(76) And after these come forth the south winds through three portals: through the first portal of them inclining to the east comes forth a hot wind.

(76) And after these [four] are the west winds: through the first portal adjoining the north come forth dew and hoar-frost, and cold and snow and frost. And from the middle portal come forth dew and rain, and prosperity and blessing; and through the last portal which adjoins the south come forth drought and desolation, and burning and destruction.

(76) Three of them are open on the face (i.e. the east) of the heavens, and three in the west, and three on the right (i.e. the south) of the heaven, and three on the left (i.e. the north).

(76) And at the ends of the earth I saw twelve portals open to all the quarters (of the heaven), from which the winds go forth and blow over the earth.

(76) Through four of these come winds of blessing and prosperity, and from those eight come hurtful winds: when they are sent, they bring destruction on all the earth and on the water upon it, and on all who dwell thereon, and on everything which is in the water and on the land.

(43) The South wind and the North wind and the East wind and the West wind

(76) And the first wind from those portals, called the east wind, comes forth through the first portal which is in the east, inclining towards the south: from it come forth desolation, drought, heat, and destruction.

(303) 464 To say: Gods of the West, gods of the East, gods of the South, gods of the North- 464 these four pure reed-floats, which ye placed for Osiris, 464 for his ascension to heaven, 465 that he might ferry over to b.w, while his son Horus was at hand (at his fingers), 465 (whom) he reared and whom he caused to dawn as a great god in b.w, 465 place them for N. 466 Art thou Horus, son of Osiris? Art thou, O N., the god, the eldest, son of Hathor? 466 Art thou the seed of Geb? 467 Osiris has ordained that N. dawn as a second Horus. 467 Those four souls (spirits), who are in Heliopolis, have written it 467 in the register of the two Great Gods who are in b.w.

(34) And here I saw three portals of heaven open in the heaven: through each of them proceed north winds: when they blow there is cold, hail, frost, snow, dew, and rain.

(72) When the sun rises in the heaven, he comes forth through that fourth portal thirty mornings in succession, and sets accurately in the fourth portal in the west of the heaven.

(72) The chariot on which he ascends, the wind drives, and the sun goes down from the heaven and returns through the north in order to reach the east, and is so guided that he comes to the appropriate (lit. 'that') portal and shines in the face of the heaven.

(217) 152 To say: R`-Atum, N. comes to thee, an imperishable spirit, lord (by) decree of the places of the four papyrus-pillars. 152 Thy son comes to thee; N. comes to thee, 152 that ye may stride over the sky (way), reunited in obscurity; 152 that ye may arise in the horizon, in a place which is pleasing to you. 153 Set and Nephthys, hasten, announce to the gods of Upper Egypt and their spirits: 153 "N. comes, an imperishable spirit; 153 if he wills that ye die, you will die; if he wills that ye live, you will live." 154a-d == 1152a-d. 155 Osiris and Isis, hasten, announce to the gods of Lower Egypt and their spirits: 155 "N. comes, an imperishable spirit, like the morning star over the Nile; 155 the spirits in the waters adore him; 155 whom he wills that he live, be lives; whom he wills that be die, he dies." 156a-d = 152a-d. 157 Thot, hasten, announce to the gods of the West and their spirits: 157 "N. comes, an imperishable spirit, masked to the neck like an Anubis, chief of the western highland, 157 that he may count hearts, that he may be powerful over the best of the hearts; 157 whom he wills that he live, he lives; whom he wills that he die, he dies." 1158a-d = 152a-d. 159 Horus, hasten, announce to the Souls of the East and their spirits: 159 "N. comes, an imperishable spirit; 159 whom he wills that he live, he lives; whom he wills that he die, he dies,." 160 R`-Atum, thy son comes to thee; N. comes to thee; 160 let him ascend to thee, enfold him in thy embrace; 160 he is thy bodily son for ever.

(46) And the fourfold wind, and the sevenfold wind, and the whirlwind, and the wind which had no equal

The FUMIGATION from FRANKINCENSE. SEA-born, aerial, blowing from the west, Sweet gales, who give to weary'd labour rest: Vernal and grassy, and of gentle found, To ships delightful, thro' the sea profound; For these, impell'd by you with gentle force, Pursue with prosp'rous Fate their destin'd course. With blameless gales regard my suppliant pray'r, Zephyrs unseen, light-wing'd, and form'd from air. Next: LXXXI: To the South Wind Sacred Texts | Classics « Previous: The Initiations of Orpheus: LXXIX: To the North Wind Index Next: The Initiations of Orpheus: LXXXI: To the South Wind » Sacred Texts | Classics

(75) [And for the winds and the spirit of the dew† when they are opened, standing open in the heavens at the ends.]

(72) And in that fourth portal from which the sun rises in the first month are twelve window-openings, from which proceed a flame when they are opened in their season.