(3) And every God by his own proper power brought forth what was appointed him. Thus there arose four-footed beasts, and creeping things, and those that in the water dwell, and things with wings, and everything that beareth seed, and grass, and shoot of every flower, all having in themselves seed of again-becoming. And they selected out the births of men for gnosis of the works of God and attestation of the energy of Nature; the multitude of men for lordship over all beneath the heaven and gnosis of its blessings, that they might increase in increasing and multiply in multitude, and every soul infleshed by revolution of the Cyclic Gods, for observation of the marvels of Heaven and Heaven's Gods' revolution, and of the works of God and energy of Nature, for tokens of its blessings, for gnosis of the power of God, that they might know the fates that follow good and evil [deeds] and learn the cunning work of all good arts.

(101) "'I have uttered thy spell, in the assembly of the gods I have raised thee to power

(117) "I have uttered thy spell, in the assembly of the gods I have raised thee to power

(14) So he who hath the whole authority o'er [all] the mortals in the cosmos and o'er its lives irrational, bent his face downwards through the Harmony, breaking right through its strength, and showed to downward Nature God's fair form. And when she saw that Form of beauty which can never satiate, and him who [now] possessed within himself each single energy of [all seven] Rulers as well as God's own Form, she smiled with love; for 'twas as though she'd seen the image of Man's fairest form upon her Water, his shadow on her Earth. He in turn beholding the form like to himself, existing in her, in her Water, loved it and willed to live in it; and with the will came act, and [so] he vivified the form devoid of reason. And Nature took the object of her love and wound herself completely around him, and they were intermingled, for they were lovers.

(43) "'[I have] uttered thy spell, in the assembly of the gods [I have raised thee to power

(39) "'[I have uttered] thy [spell], in the assembly of the gods I have raised thee to power

(309) 490 To say: N. is the d.i of the gods, who is behind the house of R`, 490 born of the wish of the gods, which is in the prow of the boat of R`. 490 N. sits before him; 491 N. opens his boxes; N. breaks open his edicts; 491 N. seals his rolls (of papyrus); 491 N. sends forth his messengers, the indefatigables. 491 N. does, that which he (R`) says to N.

(685) 2063 To say: The waters of life which are in the sky, the waters of life which are in the earth come. 2063 The sky burns for thee, the earth trembles for thee, before the birth of the god. 2064 The two mountains divide, a god comes into being, the god has power over his body. 2064 The two mountains divide, N. comes into being, N. has power over his body. 2065 Behold N., his feet shall be kissed by the pure waters, 2065 which come into being through Atum, which the phallus of Shu makes, which the vulva of Tefnut brings into being. 2066 They have come to thee, they have brought to thee the pure waters which issue from their father; 2066 they purify thee, they fumigate thee, N., with incense. 2067 Thou liftest up the sky with thy hand; thou treadest (lit. layest) down the earth with thy foot. 2067 A libation is poured out at the gate of N.; the face of every god is washed. 2068 Thou washest thine arms, Osiris; thou washest thine arms N. 2068 Thy rejuvenescence is a god. Your third is a wd-offering. 2068 The perfume of an 'I.t-wt.t-serpent is on N. 2069 A bnbn-bread is in the house of Seker; a leg of meat is in the house of Anubis. 2069 N. is intact; the 'itr.t-palace is standing; the month (i.e. the moon) is born; the nome lives, 2070 which measurements have traced. Thou tillest the barley; thou tillest the spelt, 2070 with which N. will be presented for ever.

(257) 304 To say: There is a clamour in heaven. 304 "We see a new thing," say the primordial gods. 304 O Ennead, a Horus is in the rays of the sun. 304 The lords of form serve him, 304 the Two Enneads entire serve him, 305 as he sits in place of the All-lord. N. wins heaven, he cleaves its firmness. 305 N. is led along the ways of Khepri; 306 N. rests from life in the West, the dwellers in the D.t following him. 306 (Then) N. rises renewed in the East, 306 (and) he who judged the quarrel comes to him with obeisance. 306 "Serve N., ye gods, as he who is elder than the Great (R`) "; 306 so says he, "(him) who has made himself mighty in his place." 307 N. layeth hold on command (w), eternity is brought to him 307 and knowledge (i) is placed at his feet. 307 Shout for joy to N.; be hath won the horizon.

The FUMIGATION from FRANKINCENSE. HEAR, pow'rful, Hercules untam'd and strong, To whom vast hands, and mighty works belong, Almighty Titan, prudent and benign, Of various forms, eternal and divine, Father of Time, the theme of gen'ral praise, Ineffable, ador'd in various ways. Magnanimous, in divination skill'd And in the athletic labours of the field. 'Tis thine strong archer, all things to devour, Supreme, all-helping, all-producing pow'r; To thee mankind as their deliv'rer pray, Whose arm can chase the savage tribes away: Uweary'd, earth's best blossom, offspring fair, To whom calm peace, and peaceful works are dear. 13 Self-born, with primogenial fires you shine, And various names and strength of heart are thine. Thy mighty head supports the morning light, And bears untam'd, the silent gloomy night; From east to west endu'd with strength divine, Twelve glorious labours to absolve is thine; Supremely skill'd, thou reign'st in heav'n's abodes, Thyself a God amid'st th' immortal Gods. With arms unshaken, infinite, divine, Come, blessed pow'r, and to our rites incline; The mitigations of disease convey, And drive disasterous maladies away. Come, shake the branch with thy almighty arm, Dismiss thy darts and noxious fate disarm.

(669) 1961 To say: A prince ascends --- a great burnt-offering on the interior of the horizon; 1961 he has seen the preparation of the feast, and the preparation of the fire-pan, 1961 at the birth of the gods, on the five epagomenal days, who are before thee, 1961 "Great-his-breast," thou who art before the Bstw.w. 1962 -------------------------------------------1962a + 1 (N. X 755) ----------- N. of his mother; Twt, 1962a + 2 (N. 755). he who was born, a double, in the nest ---- Thot 1962 in the interior of the field of the tamarisk, at the source of the gods, 1963 for N. is my brother, proceeding from the thigh, 1963 who separated the two brothers, put apart the two fighters, who split your heads, O gods. 1964 -------- of --------------------- 1964b (N. 756) ---------- her fillet, N., 1964c (N. 756). as Nwrw, who is great among you, O gods, you who come to him, O gods; 1964 as Isis said to Nun: 1965 "I have given birth to him for thee; I have deposited him for thee; 1 have certainly spit him out for thee." 1965 He has no feet; he has no arms, 1965 and how shall he be assembled? 1966 Then let this copper be brought ------ the nw-boat --- with it. 1966b (N. 756). [Come ye] with him, nourished, with him in your arms, say they, the gods. 1966c (N. 756). Behold, he is born. 1966 Behold, he is assembled; behold he exists. 1967. Wherewith shall we break that which appertains to his egg, say they, the gods. 1968 Let then Seker of pdw come, 1968 that he may mould (smelt) his bones, that he may construct his skeleton 1968 ---------- 1968 It is he who shall break the e[gg], and [loose] the copper, 1969a (N. 758). so that the two followers of the gods, with sharp teeth and long claws, may bring the god forth by his hands. 1969 Behold, N. exists; behold, N. is assembled; 1969 behold N. has broken (his) egg. 1970 Wherewith shall N. be caused to fly? 1970b (N. 758-759). Then let there be brought to thee ------ nw-boat, built by Mw-n, 1970 that thou mayest fly therewith, that thou mayest fly therewith, 1970d (N. 759). the south-wind for thy foster-mother, the north-wind for thy nurse. 1971. N. flies; N. alights on the two wings (lit. feathers) of his father, Geb. 51. THE DEATH, RESURRECTION, AND SPIRITUALIZATION OF THE KING,

(556) 1379 To say: He hastens, who hastens --------------- 1379 ------- the great to the places of the gods. 1379 Elevated is father, Osiris N., like Wepwawet. 1380 ------------------------ father, Osiris N. 1380 Let him raise himself up, Anubis, he who is in the mnwi-shrine. 1380 Thy feet are like those of a jackal; stand up. 1380 Thine arms are like those of a jackal; stand up. 1381 ------------------------------------- 1381 ------ to row before him; he brings to thee alone the double crown, 1381 that he may fer[ry thee over] --------- 1382 father, Osiris N., the Winding Watercourse is inundated. 1382 Father Osiris N. calls to m; 1382 father N. calls to mti, 1382 that they may [certainly] ferry over father Osiris. N. 1382 to yonder eastern side of heaven, [to the birthplace of the gods], 1382 [when this hour of the morrow comes--this hour of the third day (comes)], 1383 where [father Osiris N.] will be born, [at the place] where the gods are born; 1383 when this hour of the morrow comes,--this hour of the third day, 1384 [when father Osiris N. stands. there] like this star which is on the under (side) of the body of the sky 1384 --------------- like Horus of the horizon. 1385 [O ye four gods, who stand upon the d`m-sceptres] of heaven, 1385 father Osiris N. verily has not died the death (i.e. really died); 1385 but father Osiris N. has become a spirit (w) a glorified one. 1386 [Father Osiris N.] has come to you 1386 -------------------------------------

(511) 1149 To say: Geb laughs, Nut smiles 1149 before him, (when) N. ascends to heaven. 1150 Heaven rejoices for him; the earth quakes for him; 1150 the tempest roars (lit. drives) for him. 1150 He howls (or, roars) like Set; 1151 a. the guardians of the parts (?) of heaven open the doors of heaven for him. 1151 He stands on Shu; 1151 he upholds the stars, in the shadow of the walls of god. 1152 He crosses the sky like Swnt; 1152 the third (with him) is Sothis of the pure places, 1152 for he purifies himself in the lakes of the Dw.t. 1153 The nmt-s-cow will make his ways pleasant; 1153 she will guide him to the great seat, which the gods made, which Horus made, which Thot begat. 1154 Isis will conceive him; Nephthys will bear him. 154 Then he will take his seat on the great throne which the gods made. 1155 Dw-w in jubilation and the gods in homage will come to him; 1155 the gods of the horizon will come to him on their face, 1155 and the imperishable stars, bowing. 1156 He takes the offering table; he directs the mouth of the gods; 1156 he supports the sky in life; he sustains the earth in joy; 1156 his right arm, it supports the sky in satisfaction (might 1156 his left arm, it sustains the earth in joy. 1157 He finds Stt, 1157 the crier, the door-keeper of Osiris. 1157 His abomination is ferrying over without doing 'isnw.t. 1158 He receives the wind of life, he breathes joy, 1158 and he abounds in divine offerings; 1158 he inhales wind and breathes out the wind of the North; 1158 he prospers among the gods. 1158 He is sharp like the great pd; 1159 he advances towards the two 'itr.t-palaces; 1159 he strikes with the 'b-sceptre and directs with the 'i.tsceptre. 1160 He puts his record among men, and his love among the gods, 1160 saying: "Say what is; do not say what is not; 1161 the abomination of a god is a deceitful word." 1161 Let him be tested! Thou shalt not speak (thus of) him. 1161 This N. is thy son; this N. is thine heir.

(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.

(472) 924 To say: Heaven thunders, the earth trembles before N. 924 N. is a magician; N. is he who is possessed of magic. 925 N. comes that he may glorify , 925 that he may cause Osiris to be at the head, that he may put the gods in their places. 925 M-.f, bull of the gods,, bring this (boat?) to N., 925 set N. on that side for life and joy.

(1) (In accord with the Existence that is thine ... from which derives Perfection:) `[...] ... Thou art [great, Deiphan]eus! Solmis, [thou art great!] In accord with the Vitality [that is thine, even] the primary activity from which derives Divinity: Thou art great, Armedon! Thou art perfect, Epiphaneus!

(4) The heavens your movements do initiate, I say not all; but granting that I say it, Light has been given you for good and evil, And free volition; which, if some fatigue In the first battles with the heavens it suffers, Afterwards conquers all, if well 'tis nurtured. To greater force and to a better nature, Though free, ye subject are, and that creates The mind in you the heavens have not in charge. Hence, if the present world doth go astray, In you the cause is, be it sought in you; And I therein will now be thy true spy. Forth from the hand of Him, who fondles it Before it is, like to a little girl Weeping and laughing in her childish sport, Issues the simple soul, that nothing knows, Save that, proceeding from a joyous Maker, Gladly it turns to that which gives it pleasure. Of trivial good at first it tastes the savour; Is cheated by it, and runs after it, If guide or rein turn not aside its love. Hence it behoved laws for a rein to place, Behoved a king to have, who at the least Of the true city should discern the tower.

(76) When now the wrathful fire-flash awakened, and roused up the spirits of nature, which stand in death in the earth, and made them moveable by its fierce terror or crack, then the spirits began, according to their peculiar divine right, to generate themselves, as they had done from eternity, and form, figure or frame a body together, according to the innate, instant qualities of that place.

The FUMIGATION from MANNA. BLEST Pæan, come, propitious to my pray'r, Illustrious pow'r, whom Memphian tribes revere, Slayer of Tityus, and the God of health, Lycorian Phœbus, fruitful source of wealth . Spermatic, golden-lyr'd, the field from thee Receives it's constant, rich fertility. Titanic, Grunian, Smynthian, thee I sing, 7 Python-destroying, hallow'd, Delphian king: Rural, light-bearer, and the Muse's head, Noble and lovely, arm'd with arrows dread: Far-darting, Bacchian, two-fold, and divine, 11 Pow'r far diffused, and course oblique is thine. O, Delian king, whose light-producing eye Views all within, and all beneath the sky: Whose locks are gold, whose oracles are sure, Who, omens good reveal'st, and precepts pure: Hear me entreating for the human kind, Hear, and be present with benignant mind; For thou survey'st this boundless æther all, And ev'ry part of this terrestrial ball Abundant, blessed; and thy piercing sight, Extends beneath the gloomy, silent night; Beyond the darkness, starry-ey'd, profound, The stable roots, deep fix'd by thee are found. The world's wide bounds, all-flourishing are thine, Thyself all the source and end divine: 'Tis thine all Nature's music to inspire, With various-sounding, harmonising lyre; Now the last string thou tun'ft to sweet accord, 29 Divinely warbling now the highest chord; Th' immortal golden lyre, now touch'd by thee, Responsive yields a Dorian melody. All Nature's tribes to thee their diff'rence owe, And changing seasons from thy music flow Hence, mix'd by thee in equal parts, advance Summer and Winter in alternate dance; This claims the highest, that the lowest string, The Dorian measure tunes the lovely spring . Hence by mankind, Pan-royal, two-horn'd nam'd, 39 Emitting whistling winds thro' Syrinx fam'd; Since to thy care, the figur'd seal's consign'd, 41 Which stamps the world with forms of ev'ry kind. Hear me, blest pow'r, and in these rites rejoice, And save thy mystics with a suppliant voice.