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Guided passage of the soul through afterlife realms.

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◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 4 (part 17)

“will show that about three-fourths of the whole may be found in the monuments of his ancestors. What principle guided each king in the selection of his texts, or whether the additions in each represent religious developments, it is impossi…”

◆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.[1] Chapter LI. The Chapter of not walking upside down in the underworld. Vignette: A man standing. Chapter LII.* The Cha…”

◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 10 (part 1)

“THE GODS OF THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. The following are the principal gods and goddesses mentioned in the pyramid texts and in the later versions of the Book of the Dead:-- Nu represents the primeval watery mass from which all the gods were ev…”

◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 10 (part 2)

“Originally his festival was celebrated in the evening, wherefrom it appears that he represented some form of the night sun; but in later times the ceremony of drawing the image of the god Seker in the hennu boat round the sanctuary was perf…”

◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 10 (part 3)

“Lanzone, op. cit., tav. 336, No. 3.] {p. cx } scarabs which are found in tombs of all ages in Egypt, and also in the Greek islands and settlements in the Mediterranean, and in PhÅnicia, Syria, and elsewhere. The seat of the god Kheper…”

◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 10 (part 8)

“The natural opposition of the day and night was at an early period confounded with the battle which took place between Horus, the son of Isis, and Set, wherein Isis intervened, and it seems that the moral idea of the battle of right against…”

◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 10 (part 13)

“In turn it was identified with all the gods of Egypt, new or old, and its influence was so great upon the minds of the Egyptians that from the earliest days they depicted to themselves a material heaven wherein the Isles of the Blest were l…”

◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 10 (part 14)

◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 10 (part 18)

“The charms against serpents in the pyramid texts of the Vth and VIth dynasties have their equivalents in the XXXIst and XXXIIIrd Chapters of the Book of the Dead, which are found on coffins of the XIth and XIIth dynasties;[2] and in the XVI…”

◆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.[2] Thou purifiest thyself with the Heru-shesu;[*] thou art purified with natron…”

◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 13 (part 7)

“16.) The text of this Chapter agrees rather with the second version in the papyrus of Nebseni than with that in B.M. papyrus No. 9964. As the Ani papyrus is of Theban origin this was to be expected. Chapter LIV. "The Chapter of giving…”

◆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 16 (part 3)

“The palettes of the Egyptian scribe were rectangular, and were made of wood, stone, basalt, ivory (see Nos. 5512a, 5513, 5525a, and 12,779, etc., in the British Museum). They measure from 10 to 17 inches in length, and from 2 to 3 inches…”

◆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 3)

“, Hermopolis Magna, the metropolis of Un, the 15th nome of Upper Egypt, the city called ### by the Copts, and Eshmûnên, ### by the Arabs. It was the abode of the "eight" ( xemennu ) great primeval gods, and of Thoth, the scribe of the gods…”

◆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 8)

“Sekhem is the metropolis of ### or ### Khens , the Greek Letopolites, the 2nd nome of Lower Egypt; it is the ###, or ### of the Coptic writers, and was situated about twenty-five miles north of Memphis. According to a text at Edfu, the nec…”

◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 18 (part 12)

“May I sail up and down through the fields of Aaru; may I come thither in peace; for I am the double Lion-god."…”

◆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"[4] un re , is being performed by the sem [5] priest, clad in a panther's skin and holding in his right hand the instrument Ur heka [6] i.…”

◆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 29 (part 2)

“Text [CHAPTER CXXXIII.]: (1) TO BE SAID ON THE DAY OF THE MONTH.[2] (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 h…”

◆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 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 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 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 31)

“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 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 46)

“lxi} 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.[1] 3. ahau pa neheh t'er-f pa t'etta em sah-f [His] duration of life is eternity, his limit of life is eve…”

◆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.] {p. lxvii} supported by a passage in the XCIInd Chapter of the Book of the Dead,[1] 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…”

◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 86)

“tav 346.] {p. cxiii} 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 v…”

◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 90)

“De Iside et Osiride , Â§ 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.] {p. cxv…”

◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 96)

“500, Paris, 1879, p. 27. 4 Pyramid of Unas, l. 564.] {p. cxxvi} 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 wher…”

◆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.[6] 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.[7] O Unas, that which flo…”

◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 4 (part 1)

“p. 1 THE EGYPTIAN HEAVEN AND HELL CHAPTER I. ORIGIN OF ILLUSTRATED GUIDES TO THE OTHER WORLD. THE inhabitants of Egypt during the Dynastic Period of their history possessed, in common with other peoples of similar antiquity, very definit…”

◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 4 (part 6)

“Moreover, the soul which had knowledge of certain sections of the work would "live among the living ones," and would "see Osiris every day," and would have "air in his nostrils, and death would never draw nigh unto him." 2 The illustrations…”

◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 4 (part 8)

“It is unnecessary to describe in detail the growth of the cult of Amen under the XVIIIth Dynasty, and it will suffice to say that the history of his cult is, practically, the history of Egypt for nearly one thousand years. His priests made…”

◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 4 (part 9)

“Entrance to the Boat of Millions of Years was likewise obtained by the knowledge of magical words and formulae, and of the secret names of the great gods, but the food on which lived the beatified souls who succeeded in securing a place in…”

◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 4 (part 10)

“23 [paragraph continues] Underworld. In other words, the priests of Amen asserted the absolute sovereignty of their god, and their own religious supremacy. It is, however, interesting to note that certain kings did not entirely shake off…”

◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 5 (part 1)

“p. 27 CHAPTER II. THE EARLIEST EGYPTIAN CONCEPTION OF THE OTHER WORLD. HAVING briefly referred to the origin and development of the magical, religious, and purely funeral texts which, sometimes with and sometimes without illustrations, f…”

◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 5 (part 2)

“From another place in the same papyrus, 1 and from other papyri, we learn that the "Secret Gates of the House of Osiris in Sekhet-Aaru" were twenty-one in number; the Chapter (CXLVI.) gives the name of each Gate, and also that of each Gatek…”

◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 5 (part 6)

“None of the inscriptions mentions Sekhet-Aaru, but it is distinctly said that the reaping of the grain by the deceased is taking place in Sekhet-hetep, or Sekhet-hetepet. In chronological order the next picture of Sekhet-hetepet to be cons…”

◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 5 (part 7)

“May I gain dominion over the great and mighty word which is in my body in this my place, and by it I shall have memory and not forget." The pools and places in Sekhet-hetepet which the deceased mentions as having a desire to visit are UNEN-…”

◆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 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 7 (part 6)

“From each of these Books we find that the Sun-god was not able to pass through the Tuat by virtue of the powers which he possessed as the great god of the world, but p. 93 only through his knowledge of the proper words of power, and of mag…”

◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 7 (part 7)

“It was impossible to remove him from his boat, which was, like himself, eternal, hence its name, "Boat of Millions of Years," and even if it had been possible the difficulty remained either of taking his boat back from the place of sunset t…”

◆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 1)

“p. 103 CHAPTER V. THE CONTENTS OF THE BOOK AM-TUAT AND THE BOOK OF GATES COMPARED. THE WESTERN VESTIBULE OR ANTECHAMBER OF THE TUAT. HAVING already briefly described the general character of the BOOK AM-TUAT and the BOOK OF GATES we may…”

◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 8 (part 2)

“This DIVISION, or antechamber, or vestibule, of the Tuat is, according to the BOOK AM-TUAT, called NET-RA, and before the Sun-god can come to the dweller in the Tuat he must pass over a space which is said to be 120, or 220, atru , or leagu…”

◆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 24 (part 1)

“p. 172 CHAPTER XII. TENTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT. I. KINGDOM OF TEMU-KHEPERA-RA ACCORDING TO THE BOOK AM-TUAT. THE TENTH and ELEVENTH DIVISIONS, or HOURS, are intended to illustrate the passage of AFU-RA through the region of AKERT, Or A…”

◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 27 (part 1)

“TENTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT. II. KINGDOM OF TEMU-KHEPERA-RA ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF GATES. In the TENTH DIVISION, or HOUR, which AFU-RA enters so soon as he has passed through its Gate, which is called TCHESERIT, and is guarded by the mo…”

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 4 (part 3)

“The earliest inscribed monuments and human remains found in Egypt prove that the ancient Egyptians took the utmost care to preserve the bodies of their {p. xi} dead by various processes of embalming. The deposit of the body in the tomb wa…”

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 4 (part 23)

“The vignettes too are additions to the work; but, although they depict scenes in the life beyond the grave, they do not seem to form a connected series, and it is doubtful if they are arranged on any definite plan. A general idea of the co…”

◇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 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)

◇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 6 (part 3)

“The khat or physical body. The physical body of man considered as a whole was called khat , a word which seems to be connected with the idea of something which is liable to decay. The word is also applied to the mummified body in the tomb…”

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 6 (part 9)

“lxvii} supported by a passage in the XCIInd Chapter of the Book of the Dead,[1] 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-…”

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 6 (part 10)

“i-nek sexem-k am xu Cometh to thee thy sekhem among the khu's.[6] [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 6 (part 11)

“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 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).] {p. lxxiii} Further, this identification of the deceased with the God of Heaven places him in the position of supreme ruler. For example, we ha…”

◇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.[4] He is firmly stablished in heaven, and he taketh his pure seat in the bows of the bark of Ra.…”

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 6 (part 19)

“The whole passage reads:--[2] "(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…”

◇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;[3] another depicts Shu holding up the boat of the sun wherein is the disk on the horizon.[4] A third from the sarcophagus of Seti I. represents Nu the god o…”

◇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 9)

◇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 10 (part 19)

“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 10 (part 20)

“Next, he was delivered over to merciless tormentors, who tortured him in a place where there were multitudes of savage beasts; and, when he had been cast into the place of outer darkness, he saw a ditch more than two hundred feet deep fille…”

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 11 (part 1)

“THE PRINCIPAL GEOGRAPHICAL AND MYTHOLOGICAL PLACES IN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. Abtu , the Abydos of the Greeks (Strabo, XVII., i., 42), the capital of the eighth nome of Upper Egypt. It was the seat of the worship of Osiris, and from this fa…”

◇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 13 (part 4)

“9, 900) 3. Le Papyrus de Neb-Qued , ed. Devéria, Paris, 1872. M. Pierret, its translator, says, "Il appartient la plus ancienne époque des exemplaires sur papyrus." 4 Papyrus Égyptien Funéraire Hiéroglyphique (t. ii.), ed. Leemans, Le…”

◇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.[1] Chapter IX. "The Chapter of coming forth by day, having passed through the tomb." (See pp. 120, 321, and pl. 18.) The vignette in t…”

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 13 (part 6)

“6.) The ceremony of giving a mouth to the deceased was, according to the vignette in the papyrus of Nebseni, performed by the "Guardian of the Balance ". In the papyrus of Ani there is no vignette, and it is remarkable that this Chapter fo…”

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 13 (part 8)

“27.) Chapter LXXXIX. "The Chapter of causing the soul to be united to its body in Neter-khert." (See pp. 112, 318, and pl. 17.) The two incense burners which stand, one at the head and one at the foot of the bier, are peculiar to the pap…”

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 13 (part 9)

“225, 357, and pl. 33.) Chapter CLVI. "The Chapter of a Buckle of carnelian." (See pp. 227, 359, and pl. 33.) Chapter CLXVI. "The Chapter of the Pillow which is placed under the head." (See pp. 228, 359, and pl. 33.) Chapter CLXXV. "…”

◇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 15 (part 1)

“PLATE II. Vignette I. : The disk of the Sun, supported by a pair of arms proceeding from the ankh, the sign of life, which in turn is supported by a tet the emblem of the East and of the god Osiris. The tet stands upon the horizon. On e…”

◇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 1)

“PLATE III. Vignette: Scene of the weighing of the Heart of the Dead. Ani and his wife enter the Hall of Double Law or Truth, wherein the heart, emblematical of the conscience, is to be weighed in the balance against the feather, emblemati…”

◇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 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 17 (part 2)

“Behind them, upon a cubit-shaped base, is a house with four windows in its upper half, and upon the roof two triangular projections similar to those which admit air into modern houses in the East. Before the door are a sycamore (?) tree an…”

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 18 (part 1)

“PLATES V. AND VI. Vignettes: The funereal procession to the tomb; running the length of the two plates. In the centre of Plate V. the mummy of the dead man is seen lying in a chest or shrine mounted on a boat with runners, which is draw…”

◇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,[3] "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 en…”

◇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 5)

“12) with the instrument ###[1], 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…”

◇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.[4] I am Tetteti,[5] the son of Tetteti; I was (14) conceived in Tattu, I was born i…”

◇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 18 (part 11)

“He shall (5) enter into the Fields of Aaru in peace, to learn the bidding of him who dwelleth in Tattu; (6) there shall wheat and barley be given unto him; there shall he flourish as he did upon (7) earth; and he shall do whatsoever pleaset…”

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 19 (part 1)

“PLATES VII.-X. Vignette : The vignette of these plates, forming one composition, runs along the top of the text. The subjects are:- Plate VII. i. Ani and his wife in the seh hall;[1] he is moving a piece on a draught-board [2] (to illus…”

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 19 (part 2)

“The god Uatch-ura , "Great Green Water," with each hand extended over a pool; that under his right hand is called She en hesmen , "Pool of Natron," and that under his left hand She en Maaat , "Pool of Nitre or Salt" (to illustrate lines 47-…”

◇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 6)

“Or "grandmothers." Isis was the " greater tcherti," and Nephthys the "lesser tcherti." On the word, see Brugsch, Wörterbuch , Supp., p. 11335. 2. The chief variant readings are ###. 3. British Museum papyrus No. 9900 has, "I rise up i…”

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 19 (part 8)

“, who are these gods?] Mestha, Hapi[1] 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 followi…”

◇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.[2] The chief of the holy ones (107) who minister in his cham…”

◇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 11)

“The unclean man who would walk thereover doth fall down among the knives; or (as others say), His name is "Mathes,"[2] and he is the watcher of the door of Amenta; or (as others say), His name is "Heri-sep-f." "Hail, Lord of terror, chief o…”

◇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 1)

“PLATES XI. AND XII. Vignette I. : Ani and his wife Thuthu approaching the first Arit,[3] the cornice of which is ornamented with ### i.e. , emblems of power, life, and stability. At the entrance sit three gods, the first having the hea…”

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 20 (part 2)

“The name of (2) the doorkeeper is Un-hat[4]; (3) the name of the watcher is (4) Seqet-hra; the name of the herald is Uset.[5] (6) Saith Osiris Ani, when he cometh unto this Arit; "He sitteth to do his heart's desire, and he weigheth (7) wor…”

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 20 (part 3)

“I am the son of Osiris, I have made the way, I have passed thereover into Neter-khert." PLATE XII.-- Vignette V.: The fifth Arit, guarded by three gods; the first with the head of a hawk, the second the head of a man, and the third the head…”

◇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 5)

“The name of the doorkeeper is Nekau." Vignette V.: The fifth Pylon, which is guarded by the hippopotamus deity, with her fore-feet resting upon the buckle, the emblem of protection, seated in a shrine, the cornice of which is ornamented wit…”

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 20 (part 6)

“Her girth is three hundred and fifty measures; she is clothed with mother-of-emerald of the south; and she raiseth up the godlike form and clotheth the feeble one The name of the doorkeeper is Ari-su-tchesef."[2] Vignette X.: The tenth Pylo…”

◇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. Â§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 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 ,[2] who make men to stand fast, not cause my name to stink."[3] 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 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,[4] and I watch and guard the Egg of t…”

◇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 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: [1] 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 LE…”

◇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 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 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 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 36 (part 1)

“PLATES XXIX. AND XXX. Vignette (PLATE XXIX.): Ani and his wife standing with hands raised in adoration before the god Thoth, who has ankh , "life," upon his knees, and is seated on a pylon-shaped throne. Text [CHAPTER CLXXV.]: (1) THE CH…”

◇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 6)

“Vignette: The goddess Neith. Text: (11) The fore-arms of Osiris Ani, triumphant, are the fore-arms of the lady of Sais. Vignette: The god Sut. Text: (12) The backbone of Osiris Ani, triumphant, is the backbone of Sut. Vignette: A god.…”

◇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 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.[3] 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 venera…”

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 40 (part 5)

“Instead of three, the Nebseni papyrus has four ovals, which are called Hetep, An (?), Uakhakha, and Neb-taui. 3 In the Turin papyrus, published by Lepsius, the ploughing, sowing, reaping and treading out the corn are all shown in one divis…”

◇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 5)

“3300-3166), it would seem that, even at that remote date, the scribes were perplexed and hardly understood the texts which they had before them.[2] The most moderate estimate makes certain sections of the Book of the Dead as known from thes…”

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 15)

“94 ff.) to prove by the agreement of the variants in the text on the coffin of Mycerinus with those of texts of the XXVIth dynasty, that the Mycerinus text is of this late period, or at all events not earlier than the time of Psammetichus.…”

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 24)

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 25)

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 26)

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 27)

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 29)

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 30)

“The Chapter of going into the great house ( i.e. , tomb). Vignette: The soul of the deceased standing before a tomb. Chapter CXXIV. The Chapter of going in to the princes of Osiris. Vignette: The deceased adoring Mestha, Hapi, Tuamaute…”

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 32)

◇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 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 51)

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 52)

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 54)

◇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 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[6] his sister Sothis.[7] Here he lived in the form of the star Sothis, and…”

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 81)

◇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.[1] 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.[2] Ptah was associated with the…”

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 84)

“The seat of the god Khepera was in the boat of the sun, and the pictures which present us with this fact[1] only illustrate an idea which is as old, at least, as the pyramid of Unas, for in this monument it is said of the king:- ap-f em apt…”

◇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 91)

“There is no one word which will exactly describe the Egyptian conception of Maat both from a physical and from a moral point of view; but the fundamental idea of the word is " straight," and from the Egyptian texts it is clear that maat mea…”

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 95)

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 99)

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 100)

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 101)

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 102)

“It was the seat of the worship of Osiris, and from this fact was called Per-Ausar or Busiris, "the house of Osiris "; the Copts gave it the name ###.[1] Egyptian tradition made the sun to end his daily course at Abydos, and to enter into th…”

◇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 109)

“It measures 78 feet by 1 foot 3 inches, and is the longest known papyrus of the Theban period.[1] 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…”

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 115)

“"The Chapter of giving breath in Neter-khert." (See pp. 94, 310, and pl. 15.) Only one other copy of this Chapter is known, and it is without vignette.[2] Chapter LVIII. " The Chapter of breathing the air, and of having power over the wa…”

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 116)

“17.) The two incense burners which stand, one at the head and one at the foot of the bier, are peculiar to the papyrus of Ani. [1. Naville, Einleitung , p. 97.] {p. cli} List of Chapters. Chapter XCI. "The Chapter of not letting the s…”

◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 117)

“"The Chapter of the Pillow which is placed under the head." (See pp. 228, 359, and pl. 33.) Chapter CLXXV. " The Chapter of not dying a second time." (See pp. 184, 341, and pl. 29.) Only one other much mutilated copy of this most impor…”

◇The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 2 (part 1)

“p. vi PREFACE THE present work is the outcome of two lectures on the Books of the Tuat, i.e., the Egyptian Underworld, or "Other World," which I had the honour to deliver at the Royal Institution in the spring of 1904, and it has been prep…”

◇The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 2 (part 2)

“PER-EM-HRU, or, "[The Book] of the Coming Forth by Day." 2. SHAT ENT AM TUAT, or, "The Book of that which is in the Tuat." 3. The composition to which the name "Book of Gates" has been given. Now the first of these, which is commonly kno…”

◇The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 2 (part 3)

“The texts in these Books state that the beatified live for ever in the kingdom of Osiris, and feed daily upon the heavenly wheat of righteousness that springs from the body of Osiris, which is eternal; he is righteousness itself, and they a…”

◇The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 4 (part 11)

“The net result of the facts stated in the last two paragraphs proves that Seti I. relied for salvation upon the protection, part magical and part religious, afforded by the sacred writings of two great schools of religious thought, the lea…”

◇The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 5 (part 3)

“NAST-TAUI-SI-SEKSEKET-NEMMATU-EM-NEHEPU-QAHIT-NEBT-KHU-SETEMTH-KHERU-NEB-S. XIII. Gate . STA-EN-ASAR-AAUI-F-HER-S-SEHETCHET-HAP-EM-AMENT-F. XIV. Gate . NEBT-TENTEN-KHEBT-HER-TESHERU-ARU-NES-HAKER-HRU-EN-SETEMET-AU. XV. Gate . BATI-…”

◇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 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 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 3)

“As the BOOK AM-TUAT was composed with the view of asserting the absolute supremacy of Amen-Ra in the Other World, so the BOOK OF GATES was compiled to prove that, in spite of the pretensions of the priests of Amen-RA, Osiris, the ancient go…”

◇The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 7 (part 5)

“Certain sections of it were considered to belong by traditional right to certain cities, e.g., Heliopolis, Memphis, Herakleopolis, Abydos, etc., each possessing its own "Other World" and gods of the dead, and all these had to be considered…”

◇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 10)

“x., p. 79 ff., vol. xii., p. 1 ff. 88:1 See Maspero, Études de Mythologie , tom. ii. p. 27. 88:2 See Yakut's Geographical Dictionary, ed. Wüstenfeld, tom. iv., page 18. 89:1 See Lanzone, Le domicile des Esprits , p. 1. 98:1 Or,…”

◇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 1)

“SECOND DIVISION OF THE TUAT. II. THE KINGDOM OF KHENTI-AMENTI-OSIRIS ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF GATES. To advance into this Division the Boat of AFU-RA must first pass through the Gate which is guarded by the huge serpent SAA-SET, and this…”

◇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 1)

“p. 121 CHAPTER VII. THIRD DIVISION OF THE TUAT. I. THE KINGDOM OF KHENTI-AMENTI-OSIRIS, ACCORDING TO THE BOOK AM-TUAT. THE Boat of AFU-RA, leaving the abode of the SOULS OF THE TUAT, now enters that of the BAIU-SHETAIU, or the "SECRET…”

◇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 12 (part 1)

“THIRD DIVISION OF THE TUAT. II. THE KINGDOM OF KHENTI-AMENTI-OSIRIS ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF GATES. Before AFU-RA can pass into the THIRD DIVISION it is necessary for him to pass through a Gate which is protected by two strong walls, wit…”

◇The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 12 (part 2)

“The text which refers to this remarkable scene tells us that AFU-RA addresses the eight gods who support the "Boat of the Earth," and declares that he who is in it is "holy," and in reply the being or beings ENNURKHA-TA (?) say, "Praised be…”

◇The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 12 (part 3)

“The dwellers in the LAKE OF BOILING WATER entreat AFU-RA to come to them, saying, "Send forth thy light upon us, O thou great god who hast fire in thine eye" (vol. ii., p. 113). In answer, the god decrees that their food shall consist of…”

◇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 2)

“In each sepulchre is an "image" of Ra, i.e., a human head, a hawk's wing, and a hind-quarter of a lion, and these appear to be symbols under which the god was worshipped in and around Annu, or Heliopolis. On the left of AFU-RA are eight go…”

◇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 21 (part 3)

“165 wheat grew luxuriantly, and food made of the same could be had in abundance, was evolved in their mind after the introduction of wheat into Egypt from Asia, and after the Egyptians had settled down to agricultural pursuits. The god of…”

◇The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 22 (part 1)

“SEVENTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT. II. KINGDOM OF OSIRIS ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF GATES. The SEVENTH DIVISION, or HOUR, is entered by the Gate PESTIT, which is guarded by a monster serpent called AKHA-EN-MAAT; the pictures and texts are incom…”

◇The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 23 (part 1)

“EIGHTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT. II. KINGDOM OF OSIRIS ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF GATES. The Boat of AFU-RA next passes through the Gate of Bekhkhi, which is guarded by the monster serpent p. 169 [paragraph continues] SET-HRA, and is towed ov…”

◇The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 23 (part 2)

“From the text we learn that the chief offences with which these enemies are charged is the "putting of secret things behind p. 171 them, the dragging forth of the sacred object sekem from the secret place, or sanctuary, and the profanation…”

◇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 1)

“ELEVENTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT. I. KINGDOM OF TEMU-KHEPERA-RA ACCORDING TO THE BOOK AM-TUAT. The name of this DIVISION, or HOUR, Or CITY, is RE-EN-QERERT-APT-KHATU, i.e., "Mouth of the Circle which judgeth bodies," the name of its Gate is…”

◇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 25 (part 3)

“Considered from this point of view, the Four Tuats only contain Ten Divisions, or Hours, which corresponded roughly with the Ten GATES of the Kingdom of Osiris, as set forth in many copies of the p. 180 [paragraph continues] Theban Recensi…”

◇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 26 (part 3)

“Above the hind-quarters of the lion is the head of the god ANA (?), wearing the Crown of the South; on the one side we have four gods of the South assisting in the raising of a column surmounted by the Crown of the South, and on the other f…”

◇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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◆Gospel of Philip | Section 1m

“If we know the truth, we shall find the fruits of the truth within us. If we join it, it will fulfill us. THE STRONG AND WEAK, THE MANIFEST AND HIDDEN Now we have the manifest things of creation. We say, “The strong are they who are held…”

◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRST}

“But answered Philippos, said he to Jesus, My Lord, hear that I may say the explanation of her repentance: for thy Power prophesied concerning it by David once saying in the eighty-seventh [67 ] psalm; O Lord God of my salvation I cried up u…”

◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRST

“Thou hatedst those who keep that which is vain without cause; but I, I trusted, I shall be glad about the Lord, and I shall be delighted over thy mercy: because thou lookedst upon my humility and thou savedst my soul out of the necessities,…”

◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECONDy

“And ye will become in a great wonder greatly greatly. And whenever I should take you unto the Place of the (Rulers of the) Destiny 93 [173 ] ye will see the glory in which they become, and out of their great glory which is preferable, ye w…”

◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECOND{

“And the Saviour of the emanations of the fourth Voice of the Treasury of the Light [177 ] will become in the Place of the souls of those who receive the Fourth Mystery of the First Mystery in the Inheritances of the Light. And the fifth […”

◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECOND}

“[182 ] And they are coming unto the Place of those of the Middle, and those of the Middle will baptise them (with) the spiritual unction, and seal them with the seal of their mystery and they will pass through in unto those of all Places of…”

◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECOND

“And each will remain in his Place in the Light of my kingdom. And each will be the authority unto the array which is below him; but [217 ] he will not be the authority to go unto the array which is above him, but he is going to remain in t…”

◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECOND

“Amen I say unto you, That man whenever he should come out of the body, they are not wont to judge him in any Place of the Rulers, nor will they be able to punish him in any Place, 120 nor the fire will touch him through the great mystery of…”

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◆The Kalevala | Rune VIc

“Swift as light it speeds its journey, Strikes the steed of Wainamoinen, Strikes the light-foot, ocean-swimmer, Strikes him near his golden girdle, Through the shoulder of the racer. Thereupon wise Wainamoinen Headlong fell upon the waters,…”

◆The Kalevala | Rune XIIg

“Thou didst, in thy better life-time, When a shepherd filled with malice, Ruin all thy mother's berries, Make thy sister, too unworthy, Ruin all thy brother's cattle, Drive to death thy father's stallions, Through the marshes, o'er the meado…”

◆The Kalevala | Rune XIIIb

“In this rising generation, That can travel in these snow-shoes, That the right and left can manage." To his back he tied the quiver, Placed the bow upon his shoulder, With both hands he grasped his snow-cane, Speaking meanwhile words as fol…”

◆The Kalevala | Rune XIVe

“I shall never harshly treat thee, Never make thee fly too fleetly, On the way to Sariola, On the tracks of long duration, To the hostess of Pohyola, To her magic courts and stables, Will not lash thee on thy journey; I shall lead thee gentl…”

◆The Kalevala | Rune XIVf

“Oh I for three words with my mother, How to live, and bow to suffer, In this time of dire misfortune, How to bear the stings of serpents, Tortures of the reed of waters, From the stream of Tuonela! "Ancient mother who hast borne me, Who ha…”

◆The Kalevala | Rune XVb

“"Hostess of Pohyola, tell me Whither thou hast sent my hero; I shall burst thy many garners, Shall destroy the magic Sampo, If thou dost not tell me truly Where to find my Lemminkainen." Spake the hostess of Pohyola: "I have well thy hero t…”

◆The Kalevala | Rune XVh

“Then the mother spake as follows: "I have found the long-sought balsam, Found the remedy of Ukko, Where-with God anoints his people, Gives them life, and faith, and wisdom, Heals their wounds and stills their anguish, Makes them strong agai…”

◆The Kalevala | Rune XVi

“Northland's ugly hostess, Louhi, Will not give to me her daughter, Fairest maiden of Pohyola, Till I kill the swan of Mana, With my bow and but one arrow, In the river of Tuoni. Lemminkainen's mother answers, In the sacred stream and whirl…”

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◆Orphic Hymns | Front Matter, p. 6 (part 1)

“THE INITIATIONS OF ORPHEUS . p. 109 TO MUSÆUS * ATTEND Musæus to my sacred song, And learn what rites to sacrifice belong. Jove I invoke, the earth, and solar light, The moon's pure splendor, and the stars of night; p. 110 Thee Neptune,…”

◆Orphic Hymns | Hymn XVII. PLUTO

“XVII. TO PLUTO. PLUTO, magnanimous, whose realms profound Are fix'd beneath the firm and solid ground, In the Tartarian plains remote from fight, And wrapt forever in the depths of night; Terrestrial Jove, thy sacred ear incline, 5 5 And, p…”

◆Orphic Hymns | Hymn XXVII. MERCURY

“XXVII. TO MERCURY. The FUMIGATION from FRANKINCENSE. HERMES, draw near, and to my pray'r incline, Angel of Jove, and Maia's son divine; Studious of contests, ruler of mankind, With heart almighty, and a prudent mind. Celestial messenger, of…”

◆Orphic Hymns | Hymn XXXVII. THE CURETES +

“XXXVII. TO THE CURETES + . The FUMIGATION from FRANKINCENSE. Brass-beating Salians, ministers of Mars, Who guard his arms the instruments of wars p. 168 Whose blessed frames, heav'n, earth, and sea compose, And from whose breath all animals…”

◆Orphic Hymns | Hymn LVI. THE TERRESTRIAL HERMES

“LVI. TO THE TERRESTRIAL HERMES. The FUMIGATION from STORAX. HERMES I call, whom Fate decrees to dwell In the dire path which leads to deepest hell O Bacchic Hermes, progeny divine Of Dionysius, parent of the vine, p. 189 And of celestial Ve…”

◆Orphic Hymns | Hymn LVIII. THE FATES

“LVIII. TO THE FATES. The FUMIGATION from AROMATICS. DAUGHTERS of darkling night, much-nam'd, draw near Infinite Fates, and listen to my pray'r; Who in the heav'nly lake (where waters white 3 Burst from a fountain hid in depths of night, And…”

◆Orphic Hymns | Hymn LXVIII. THE FURIES * The FUMIGATION from AROMATICS

“LXVIII. TO THE FURIES * The FUMIGATION from AROMATICS. VOCIFEROUS Bacchanalian Furies, hear! Ye, I invoke, dread pow'rs, whom all revere; Nightly, profound, in secret who retire, Tisiphone, Alecto, and Megara dire: Deep in a cavern merg'd,…”

◆Orphic Hymns | Hymn LXX. MELINOE

“LXX. TO MELINOE. The FUMIGATION from AROMATICS. Call Melinoe, saffron-veil'd, terrene, Who from infernal Pluto's sacred queen, Mixt with Saturnian Jupiter, arose, Near where Cocytus' mournful river flows; When under Pluto's semblance, Jove…”

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◆The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Page 3 (part 7)

“xix as Burkitt says, "most of the most convincing proofs that the Greek text of Enoch is a translation from a Semitic language fit equally well with a Hebrew or an Aramaic original"; his opinion is that Aramaic was the original language, "b…”

◆The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter XX

“XX. Name and Functions of the Seven Archangels . CHAPTER XX. 1. And these are the names of the holy angels who watch. 2. Uriel, one of the holy angels, who is over the world and over Tartarus. 3. Raphael, one of the holy angels, who is over…”

◆The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter XXI

“XXI. Preliminary and final place of punishment of the fallen angels (stars) . CHAPTER XXI. 1. And I proceeded to where things were chaotic. 2. And I saw there something horrible: I saw neither a heaven above nor a firmly founded earth, but…”

◆The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter XXII (part 1)

“XXII. Sheol, or the Underworld . CHAPTER XXII. 1. And thence I went to another place, and he showed me in the west ⌈ another ⌉ great and high mountain [ and ] of hard rock. E 2 And there was in it †four† hollow places, deep and wide an…”

◆The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter XXIV

“XXIV. XXV. The Seven Mountains in the North-West and the Tree of Life . CHAPTER XXIV. 1. ⌈⌈ And from thence I went to another place of the earth ⌉⌉ , and he showed me a mountain range of fire which burnt ⌈⌈ day and night ⌉⌉ . 2. And I went…”

◆The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter XXVII

“XXVII. The Purpose of the Accursed Valley . CHAPTER XXVII. 1. Then said I: 'For what object is this blessed land, which is entirely filled with trees, and this accursed valley ⌈⌈ between ⌉⌉ ?' 2. ⌈⌈ Then Uriel, one of the holy angels who wa…”

◆The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter XXXII

“CHAPTER XXXII. E 1. And after these fragrant odours, as I looked towards the north over the mountains I saw seven mountains full of choice nard and fragrant trees and cinnamon and pepper. G g 1. To the north-east I beheld seven mountains fu…”

◆The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter XL

“XL. XLI. 2. The Four Archangels . CHAPTER XL. 1. And after that I saw thousands of thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand, I saw a multitude beyond number and reckoning, who stood before the Lord of Spirits. 2. And on the four sides…”

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◆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 1q

“Then reflect, Cebes: is not the conclusion of the whole matter this?-that the soul is in the very likeness of the divine, and immortal, and intelligible, and uniform, and indissoluble, and unchangeable; and the body is in the very likeness…”

◆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 1{

“For example, when the body is hot and thirsty, does not the soul incline us against drinking? and when the body is hungry, against eating? And this is only one instance out of ten thousand of the opposition of the soul to the things of th…”

◆Plato: Phaedo | Section 1

“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 1

“The wise and orderly soul is conscious of her situation and follows in the path; but the soul which desires the body, and which, as I was relating before, has long been fluttering about the lifeless frame and the world of sight, is after ma…”

◆Plato: Phaedo | Section 1

“And some burst forth again on the opposite side, and some on the same side, and some wind round the earth with one or many folds, like the coils of a serpent, and descend as far as they can, but always return and fall into the lake. The ri…”

◆Plato: Phaedo | Section 1

“Those again who have committed crimes, which, although great, are not unpardonable-who in a moment of anger, for example, have done violence to a father or mother, and have repented for the remainder of their lives, or who have taken the li…”

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◆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…”

◆Epic of Gilgamesh: Tablet VII — The Death of Enkidu | Tablet VII, Section 1a

“THE SEVENTH TABLET. THE DEATH OF ENKIDU. . "Why, O my friend, do the great gods (now) take counsel together?" . . . 30. "Of want . . . . since me it is that . . .hath . . . . And me the fever [hath laid] on my back." ______…”

◆Epic of Gilgamesh: Tablet X — How Gilgamish Reached Uta-Napishtim | Tablet X, Section 1c

“Gilgamish, if perchance thou succeed in traversing the Ocean, What wilt thou do, when unto the Waters of Death thou arrivest? Gilgamish, there is Ur-Shanabi, boatman to Uta-Napishtim, He with whom sails (?) are, the urnu of which in the fo…”

◆Epic of Gilgamesh: Tablet XI — The Flood | Tablet XI, Section 1f

“(So) into their vessel embarkéd Gilgamish, (aye), and Ur-Shanabi, launching (their) craft [on the billow], They themselves riding aboard (her). . To Uta-Napishtim, the Distant , Spake (then) his wife: "Came Gilgamish (hither) aweary with…”

◆Epic of Gilgamesh: Tablet XII — Gilgamish Enquires of the Dead | Tablet XII, Section 1b

“Cried(?) [he] (for) Enkidu out of the earth to ascend: "[Not] (the Plague-god), Namtar, hath [seized] him, nor fever, (but only) the earth: nor the Croucher, [Nergal], the ruthless, hath seized him, (but only) the earth: neither fell he The…”

◇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…”

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◆The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 1 (part 8)

“1 "When my spirit, full of sorrow, earnestly, and as if moving in a great storm, arose in God, carrying with it my whole heart and mind, with all my thoughts and with the whole of my will, and when I would not cease to wrestle with the love…”

◆The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 12 (part 2)

“1 "It was the will of God to transmute humanity, after it had become earthly, again into the celestial quality, to turn the human earth (material element) into heaven, to make out of the four elements only one, and to transform the wrath of…”

◆The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 13 (part 11)

“27.) No Christian should contemplate his own holiness, or fancy himself to be better than others; but he should rather realise his own unworthiness, and regret the perverted state of himself and of humanity as a whole. "No one should want…”

◆The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 14 (part 1)

“p. 289 CHAPTER XIV. DEATH AND ETERNAL LIFE. "The mystic death is the beginning of eternal life." Man is a product of three worlds His spirit is of God, his soul from the constellation of the astral elements, his body from the elements of…”

◆The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 14 (part 10)

“When, then, death actually takes place, and separates the soul from the body, the poor soul will then cling to that thread and refuse to let go her hold of it, but all her essences are still deeply immersed in the wrath of God; she is tortu…”

◆The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 14 (part 11)

“309 As a matter of course, no dead soul can be made alive by prayer, neither can mere lip-prayer or any empty ceremony aid the soul in freeing herself from the bonds of matter, but the living may aid the "dead," and especially the dying, by…”

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◆Corpus Hermeticum 4: The Epistles | Section 1b

“And having raised themselves so far they sight the Good; and having sighted it, they look upon their sojourn here as a mischance; and in disdain of all, both things in body and the bodiless, they speed their way unto that One and Only One.…”

◆Corpus Hermeticum 10: The Sermon on the Mount | Section 1d

“Spirit pervading [body] by means of veins and arteries and blood, bestows upon the living creature motion, and as it were doth bear it in a way. For this cause some do think the soul is blood, in that they do mistake its nature, not knowin…”

◆Corpus Hermeticum 10: The Sermon on the Mount | Section 1e

“And for this cause is water poured around earth, to be a guard and wall, to keep the blazing of the fire away. But mind, the swiftest thing of all divine outthinkings, and swifter than all elements, hath for its body fire. For mind being…”

◆Corpus Hermeticum 12: The Prayer | Section 1c

“All things incorporeal when in a body are subject unto passion, and in the proper sense they are [themselves] all passions. For every thing that moves itself is incorporeal; while every thing that's moved is body. Incorporeals are further…”

◇Corpus Hermeticum 1: Poimandres | Section 1e

“To the first zone he gives the Energy of Growth and Waning; unto the second [zone], Device of Evils [now] de-energized; unto the third, the Guile of the Desires de-energized; unto the fourth, his Domineering Arrogance, [also] de-energized;…”

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◆The Poetic Edda: Voluspo | Section 1i

◆The Poetic Edda: Voluspo | Section 1k

“Nastrond ("Corpse-Strand"): the land of the dead, ruled by the goddess Hel. Here the wicked undergo tortures. Smoke vent : the phrase gives a picture of the Icelandic house, with its opening in the roof serving instead of a chimney. 39.…”

◆The Poetic Edda: Voluspo | Section 1l

◆The Poetic Edda: Voluspo | Section 1m

“This stanza refers to the story that he was sent by the gods with Hönir as a hostage to the Wanes after their war (cf. stanza 21 and note), and that the Wanes cut off his head and returned it to the gods. Othin embalmed the head, and by m…”

◆The Poetic Edda: Voluspo | Section 1p

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◆The Dhammapada | Chapter I, Section 1d

“He suffers when he thinks of the evil he has done; he suffers more when going on the evil path. 18. The virtuous man is happy in this world, and he is happy in the next; he is happy in both. He is happy when he thinks of the good he has…”

◆The Dhammapada | Chapter X, Section 1b

“He who inflicts pain on innocent and harmless persons, will soon come to one of these ten states: [133. See Mahâbhârata XII, 4056. 134. See Childers, s.v. nibbâna, p. 270, and s.v. kâ m so; D'Alwis, Buddhist Nirvâ n a, p. 35. 136.…”

◆The Dhammapada | Chapter XXII, Section 1a

“p. 74 CHAPTER XXII. THE DOWNWARD COURSE. 306. He who says what is not, goes to hell; he also who, having done a thing, says I have not done it. After death both are equal, they are men with evil deeds in the next world. 307. Many men…”

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◆The Mabinogion | Tale KILHWCH AND OLWEN|

“Twrch Trwyth went from there to between Tawy and Euyas, and Arthur summoned all Cornwall and Devon unto him, to the estuary of the Severn, and he said to the warriors of this Island, “Twrch Trwyth has slain many of my men, but, by the valou…”

◆The Mabinogion | Tale THE DREAM OF RHONABWYd

“And this they merit, for they were ever in the front and the rear in every peril.” And he saw but one hue upon the men and the horses of this troop, for they were all as red as blood. And when one of the knights rode forth from the troop,…”

◆The Mabinogion | Tale PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVEDb

““Show me how I may.” “I will show thee. Behold thus it is thou mayest. I will make firm friendship with thee; and this will I do. I will send thee to Annwvyn in my stead, and I will give thee the fairest lady thou didst ever behold to be…”

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◆Avesta (Gathas) | Ahunavaiti Gatha, Yasna XXXII, Section 1b

“An evil teacher (as that leader is), he will 1 destroy (our) doctrines, and by his teachings he will pervert the (true) understanding of life, seizing away 2 (from me) my riches 3 , the choice and real wealth of (Thy) Good Mind. To You and…”

◆Avesta (Gathas) | Ushtavaiti Gatha, Yasna XLVI, Section 1b

“And as to him who (now by evil power) delivers up my settlements to harm, let not his burning (wrath) in deeds attain 7 me. But bearing back 8 the (evil will and evil influence of such), let these things come (back) to him in anger. Let t…”

◆Avesta (Gathas) | Spenta Mainyu Gatha, Yasna L, Section 1b

“(And together with that chief speaker of your word I would engage yet others in the cause). Your well-incited 5 and swift 6 (servants), O Ahura! would I yoke 7 on (as steeds to take their holy course toward heaven), gaining 7 thereby (at…”

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◆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 17

“"[The women] who wept ran hither and thither and [the men] who wailed ran hither and thither, as long as the body lay there before them. When the soul leaves the body, four 2 go forth to the graveyard. [The women] who wept ran hither and th…”

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◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Introductionk

“It recognized the existence of a secret and all-important doctrine which from the time of the earliest civilizations had been concealed within the rituals, symbols, and allegories of religions and philosophies. To the mind unacquainted wit…”

◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Chemical Marriagef

“The feast over, the young King, holding in his hand the little black book from the altar, asked the guests if they would all be true to him through prosperity and adversity, and when they tremblingly agreed he asked that each should sign hi…”

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◆The Masnavi, Book I (Rumi) | STORY XVa

“Counsels of Reserve given by the Prophet to his Freedman Zaid. At dawn the Prophet said to Zaid, "How is it with thee this morning, O pure disciple?" He replied, "Thy faithful slave am I." Again he said, "If the garden of faith has bloomed…”

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◆The Writings of Chuang Tzu (Inner Chapters) | Book 128 (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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◇Select Works of Plotinus | Select Works, Section 68

“Section 7 7. Therefore we must ascend again towards the Good, the desired of every Soul. Anyone that has seen This, knows what I intend when I say that it is beautiful. Even the desire of it is to be desired as a Good. To attain it is for t…”