(26) Black . Black represents the negation of Pure Spirit, and opposes it in every way, and its presence always indicates the existence and activity of this negative principle in the nature of man.

(13) I am Rā, who protecteth himself, and no evil things can overthrow me

(2) I am Râ coming forth from the horizon against his adversary, who shall not be delivered from me

(12) I am Rā, who proceedeth from Nu, and my soul is divine. I am he who produceth food, but I execrate what is wrong

(5) And Râ said: “A mystery, a mystery, in the Net.”

(2) I am Râ himself, I am not to be ignored, I am not to be molested

(11) He is the One, who cometh forth this day from the primeval womb of them who were before Rā, and his coming forth taketh place upon earth and in the Netherworld. His coming forth is like Rā daily

(3) He who, dwelling in the darkness, yet is other than the darkness, whom the darkness does not know, whose body the darkness is, who controls the darkness from within — He is your Soul, the Inner Controller, the Immortal. whom the light does not know, whose body the light is, who controls the light from within — He is your Soul, the Inner Controller, the Immortal. — Thus far with reference to the divinities. Now with refer- ence to material existence (adhi-bhuta). —

(1) I am a Soul. I am Rā who proceedeth from Nu, and my soul is divine. I am he who produceth food, but I execrate what is wrong and look not upon it

(5) Rā is living, the tortoise is dead. His wrappings have been opened; they reveal his figure. [The South wind of Rā

(21) O ye gods, O ye Glorified who precede Rā, and who escort his soul, tow me as you tow him, in the same way as you conduct Rā and tow those in the sky. I am the lofty power in the Amenta

(13) Fourth. True black magic is performed with the aid of a demoniacal spirit, who serves the sorcerer for the length of his earthly life, with the understanding that after death the magician shall become the servant of his own demon. For this reason a black magician will go to inconceivable ends to prolong his physical life, since there is nothing for him beyond the grave.

(8) I am the lord of the red crown which is on the head of the shining one, he who gives life to mankind from the heat of his mouth, and who delivers Rā from Apepi

(2) Rā sets as Osiris with all the splendour of the Glorified and of the gods of the Amenta; for he is the one, the marvellous in the Tuat, the exalted soul in the Netherworld, Unneferu who exists for ever and eternally

(2) Behold him coming: he is Rā on his journey: he is the four gods who are over the upper region

(2) This, too, they say, that in the reign of Az-i Dahâk a young woman was admitted to a demon, and a young man was admitted to a witch (parîk), and on seeing them they had intercourse; owing to that one intercourse the black-skinned negro arose from them.

(20) Said over a Boat of four cubits in length, painted green. And let a starry sky be made, clean and purified with natron and incense. And see thou make an image of Rā upon a tablet of light green colour at the prow of the Boat. And see thou make an image of the Deceased whom thou lovest, that he may be made strong in this boat, and that his voyage be made in the Bark of Rā, and that Rā himself may look upon him. Do not do this for any one except for thine own self, thy father and thy son. And let them be exceedingly cautious for themselves. The Deceased acquireth might with Rā, and made to possess power among the gods, who regard him as one of themselves, and when men or the Dead see him they fall upon their faces. He is seen in the Netherworld as the image of Rā

(2) I am that Rudder of Râ, wherewith he conveyeth the Ancient ones

(23) Ra, the god of the sun, had three important aspects. As the Creator of the universe he was symbolized by the head of a scarab and was called Khepera, which signified the resurrection of the soul and a new life at the end of the mortal span. The mummy cases of the Egyptian dead were nearly always ornamented with scarabs. Usually one of these beetles, with outspread wings, was painted on the mummy case directly over the breast of the dead. The finding of such great numbers of small stone scarabs indicates that they were a favorite article of adornment among the Egyptians. Because of its relationship to the sun, the scarab symbolized the divine part of man's nature. The fact that its beautiful wings were concealed under its glossy shell typified the winged soul of man hidden within its earthly sheath. The Egyptian soldiers were given the scarab as their special symbol because the ancients believed that these creatures were all of the male sex and consequently appropriate emblems of virility, strength, and courage.

(31) For every Form in the Matrix has its visible Creatures, and such as are invisible to human Eyes; which Creatures in Part as to us are as it were but mere figured Spirits, as the Fire has Spirits and Creatures that are invisible to our material Eyes, and we cannot see them: There are also in the Air invisible Spirits, which we see not; for the Air being immaterial, so are also the Spirits thereof: The Water has material Creatures, which are not visible to us; and because they are not out of the Fire nor Air, they are of another Quality, and are hid [as] to the fiery and airy [Spirits,] except they will manifest themselves.