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Egyptian Book of the Dead
Chapter CXL (2.)
His glorious Eye rests on its place on His Majesty in this hour of the night. When the fourth hour is accomplished, the world is joyous in the last day of Mechir, for the Majesty of the Eye is in the presence of the cycle of the gods, and His Majesty rises as from the beginning, with the Eye on his head as Rā Atmu
Seven imperishable beings stand near to serve him. Thus there are these red streaks in the eye. By them Rudra is united with him. Then there is the...
(2) Seven imperishable beings stand near to serve him. Thus there are these red streaks in the eye. By them Rudra is united with him. Then there is the water in the eye By it Parjanya is united with him There is the pupil of tlic eye. By it the sun is united with him. By the black of the eye, Agni; by the white of the eye, Indra; by the lower eyelash, Earth is united with him; by the upper eyelash, Heaven, He who knows this — his food does not fail.
The eye is indeed the fourth foot of Brahman. That foot shines with Âditya (sun) as its light, and warms. He who knows this, shines and warms through...
(5) The eye is indeed the fourth foot of Brahman. That foot shines with Âditya (sun) as its light, and warms. He who knows this, shines and warms through his celebrity, fame, and glory of countenance.
Ritual Of Bodily Restoration Of The Deceased, And Offerings, Utterances 12-203 (81)
56 Awake thou in peace, (as) Ti.t awakes, in peace, (as) Tit.t (she of Ti.t) awakes in peace, 56 (as) the eye of Horus in Buto (awakes) in peace,...
(81) 56 Awake thou in peace, (as) Ti.t awakes, in peace, (as) Tit.t (she of Ti.t) awakes in peace, 56 (as) the eye of Horus in Buto (awakes) in peace, (as) the eye of Horus which is in the houses of the Lower Egyptian crown (awakes) in peace, 56 (the eye) which the weavers wove (?), (the eye) which the sedanchairman planned (?). 57 Cause thou (0 Eye) the two lands to bow to N., as they bow to Horus,. 57 Cause the two lands to fear N., as they fear Set. 57 Sit thou before N., as his god; open thou his way before the spirits, 57 that be may stand before the spirits like Anubis, "First of the Westerners." 57 To say four times: Forward, forward to Osiris. Two rolls of linen.
Miscellaneous Utterances On The Hereafter, Utterances 350-374 (364)
Horus has loved thee, 609 he has equipped thee with his eye; Horus has adapted to thee his eye. 610 Horus has opened for thee thine eye that thou maye...
(364) 609 To say: O Osiris N., arise. 609 Horus comes; he reclaims thee from the gods. Horus has loved thee, 609 he has equipped thee with his eye; Horus has adapted to thee his eye. 610 Horus has opened for thee thine eye that thou mayest see with it. 610 The gods have bound to thee thy face; they have loved thee. 610 Isis and Nephthys have healed thee. 610 Horus is not far from thee; thou art his ka. 611 Thy face is gracious unto him; hasten, accept the word of Horus and be satisfied with it. 611 Hearken unto Horus, it will not be harmful to thee; he has caused the gods to follow thee. 612 Osiris N., awake. Geb has brought Horus to thee, and he recognizes thee; 612 Horus has found thee; he rejoices over thee. 613 Horus has caused the gods to ascend to thee; he has given them to thee that they may illuminate thy face (cheer thee). 613 Horus has placed thee at the head of the gods; he has caused thee to take the wrr.t-crown, the lady. 613 Horus has accustomed himself to thee; he cannot part from thee. 64 Horus has caused thee to live in this thy name of `nd.ti. 614 Horus has given thee his eye, the hard (one); 614 (he) has placed it to thee (i.e. in thy hand), that thou mayest be strong, and that all thine enemies may fear thee. 614 Horus has completely filled thee with his eye, in this its name of "Fullness of god." 615 Horus has corralled the gods for thee, 615 so that they cannot get away from thee, from the place where thou hast gone. 615 Horus has counted the gods for thee, 615 so that they cannot get away from thee, from the place where thou wast drowned. 616 Nephthys has assembled for thee all thy limbs, 616 in her name of "S.t, lady of builders." 616 She has made them well for thee. 616 Thou art given over to thy mother Nut, in her name of "Grave"; 616 she has embraced thee, in her name of "Grave"; 616 thou art brought to her, in her name of Maaba." 617 Horus has united for thee thy limbs and does not allow thee to be sick; 617 he has put thee together, so that there is no disorder in thee (or, without anything being disordered in thee). 617 Horus has set thee up without staggering. 618 O Osiris N., let thy heart be glad for him (Horus); thy heart is great, thy mouth is opened. 618 Horus has avenged thee; it was not long till he avenged thee. 619 O Osiris N., thou art the mightiest god; there is no god like thee. 619 Horus has given to thee his children, that they may carry thee; 620 he has given to thee all gods that they may follow thee and that thou mayest have power over them. 620 Horus has set thee up, in his name of "nw-boat" 620 he carries thee, in thy name of "Seker." 621 Thou livest; thou movest every day; 621 thou art glorious, in thy name of "Horizon whence R` goes forth"; 621 thou art honoured, thou art pre-eminent, thou art a soul, thou art mighty for ever and ever.
As underneath its shields, to save itself, A squadron turns, and with its banner wheels, Before the whole thereof can change its front, That soldiery ...
(1) So steadfast and attentive were mine eyes In satisfying their decennial thirst, That all my other senses were extinct, And upon this side and on that they had Walls of indifference, so the holy smile Drew them unto itself with the old net When forcibly my sight was turned away Towards my left hand by those goddesses, Because I heard from them a "Too intently!" And that condition of the sight which is In eyes but lately smitten by the sun Bereft me of my vision some short while; But to the less when sight re-shaped itself, I say the less in reference to the greater Splendour from which perforce I had withdrawn, I saw upon its right wing wheeled about The glorious host returning with the sun And with the sevenfold flames upon their faces. As underneath its shields, to save itself, A squadron turns, and with its banner wheels, Before the whole thereof can change its front, That soldiery of the celestial kingdom Which marched in the advance had wholly passed us Before the chariot had turned its pole.
And after that I saw the hidden and the visible path of the moon, and she accomplishes the course of her path in that place by day and by night--the o...
(41) And first the sun goes forth and traverses his path according to the commandment of the Lord of Spirits, and mighty is His name for ever and ever. 7. And after that I saw the hidden and the visible path of the moon, and she accomplishes the course of her path in that place by day and by night--the one holding a position opposite to the other before the Lord of Spirits. And they give thanks and praise and rest not; For unto them is their thanksgiving rest.
'Now (if one who knows this, dies), whether people perform obsequies for him or no, he goes to light (arkis) , from light to day, from day to the...
(5) 'Now (if one who knows this, dies), whether people perform obsequies for him or no, he goes to light (arkis) , from light to day, from day to the light half of the moon, from the light half of the moon to the six months during which the sun goes to the north, from the months to the year, from the year to the sun, from the sun to the moon, from the moon to the lightning. There is a person not human,
Texts Of Miscellaneous Contents, Utterances 685-689 (687)
2074 To say: O N., I have come; I have brought the eye of Horus which is in its heat; 2074 its perfume belongs to thee, N.; 2075 its perfume belongs...
(687) 2074 To say: O N., I have come; I have brought the eye of Horus which is in its heat; 2074 its perfume belongs to thee, N.; 2075 its perfume belongs to thee; the perfume of the eye of Horus belongs to thee, N. 2075 Thou art a ba thereby; thou art a m thereby; thou art honoured thereby. 2075 Thou conquerest the wrr.t-crown thereby, among the gods. 2076 Horus comes rejoicing at thy approach, 2076 as he rejoices at the approach of his eye which is upon thee. 2076 Behold N., who is before the gods, equipped as a god, his bones assembled, is like Osiris. 2077 The gods do homage at the approach of N., 2077 as the gods do homage at the approach of the dawning of R` when he ascends in the horizon.
Om! Verily, the dawn is the head of the sacrificial horse; the sun, his eye; the wind, his breath; universal fire (Agni VaisVanara), his open mouth....
(1) Om! Verily, the dawn is the head of the sacrificial horse; the sun, his eye; the wind, his breath; universal fire (Agni VaisVanara), his open mouth. The year is the body (atman) of the sacrificial horse; the sky, his back; the atmo- sphere, his belly; the earth, the under part of his belly; the quarters, his flanks; the intermediate quarters, his ribs; the seasons, his limbs; the months and half-months, his joints; days and nights, his feet; the stars, his bones; the clouds, his flesh. Sand is the food in his stomach; rivers are his entrails. His liver and lungs are the mountains; plants and trees, his hair. The orient is his fore part; the Occident, his hind part. When he yawns, then it lightens. When he shakes himself, then it thunders. When he urinates, then it rains. Voice, indeed, is his voice.
844 To say: O N., stand up, 844 put on thee the eye of Horus, take it to thyself, 844 that it may stick to thee, that it may stick to thy flesh, 845...
(453) 844 To say: O N., stand up, 844 put on thee the eye of Horus, take it to thyself, 844 that it may stick to thee, that it may stick to thy flesh, 845 that thou mayest go out in it, and that the gods may see thee adorned with it, 845 that thou mayest take the great wrr.t-crown among the Great Ennead of Heliopolis. 846 O N., live, 846 for the eye of Horus is brought to thee; it will not depart from thee for ever and ever.
Miscellaneous Texts Chiefly About The Deceased King's Reception And Life In Heaven, Utterances 523-533 (523-524)
1231 To say: The sky has strengthened the radiance for N., 1231 that N. may lift himself to heaven as the eye of R`, 1231 and that N. may stand at...
(523) 1231 To say: The sky has strengthened the radiance for N., 1231 that N. may lift himself to heaven as the eye of R`, 1231 and that N. may stand at this left eye of Horus 1231 where the word of the gods is heard. 1232 Thou shalt stand in the presence of the spirits, 1232 as Horus stood in the presence of the living. 1232 N. shall stand in the presence of the spirits, the imperishable stars, 1232 as Osiris stands in the presence of the spirits.
(524) 1233 To say: N. is pure with the purification which Horus did to his eye. 1233 N. is Thot who avenges thee (the eye); N. is not Set who seizes it. 1233 Rejoice, O gods; rejoice, O Two Enneads. 1234 Let Horus approach N. 1234 N. is crowned with the white crown, the eye of Horus wherewith he is powerful. 1234 The gods rejoice for him who ascends. 1235 The face of N. is as that of a jackal; the two arms of N. are as those of a falcon; 1235 the extremities of the wings of N. are as those of Thot. 1235 May Geb let N. fly to heaven, 1235 that this N. may take the eye of Horus, to himself! 1236 N. has penetrated your frontier, ye dead; 1236 N. has overturned your boundary stones, ye who are before and with Osiris; 1236 N. has conjured the paths of Set; 1236 N. has passed by the messengers of Osiris. 1237 No god can hold N.; 1237 no opponent stands in the way of N. 1237 N. is Thot, the strongest of the gods; 1237 Atum calls N. to heaven for life. 1237 N. has taken the eye of Horus to himself! 1238 N. is the son of Khnum; there is nothing evil which N. has done. 1238 Weighty is this word before thee, O R`. 1238 Hear it, bull of the Ennead. 1239 Open the way of N.; enlarge the place of N. before the gods. 1239 N. has taken the eye of Horus to himself; N. has attached to himself that which went forth from his head. 1240 N. has caused him to see with both his eyes complete, 1240 that he may punish his enemies therewith. 1240 Horus has taken his eye and has given it to N. 1241 His odour is the odour of a god; the odour of the eye of Horus appertains to the flesh of N. 1241 N. is in front with it; N. sits upon your great throne, O gods; 1241 N. is side by side with Atum, between the two sceptres. 1242 N. is the wnnw (messenger?) of the gods in search of the eye of Horus; 1242 N. searched for it at Buto; he found it at Heliopolis; 1242 N. snatched it from the head of Set, at the place where they fought. 1243 Horus, give thine arm to N.; Horus take to thyself thine eye; 1243 it mounts up to thee; it ascends to thee; it comes to thee, N., for life; 1243 the eye of Horus comes to thee with N., before N., for ever.
From the first day that I beheld her face In this life, to the moment of this look, The sequence of my song has ne'er been severed; But now perforce t...
(2) For as the sun the sight that trembles most, Even so the memory of that sweet smile My mind depriveth of its very self. From the first day that I beheld her face In this life, to the moment of this look, The sequence of my song has ne'er been severed; But now perforce this sequence must desist From following her beauty with my verse, As every artist at his uttermost. Such as I leave her to a greater fame Than any of my trumpet, which is bringing Its arduous matter to a final close, With voice and gesture of a perfect leader She recommenced: "We from the greatest body Have issued to the heaven that is pure light; Light intellectual replete with love, Love of true good replete with ecstasy, Ecstasy that transcendeth every sweetness. Here shalt thou see the one host and the other Of Paradise, and one in the same aspects Which at the final judgment thou shalt see." Even as a sudden lightning that disperses The visual spirits, so that it deprives The eye of impress from the strongest objects,
And he has power over night and day in the heaven to cause the light to give light to men--sun, moon, and stars, and all the powers of the heaven whic...
(82) And he has power over night and day in the heaven to cause the light to give light to men--sun, moon, and stars, and all the powers of the heaven which revolve in their circular chariots.
Counsels of Reserve given by the Prophet to his Freedman Zaid (34-44)
Since the last day is approaching to reveal all things." Now you will not find Zaid, for he is fled, He sprang from the place where the shoes were...
(34) Since the last day is approaching to reveal all things." Now you will not find Zaid, for he is fled, He sprang from the place where the shoes were left, If you had been Zaid, you too would have been lost, As a star is lost when tho sun shines on it; For then you see no trace or sign of it, Our senses and our endless discourses Our senses and our reason within us Are as waves on waves "assembled before us." When night returns and 'tis the time of the sky's levee, The people of the world lie unconscious,
Texts Of Miscellaneous Contents, Utterances 628-658 (639)
1807 To say [Osiris N.], take the eye of Horus, being alive, that thou mayest see with it. 1807 Osiris N., thy face is opened by the light. 1807...
(639) 1807 To say [Osiris N.], take the eye of Horus, being alive, that thou mayest see with it. 1807 Osiris N., thy face is opened by the light. 1807 Osiris N., thy [face is illuminated] as the earth is illuminated. 1808 Osiris N., I have given the eye of Horus to thee, as R` gives it (the light). 1808 Osiris N., [put the eye] of Horus to thyself, that thou mayest see with it. 1809 Osiris N., I have opened thine eye that thou mayest see with it. 1809 Osiris N. [I have given to thee] the ointment.
Chapter 8: Of the Creation of the Creatures, and of the Springing up of every growing Thing; as also of the Stars and Elements, and of the Original of the a Substance of this World. (12)
On the fourth day, God took the Place of this World rightly at the Heart: For therein he created the wise Master out of his eternal Wisdom in the...
(12) On the fourth day, God took the Place of this World rightly at the Heart: For therein he created the wise Master out of his eternal Wisdom in the third Principle, viz. the Sun and Stars; herein Men may first rightly see the Deity, and the eternal Wisdom of God, as in a clear Glass, though indeed the Essence or Substance that is visible to the Eye is not God Himself, but it is the Goddess in the third Principle, which in the End goes into her Ether again, and takes her End.
But when the sun has set, Yajnavalkya, what light does a person here have? ' 'The moon, indeed, is his light/ said he, c for with the moon, indeed, as...
(4) But when the sun has set, Yajnavalkya, what light does a person here have? ' 'The moon, indeed, is his light/ said he, c for with the moon, indeed, as his light one sits, moves around, does his work, and returns/ ' Quite so, Yajnavalkya.
Chapter XXII: The True Gnostic Does Good, Not From Fear of Punishment or Hope of Reward, But Only for the Sake of Good Itself. (6)
And for this reason, as they appear to me, to have called night Euphrone; since then the soul, released from the perceptions of sense, turns in on its...
(6) But the variety of disposition arises from inordinate affection to material things. And for this reason, as they appear to me, to have called night Euphrone; since then the soul, released from the perceptions of sense, turns in on itself, and has a truer hold of intelligence (Fronhsis). Wherefore the mysteries are for the most part celebrated by night, indicating the withdrawal of the soul from the body, which takes place by night. "Let us not then sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that are drunken, are drunken in the night. But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as an helmet the hope of salvation." And as to what, again, they say of sleep, the very same things are to be understood of death. For each exhibits the departure of the soul, the one more, the other less; as we may also get this in Heraclitus: "Man touches night in himself, when dead and his light quenched; and alive, when he sleeps he touches the dead; and awake, when he shuts his eyes, he touches the sleeper." "For blessed are those that have seen the Lord," according to the apostle; "for it is high time to awake out of sleep. For now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and put on the armour of light." By day and light he designates figuratively the Son, and by the armour of light metaphorically the promises.