(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."

(4) A To say by Nut: N., I have given to thee thy sister Isis, 3 that she may take hold of thee, that she may give thy heart to thee which belongs to thy body.

(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.

(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,

(42) 32 Take the breast of thy sister Isis, which is protected(?); take this in thy mouth. An empty mns-jar.

(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.

(536) 1291 To say: Thy water belongs to thee, thine abundance belongs to thee, thine efflux comes out of Osiris to thee. 1291 The double doors of heaven are open for thee; the double doors of Nut are open for thee; 1291 the double doors of heaven are open for thee; the double doors of b.w are open for thee. 1292 "Welcome," says Isis; "(come) in peace," says Nephthys, when they see their brother. 1292 Raise thyself up; 1292 untie thy bandages; shake off thy dust. 1293 Sit thou upon this thy firm throne. 1293 Thou art pure with thy four nm.t-jars and thy four 'b.t-jars, 1293 which come for thee out of thy chapel of natron, which were filled for thee in the natron lake, 1293 and which Horus of Nekhen has given thee. 1294 He has given to thee his spirits, the jackals, 1294 like (to) Horus who is in his house, like (to) nti (Osiris) chief of the mighty. 1294 A durable offering is made for thee. 1295 Anubis, chief of the s-ntr, has commanded that thou come in as a star, as god of the morning (or, as god of the morning star), 1295 that thou pass through the region of Horus of the South and that thou pass through the region of Horus of the North. 1296 (And) men will construct with their arms a stairway to thy throne. 1296 He comes to thee his father; he comes to thee Geb. 1297 Do for him that which thou hast done for his brother, Osiris, 1297 on this day of thy feast, the water being full (i. e. at inundation), 1297 when (his) bones are counted, when (his) sandals are repaired, 1297 when his nails, upper and lower, are cleaned for him, 1297 There will come to him (people of) the Upper Egyptian 'itr.tpalace and of the northern 'itr.t-palace, bowing --.

(5) 3 To say by Nut: N., I have given to thee thy sister Nephthys, 3 that she may take hold of thee, that she may give thy heart to thee which belongs to thy body.

(19) The explanations in these pages of the symbols peculiar to the Virgin Isis are based (unless otherwise noted) on selections from a free translation of the fourth book of Bibliotèque des Philosophes Hermétiques, entitled "The Hermetical Signification of the Symbols and Attributes of Isis," with interpolations by the compiler to amplify and clarify the text.

(446) 825 To say: Osiris N., thy mother, Nut, has spread herself over thee, 825 that she may hide thee from all evil things. 825 Nut has guarded thee from all evil; 825 thou art the greatest among her children.

(28) In this figure the pagan naturalists represent all the vital powers of the three kingdoms and families of sublunary nature-mineral, plant, and animal (man considered as an animal). At one of her ears was the moon and at the other the sun, to indicate that these two were the agent and patient, or father and mother principles of all natural objects; and that Isis, or Nature, makes use of these two luminaries to communicate her powers to the whole empire of animals, vegetables, and minerals. On the back of her neck were the characters of the planets and the signs of the zodiac which assisted the planets in their functions. This signified that the heavenly influences directed the destinies of the principles and sperms of all things, because they were the governors of all sublunary bodies, which they transformed into little worlds made in the image of the greater universe.

(474) 939 To say: "How beautiful indeed it is to see," says she, said Isis; 939 "how fortunate indeed it is to see," says she, said Nephthys 939 to the king, to this Osiris N., 940 as he ascends to heaven among the stars, among the imperishable stars, 940 the lion-helmet (renown) of N. on his head, 940 his terror on both sides of him, his magic preceding him! 941 N. goes therewith to his mother Nut; 941 N. climbs upon her, in this her name of "Ladder." 941 The gods who inhabit heaven are brought to thee; they unite for thee with the gods who inhabit the earth, 941 that thou mayest be with them, that thou mayest go on their arms. 942 The Souls of Buto are brought to thee; the Souls of Hierakonpolis are united for thee. 942 "All belongs to N.," 942 so said Geb, who has spoken thereof with Atum. So it was done for him. 943 "The Marshes of Reeds, 943 the Horite regions, the regions of Set 943 all belongs to N.," 943 so said Geb, who has spoken thereof with Atum. So it was done for him. 944 He came against thee; he said he would kill thee. 944 He has not killed thee; it is thou who wilt kill him. 944 Thou holdest thine own against him, as the surviving bull of the wild-bulls. 945 Further, to say four times: N., thou remainest in life and joy; 945 N., thou shalt certainly remain in life and joy.

(362) 605 To say: Father of N., father of N. in darkness, 605 father of N., Atum, in darkness, bring N. to thy side, 606 that he may kindle the light for thee and protect thee, 606 as Nun protected these four goddesses, 606 the day they protected the throne (bed 606 Isis, Nephthys, Neit, rt-tw.

(593) 1627 To say: Stand up, give thine arm to Horus; he causes thee to stand up. 1627 Geb has wiped thy mouth for thee. 1628 The Great Ennead avenged thee; 1628 they placed Set under thee, that he may serve under thee; 1628 they prevented his spittle from spilling on thee. 1629 Nut throws herself upon her son, who is in thee; she protects thee; 1629 she defends thee; she embraces thee; she raises thee up, 162 91 for thou art the greatest among her children. 1630 Two sisters, Isis and Nephthys, come to thee; 1630 they hasten to the place in which thou art. 1630 Thy sister Isis laid hold of thee, when she found thee 1630 complete and great, in thy name of "Great black." 1631 Encircle all things in thine arms, in thy name of "Circle which encircles the nb.wt"; 1631 thou art great, in thy name of "Great circle which sets." 1632 Horus has brought Set to thee; he has given him to thee; he bends (him) under thee; 1632 thy strength is greater than his. 1632 Horus has caused thee to encircle all the gods, in thine arms. 1633 Horus has loved his father, in thee; Horus has not suffered thee to go away; 1633 Horus has not gone away from thee; Horus has avenged his father, in thee. 1633 Thou livest as the coleoptera (lives); thou endures, in Mendes. 1634 Isis and Nephthys protected thee in Si�t, 1634 even their lord in thee, in thy name of "Lord of Si�t"; 1634 even their god in thee, in thy name of "Divine canal"; 1635 they adored thee, so that thou shalt not (again) withdraw from them. 1635 Isis comes to thee rejoicing for love of thee; 1636 thy semen goes into her, while it is pointed like Sothis. 1636 Horus the pointed has come forth from thee, in his name of "Horus who was in Sothis." 1637 Thou art pleased with him, in his name of "Spirit who was in the dndr.w-boat"; 1637 Horus has avenged thee, in his name of "Horus, the son, who avenges his father."

(18) O nobly-born on the Fourteenth Day, the Four Female Door-Keepers, also issuing from within thine own brain, will come to shine upon thee. Again recognize. From the east [quarter] of thy brain will come to shine the White Tiger-Headed Goad-Holding Goddess, bearing a blood-filled skull-bowl in her left [hand]; from the south, the Yellow Sow-Headed Noose-Holding Goddess; from the west, the Red Lion-Headed Iron-Chain-Holding Goddess; and from the north, the Green Serpent-Headed Bell- Holding Goddess. Thus, issue the Four Female Door-Keepers also from within thine own brain and come to shine upon thee; as tutelary deities, recognize them.

(428) 778 To say: Nut, fall upon thy son, Osiris N.; 778 protect him, Great Sieve (protectress), this Great One among thy children.

(674) 1994 To say: I have come to thee, I am thy son; I have come to thee, I am Horus; 1994 I give to thee thy mdw-staff before the spirits and thy nb.tsceptre before the imperishable stars. 1995 [I have found thee assembled], [thy (lit. his) face] like (that of) a jackal, thy (lit. his) seat like (that of) b.wt; 1995 she refreshes thy heart in thy body, in the house of her (lit. thy) father Anubis. 1996 Be pure and sit at the head of those greater than thou. 1996 Thou art seated on thy firm throne, on the throne of the First of the Westerners; 1996 thy tis.w, they are young. 1997. mnt.t salutes thee, like Isis; Hn.t acclaims thee like Nephthys. 1998 Thou standest at the head of the n.wt, of the double palace, like Min; 1998 thou standest at the head of Egyptians (km.tiw), like api; 1998 thou standest at Pdw-s, like Seker. 1999 Thou standest before the Rd-wr-lake. 1999 Thou hast thy 'b-sceptre, thy wire, thy fingernails; which are at hand (lit. "at thy fingers"); 1999 those who are before Thot are slain with the knife, coming from Set. 1999 Thou givest thine arm to the dead, to the spirits, who will take thine arm to the First of the Westerners.

(413) 734 To say: Raise thyself up, O king. Thy water belongs to thee., thine abundance belongs to thee, 734 thy milk belongs to thee, which is in the breasts of thy mother, Isis. 734 The children of Horus raise thee up; the children of him who is in Db`.wt-P (Buto), 734 like Set who is in n.t (Hypselis, or Ombos). 735 This Great One slept, after he had fallen to sleep. 735 Awake, N., raise thyself up, take to thee thy head; 735 unite to thee thy bones; shake off thy dust. 736 Sit thou upon thy firm throne, 736 that thou mayest eat the leg of meat, that thou mayest pass the cutlet (over thy mouth), 736 that thou mayest nourish thyself with thy double-rib piece in heaven among the gods.

(355) 572 The double doors of heaven open. 572 O N., 572 thy head is joined for thee to thy bones; thy bones are joined for thee to thy head. 572 The double doors of heaven are open for thee; the great bolts are drawn back for thee; 572 a brick is drawn out of the great tomb for thee. 573 Thy face is that of a jackal; thy tail is that of a lion; 573 thou sittest upon this thy throne; thou commandest the spirits. 573 Thou comest to me, thou comest to me, thou comest indeed to me, 573 like (to) Horus after he had avenged his father, Osiris. 574 I am thine Anubis-priest. 574 Thou puttest thy hand on the land; thy warrior-arm is over the great region, 574 wherein thou goest (or, passest through) among the spirits. 574 Rise, lift up thyself like Osiris.

(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 ------