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Pseudo-Dionysius: The Divine Names | Chapter 10, Section 1a
“CHAPTER X Concerning ” Omnipotent ,” ” Ancient of Days “; and also concerning ” Eternity “ and ” Time .” 1.
Now ‘tis time that our Discourse should celebrate God (Whose Names are many) as “Omnipotent” and “Ancient of Days.” The former titl…”
Pseudo-Dionysius: The Divine Names | Chapter 10, Section 1b
“For where Scripture speaks of things as “eternal” it doth not always mean things that are absolutely Uncreated or verily Everlasting, Incorruptible, 171 Immortal, Invariable, and Immutable ( e.g.
“Be ye lift up, ye eternal doors,” 461 461…”
Pseudo-Dionysius: The Divine Names | Chapter 10, Section 1c
“It is spoken of by ail the Christian Mystics as the root of our being, or as the spark, or the Synteresis, etc.
Our perfection consists in this ultimate reality, which is each man’s self, shining through his whole being and transforming it…”
Pseudo-Dionysius: The Divine Names | Chapter 1, Section 1b
“For even as things which are intellectually discerned 52 52 i.
e.
The Transcendent Truths which are beyond ordinary knowledge.
νοητά .
The word νοῦς = Mind in the sense not merely of abstract intellect but of the spiritual personality.…”
Pseudo-Dionysius: The Divine Names | Chapter 1, Section 1d
“And we press upwards to those beams which in the Holy Scripture shine upon us; wherefrom we gain the light which leads us unto 55 the Divine praises 64 64 πρὸς τοὺς θεαρχικοὺς ὕμνους.
Either (1) “leads us to declare the Divine praises”; or…”
Pseudo-Dionysius: The Divine Names | Chapter 1, Section 1e
“These mysteries we learn from the Divine Scriptures, and thou wilt find that in well-nigh all the utterances of the Sacred Writers the Divine Names refer in a Symbolical Revelation 72 72 ἐκφαντορικῶς καὶ ὑμνητικῶς.
to Its beneficent Emanat…”
Pseudo-Dionysius: The Divine Names | Chapter 1, Section 1h
“that which makes an individual thing to be one thing); (2) Mental or Spiritual intercourse; (3) Physical intercourse; (4) Sense perception.
Here it = either (1) or (2), probably (1).
limit, infinity, everything that exists.
And yet since…”
Pseudo-Dionysius: The Divine Names | Chapter 1, Section 1i
“1 .
as “God of Gods” and “Lord of Lords”, 108 108 Ps.
cxxxvi.
2, 3 .
and “Holy of Holies,” 109 109 Isa.
vi.
3 .
as “Eternal,” 110 110 Deut.
xxxiii.
27 .
as “Existent” 111 111 Ex.
iii.
14 .
and as “Creator of Ages,” 112 112 Gen.…”
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The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 4 (part 24)
“A Hymn of praise to Ra when he setteth in the land of life.
Vignette: The deceased adoring Ra.
Chapter XV B .
2.
A Hymn of praise to Ra-Harmachis when he setteth in the western horizon of heaven.
Vignette: The deceased adoring Ra.
Cha…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 4 (part 25)
“Vignette: The deceased being weighed against his heart in the balance in the presence of Osiris, "the great god, the prince of eternity." Chapter XXXI.
The Chapter of repulsing the crocodile which cometh to carry the magical words ### from…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 4 (part 26)
“The Chapter of not going in to the divine block a second time.
Vignette: A man standing with his back to the block. Chapter LI.
The Chapter of not walking upside down in the underworld.
Vignette: A man standing.
Chapter LII.* The Chapte…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 4 (part 28)
“The Chapter of bringing a boat in the underworld.
Vignette: A boat.
Chapter C.
The Chapter of making perfect the khu , and of making it to enter into the boat of Ra, together with his divine followers.
Vignette: A boat containing a comp…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 4 (part 30)
“It shall be recited on the ninth day of the festival.
Vignette: The deceased making offerings before a god.
Chapter CXLIV.
The Chapter of going in.
Vignette: Seven pylons.
Chapter CXLV A .
[Without title.] This Chapter has no vignette…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 4 (part 31)
“Chapter CLXV.* The Chapter of arriving in port, of not becoming unseen, and of making the body to germinate, and of satisfying it with the water of heaven.
Vignette: The god Min or Amsu with beetle's body, etc.
Chapter CLXVI.
The Chapter…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 5 (part 2)
“In course of time he became king of Egypt, and devoted himself to civilizing his subjects and to teaching them the craft of the husbandman; he established a code of laws and bade men worship the gods.
Having made Egypt peaceful and flouris…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 5 (part 3)
“When Isis heard of this she went to Byblos, and, gaining admittance to the palace through the report of the royal maidens, she was made nurse to one of the king's sons, Instead of nursing the child in the ordinary way, Isis gave him her fin…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 5 (part 6)
“Many are the shouts of joy that rise to thee at the Uak[*] festival, and cries of delight ascend to thee from the (9) whole world with one voice.
Thou art the chief and prince of thy brethren, thou art the prince of the company of the gods…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 5 (part 7)
“, §19: {Greek T`hn d' I?'sin th`n teleuth`n e`ks O?si'ridos suggenome'nou tekei~n h?li'to'mhnon kai` a?sðenh~ toi~s ka'twðen gui'ois to`n A?rpokra'thn }.
++.
The remainder of the hymn refers to Horus.]] Osiris invested with the attribute…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 6 (part 1)
“THE DOCTRINE OF ETERNAL LIFE.
Egyptian belief in a future life.
The doctrine of eternal life in the VIth dynasty.
The ideas and beliefs which the Egyptians held in reference to a future existence are not readily to be defined, owing to t…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 6 (part 4)
“This chapter was found inscribed upon one of the linen wrappings of the mummy of Thothmes III., and a copy of the text is given by Naville (Todtenbuch, Bd.
L, Bl.
179); for a later version see Lepsius, Todtenbuch, Bl.
75, where many inte…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 6 (part 7)
“When there were neither material offerings nor painted similitudes to feed upon, it seems as if the ka must have perished; but the texts are not definite on this point.
A prayer of the ka.
The following is a specimen of the ka's petition…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 6 (part 8)
“i-nek ba-k am neteru Cometh to thee thy soul which is among the gods. 5.
uab ba-k am neteru Pure is thy soul among the gods. 6.
anx Ausar anx ba din Netat anx Pepi pen As liveth Osiris, and as liveth the soul in Netat, so liveth Pepi this…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 6 (part 12)
“Every khu and every god stretcheth out his hand unto this Pepi when he cometh forth into heaven by the Ladder of God .
.
.
.
that which he seeth and that which he heareth make him wise, and serve as food for him when he cometh forth int…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 6 (part 13)
“222) 8.
Ibid.
, t.
viii., p.
88 (l.
565 ff.).
9.
Ibid.
, t.
iii., p.
214 (l.
268).] Further, this identification of the deceased with the God of Heaven places him in the position of supreme ruler.
For example, we have the prayer…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 6 (part 15)
“The Egyptians called them " per kheru ," that is to say, " the things which the word or the demand made to appear ," or " per hru kheru ," that is to say, " the things which presented themselves at the word " or " at the demand " of the dec…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 6 (part 16)
“apparel which they wear, the white linen and sandals; he is clothed in white, and "he goeth to the great lake in the midst of the Field of Peace whereon the great gods sit; and these great and never failing gods give unto him [to eat] of th…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 6 (part 17)
“Unas is in heaven, Unas is in heaven, in the form of air, in the form of air; he perisheth not, neither doth anything which is in him perish. He is firmly stablished in heaven, and he taketh his pure seat in the bows of the bark of Ra.
Tho…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 6 (part 18)
“It reapeth the wheat, it cutteth the barley, and it giveth it unto thee.
Now, therefore, O Pepi, he that hath given unto thee life and all power and eternity and the power of speech and thy body is Ra.
Thou hast endued thyself with the fo…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 6 (part 19)
“The whole passage reads:-- "(496) The heavens drop water, the stars throb, (497) the archers go round about, the (498) bones of Akeru tremble, and those who are in bondage to them take to flight when they see (499) Unas rise up as a soul, i…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 6 (part 20)
“The mighty ones in heaven shoot out fire under the caldrons which are heaped up with the haunches of the firstborn; and he that maketh those who live (514) in heaven to revolve round Unas hath shot into the caldrons the haunches of their wo…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 7 (part 2)
“But side by side with neter , whatever it may mean, we have mentioned in texts of all ages a number of beings called neteru which Egyptologists universally translate by the word "gods." Among these must be included the great cosmic powers a…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 7 (part 3)
“xi.) that the Prisse papyrus was copied about the period of the XVIIth dynasty and that the works in it only date from the XIIth dynasty; but many Egyptologists assign the composition of the work to the age of Assa.
See Wiedemann, Aegyptis…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 7 (part 5)
“141.
2.
Ibid.
, p.
149.
3 Ibid.
, p.
172.] God and the gods.
The passages from the pyramid of Pepi show at once the difference between neter as God, and the "gods" neteru ; the other passages, which might be multiplied almost indefi…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 8 (part 1)
“THE LEGEND OF RA AND ISIS.
Now Isis was a woman who possessed words of power; her heart was wearied with the millions of men, and she chose the millions of the gods, but she esteemed more highly the millions of the khu's .
And she meditat…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 8 (part 2)
“Verily it shall be cast forth by my healing words of power, and I will drive it away from before the sight of thy sunbeams." The holy god opened his mouth and said, "I was passing along my path, and I was going through the two regions of my…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 8 (part 4)
“No man knoweth how to know Him--His name remaineth hidden; His name is a mystery unto His children.
His names are innumerable, they are manifold and none knoweth their number--God is truth and He liveth by truth and He feedeth thereon.
He…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 8 (part 7)
“The sacred Form, beloved, terrible and mighty in his two risings (?), the lord of space, the mighty one of the form of Khepera, who came into existence through Khepera, the lord of the form of Khepera; when he came into being nothing existe…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 8 (part 8)
“His name is gracious, and the love of him is sweet; and at the dawn all people make supplication unto him through his mighty power and terrible strength, and every god lieth in fear of him.
He is the young bull that destroyeth the wicked,…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 8 (part 11)
“, p.
160.
9.
Ibid.
, p.
161.
10.
Ibid.
, p.
163.
11.
Ibid.
, p.
187.
12 The variant version says, "I developed myself from the primeval matter which I had made." and adds, "My name is Osiris, ###, the substance of primeval mat…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 9 (part 1)
“THE ABODE OF THE BLESSED.
The Egyptian heaven.
The gods of the Egyptians dwelt in a heaven with their ka's , and khu's , and shadows, and there they received the blessed dead to dwell with them.
This heaven was situated in the sky, which…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 9 (part 2)
“One scene makes the morning and evening boats of Ra to sail along the back of Nut; another depicts Shu holding up the boat of the sun wherein is the disk on the horizon. A third from the sarcophagus of Seti I.
represents Nu the god of the…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 9 (part 3)
“5.
Lanzone, Domicile des Esprits , p.
1; Dizionario , p.
1292.
6.
Maspero, La Mythologie Égyptienne ( Études , I.
ii., p.
207); Jéquier, Le Livre , p.
3 The eastern mountain peak was called Bakhatet, and the western Manu.
7.
I.e.…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 9 (part 4)
“The souls of the dead could also be commended to the care of the gods above by the gods of Annu, and thus we find it said in the pyramid of Unas: "O gods of the west, O gods of the east, O gods of the south, O gods of the north, ye four [or…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 10 (part 4)
“In his daily course he vanquished night and darkness, and mist and cloud disappeared from before his rays; subsequently the Egyptians invented the moral conception of the sun, representing the victory of right over wrong and of truth over f…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 10 (part 5)
“See Lanzone, op.
cit.
, tav.
395.
3.
Recueil de Travaux , t.
v., p.
10 (l.
61).
4 See Lanzone op.
cit.
tav 346.] Ausar or Osiris , the sixth member of the company of the gods of Annu, was the son of Seb and Nut, and the husband o…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 10 (part 6)
“Auset or Isis , the seventh member of the company of the gods of Annu, was the wife of Osiris and the mother of Horus; her woes have been described both by Egyptian and Greek writers. Her commonest names are "the great goddess, the divine m…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 10 (part 7)
“Horus , the son of Osiris and Isis, appears in Egyptian texts usually as Heru-p-khart, " Horus the child," who afterwards became the "avenger of his father Osiris," and occupied his throne, as we are told in many places in the Book of the D…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 10 (part 9)
“De Iside et Osiride , § 14.
2.
See Lanzone, op.
cit.
, p.
65.
3 Pyramid of Unas , l.
187.
4 See Le Nom antique de la Grande-Oasis (in Journal Asiatique , IX e Série, to i., pp.
233-40).
6 ###.
Pyramid of Unas, l.
439.] they app…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 10 (part 11)
“She is depicted in the form of a woman, having upon her head the shuttle or arrows, or she wears the crown and holds arrows, a bow, and a sceptre in her left hand; she also appears in the form of a cow. Sekhet was in Memphis the wife of Pta…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 10 (part 15)
“500, Paris, 1879, p.
27.
4 Pyramid of Unas, l.
564.] Disguised in female forms, the four goddesses go to the house of Ra-user, and, professing to have a knowledge of the art of midwifery, they are admitted to the chamber where the child…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 10 (part 16)
“Thou art one in thine attributes among the gods, thou beautiful bull of the company of the gods, thou chief of all the gods, lord of Maat , father of the gods, creator of men, maker of beasts and cattle, lord of all that existeth, maker of…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 10 (part 17)
“It has been urged that the Egyptians never advanced to pure monotheism because they never succeeded in freeing themselves from the belief in the existence of other gods, but when they say that a god has "no second," even though they mention…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 12 (part 1)
“FUNERAL CEREMONIES.
In illustration of the ceremonies which accompanied the burial of the dead the reader will find extracts from different texts printed in the Appendix on p.
264 ff.
To these may be added an extract from the curious rit…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 12 (part 3)
“This scent is that which distilleth from Horus, this scent is that which distilleth from Set, and it is that which stablisheth the hearts of the two Horus gods. Thou purifiest thyself with the Heru-shesu;[*] thou art purified with natron, a…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 12 (part 4)
“Here [offer] two vases of milk.
10.
Here bring two black and white pitchers.
11.
Here [offer] a cake.
12.
Here [offer] two baskets of onions.
13.
Repeat four times.
14.
Here [offer] a cake.] given unto thee, and thou hast lifted i…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 13 (part 5)
“18.) As a separate composition, this Chapter is found in only two other papyri of the XVIIIth dynasty. Chapter IX.
"The Chapter of coming forth by day, having passed through the tomb." (See pp.
120, 321, and pl.
18.) The vignette in the…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 14 (part 2)
“The numbers in parentheses indicate the lines of the papyrus.
2.
The god Khepera is usually represented with a beetle for a head; and the scarab, or beetle, was sacred to him.
The name means "to become, to turn, to roll," and the abstrac…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 14 (part 4)
“See Lanzone, Dizionario , p.
1259; Wiedemann, Religion , p.
74; Pierret, Panthéon , p.
6; and Naville, La Litanie du Soleil , pp.
118, 119, and plate xxiv., 1.
3.
This god was, in one aspect, a destroyer of created things; compare ###…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 14 (part 5)
“(1) A HYMN OF PRAISE TO RA WHEN HE RISETH IN THE EASTERN PART OF HEAVEN.
Behold Osiris, Qenna the merchant, (2) who saith: "Homage to thee, in thy rising thou Tmu in thy crowns of beauty.
Thou risest, thou risest, thou Ra shinest, (3) tho…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 14 (part 6)
“(I) A HYMN OF PRAISE TO RA WHEN HE RISETH IN THE EASTERN PART OF HEAVEN.
Behold Osiris, Qenna the merchant, triumphant, who saith: (2) "Homage to thee, O thou who risest in Nu, and who at thy birth dost make the world bright with light; al…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 14 (part 7)
“Thou hast knit (10) together the mountains, thou has made mankind and the beasts of the field, thou hast created the heavens and the earth.
Worshipped be thou whom the goddess Maat embraceth at morn and at eve.
Thou dost travel across the…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 14 (part 8)
“, the netherworld), thou dost rise in the horizon of heaven and sheddest upon the world beams of emerald light; thou art born from the water, thou art sprung from Nu, who fostereth thee and ordereth thy members.
O thou who art crowned king…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 15 (part 2)
“Erpat is a very ancient word, and was probably in use in Egypt before suten , the common word for "king." For a discussion on this point see Maspero, Un Manuel de Hiérarchie Égyptienne , p.
15 ff.; Brugsch, Aegyptologie , p.
210.
2 Osiri…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 15 (part 3)
“Akert is the country of which Osiris was the prince; and it is mentioned as connected with Stat and Neter-khert , each of which is a name of the great necropolis on the western bank of the Nile.
See Brugsch, Dict.
Géog ., p.
75; Lepsius,…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 16 (part 2)
“Four goddesses bore the name of Meskhen, and they were supposed to assist the resurrection of Osiris; they were associated with Tefnut, Nut, Isis, and Nephthys (see Lepsius, Denkmäler , iv., Bl.
59a; and Mariette, Dendérah , iv., pl.
74 a…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 16 (part 4)
“, "Moulder"), who uniteth (or formeth) and strengtheneth my limbs." Khnemu was called "builder of men, maker of the gods, the father from the beginning; creator of things which are," etc.
4 British Museum papyrus No.
9901 has "place of ha…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 17 (part 1)
“PLATE IV.
Vignette: Ani, found just, is led into the presence of Osiris.
On the left the hawk-headed god Horus, the son of Isis, wearing the double crown of the North and the South, takes Ani by the hand and leads him forward towards "Osi…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 18 (part 2)
“In the upper part of it the deceased is shown adoring Osiris, and below is the legend, "Hail, Osiris, the chief of Amenta, the lord of eternity, [1.
This instrument is called ### ur hekau , and is made of a sinuous piece of wood, one end o…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 18 (part 3)
“, "the opening of the mouth and eyes," is performed by the Sem priest, who addresses the deceased: "I have come to embrace thee, I am thy son Horus, I have pressed thy mouth; I am thy son, I love thee.
His mother beats her breast and weeps…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 18 (part 4)
“, "the son who loveth him"; whereupon the Kher-heb says: "O Sem, let the Se-mer-f come into the tomb in order that he may see the god." The Sem priest holding him by the arm then leads forward the Se-mer-f , who addresses the deceased: "I h…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 18 (part 5)
“12) with the instrument ###, and the Kher-heb at the same time says: "O Sem priest, lay the pesh-en-kef upon his mouth, and say, 'I have stablished for thee thy two jaw-bones in thy face which was divided into two parts.'" The Sem priest ne…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 18 (part 6)
“May no ill-luck happen through the dethronement of his two eyes in his body, even as no evil fortune came to Horus through the overthrow of his eye in his body.
Thy two eyes are decked therewith in its name of Uatch , which maketh thee to…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 18 (part 7)
“I am Thoth, who have made (12) Osiris victorious over his enemies on the day of weighing of words in the (13) great House of the mighty Ancient One in Annu. I am Tetteti, the son of Tetteti; I was (14) conceived in Tattu, I was born in (15)…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 18 (part 9)
“"(37) O ye who open the way and lay open the paths to perfected souls in the Hall of (38) Osiris, open ye the way and lay open the paths (39) to the soul of Osiris, the scribe and steward of all the divine offerings, Ani (40) [who is triump…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 18 (part 10)
“O god of light, come thou down unto me and swallow up the worms which are in Amenta, The great god who dwelleth within Tattu, whom he seeth not, heareth his prayers.
They who are in affliction fear him [the god] who cometh forth with the s…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 19 (part 3)
“The god Tmu, seated within the Sun-disk in the boat of the setting sun, facing a table of offerings.
6.
The god Rehu, in the form of a lion (to illustrate line 133).
7.
The serpent Uatchit, the lady of flame, a symbol of the eye of Ra,…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 19 (part 5)
“Eternity is the day, and everlastingness (30) is the night.
"I am the god Amsu in his coming-forth; may his (31) two plumes be set upon my head." [1.
See above, p.
277, note 2.
2.
Or, "I am he that presideth over the arrangement (or or…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 19 (part 7)
“A variant has "who are in his following." See Naville, Todtenbuch , Bd.
II., Pl.
xlix.] What then is this?
It is the drops of blood (61) which fell from Ra when he went forth (62) to cut himself.
They sprang into being as the gods Hu an…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 19 (part 8)
“, who are these gods?] Mestha, Hapi Tuamautef, and Qebhsennuf.
(83) "Homage to you, O ye lords of right and truth, and ye holy ones who [stand] behind Osiris, who utterly do away with (84) sins and crime, and [ye] who are in the following…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 19 (part 9)
“, the "house of cloth," was a district belonging to the temple of Suten-henen or Heracleopolis in Upper Egypt.] Ubes-hra-per-em-khet khet,[l] and Maa (106) -em-qerh-an-nef-em-hru. The chief of the holy ones (107) who minister in his chamber…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 19 (part 10)
“As concerning [the words] "that night of the reckoning of destruction," it is the night of the burning of the damned, and of the overthrow of the wicked at [the sacred] block, and of the slaughter of souls.
Who then is this?
It is Nemu, t…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 19 (part 12)
“He to whom saffron cakes have been brought in (127) Tanenet is Osiris; or (as others say), The saffron cakes (128) in Tanenet are heaven and earth, or (as others say), They are Shu, strengthener of the two lands in (129) Suten-henen.
The s…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 20 (part 2)
“The name of (2) the doorkeeper is Un-hat; (3) the name of the watcher is (4) Seqet-hra; the name of the herald is Uset. (6) Saith Osiris Ani, when he cometh unto this Arit; "He sitteth to do his heart's desire, and he weigheth (7) words as…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 20 (part 4)
“, "He liveth upon worms." 2.
Var.
###.
3.
For what follows of this speech Naville gives no equivalent.
4.
Var.
Seket-tau-keha-kheru.
5.
Ates-sen.
6 Var.
Aa-kheru.] unto thee, O Osiris, who art cleansed of [thine] impurities.
Tho…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 20 (part 7)
“"Lo, the Lover of fire, the purifier of sinners (?), the lover of slaughter, the chief of those who adore, the lady of the temple, the slaughterer of the fiends in the night.
She judgeth the feeble bandaged one." THE NINETEENTH PYLON.
"Lo…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 20 (part 8)
“I have made Osiris, the overlord of the netherworld, to be victorious over his enemies; and I have carried away all his foes to the place of slaughter in the East; they shall never come forth from the durance of the god Seb therein.
(79) I…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 20 (part 9)
“Grant ye that he may be with you for all time." (1) The adoration of Osiris, lord of Re-stau, and of the great company of the gods who are in the netherworld beside Osiris, the scribe Ani, who saith: (2) "Homage to thee, O ruler of Amenta,…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 21 (part 1)
“PLATE XIII.
Vignettes (Upper register): A pylon, or gateway, surmounted by the feathers of Maat and uræi wearing disks.
(Lower register): A pylon, surmounted by Anubis and an utchat .
Text [CHAPTER XVIII.]: [" (1) Hail Thoth, who madest…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 21 (part 2)
“Vignette: The gods Horus, Isis, Mestha and Hapi.
Text: (1) The great divine rulers who are in Pe and Tep are Horus, Isis, Mestha, and Hapi.
Now setting up the columns (2) of Horus [signifieth] the command given by Set unto his followers:…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 22 (part 1)
“PLATE XIV.
§F.
Vignette: The gods Osiris, Isis, and Ap-uat, and the TET.
Text [CHAPTER XVIII.]: (1) The great godlike rulers who are in Abtu are Osiris, Isis, and Ap-uat.
"Hail, Thoth, who madest Osiris victorious (2) over his enemies,…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 22 (part 2)
“"Hail, Thoth, who madest Osiris victorious (3) over his enemies, make thou the Osiris Ani (triumphant before Osiris) victorious over his enemies in the presence of the great godlike rulers who are in (4) Re-stau, on the night when Anubis la…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 23 (part 1)
“PLATE XV.
Vignette: A seated statue of Ani, the scribe, upon which the ceremony of opening the mouth" un re , is being performed by the sem priest, clad in a panther's skin and holding in his right hand the instrument Ur heka i.e.
, "migh…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 23 (part 2)
“9.
Var., ###.
10.
Var., "Them may the gods resist, and all the company of my gods, and all the company of their gods." 11.
Many papyri omit Tmu.
12.
Birch, "on the lap of his mother"; Pierret, "en haut de la cuisse de sa mère." 13.
I…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 23 (part 3)
“15) the deceased holds a heart to his left side and addresses a human-headed hawk emblematic of the soul.] coloured beads, the clasp of which is in the shape of a pylon or gateway, and to which is attached a pectoral bearing a representatio…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 23 (part 4)
“May the Shenit , who make men to stand fast, not cause my name to stink." Vignette: Ani holding his soul in the form of a human-headed bird.
Text: [CHAPTER LXI.] (I) CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE SOUL OF A MAN BE TAKEN AWAY FROM HIM IN THE UN…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 23 (part 6)
“Text [CHAPTER LVI.]: CHAPTER OF SNIFFING THE AIR UPON EARTH.
[He saith]: "(2) Hail, Tmu, grant thou unto me the sweet breath which is in thy two nostrils.
I embrace the mighty throne which is in Unnu, and I watch and guard the Egg of the…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 24 (part 1)
“PLATE XVI.
Vignette: Ani standing, with both hands raised in prayer, before four gods who are seated on a pedestal in the form of Maat; before him is his heart set upon a pedestal.
Text [CHAPTER XXVII.]: (I) THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 24 (part 2)
“May naught rise up (3) against me in judgment in the presence of the lord of the trial; let it not be said concerning me and of that which I have done.
'He hath done deeds against that which is right and true'; may naught be against me in…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 24 (part 3)
“Separate thou from him, each from each, when thou enterest the Mesqen.
He letteth me sail to the temple of the divine beings who have found their faces(?).
(4) The name of the boat is 'Assembler of Souls'; the name of the oars is 'Making…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 24 (part 4)
“I.e.
, Hermopolis.
2.
For an account of the manner in which altars and other objects were represented on Egyptian monuments, see Borchardt, Die Darstellung innen verzierter Schalen aus Aegyptischen Denkmätern (in Aeg.
Zeitschrift , Bd.…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 25 (part 1)
“PLATE XVII.
Vignette: Ani standing in adoration before three gods, each of whom holds a sceptre in his left hand, and the symbol of life in his right.
[1.
Adding thest ftu , from the papyrus of Nebseni.
2.
Var.
### axemu .
this word…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 25 (part 2)
“Saith Osiris Ani: "Hail, thou god Annitu!
Hail, O Runner, (2) dwelling in thy hall!
O thou great god, grant thou " that my soul may come unto me from wheresoever it may be.
If it would tarry, then bring thou unto me (3) my soul from wher…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 25 (part 3)
“Vignette: Ani standing at the doorway of the tomb; and Ani's shadow, accompanied by his soul.
Text [CHAPTER XCII.]: (I) THE CHAPTER OF OPENING THE TOMB TO THE SOUL OF THE SHADOW, OF COMING FORTH BY DAY, AND OF GETTING POWER OVER THE LEGS.…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 27 (part 2)
“, Ra); Ani, triumphant in peace." Vignette: Ani, standing with both hands raised in adoration.
Behind him is his wife: Ausar nebt per qematet en Amen Thuthu.
Osiris, the lady of the house, priestess of Amen, Thuthu.
Text [CHAPTER XV.]: (…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 28 (part 1)
“PLATE XX.
Vignette: Osiris and Isis in a sepulchral shrine.
Text [CHAPTER XV.]: (I) A HYMN OF PRAISE To RA WHEN HE RISETH IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE HEAVEN.
They who are in (2) his train rejoice, and lo!
Osiris Ani in triumph saith "Hai…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 28 (part 2)
“May Ani (21) advance, even as thou dost advance; may he never cease [to go forward], even as thy majesty ceaseth not [to go forward], even though it be for a moment; for with strides dost thou (22) in one little moment pass over the spaces…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 29 (part 1)
“PLATE XXI.
"Thou dost place thy disk in the west, and my two hands are [raised] in adoration [of thee] when thou settest (30) as a living being.
Behold, thou art the maker of eternity, and thou art adored [when] thou settest in the heaven…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 29 (part 2)
“Text [CHAPTER CXXXIII.]: (1) TO BE SAID ON THE DAY OF THE MONTH. (2) Osiris Ani, the scribe, triumphant in peace, triumphant, saith: "Ra riseth (2) in his horizon, and the company of his gods follow after the god when he appeareth from his…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 30 (part 1)
“PLATE XXII.
"Osiris Ani, triumphant, hath not revealed what he hath seen,(17) he hath not, he hath not told again what he hath heard in the house which is hidden.
Hail, there are shouts of joy to Osiris Ani, triumphant, (18) for he is a g…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 30 (part 2)
“They saw (13) the urertu crown stablished upon his head, and they fell down upon their faces.
Behold, O ye shining ones, ye men (14) and gods, ye damned ones, when ye behold Osiris Ani, triumphant like unto Horus and adored (15) by reason…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 31 (part 1)
“PLATE XXIII.
AND PLATE XXIV.
The whole of Plate XXIII.
and part of Plate XXIV contain a repetition of the XVIIIth Chapter of the "Book of the Dead," which has also been given on Plates XIII.
and XIV.
The arrangement of the gods in the…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 31 (part 2)
“I, Osiris Ani, triumphant, come even as one who is equipped for the journey.
Thou raisest up [right and truth] (2 1) for those who love them.
I am a shining one clothed in power, mightier than any other shining one."…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 32 (part 1)
“PLATE XXV.
Vignette: A swallow perched on a conical object painted red and green.
Text [CHAPTER LXXXVI.]: (I) HERE BEGIN THE CHAPTERS OF MAKING TRANSFORMATIONS.
THE CHANGING INTO A SWALLOW.
(2) Saith Osiris Ani, triumphant: "I am the sw…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 32 (part 2)
“May I enter into the presence of Ra daily to hear his words, and may I sit down among the (8) mighty gods of Nut.
May a homestead be made ready for me, and may offerings of food and drink be put before me therein.
May I eat therein; (9) m…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 33 (part 1)
“PLATE XXVI.
underworld fear me, and they (17) fight for me [in their habitations].
I, in very truth I am a shining one and a dweller in light, who hath been created and who hath come into being (18) from the body of the god.
I am one of…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 33 (part 2)
“I shall behold sacred things which are hidden, there shall be done unto me holy (37) hidden rites, I shall see what is there; my words shall make full the majesty of Shu, and they shall drive away evil hap.
(38) I, even I, am Horus who dwe…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 34 (part 1)
“PLATE XXVII.
life.
O, I have made them to know the plans of the gods which Horus hath devised (55) at the bidding of his father Osiris.
Hail, lord, thou most terrible and mighty soul!
Let me come, even me, (56) let me lift myself up!
I…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 34 (part 2)
“I have come, having done away all the evil which dwelleth in your hearts against me, I have made an end of all the sin which I committed (10) against you; I have brought unto you that which is good, I have made to come unto you that which i…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 34 (part 3)
“The four regions of Ra are the limits of the earth.
I come forth; my tongue (10) is like unto the tongue of Ptah, my throat is even as that of Hathor, and I tell forth the words of my father Tmu with my lips.
He it is who constrained (11)…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 34 (part 4)
“I am the lord of millions of years.
I make my nest in the limits of heaven.
I descend unto the earth of Seb (14).
I do away with my faults.
I behold my father, the lord of Mash; and his body breatheth in Annu.
I am provided with what I…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 35 (part 2)
“Saith Osiris Ani: "I am the (2) pure lotus which cometh forth from the god of light, the guardian of the nostrils of Ra, the guardian (3) of the nose of Hathor.
I advance and I hasten (4) after him who is Horus.
I am, the pure one who com…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 36 (part 3)
“Text [CHAPTER CXXV.]: (1) THE CHAPTER OF ENTERING INTO THE HALL OF DOUBLE RIGHT AND TRUTH: A HYMN OF PRAISE TO OSIRIS, THE DWELLER IN AMENTET.
Osiris, the scribe Ani, triumphant, saith: (2) "I have come and I have drawn nigh to see thy bea…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 36 (part 4)
“Verily, Sut spake unto me (17) the things which concern himself, and I said, I Let the thought of the trial of the balance by thee be even within our hearts.'" The majesty of the god Anubis saith: (18) "Dost thou know the name of this door…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 36 (part 5)
“(16) I have not added unto nor have I minished the offerings which are due.
I have not stolen from the orchards; nor have I trampled down the fields.
I have not added to the weight of the balance; (17) nor have I made light the weight in…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 37 (part 1)
“PLATES XXXI.
AND XXXII.
Vignettes: The Hall of Double Right and Truth, wherein Ani has to address severally the forty-two gods, who are seated in a row in the middle of the, hall.
At each end is a door that on the right is called "Neb-Ma…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 37 (part 2)
“In the Nebseni Papyrus a dog-headed ape and a balance are represented on each side of the seated deity, and at each end of the roof; and each uræus wears a disk and horns.] (11) "Hall, Qerer, who comest forth from Amentet, I have not commit…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 38 (part 1)
“PLATE XXXII.
(34) "Hail, Tmu in thine hour, who comest forth from Tattu, I have never cursed the king." (35) "Hail, thou who workest with thy will, who comest forth from Tebu, I have never fouled the water." (36) "Hail, thou bearer of the…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 38 (part 2)
“(16) Hail, Strider, who comest forth from Bast, I have not been an eavesdropper.
(17) Hail, Aaati, who comest forth from Annu, I have not set my lips in motion against any man.
(18) Hail, thou god of two-fold evil, who comest forth from A…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 38 (part 3)
“.
.
.
.
.
.
I have not behaved myself with arrogance (?).
(40) Hail, Neheb-kau, who comest forth from thy city, I have not been overweeningly proud.
(40) Hail, Tcheser-tep, who comest forth from thy hiding place, I have never magnif…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 38 (part 4)
“I am pure, in my fore-parts have I been made clean, and in my hinder parts have I (19) been purified; my reins have been bathed in the Pool of right and truth, and no member of my body was wanting.
I have been purified in the pool of the s…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 38 (part 5)
“'Thou (40) knowest us, pass thou by us.' 'Thou shalt not tread upon me,' saith the floor of the hall, I unless thou tell my name.' 'I am silent, I am pure.' 'I know not (41) [the names of] thy two feet with which thou wouldst walk upon me;…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 38 (part 7)
“My reins (8) are the reins of the lords of Kher-aba.
My breast is the breast of the awful and terrible One.
My belly and my backbone are the belly and backbone of Sekhet.
My buttocks (9) are the buttocks of [1.
For the text, see Naville…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 38 (part 8)
“I am he who riseth and shineth; the wall of walls; the only One, [son] of an only One.
Ra (24) never lacketh his form, he never passeth away, he never passeth away.
Verily, I say: I am the plant which cometh forth from Nu, and my mother i…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 39 (part 2)
“20,636, stone tet inlaid with lapis-lazuli, carnelian, plasma, and mother of emerald.] Text: [CHAPTER CLV.] (1) THE CHAPTER OF A TET OF GOLD: Osiris Ani, triumphant, saith: "Thou risest, O still heart!
(2) Thou shinest, O still heart!
Pla…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 39 (part 3)
“8258, mottled glass buckle having the loop inlaid with blue composition; No.
8259, red faïence double buckle, pierced lengthwise for threading in a necklace.] deceased] he shall be among those who follow Osiris Un-nefer, triumphant.
The g…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 40 (part 1)
“PLATES XXXIII AND XXXIV.
Vignette: The mummy-chamber, arranged as a plan, representing the floor and walls laid flat, in fifteen compartments.
In the centre, under a canopy, is place d the bier bearing the mummy of Ani, beside which stand…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 40 (part 2)
“(5, 6) Thou hast been made victorious in (7) Nut, and thou art mighty to prevail with the gods." [Nephthys saith:] "(2) I have gone round about to protect thee, brother Osiris; (3) 1 have come to be a protector unto thee.
[My strength shal…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 40 (part 3)
“3 Variant hru xesef sat , "day of driving back slaughter."] [Qebhsennuf saith:] "I am thy son, O Osiris Ani, triumphant.
I have come to protect thee.
I have collected thy bones, and I have gathered together thy members.
[I have brought t…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 40 (part 4)
“I have sailed on its Lake that I may come unto its cities, and I have drawn nigh It unto the city Hetep. For behold, I repose at the seasons [of Horus].
I have passed through the region of the company of the gods who are aged and venerable…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 41 (part 2)
“(6) May Osiris Ani, triumphant, be born upon your thighs; may he be like unto one (7) Of you for ever and for ever; and may he become a glorious being (8) in the beautiful Amenta." [ Address to the Rudders ]: "(1) Hail, thou beautiful Power…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 42
“PLATE XXXVII. Vignette: A shrine wherein stands Sekeri-Ausar neb setait neter aa neb Neter-xert Seker-Osiris, lord of the hidden place, the great god, the lord of the underworld. He wears the white crown with feathers, and holds in his hand…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 1)
“THE EGYPTIAN TEXT WITH INTERLINEAR TRANSLITERATION AND TRANSLATION, A RUNNING TRANSLATION, INTRODUCTION, ETC.
by E.
A.
WALLIS BUDGE Late keeper of Assyrian and Egyptian Antiquities in the British Museum
PREFACE.
The Papyrus of Ani, whi…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 20)
“Although these chapters were found at Hermopolis, the city of Thoth, it does not follow that they were drawn up there.
5.
See Birch, in Bunsen, Egypt's Place in Universal History , vol.
V., p.
125; Naville, Todtenbuch (Einleitung), p.…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 23)
“41-43.] Selection and arrangement of chapters.
The sections or chapters of the Theban version are a series of separate and distinct compositions, which, like the sections of the pyramid texts, had no fixed order either on coffins or in pap…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 26)
“Vignette: The deceased being weighed against his heart in the balance in the presence of Osiris, "the great god, the prince of eternity." Chapter XXXI.
The Chapter of repulsing the crocodile which cometh to carry the magical words ### from…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 32)
“Chapter CLXV.* The Chapter of arriving in port, of not becoming unseen, and of making the body to germinate, and of satisfying it with the water of heaven.
Vignette: The god Min or Amsu with beetle's body, etc.
Chapter CLXVI.
The Chapter…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 33)
“The version akin to was in vogue from the XXth to the XXVIth dynasty, i.e.
, about B.C.
1200-550, and was, like the Theban, usually written upon papyrus.
The chapters have no fixed order, and are written in lines in the hieratic characte…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 37)
“21 ff.; and t.
v., p.
85 ff.
The various mysteries which took place thereat are minutely described.
2 On the cutting of the hair as a sign of mourning, see W.
Robertson Smith, The Religion of the Semites , p.
395; and for other belief…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 40)
“Thou art the heir of Seb and the sovereign of all the earth; [* This festival took place on the 17th and 18th days of the month Thoth; see Brugsch, Kalendarische Inschriften, p.
235.] {footnote page liii} Seb hath seen thy glorious power,…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 42)
“7.
Litanies of Seker , col.
xviii.
8.
###.
Festival Songs , vi., 1.
9.
###.
Ibid.
, iii., 18.
10.
###.
Ibid.
, ix., 26.] THE DOCTRINE OF ETERNAL LIFE.
Egyptian belief in a future life.
The doctrine of eternal life in the VIth…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 44)
“The preservation of the corruptible body too was in some way connected with the life in the world to come, and its preservation was necessary to ensure eternal life; otherwise the prayers recited to this end would have been futile, and the…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 46)
“per-f em aabt t'eba-tha em sah-k pen am baiu he cometh from the cast, [when] thou art endued with this thy sah among the souls. 3.
ahau pa neheh t'er-f pa t'etta em sah-f [His] duration of life is eternity, his limit of life is everlasting…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 47)
“(Extrait du t.
xxiv.
des Mémoires de la Société impériale des Antiquaires de France ).
Dr.
Birch translated the word by être, personne, emblème, divin, génie, principe, esprit.
In September, 1878, V.
Maspero explained to the Members o…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 50)
“386-97.] supported by a passage in the XCIInd Chapter of the Book of the Dead, where it is said:-- em xena ba-a sauti xaibit-a un uat Let not be shut in my soul, let not be fettered my shadow, let be opened the way en ba-d en xaibit-a maa-f…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 51)
“i-nek sexem-k am xu Cometh to thee thy sekhem among the khu's. [1.
I.e.
, Horus.
2 Recueil de Travaux , t.
v., p.
19 (l.
174).
3.
Recueil de Travaux , t.
v., p.
41 (l.
289).
4.
See below, p.
117.
5.
See below, p.
115.
6.…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 52)
“They believed in an incorporeal and immortal part of man, the constituent elements of which flew to heaven after death and embalmment; yet the theologians of the VIth dynasty had decided that there was some part of the deceased which could…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 59)
“It reapeth the wheat, it cutteth the barley, and it giveth it unto thee.
Now, therefore, O Pepi, he that hath given unto thee life and all power and eternity and the power of speech and thy body is Ra.
Thou hast endued thyself with the fo…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 60)
“The whole passage reads:-- "(496) The heavens drop water, the stars throb, (497) the archers go round about, the (498) bones of Akeru tremble, and those who are in bondage to them take to flight when they see (499) Unas rise up as a soul, i…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 62)
“The Australian blacks kill a man, cut out his caul-fat, and rub themselves with it, "the belief being that all the qualifications, both physical and mental of the previous owner of the fat, were communicated to him who used it"; see Fraser,…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 64)
“xi.) that the Prisse papyrus was copied about the period of the XVIIth dynasty and that the works in it only date from the XIIth dynasty; but many Egyptologists assign the composition of the work to the age of Assa.
See Wiedemann, Aegyptis…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 65)
“In the Journal de Paris , 15 Mars, 1871; and in the Academy , Aug.
1, No.
29, p.
386, 1871.
7.
L'Égyptologie , Série I., tt.
i., ii., Chalons-sur-Saône and Paris, 40., 1876-78.
This work contains the hieratic text divided into sectio…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 66)
“141.
2.
Ibid.
, p.
149.
3 Ibid.
, p.
172.] God and the gods.
The passages from the pyramid of Pepi show at once the difference between neter as God, and the "gods" neteru ; the other passages, which might be multiplied almost indefi…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 67)
“I am a prince, the son of a prince, a sacred essence which hath preceded from God.
I am a great one, the son of a great one, and my father planned my name; I have multitudes of names and multitudes of forms, and my existence is in every go…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 68)
“O tell it unto me, and the poison shall depart; for he shall live whose name shall be revealed." Now the poison burned like fire, and it was fiercer than the flame and the furnace, and the majesty of the god said, "I consent that Isis shall…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 69)
“unity of a supreme and self-existent being, his eternity, his almightiness, and external reproduction thereby as God; the attributing of the creation of the world and of all living beings to this supreme God; the immortality of the soul, co…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 71)
“the walls of tombs, stelæ, and papyri of the XVIIIth dynasty; and these prove that the Egyptians ascribed the attributes of the Creator to the creature.
The religious ideas which we find in these writings in the XVIIIth dynasty are, no dou…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 74)
“The god Nu appeareth with the breath of the north wind in this hidden god who maketh for untold millions of men the decrees which abide for ever; his decrees [1.
Literally "his heart," ab-f .
2 I.e.
, Shu and Tefnut.
3 I.e.
, the Sun a…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 75)
“heaven nor earth, and when neither gods had been born, nor men created, the god Tmu was the father of human beings, even before death came into the world.
The first act of Tmu was to create from his own body the god Shu and the goddess Tef…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 76)
“These eight elements were called Nu and Nut, Heh and Hehet, Kek and Keket, and Enen and Enenet, or Khemennu, the "Eight," and they were considered as primeval fathers and mothers. They are often represented in the forms of four male and fou…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 80)
“Having gone to the north of the Aaru Field he makes his way to the eastern portion of the tuat , where according to one legend he becomes like the morning star, near his sister Sothis. Here he lived in the form of the star Sothis, and "the…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 81)
“The souls of the dead could also be commended to the care of the gods above by the gods of Annu, and thus we find it said in the pyramid of Unas: "O gods of the west, O gods of the east, O gods of the south, O gods of the north, ye four [or…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 82)
“He is depicted in the form of a seated deity having upon his head disk and plumes. Nut the female principle of Nu; she is depicted with the head of a snake surmounted by a disk, or with the head of a cat. Ptah was associated with the god Kh…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 85)
“From a natural point of view the sun was synonymous with movement, and hence typified the life of man; and the setting of the one typified the death of the other.
Usually Ra is depicted in human form, sometimes with the head of a hawk, and…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 86)
“tav 346.] Ausar or Osiris , the sixth member of the company of the gods of Annu, was the son of Seb and Nut, and the husband of his sister Isis, the father of "Horus, the son of Isis," and the brother of Set and Nephthys.
The version of hi…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 87)
“Auset or Isis , the seventh member of the company of the gods of Annu, was the wife of Osiris and the mother of Horus; her woes have been described both by Egyptian and Greek writers. Her commonest names are "the great goddess, the divine m…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 88)
“Horus , the son of Osiris and Isis, appears in Egyptian texts usually as Heru-p-khart, " Horus the child," who afterwards became the "avenger of his father Osiris," and occupied his throne, as we are told in many places in the Book of the D…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 90)
“De Iside et Osiride , § 14.
2.
See Lanzone, op.
cit.
, p.
65.
3 Pyramid of Unas , l.
187.
4 See Le Nom antique de la Grande-Oasis (in Journal Asiatique , IX e Série, to i., pp.
233-40).
6 ###.
Pyramid of Unas, l.
439.] they app…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 92)
“She is depicted in the form of a woman, having upon her head the shuttle or arrows, or she wears the crown and holds arrows, a bow, and a sceptre in her left hand; she also appears in the form of a cow. Sekhet was in Memphis the wife of Pta…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 97)
“Thou art one in thine attributes among the gods, thou beautiful bull of the company of the gods, thou chief of all the gods, lord of Maat , father of the gods, creator of men, maker of beasts and cattle, lord of all that existeth, maker of…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 98)
“It has been urged that the Egyptians never advanced to pure monotheism because they never succeeded in freeing themselves from the belief in the existence of other gods, but when they say that a god has "no second," even though they mention…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 100)
“The pyramid texts afford scanty information about the fiends and devils with which the later Egyptians peopled certain parts of the Tuat, wherein the night sun pursued his course, and where the souls of the dead dwelt; for this we must turn…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 107)
“Thou art stablished among the gods thy brethren, thy head is purified for thee with natron, thy bones are washed clean with water, and thou thyself art made perfect with all that belongeth unto thee.
O Osiris, I have given unto thee the Ey…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 108)
“O Unas, the Eye of Horus hath been given to thee that it may embrace thee. O Unas, the Eye of Horus which strove with Set hath been, given unto thee, in order that the opening of thy mouth may be caused thereby. O Unas, that which flowed fr…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 109)
“It measures 78 feet by 1 foot 3 inches, and is the longest known papyrus of the Theban period. It is made up of six distinct lengths of papyrus, which vary in length from 26 feet 9 inches to 5 feet 7 inches.
The material is composed of thr…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 2 (part 4)
“xiv [paragraph continues] Egyptians believed in the reconstitution of family life in the Other World, and thought that every man, and woman, and child would possess such a measure of individuality that they would know their relatives and fr…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 5 (part 4)
“38 In addition to the Seven Arits, and the Ten, Fourteen, or Twenty-one Gates (according to the manuscript authority followed), the Sekhet-Hetepet possessed Fourteen or Fifteen Aats, or Regions, each of which was presided over by a god.
Th…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 5 (part 5)
“close to Heliopolis; if this be so, Sekhet-Aaru was probably situated at no great distance from Abydos, near which was the famous "Gap" in the mountains, whereby the spirits of the dead entered the abode set apart for them.
We see from thi…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 5 (part 8)
“This result Thoth announces to the gods in the following words, "In very truth the heart of Osiris hath been weighed, and his soul hath stood as a witness for him; its case is right (i.e., it hath been found true by trial) in the Great Bala…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 5 (part 9)
“30,840.) p.
55 Click to view Sekhet-hetepet, showing the Sekhet-Aaru with the magical boat, the nine lakes, the birthplace of the gods, &c.
(From the outer coffin of Sen, British Museum, No.
30,841.) p.
57 development in religious thoug…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 6 (part 2)
“Lacau in Recueil , 1904, p.
67.
The very short form of the prayer of the deceased that he may enjoy the companionship of his father and mother in Sekhet.-hetep is the outcome of a belief which is very ancient; and it finds its fullest exp…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 6 (part 3)
“69 children, and his beloved ones, and his foster-parents, and his kinsfolk, and his [grown-up] sons and daughters, and his concubines, whom it is his heart's desire [to meet], and his friends, and those who have worked for him upon earth;…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 6 (part 4)
“A perusal of the above Chapter shows that it is the expression of beliefs and ideas concerning the future life which belong to a very early period of civilization, and to a time when the Egyptians held most primitive views about their gods.…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 6 (part 5)
“The Rubric had, in fact, so far back as B.C.
2600, become a traditional magical formula of a most powerful character, and it must have been composed at the time when the abode of the blessed was supposed to resemble the "great field" in wh…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 7 (part 8)
“99 Hour-goddess --TUATET-MAKTET-EN-NEB-S.
Division X.
Name --METET-QA-UTCHEBU.
Name of the Gate --AA-KHEPERU-MES-ARU.
Hour-goddess --TENTENIT-UHETES-KHAK-AB.
Division XI.
Name --RE-EN-QERERT-APT-KHATU.
Name of the Gate --SEKHEN-TUATI…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 7 (part 9)
“The copy of the work in the tomb of Amen-hetep III., written in hieratic, was well preserved in Champollion's time, but is now illegible; see Champollion, Lettres , 13 e Lettre; and Champollion, Monuments , iii.
232-234.
The text of the T…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 8 (part 3)
“AFU-RA), twelve goddesses, who open the gates in the earth, twelve goddesses, who guide the god, and nine gods, "who praise Ra" (vol.
i., pp.
9-11).
So soon as AFU-RA has entered this DIVISION (ARRIT) he calls upon the gods to let him pr…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 8 (part 4)
“On each half of the mountain is a sceptre, one having the head of a jackal, and the other that of a ram; each sceptre is supported by the god TAT and the god SET, the personifications of the Tuat and the Mountain respectively.
One sceptre…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 9 (part 1)
“p.
111 CHAPTER VI.
SECOND DIVISION OF THE TUAT.
I.
THE KINGDOM OF KHENTI-AMENTI-OSIRIS ACCORDING TO THE BOOK AM-TUAT.
THE god AFU-Ra now enters the region URNES which derives its name from that of the river flowing through it; it is 30…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 9 (part 2)
“29), various animal- and bird-headed gods, goddesses both with and without uraei on their heads, the "Crook" ( mest ) of Osiris, the serpent-protector of Osiris, and so on.
The gods on the right of AFU-RA are they who give him "the seasons…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 9 (part 3)
“The texts giving these facts are most important, for they prove that in early times the abode of the blessed was believed to be in URNES, and that the making of offerings to the dead was inculcated as a meritorious act, and that it was beli…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 10 (part 2)
“The MAATIU beings have this name given to them because, as the text says, "they spoke Maat ," i.e., what is true, "upon earth"; moreover, "they did not approach the neterit ." Now the word neterit usually means "goddesses," but here it has…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 10 (part 3)
“The Kingdom of Khenti-Amenti-Osiris, According to the Book Am-Tuat…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 11 (part 2)
“The realm of Osiris had to be cleared of such beings, and the gods whose duty it was to protect him destroyed them with fire.
We may note, too, that in this Division the shadows and souls of the dead were supposed to wander about, and thou…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 13 (part 1)
“p.
131 CHAPTER VIII.
FOURTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT.
I.
THE KINGDOM OF SEKER ACCORDING TO THE BOOK AM-TUAT.
THE Boat of AFU-RA has now passed out of the dominions of KHENTI-AMENTI, the ancient god of the dead of the city of Abydos, and ha…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 13 (part 2)
“The hidden gods who march in front of the boat are few in number, and the names of many of them are unfamiliar; some of them are connected with Osiris, and all of them are under the control of ANPU, or ANUBIS, and perform some act which hel…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 14 (part 1)
“FIFTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT.
I.
THE KINGDOM OF SEKER ACCORDING TO THE BOOK AM-TUAT.
This DIVISION, or HOUR, or CIRCLE, as it is described in the text, is called AMENT, and it contains the secret ways, and the doors of the hidden chamber o…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 14 (part 2)
“The gods who stand on the other side of the corridor through which AFU-RA passes are all invoked by him, and they all are assumed to help him on his way, not because they are in duty bound to do so, but because he acknowledged their power b…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 14 (part 3)
“It is tolerably certain that the form in which they depicted it is much shorter than that in which it existed originally, and that the attributes and duties of many of the gods have been changed to suit the necessities of the cults of Osiri…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 15 (part 1)
“p.
140 CHAPTER IX.
FOURTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT.
II.
THE KINGDOM OF KHENTI-AMENTI-OSIRIS ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF GATES.
THE pictures and texts of this DIVISION, or HOUR, in the BOOK OF GATES vary considerably from those in the BOOK-AM-…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 15 (part 2)
“Immediately before the shrine is the Flame-goddess NESERT.
Before and behind the shrine are twelve gods, at the head of the first company being HERU-UR, or "Horus the Aged." HERU-UR addresses the god in the shrine by the names "Osiris" and…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 16 (part 1)
“FIFTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT.
II.
THE KINGDOM OF KHENTI-AMENTI-OSIRIS ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF GATES.
The FIFTH, like the FOURTH DIVISION of the BOOK OF GATES, in no way resembles that in the BOOK AM-TUAT, and it has nothing whatsoever to…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 16 (part 2)
“The first company of gods are, as we learn from the text, engaged in praising AFU-RA, and they have been rewarded with the exalted office which they hold in Ament because they praised RA at sunrise and sunset when they lived upon earth, and…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 16 (part 3)
“Kingdom of Osiris According to the Book Am-Tuat…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 17 (part 1)
“p.
148 CHAPTER X.
SIXTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT.
I.
KINGDOM OF OSIRIS ACCORDING TO THE BOOK AM-TUAT.
THIS DIVISION, or HOUR, is the first of four which are devoted to the Kingdom of Osiris; its name is METCHET-MU-NEBT-TUAT, its Gate is ca…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 18 (part 1)
“SEVENTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT.
I.
KINGDOM OF OSIRIS ACCORDING TO THE BOOK AM-TUAT.
The name of this DIVISION, or HOUR, is THEPHET-SHETAT, the name of the Gate is RUTI-ASAR, and the goddess of the Hour is KHEFTES-HAU-HESQ-NEHA-HRA.
On loo…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 18 (part 2)
“154-156); next come twelve goddesses of the hours, who face in the opposite direction, and are entreated to guide "the god who is on the horizon to the beautiful Amentet in peace." Beyond these is the great Crocodile, called ABSHE-AM-TUAT,…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 19
“EIGHTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT. I. KINGDOM OF OSIRIS ACCORDING TO THE BOOK AM-TUAT. The name of this DIVISION, or HOUR, or CITY, is TEBAT-NETERU-S, its Gate is called AHA-AN-URT-NEF, and its Hour-goddess is NEBT-USHAU. The Boat of AFU-RA now e…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 20
“NINTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT. I. KINGDOM OF OSIRIS ACCORDING TO THE BOOK AM-TUAT. The name of this DIVISION, or HOUR, Or CITY, is BEST-ARU-ANKHET-KHEPERU, the Gate is called SAA-EM-KEB, and its Hour-goddess is TUATET-MAKETET-EN-NEB-S. The Boa…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 21 (part 1)
“p.
158 CHAPTER XI.
SIXTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT.
II.
KINGDOM OF OSIRIS ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF GATES.
THE Boat of AFU-RA, having passed through the first five DIVISIONS of the Tuat, now, according to the BOOK OF GATES, arrives near the…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 21 (part 2)
“The ape may be the equivalent of the dog-headed ape which sits on the beam of the Balance in the pictures in the Theban papyri, and the pig may represent the Eater of the Dead; but at present these are matters of conjecture.
With reference…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 22 (part 2)
“The gods who sit round the lake of fire receive their bodies and souls from the serpent NEHEP, and then they journey into SEKHET-AARU, which apparently has not yet been reached.…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 24 (part 2)
“Who the beings in the water are it is impossible exactly to say, but it is clear that they were supposed to have the power to hinder the progress of the Boat of AFU-RA, for Horus propitiates them with promises of health and strength, as we…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 25 (part 2)
“The region to the left of the Boat is one of fire, and representations of it which we have in the BOOK AM-TUAT and the BOOK OF GATES may well have suggested the beliefs in a fiery hell that have come down through the centuries to our own ti…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 26 (part 1)
“p.
182 CHAPTER XIII.
NINTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT.
II.
KINGDOM OF TEMU-KHEPERA-RA ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF GATES.
THE NINTH, TENTH and ELEVENTH DIVISIONS of the BOOK OF GATES contain series of pictures and texts which are very hard to ex…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 26 (part 2)
“The men are called HERU-METU-HEKAIU, i.e., "those who are over the words (which have) magical power"; the apes are called SAIU, i.e., producers of magical effects by making knots in ropes, over which they whisper incantations; and the women…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 28 (part 1)
“ELEVENTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT.
II.
KINGDOM OF TEMU-KHEPERA-RA ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF GATES.
The gate which leads into the ELEVENTH DIVISION, or HOUR, is called SHETAT-BESU, and the name of the p.
189 monster serpent which guards it is…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 28 (part 2)
“191 they invoke the Spirits of the East, and join with them in singing hymns to the god, and in praising him after he has appeared in the sky.
At the head of the whole .
company stands a god with the head of a crocodile (vol.
ii., pp.
2…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 29 (part 1)
“p.
192 CHAPTER XIV.
TWELFTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT.
II.
EASTERN VESTIBULE OF THE TUAT, OR THE ANTECHAMBER OF THE WORLD OF LIGHT ACCORDING TO THE BOOK AM-TUAT.
THE TWELFTH DIVISION, or HOUR, Or CITY, is called KHEPER-KEKIU-KHAU-MESTU, the…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 29 (part 2)
“The mummified form in which the dead Sun-god travelled through the Tuat is now useless, and we see it cast aside and lying against the wall which divides the Tuat from this world; that there shall be no doubt about this it is described by t…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 30 (part 1)
“TWELFTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT.
II.
EASTERN VESTIBULE OF THE TUAT ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF GATES.
The last section of the BOOK OF GATES contains representations of the Gate TESERT-BAIU, with its two doors (vol.
ii., pp.
302, 303), which…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 30 (part 2)
“When the disk is on the horizon all men know that the monsters of the Tuat have failed to destroy AFU-RA or to obstruct his passage, that the god has, with the aid of KHEPERA, made all his transformations, that he has appeared in the sky ag…”
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Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter I
“Hermes, the God who presides over language, was formerly very properly considered as common to all priests; and the power who presides over the true science concerning the Gods 18 is one and the same in the whole of things. Hence our ancest…”
Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter III
“In the first place, therefore, you say, “ it must be granted that there are Gods .” Thus to speak, however, is not right on this subject. For an innate knowledge of the Gods is coexistent with our very essence; and this knowledge is superio…”
Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter IV-b
“This, therefore, subsists contrarily to what you suppose, for the purpose of discovering the peculiarity which you now investigate.
In short, whether you think that there is one genus of the Gods, one of dæmons, and in a similar manner of…”
Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter V-a
“In the next place, let us direct our attention to the solution of your inquiries.
There is, therefore, the good itself which is beyond essence, and there is that good which subsists according to essence; I mean the essence which is most an…”
Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter V-b
“Again, however, according to another mode of considering the subject, it is necessary to ascribe to the Gods the whole of that which is united, of whatever kind it may be; that which is firmly established in itself, and which is the cause o…”
Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter VIII-b
“Hence, through these things such a corporeal-formed division as you introduce, is demonstrated to be false.
It is, indeed, especially necessary not to propose any thing of this kind; but if this should appear to you to be requisite, yet yo…”
Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter IX-a
“I consider you, therefore, as asking, for it is your inquiry, “ Why, since the Gods dwell in the heavens alone, there are invocations by theurgists of terrestrial and subterranean Gods?
” For 45 what you assert in the beginning is not true…”
Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter X-a
“After these things, you again subjoin another division for yourself, “ in which you separate the essences of the more excellent genera by the difference of passive and impassive .” But neither do I admit this division.
For no one of the mo…”
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The Secret Writing According to John (Apocryphon of John), Codex II, 1 | The Savior Comforts John
“He asked me: “John, John, why do you marvel, and why [do you] fear?
Is this appearance unknown to all of you?
I mean, do not [be] of a weak heart.
I am the one who [is] always [with all of you].
I [am the Father],
I am the Mother,
I am the…”
Gospel of Judas | Jesus Reveals Everything to Judas-a
“Jesus said, "[Come] and I'll teach you about the [mysteries that no] human [will] see, because there exists a great and boundless realm whose horizons no angelic generation has seen, [in] which is a [great] invisible Spirit, which no [angel…”
Gospel of Philip | Section 1d
“When the child is grown, however, then the father turns over all he possesses.
THE LOST Those who have gone astray are those born of the spirit.
And they are usually lost because of the spirit.
So from one single breath of spirit the fir…”
Gospel of Philip | Section 1i
“His seed was Jesus, and the plant was the cross.” The tree of life in the middle of that garden of paradise is an olive tree, and from the olive tree comes chrism, and from that oil comes the resurrection.
THE WORLD EATS BODIES The world e…”
Gospel of Thomas | Logion 2
“Jesus said, "Let him who seeks continue seeking until he finds. When he finds, he will become troubled. When he becomes troubled, he will be astonished, and he will rule over the All."…”
Gospel of Thomas | Logion 3
“Jesus said, "If those who lead you say to you, 'See, the kingdom is in the sky,' then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you, 'It is in the sea,' then the fish will precede you. Rather, the kingdom is inside of you, and i…”
Gospel of Thomas | Logion 9
“Jesus said, "Now the sower went out, took a handful (of seeds), and scattered them. Some fell on the road; the birds came and gathered them up. Others fell on the rock, did not take root in the soil, and did not produce ears. And others fel…”
Gospel of Thomas | Logion 10
“Jesus said, "I have cast fire upon the world, and see, I am guarding it until it blazes."…”
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Orphic Hymns | Hymn I. THE GODDESS PROTHYRÆA
“I. TO THE GODDESS PROTHYRÆA * . The FUMIGATION from STORAX. O venerable goddess, hear my pray'r, For labour pains are thy peculiar care; in thee, when stretch'd upon the bed of grief, The sex as in a mirror view relief. Guard of the race, e…”
Orphic Hymns | Hymn II. NIGHT
“II. TO NIGHT. The FUMIGATION with TORCHES. NIGHT, parent goddess, source of sweet repose, From whom at first both Gods and men arose, Hear, blessed Venus, deck'd with starry light, 3 In sleep's deep silence dwelling Ebon night! Dreams and s…”
Orphic Hymns | Hymn III. HEAVEN
“III. TO HEAVEN. The FUMIGATION from FRANKINCENSE. GREAT Heav'n, whose mighty frame no respite knows, Father of all, from whom the world arose: Hear, bounteous parent, source and end of all, Forever whirling round this earthly ball; Abode of…”
Orphic Hymns | Hymn IV. FIRE
“IV. TO FIRE. The FUMIGATION from SAFFRON. O Ever untam'd Fire, who reign'st on high In Jove's dominions ruler of the sky; The glorious sun with dazzling lustre bright, And moon and stars from thee derive their light; All taming pow'r, æther…”
Orphic Hymns | Hymn V. PROTOGONUS, Or the FIRST-BORN
“V. TO PROTOGONUS, Or the FIRST-BORN. The FUMIGATION from MYRRH. O Mighty first-begotten, hear my pray'r, 1 Two-fold, egg-born, and wand'ring thro' the air, p. 119 Bull-roarer, glorying in thy golden wings, 3 From whom the race of Gods and m…”
Orphic Hymns | Hymn VII. THE SUN
“VII. TO THE SUN. The FUMIGATION from FRANKINCENSE and MANNA. HEAR golden Titan, whose eternal eye With broad survey, illumines all the sky. Self-born, unwearied in diffusing light, And to all eyes the mirrour of delight: Lord of the seasons…”
Orphic Hymns | Hymn VIII. THE MOON
“VIII. TO THE MOON * . The FUMIGATION from AROMATICS. HEAR, Goddess queen, diffusing silver light, Bull-horn'd and wand'ring thro' the gloom of Night. 2 p. 125 With stars surrounded, and with circuit wide Night's torch extending, thro' the h…”
Orphic Hymns | Hymn IX. NATURE
“IX. TO NATURE. * The FUMIGATION from AROMATICS. NATURE, all parent, ancient, and divine, O Much-mechanic mother, art is thine; p. 127 Heav'nly, abundant, venerable queen, In ev'ry part of thy dominions seen. p. 128 Untam'd, all-taming, ever…”
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The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 5 (part 1)
“Click to view THE TEMPTATION OF EVIL From Cædmon.
INTRODUCTION THE mystic tradition in Christian Times is preserved, apart from all questions and traces of Instituted Mysteries, in the literature of Christian Mystical Theology; it is a lar…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 5 (part 4)
“Blessed and Holy are those who receive the experience of God in the dilucid contemplation, but sanctity and benediction and all in all is that state wherein contemplation is ineffably unified, by a super-eminent leap over of love, with that…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 5 (part 7)
“I should imagine that the Lords of its Convention are to be feared in a certain manner, like the Red and the Black Death.
But the versicles and aspirations and formulæ which must be strong enough at any moment to undo all the gates of hell…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 9 (part 4)
“The sources of occult wisdom, it proceeds, are, firstly, in God; secondly, in spiritual essences--that is to say, the Angelical Hierarchy; thirdly, in corporeal creatures, the reference being probably to the signatura rerum of Paracelsus; f…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 9 (part 5)
“Click to view THE CHARACTER OF HAGITH The government of Venereal concerns is entrusted to HAGITH, and the person possessing his character is adorned with all beauty.
He converts copper into gold in a moment and gold instantaneously into co…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 11 (part 3)
“While it thus ensures against evil, it gives happiness in domestic matters and in the enterprises which contribute to prosperity and to the pleasures of a contented life.
The proviso is that [paragraph continues] "the instructions must be…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 11 (part 4)
“There are prayers for voyages, prayers addressed to the Cross, and then under the Tau symbol, commencing with the curious exclamation, Per signum ✠ Domini Tau, libera me , there follows a long conjuration, as express as anything in Magic, d…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 12 (part 1)
Ҥ 4.
The Seven Mysterious Orisons SUNDAY Pater noster, &c.
Deliver me, O Lord, I beseech Thee, me even, thy creature, N., from all evils Past, present and to come, whether of body or soul; grant me peace and health in Thy goodness; inclin…”
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Genesis (American Standard Version, 1901) | 1:1-1:25
“[1:1] In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
[1:2] And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
[1:3] And God said, Let there be li…”
Genesis (American Standard Version, 1901) | 1:26-2:14
“[1:26] And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that c…”
Genesis (American Standard Version, 1901) | 2:15-3:11
“[2:15] And Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
[2:16] And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
[2:17] but of the tree of the knowl…”
Genesis (American Standard Version, 1901) | 3:12-4:7
“[3:12] And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
[3:13] And Jehovah God said unto the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.…”
Genesis (American Standard Version, 1901) | 4:8-5:2
“[4:8] And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
[4:9] And Jehovah said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my…”
Genesis (American Standard Version, 1901) | 5:3-6:1
“[5:3] And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
[5:4] and the days of Adam after he begat Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters.
[5:…”
Genesis (American Standard Version, 1901) | 6:2-7:1
“[6:2] that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose.
[6:3] And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not strive with man for ever, for that he also is flesh: yet shall his days b…”
Genesis (American Standard Version, 1901) | 7:2-7:24
“[7:2] Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee seven and seven, the male and his female; and of the beasts that are not clean two, the male and his female:
[7:3] of the birds also of the heavens, seven and seven, male and female, to ke…”
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The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Page 3 (part 8)
“Of special interest here is the mention of the Garden of Righteousness, and the Tree of Wisdom (xxviii.-xxxvi.).
Much that is written in these chapters may appear p.
xxi pointless and uninspiring; but we must bear in mind the purpose that…”
The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter I
“p. 31 BOOK OF ENOCH I-XXXVI I-V. Parable of Enoch on the Future Lot of the Wicked and the Righteous CHAPTER I. 1. The words of the blessing of Enoch, wherewith he blessed the elect ⌈⌈ and ⌉⌉ righteous, who will be living in the day of tribu…”
The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter II
“CHAPTER II. 1. Observe ye everything that takes place in the heaven, how they do not change their orbits, ⌈ and ⌉ the luminaries which are in the heaven, how they all rise and set in order each in its season, and transgress not against thei…”
The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter V
“CHAPTER V. 1. Observe ⌈⌈ ye ⌉⌉ how the trees cover themselves with green leaves and bear fruit: wherefore give ye heed ⌈ and know ⌉ with regard to all ⌈ His works ⌉ , and recognize how He that liveth for ever hath made them so. 2. And ⌈ all…”
The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter IX
“CHAPTER IX. 1. And then Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel looked down from heaven and saw much blood being shed upon the earth, and all lawlessness being wrought upon the earth. 2. And they said one to another: 'The earth made †without i…”
The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter X (part 1)
“CHAPTER X.
1.
Then said the Most High, the Holy and Great One spake, and sent Uriel to the son of Lamech, and said to him: 2.
' 〈 Go to Noah 〉 and tell him in my name "Hide thyself!" and reveal to him the end that is approaching: that th…”
The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter X (part 2)
“And all desirable trees shall be planted on it, and they shall plant vines on it: and the vine which they plant thereon shall yield wine in abundance, and as for all the seed which is sown thereon each measure (of it) shall bear a thousand,…”
The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter XI
“CHAPTER XI. 1. And in those days I will open the store chambers of blessing which are in the heaven, so as to send them down ⌈ upon the earth ⌉ over the work and labour of the children of men. 2. And truth and peace shall be associated toge…”
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Plato: Phaedo | Section 1c
“They are two, and yet they grow together out of one head or stem; and I cannot help thinking that if Aesop had noticed them, he would have made a fable about God trying to reconcile their strife, and when he could not, he fastened their hea…”
Plato: Phaedo | Section 1d
“Socrates replied: And have you, Cebes and Simmias, who are acquainted with Philolaus, never heard him speak of this?
I never understood him, Socrates.
My words, too, are only an echo; but I am very willing to say what I have heard: and in…”
Plato: Phaedo | Section 1e
“And I rather imagine that Cebes is referring to you; he thinks that you are too ready to leave us, and too ready to leave the gods who, as you acknowledge, are our good rulers.
Yes, replied Socrates; there is reason in that.
And this indi…”
Plato: Phaedo | Section 1i
“They are temperate because they are intemperate-which may seem to be a contradiction, but is nevertheless the sort of thing which happens with this foolish temperance.
For there are pleasures which they must have, and are afraid of losing;…”
Plato: Phaedo | Section 1t
“When Socrates had done speaking, for a considerable time there was silence; he himself and most of us appeared to be meditating on what had been said; only Cebes and Simmias spoke a few words to one another.
And Socrates observing this ask…”
Plato: Phaedo | Section 1aj
“No other proof is needed, he said; for if the immortal, being eternal, is liable to perish, then nothing is imperishable.
Yes, replied Socrates, all men will agree that God, and the essential form of life, and the immortal in general, will…”
Plato: Phaedo | Section 1am
“And upon the earth are animals and men, some in a middle region, others dwelling about the air as we dwell about the sea; others in islands which the air flows round, near the continent: and in a word, the air is used by them as the water a…”
Plato: Phaedo | Section 1ar
“He was beginning to grow cold about the groin, when he uncovered his face, for he had covered himself up, and said (they were his last words)-he said: Crito, I owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt?
The debt shall be p…”
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Adapa and the Food of Life | Section 1a
“ADAPA AND THE FOOD OF LIFE .
TABLET NO.1 He possessed intelligence .
.
.
, His command like the command of Anu ...
He (Ea) granted him a wide ear to reveal the destiny of the land, He granted him wisdom, but he did not grant him eterna…”
Adapa and the Food of Life | Section 1b
“Adapa, For whom art thou clad in a mourning garment?" In the country two gods have vanished; therefore am I clad In mourning garments." "Who are the two gods, who have vanished from the land?" "Tammuz and Gishzida." They looked at one anoth…”
The Descent of the Goddess Ishtar into the Lower World | Section 1a
“Return to Ancient Near East index Return to Main Index DESCENT OF THE GODDESS ISHTAR INTO THE LOWER WORLD [From The Civilization of Babylonia and Assyria, M.
Jastrow, 1915] To the land of no return, the land of darkness, Ishtar, the daught…”
The Descent of the Goddess Ishtar into the Lower World | Section 1b
“"Why, O gatekeeper, dost thou remove the girdle of my body, studded with birth-stones?" "Enter, O lady, for such are the decrees of Ereshkigal." The sixth gate, he bade her enter, opened it wide, and removed the spangles off her hands and f…”
The Descent of the Goddess Ishtar into the Lower World | Section 1c
“Sprinkle Ishtar with the waters of life and take her out of my presence.
Namtar went, knocked at the strong palace, Tapped on the threshold of precious stones.
He brought out the Anunnaki and placed them on golden thrones, He sprinkled Is…”
Enuma Elish: The Epic of Creation | 1a
“THE FIRST TABLET When in the height heaven was not named, And the earth beneath did not yet bear a name, And the primeval Apsu, who begat them, And chaos, Tiamut, the mother of them both Their waters were mingled together, And no field was…”
Enuma Elish: The Epic of Creation | 1b
“let us wage war!" ...
the gods in the midst of...
...
for the gods did she create.
They banded themselves together and at the side of Tiamat they advanced; They were furious; they devised mischief without resting night and day.
They pr…”
Enuma Elish: The Epic of Creation | 1c
“Whoever beholdeth them is overcome by terror, Their bodies rear up and none can withstand their attack.
She hath set up vipers, and dragons, and the monster Lahamu, And hurricanes and raging hounds, and scorpion-men, And mighty tempests, a…”
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The Kalevala | Rune I-a
“OF WAINAMOINEN.
In primeval times, a maiden, Beauteous Daughter of the Ether, Passed for ages her existence In the great expanse of heaven, O'er the prairies yet enfolded.
Wearisome the maiden growing, Her existence sad and hopeless, Thus…”
The Kalevala | Rune II-d
“Down from heaven came the eagle, Through the air be came a-flying, That he might this thing consider; And he spake the words that follow: "Wherefore, ancient Wainamoinen, Hast thou left the slender birch-tree, Left the birch-tree only stand…”
The Kalevala | Rune VII-d
“This the reason for my weeping; I have lived in toil and torture, Since I left my home and country, Left my native land and kindred, Came to this the land of strangers, To these unfamiliar portals.
All thy trees have thorns to wound me, Al…”
The Kalevala | Rune IX-e
“If thou heedest not this order, I shall offer other measures, Know I well of other forces; I shall call the Hisi irons, In them I shall boil and roast thee, Thus to check thy crimson flowing, Thus to save the wounded hero.
"If these means…”
The Kalevala | Rune IX-f
“Thus it was be tried the balsam, Thus the magic salve he tested, Touched with it the splintered sandstone, Touched the broken blocks of granite, Touched the fissures in the mountains, And the broken parts united, All the fragments grew toge…”
The Kalevala | Rune IX-g
“O, ye people of Wainola, People of this generation, And the folk of future ages, Fashion not in emulation, River boat, nor ocean shallop, Boasting of its fine appearance, God alone can work completion, Give to cause its perfect ending, Neve…”
The Kalevala | Rune XI-f
“I have brought the best among them In my sledge to this thy cottage; Well I wrapped her in my fur-robes, Kept her warm enwrapped in bear-skin, Brought her to my mother's dwelling, As my faithful life-companion; Thus I paid the scornful maid…”
The Kalevala | Rune XII-d
“Spake the stout-heart, Lemminkainen: "Rise ye heroes of the broadsword, Ye, the earth's eternal heroes, From the deeps, ye sickle-bearers, From the brooks, ye crossbow-shooters, Come, thou forest, with thine archers, Come, ye thickets, with…”
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Avesta (Gathas) | Ahunavaiti Gatha, Yasna XXVIII, Section 1a
“1.
(A strengthening blessing 1 is the thought, a blessing is the word, a blessing is the deed of the righteous Zarathu s tra.
May the Bountiful Immortals 2 accept and help on 3 the chants.
Homage to you, O sacred Gâthas 4 !) 2.
With ven…”
Avesta (Gathas) | Ahunavaiti Gatha, Yasna XXVIII, Section 1b
“(And) do thou, O (Divine) Righteousness, bestow (upon me) that sacred blessing which is constituted by the attainments of the Good Mind (within my soul) 3 ; and do thou also, O Piety!
grant unto p.
22 [paragraph continues] Vî s tâspa and…”
Avesta (Gathas) | Ahunavaiti Gatha, Yasna XXIX, Section 1a
“(Homage to you, O Sacred Gâthas!) 1.
Unto you (O Ahura and Asha!) the Soul of the Kine (our sacred herds and folk) cried aloud: For whom did ye create me, and by 1 whom did ye fashion me?
On me comes the assault of wrath, and of violent p…”
Avesta (Gathas) | Ahunavaiti Gatha, Yasna XXIX, Section 1b
“Ahura.
8.
This man is found for me here who alone 4 has p.
11 hearkened to our enunciations, Zarathu s tra Spitama!
Our mighty and completed acts of grace he desires to enounce for us, for (Me), the Great Creator and for Righteousness;…”
Avesta (Gathas) | Ahunavaiti Gatha, Yasna XXX, Section 1a
“1.
And now I will proclaim, O ye who are drawing near and seeking 1 to be taught!
those animadversions 2 which appertain to Him who knows (all things) whatsoever; the praises which are for Ahura, and the sacrifices (which spring) from the…”
Avesta (Gathas) | Ahunavaiti Gatha, Yasna XXX, Section 1b
“And may we be such as those who bring on p.
34 this great renovation, and make this world progressive, (till its perfection shall have been reached).
(As) the Ahuras of Mazda 1 (even) may we be; (yea, like Thyself), in helpful readiness t…”
Avesta (Gathas) | Ahunavaiti Gatha, Yasna XXXI, Section 1a
“1.
These doctrines (therefore) we are earnestly declaring to You as we recite them forth from memory, words (till now) unheard 1 (with faith) by those who by means of the doctrinal vows 2 of the harmful Lie are delivering the settlements o…”
Avesta (Gathas) | Ahunavaiti Gatha, Yasna XXXI, Section 1b
“as the one to be adored with the mind in the creation, as the Father of the Good Mind within us, when I beheld Thee 7 with my (enlightened) eyes as the veritable maker of our Righteousness, as the Lord of the actions of life 8 !
9.
Thine,…”
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Corpus Hermeticum 1: Poimandres | Section 1a
“Poemandres, the Shepherd of Men <This is the most famous of the Hermetic documents, a revelation account describing a vision of the creation of the universe and the nature and fate of humanity.
Authors from the Renaissance onward have been…”
Corpus Hermeticum 1: Poimandres | Section 1b
“But when He raised His head, I see in Mind the Light, [but] now in Powers no man could number, and Cosmos grown beyond all bounds, and that the Fire was compassed round about by a most mighty Power, and [now] subdued had come unto a stand.…”
Corpus Hermeticum 1: Poimandres | Section 1c
“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 M…”
Corpus Hermeticum 1: Poimandres | Section 1d
“Thou seem'st, He said, O thou, not to have given heed to what thou heardest.
Did I not bid thee think?
Yea do I think, and I remember, and therefore give Thee thanks.
If thou didst think [thereon], [said He], tell me: Why do they merit d…”
Corpus Hermeticum 1: Poimandres | Section 1f
“All this befell me from my Mind, that is Man-Shepherd, Word (Logos) of all masterhood, by whom being God-inspired I came unto the Plain of Truth.
Wherefore with all my soul and strength thanksgiving give I unto Father-God.
31.
Holy art T…”
Corpus Hermeticum 2: The Serapeum | Section 1d
“Not only, then, is God not understood by all, but both unto the gods and some of the men they out of ignorance do give the name of Good, though they can never either be or become Good.
For they are very different from God, while Good can n…”
Corpus Hermeticum 3: The Sacred Sermon | Section 1
“The Sacred Sermon 1. The Glory of all things is God, Godhead and Godly Nature. Source of the things that are is God, who is both Mind and Nature - yea Matter, the Wisdom that reveals all things. Source [too] is Godhead - yea Nature, Energy,…”
Corpus Hermeticum 5: The Discourse of Hermes to Asclepius | Section 1a
“Though Unmanifest God Is Most Manifest 1.
I will recount to thee this sermon (logos) too, O Tat, that thou may'st cease to be without the mysteries of the God beyond all name.
And mark thou well how that which to the many seems unmanifest…”
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The Bhagavad Gita | Chapter II, Section 1a
“CHAPTER II.
Sañ g aya said: To him, who was thus overcome with pity, and dejected, and whose eyes were full of tears and turbid, the destroyer of Madhu spoke these words.
The Deity said: How (comes it that) this delusion, O Ar g una!
whi…”
The Bhagavad Gita | Chapter III, Section 1a
“CHAPTER III.
Ar g una said: If, O Ganârdana!
devotion is deemed by you to be superior to action, then why, O Kesava!
do you prompt me to (this) fearful action?
You seem, indeed, to confuse my mind by equivocal words.
Therefore, declare…”
The Bhagavad Gita | Chapter III, Section 1b
“For should I at any time not engage without sloth in action, men would follow in my path from all sides, O son of P ri thâ!
If I did not perform actions, these worlds would be destroyed, I should be the cause of caste interminglings; and I…”
The Bhagavad Gita | Chapter IV, Section 1a
“CHAPTER IV.
The Deity said: This everlasting (system of) devotion I declared to the sun, the sun declared it to Manu , and Manu communicated it to Ikshvâku.
Coming thus by steps, it became known to royal sages.
But, O terror of (your) fo…”
The Bhagavad Gita | Chapter VI, Section 1a
“CHAPTER VI.
The Deity said: He who, regardless of the fruit of actions, performs the actions which ought to be performed, is the devotee and renouncer; not he who discards the (sacred) fires , nor he who performs no acts.
Know, O son of P…”
The Bhagavad Gita | Chapter VI, Section 1b
“That (mental condition), in which the mind restrained by practice of abstraction, ceases to work; in which too, one seeing the self by the self , is pleased in the self; in which one experiences that infinite happiness which transcends the…”
The Bhagavad Gita | Chapter VI, Section 1c
“He who is fallen from devotion attains the worlds of those who perform meritorious acts, dwells (there) for many a year, and is afterwards born into a family of holy and illustrious men.
Or he is even born into a family of talented devotee…”
The Bhagavad Gita | Chapter VII, Section 1a
“CHAPTER VII.
The Deity said: O son of P ri thâ!
now hear how you can without doubt know me fully, fixing your mind on me, and resting in me, and practising devotion.
I will now tell you exhaustively about knowledge together with experien…”
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The Heroic Enthusiasts, Part I (Gli Eroici Furori) | INTRODUCTION-f
“He was then advised to doff the Dominican habit, which he still wore; this he was quite willing to do, only he had no money to buy other clothing, and was forced to have some made of the cloth of his monkish robes, and his new friends prese…”
The Heroic Enthusiasts, Part I (Gli Eroici Furori) | INTRODUCTION-h
“The primal idea of Pythagoras, which Bruno worked out to a more distinct development is this: numbers are the beginning of things; in other words numbers are the cause of the existence of material things; they are not final, but are always…”
The Heroic Enthusiasts, Part I (Gli Eroici Furori) | INTRODUCTION-i
“The life of man is more than an experience or trial; it is an effort, a struggle to reproduce and represent upon earth some of that goodness, beauty, and truth which are diffused over the universe and constitute its harmony.
Long, slow, an…”
The Heroic Enthusiasts, Part I (Gli Eroici Furori) | INTRODUCTION-l
“There he passed the first day of that imprisonment which was to last for eight years.
The next day he went over the lagoon in a gondola, in the company of his jailors, who took him to the prison of the Holy Office, and left him there.
Lev…”
The Heroic Enthusiasts, Part I (Gli Eroici Furori) | First Dialogue-c
“Hence he cries: "O mountain of Parnassus, where I abide!
Muses, with whom I converse!
Fountain of Helicon, where I am nourished.
Mountain, that affordest me a quiet dwelling-place!
Muses, that inspire me with pro found doctrines.
Fount…”
The Heroic Enthusiasts, Part I (Gli Eroici Furori) | First Dialogue-f
“One thing is certain, that he who loves wisely in youth will in age not go astray.
But derision is for those of mature age, into whose hands Love puts the alphabet.
Cic.
Tell me now why Fate is called blind and bad.
Tans.
Again, blind…”
The Heroic Enthusiasts, Part I (Gli Eroici Furori) | Third Dialogue-d
“In this disposition, I believe, was the Nolano when he said: 14.
Woe's me!
my fury forces me To union with the bad within, And makes it seem a love supreme and good.
Wearied, my soul cares nought That I opposing counsels entertain, And w…”
The Heroic Enthusiasts, Part I (Gli Eroici Furori) | Third Dialogue-e
“Others esteem him unhappy through this appearance of an evil destiny, as being condemned to these pangs, for he will never cease from acknowledging the obligation he is under to love, nor cease from rendering thanks to him because he has pr…”
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Gnostic John the Baptizer — Portents at John's Birth | Section 4
“Yahyā proclaims in the nights, Yōhānā on the Night's evenings. 4
YAHYĀ proclaims in the nights and says: "Through my Father's discourses I give light and through the praise of the Man, my creator, I have freed my soul from the world and fr…”
Gnostic John the Baptizer — Portents at John's Birth | Section 5
“The Sun opened his mouth and spake unto Yahyā: 2 "Thou hast three
[head-] bands [and] a crown which equals in worth the whole world. Thou hast
a ship of mashklil , 3 which sails about here
on the Jordan. Thou hast a great vessel which sails…”
Gnostic John the Baptizer — Portents at John's Birth | Section 8
“[What follows is presumably the beginning of the Letter.]
Gnosis of Life 8 who is far from the height [writes]:
"I have come unto thee, O Soul, whom Life has sent into this world. In
robes of the Eight 9 went I into the world. I went in t…”
Gnostic John the Baptizer — Portents at John's Birth | Section 9
“JOHN AND THE BAPTISM OF JESUS (§ 30).
Yahyā proclaims in the nights, Yōhānā on the Night's evenings.
YAHYĀ proclaims in the nights.—Glory rises over the worlds.
Who told Yeshu (Eshu)? Who told Yeshu Messiah, son of Miryam, who told Yeshu…”
Gnostic John the Baptizer — Portents at John's Birth | Section 10
“"A blind man who writes a letter: a villain who has become virtuous. He
abandoned wantonness and abandoned theft and reached unto faith in almighty
Life.
"A desolate house who ascends again to the height: one of position who
has become hum…”
Gnostic John the Baptizer — Portents at John's Birth | Section 11
“[? Gnosis of Life speaks (cp. § 29):]
"Let me warn you, my brothers, let me warn you, my beloved! Let me warn
you, my brothers, against the . . . who are like unto the cross. They lay it
on the walls; then stand there and bow down to the b…”
Gnostic John the Baptizer — Portents at John's Birth | Section 12
“Thereon they 3 fashioned for Yahyā a wife out of thee, thou Region of the Faithful. 4 From the first conception were Handan and Sharrath born. From the middle conception were Birhām and R'himath-Haiyē born. From the last conception were Nṣa…”
Gnostic John the Baptizer — Portents at John's Birth | Section 14
“When Enishbai heard this, she cried out and she said: "Of all these names which you name, will I not give him one; but the name Yahyā-Yōhānā will I give him, [the name] which Life's self has given unto him."
When the Jews heard this, they…”
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The Masnavi, Book I (Rumi) | PROLOGUE-a
“HEARKEN to the reed-flute, how it complains, Lamenting its banishment from its home: "Ever since they tore me from my osier bed, My plaintive notes have moved men and women to tears.
I burst my breast, striving to give vent to sighs, And t…”
The Masnavi, Book I (Rumi) | PROLOGUE-b
“Knowest thou why thy mirror reflects not?
Because the rust has not been scoured from its face.
If it were purified from all rust and defilement, It would reflect the shining of the SUN Of GOD.6 O friends, ye have now heard this tale, Whic…”
The Masnavi, Book I (Rumi) | STORY I-a
“The Prince and the Handmaid.
A prince, while engaged on a hunting excursion, espied a fair maiden, and by promises of gold induced her to accompany him.
After a time she fell sick, and the prince had her tended by divers physicians.
As,…”
The Masnavi, Book I (Rumi) | STORY III-a
“The Jewish King, his Vazir, and the Christians.
A certain Jewish king used to persecute the Christians, desiring to exterminate their faith.
His Vazir persuaded him to try a stratagem, namely, to mutilate the Vazir himself, and expel him…”
The Masnavi, Book I (Rumi) | STORY IV
“Another Tyrannical Jewish King. A certain Jewish king, the same who is referred to in the Sura "Signs of the Zodiac," I made up his mind to utterly exterminate the Christian faith, and with that view he set up a huge idol, and issued comman…”
The Masnavi, Book I (Rumi) | STORY V-a
“The Lion and the Beasts.
In the book of Kalila and Damna a story is told of a lion who held all the beasts of the neighborhood in subjection, and was in the habit of making constant raids upon them, to take and kill such of them as he requ…”
The Masnavi, Book I (Rumi) | STORY V-c
“The skill taught by God to the silkworm Is a learning beyond the reach of the elephant.
The earthly Adam was taught of God names, 4 So that his glory reached the seventh heaven.
He laid low the name and fame of the angels, 5 Yet blind ind…”
The Masnavi, Book I (Rumi) | STORY VI-a
“Omar and the Ambassador.
The hare, having delivered his companions from the tyranny of the lion, in the manner just described, proceeds to improve the occasion by exhorting them to engage in a greater and more arduous warfare, viz., the st…”
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The Soul of the Indian | Chapter I-a
“THE GREAT MYSTERY Solitary Worship.
The Savage Philosopher.
The Dual Mind.
Spiritual Gifts versus Material Progress.
The Paradox of “Christian Civilization.” The original attitude of the American Indian toward the Eternal, the “Great My…”
The Soul of the Indian | Chapter II-b
“You may destroy him once and again, but he issues as often from that same gentle lap—a gift of the Great Good to the race, in which man is only an accomplice!” This wild mother has not only the experience of her mother and grandmother, and…”
The Soul of the Indian | Chapter III-a
“CEREMONIAL AND SYMBOLIC WORSHIP Modern Perversions of Early Religious Rites.
The Sun Dance.
The Great Medicine Lodge.
Totems and Charms.
The Vapor-Bath and the Ceremonial of the Pipe.
The public religious rites of the Plains Indians ar…”
The Soul of the Indian | Chapter III-b
“It was customary to paint the man red and the animal black, and each was suspended from one end of the crossbar which was securely tied some two feet from the top of the pole.
I have never been able to determine that this cross had any sig…”
The Soul of the Indian | Chapter III-e
“The sacred beast, bird, or reptile, represented by its stuffed skin, or by a rude painting, was treated with reverence and carried into battle to insure the guardianship of the spirits.
The symbolic attribute of beaver, bear, or tortoise,…”
Myths of the Cherokee | Myth 4a
“ORIGIN OF DISEASE AND MEDICINE In the old days the beasts, birds, fishes, insects, and plants could all talk, and they and the people lived together in peace and friendship.
But as time went on the people increased so rapidly that their se…”
Myths of the Cherokee | Myth 12
“ORIGIN OF STRAWBERRIES When the first man was created and a mate was given to him, they lived together very happily for a time, but then began to quarrel, until at last the woman left her husband and started off toward Nûñdâgûñ′yĭ, the Sun…”
Myths of the Cherokee | Myth 52
“THE RED MAN AND THE UKTENA Two brothers went hunting together, and when they came to a good camping place in the mountains they made a fire, and while one gathered bark to put up a shelter the other started up the creek to look for a deer.…”
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The Mabinogion | Tale KILHWCH AND OLWEN-a
“OR THE TWRCH TRWYTH Kilydd the son of Prince Kelyddon desired a wife as a helpmate, and the wife that he chose was Goleuddydd, the daughter of Prince Anlawdd.
And after their union, the people put up prayers that they might have an heir.…”
The Mabinogion | Tale KILHWCH AND OLWEN-o
“And these are Nynniaw and Peibaw whom God turned into oxen on account of their sins.” “It will be easy for me to compass this.” “Though thou get this, there is yet that which thou wilt not get.
Seest thou yonder red tilled ground?” “I see…”
The Mabinogion | Tale KILHWCH AND OLWEN-r
“It is not possible to hunt the boar Trwyth without Gwynn the son of Nudd, whom God has placed over the brood of devils in Annwvyn, lest they should destroy the present race.
He will never be spared thence.” “It will be easy for me to compa…”
The Mabinogion | Tale KILHWCH AND OLWEN-w
“Said Arthur, “Which of the marvels will it be best for us now to seek first?” “It will be best to seek for the two cubs of Gast Rhymhi.” “Is it known,” asked Arthur, “where she is?” “She is in Aber Deu Cleddyf,” said one.
Then Arthur went…”
The Mabinogion | Tale KILHWCH AND OLWEN-z
“And the third day Arthur himself encountered him, and he fought with him nine nights and nine days without so much as killing even one little pig.
The warriors inquired of Arthur what was the origin of that swine; and he told them that he…”
The Mabinogion | Tale TALIESIN-b
“And just as she was about to stoop upon him, and he was in fear of death, he espied a heap of winnowed wheat on the floor of a barn, and he dropped among the wheat, and turned himself into one of the grains.
Then she transformed herself in…”
The Mabinogion | Tale TALIESIN-c
“Elphin of notable qualities, Be not displeased at thy misfortune; Although reclined thus weak in my bag, There lies a virtue in my tongue.
While I continue thy protector Thou hast not much to fear; Remembering the names of the Trinity, Non…”
The Mabinogion | Tale TALIESIN-d
“I will supplicate my Lord that I get refuge in him, A regard I may obtain in his grace; The Son of Mary is my trust, great in him is my delight, For in him is the world continually upholden.
God has been to instruct me and to raise my expe…”
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Tao Te Ching | Chapter 6
“The valley spirit dies not, aye the same; The female mystery thus do we name. Its gate, from which at first they issued forth, Is called the root from which grew heaven and earth. Long and unbroken does its power remain, Used gently, and wi…”
Tao Te Ching | Chapter 39
“The things which from of old have got the One (the Tao) are-- Heaven which by it is bright and pure; Earth rendered thereby firm and sure; Spirits with powers by it supplied; Valleys kept full throughout their void All creatures which throu…”
Tao Te Ching | Chapter 51
“All things are produced by the Tao, and nourished by its outflowing operation. They receive their forms according to the nature of each, and are completed according to the circumstances of their condition. Therefore all things without excep…”
Tao Te Ching | Chapter 67
“All the world says that, while my Tao is great, it yet appears to be inferior (to other systems of teaching). Now it is just its greatness that makes it seem to be inferior. If it were like any other (system), for long would its smallness h…”
Tao Te Ching | Chapter 79
“When a reconciliation is effected (between two parties) after a great animosity, there is sure to be a grudge remaining (in the mind of the one who was wrong). And how can this be beneficial (to the other)? Therefore (to guard against this)…”
The Writings of Chuang Tzu (Inner Chapters) | Book VI (part 5)
“Dze-sze 1 , Dze-yü 1 , Dze-1î 1 , and Dze-lâi 1 , these four men, were talking together, when some one said, 'Who can suppose the head to be made from nothing, the spine from life, and the rump-bone from death?
Who knows how death and birt…”
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The Dhammapada | Chapter XIV, Section 1c
“But that is not a safe refuge, that is not the best refuge; a man is not delivered from all pains after having gone to that refuge.
190.
He who takes refuge with Buddha, the Law, [188-192.
These verses occur in Sanskrit in the Prâtihârya…”
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The Poetic Edda: Hovamol | Section 1n
“Knowest how one shall write, | knowest how one shall rede?
Knowest how one shall tint, | knowest how one makes trial?
Knowest how one shall ask, | knowest how one shall offer?
Knowest how one shall send, | knowest how one shall sacrifice…”
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The Secret Doctrine | Page 30 (part 2)
“Whether Egyptian or Pelasgian, Aryan or Semitic, the genius loci , the local god, embraced in its unity all nature; but not especially the four elements any more than one of their creations, such as trees, rivers, mounts or stars.
The geni…”
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Îsâ-Upanishad | Îsâ, Section 1b
“Remember thy deeds 5 !
18.
Agni, lead us on to wealth (beatitude) by a good path, thou, O God, who knowest all things!
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314 [paragraph continues] Keep far from us crooked evil, and we shall offer thee the fullest praise!
(Rv.
I, 189…”