thee; 644 thy beloved son has re-instated thy two eyes for thee. 644 Horus does not permit thy face to be without the power to see, 644 in thy name of "Horus chief of his subjects."

(535) 1280 To say by Isis and Nephthys: 1280 The .t-bird comes, the kite comes; they are Isis and Nephthys. 1280 They are come in search of their brother Osiris; 1280 (They are come) in search of their brother N. 1281 Thou who art (here), thou who art (there), weep for thy brother; Isis, weep for thy brother; Nephthys, weep for thy brother. 1281 Isis sits, her hands upon her head; 1282 Nephthys has indeed seized the tip of (her) two breasts because of her brother, N.; 1282 Anubis being on his belly; Osiris being wounded; Anubis being before the fist (?). 1283 Thy putrefaction, N., is not; thy sweat, N., is not; 12 83 thy outflowing, N., is not; thy dust, N., is not. 1284 .ti son of .ti (is) at Mnii, coming as Mn.ti, 1284 to divide in three these your four days and your eight nights. 1285 The stars follow thy beloved b.wt, 1285 who is chief of thy nm (attendants); thou art chief of those who are chief of the nm.w (attendants); thou hast made nm the nm.w. 1285 Loose Horus from his bonds, that he may punish the Followers of Set; 1286 that he may seize them; that he may remove their heads; that he may take off their legs. 1286 Cut thou them up, take thou out their hearts; 1286 drink thou of their blood; 1287 count their hearts, in this thy name of "Anubis counter of hearts." 1287 Thy two eyes have been given to thee as thy two uraeusserpents, 1287 for thou art like Wepwawet on his standard, Anubis who presides in s-ntr. 1288 O N., the houses of the great who are in Heliopolis make thee "first"; 1288 the spirits and even the imperishable stars fear thee. 1288 The dead fall on their face before thee; the blessed dead(?) care for thee. 1289 "Eldest (son), 'Im is for N.," say the Souls of Heliopolis, 1289 who furnish thee with life and satisfaction. 1289 He lives with the living as Seker lives with the living; 1289 he lives with the living as N. lives with the living. 1290 O N., come, live thy life there, in thy name, in thy time, 1290 in these years, which are to be peaceful, according to (?) thy wish.

(371) 648 To say: O Osiris N., Horus has placed thee in the heart of the gods; 648 he has caused thee to take the white crown, the lady. 648 Horus has found thee; he rejoices over thee. 648 Go forth against thine enemy; thou art greater than he, in thy name of "He of the great house, the 'itr.t-palace." 649 Horus has caused him to carry thee, in thy name of "Great carried one." 649 He has delivered thee from thine enemy. 649 He has avenged thee, as "He who is avenged in his time." 649 Geb has seen thy character; he has put thee in thy place. 650 Horus has stretched thine enemy under thee; thou art older than he, for thou wast born before him. 650 Thou art the father of Horus, who begat him, in thy name of "Bird-begetter." 650 The heart of Horus is glad because of thee, in thy name of "First of the Westerners."

(5) Le Plongeon believes that the Egyptian myth of Isis had a historical basis among the Mayas of Central America, where this goddess was known as Queen Moo. In Prince Coh the same author finds a correspondence to Osiris, the brother-husband of Isis. Le Plongeon's theory is that Mayan civilization was far more ancient than that of Egypt. After the death of Prince Coh, his widow, Queen Moo, fleeing to escape the wrath of his murderers, sought refuge among the Mayan colonies in Egypt, where she was accepted as their queen and was given the name of Isis. While Le Plongeon may be right, the possible historical queen sinks into insignificance when compared with the allegorical, symbolic World Virgin; and the fact that she appears among so many different races and peoples discredits the theory that she was a historical individual.

(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

(482) 1002 To say: O father, Osiris N., 1002 raise thyself from thy left side, put thyself on thy right side, 1002 toward this fresh water, which I have given to thee. 1003 O father, Osiris N., 1003 raise thyself from thy left side, put thyself on thy right side, 1003 toward this warm bread, which I have made for thee. 1004 O father, Osiris N., 1004 the double doors of heaven are open for thee; the double doors of the bows are open for thee. 1004 The gods of Buto are filled with compassion 1004 when they come to Osiris at the voice of lamentation of Isis and Nephthys. 1005 The Souls of Buto dance for thee; 1005 they beat their flesh for thee; they smite their arms for thee; 1005 they dishevel their hair for thee; 1005 they say to Osiris: 1006. "Thou art gone, thou art come; thou art awake, thou wast asleep; thou remainest alive. 1007 Stand up, see this; stand up, hear this, 1007 what thy son has done for thee, what Horus has done for thee. 1007 He beats him who beats thee; he binds him who binds thee; 1008 he puts him under his great daughter who is in dm. 1008 (it is) thy great sister who collected thy flesh, who gathered thy hands, 1008 who sought thee, who found thee upon thy side on the shore of Ndi.t, 1009 so that mourning ceased in the two 'itr.t-palaces." 1009 Ye gods, speak to him, bring him to you. 1009 But thou shalt ascend to heaven; thou shalt become Wp.w.wt. 1010 Thy son Horus leads thee on the ways of heaven. 1010 Heaven is given to thee; earth is given to thee; the Marsh of Reeds is given to thee, 1010 together with those two great gods who come from Heliopolis.

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

(9) And Semele, the daughter of Cadmus, too, bore an illustrious son, Dionysus, the joy-inspiring, when she mingled with him in love." Cadmus, the father of Semele, came to Thebes in the time of Lynceus, and was the inventor of the Greek letters. Triopas was a contemporary of Isis, in the seventh generation from Inachus. And Isis, who is the same as Io, is so called, it is said, from her going (ienai) roaming over the whole earth. Her, Istrus, in his work on the migration of the Egyptians, calls the daughter of Prometheus. Prometheus lived in the time of Triopas, in the seventh generation after Moses. So that Moses appears to have flourished even before the birth of men, according to the chronology of the Greeks. Leon, who treated of the Egyptian divinities, says that Isis by the Greeks was called Ceres, who lived in the time of Lynceus, in the eleventh generation after Moses. And Apis the king of Argos built Memphis, as Aristippus says in the first book of the Arcadica. And Aristeas the Argive says that he was named Serapis, and that it is he that the Egyptians worship.

(612) 1730 Further, to say: Let this thy going, king N., be like the going of Horus to his father, Osiris, 1730 that he may be a spiritualized one thereby, that he may be a soul thereby, that he may be an honoured one thereby, that he may be a mighty one thereby. 1731 Thy spirit is behind thee -------------------------- 1731 ---------------- king N. 1732 Collect thy bones; take to thee thy limbs; 1732 shake off this earth (dust of the earth) from thy flesh; 1733 take to thee these thy four nm.t-jars [filled at the divine-lake in Ntr.w], 1733 (and) [the wind of the great Isis, together with (which) the great Isis dried (him)] like Horus. 1734 Raise thyself towards the eye of R`; and according to this thy name so will the gods do 1734 to Horus of the D.t, even to Horus-kn, 1734 to Horus ------------------------------------ 1734 ------------------------------------ 1735 Raise thyself up, be seated on thy firm throne; 1735 thy finger-nails scratch the castle (-door?). 1735 Thou travellest over the regions of Horus; thou travellest over the regions of Set. 1735 -------------------------------------