theology
Sacred Names
Divine names or formulas that carry ontological power, used in prayer, liturgy, or magical practice.
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The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 4 (part 8)
“386, and Records of the Past , 1st ed., vol.
iv., p.
117.
3 According to the Westcar papyrus, Herutataf informed his father Khufu of the existence of a man 110 years old who lived in the town of Tettet-Seneferu: he was able to join to it…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 4 (part 12)
“They found in this basin, after they had broken the covering of it, the decayed remains of a man, but no treasures, excepting some golden tablets inscribed with characters of a language which nobody could understand.
Each man's share of th…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 4 (part 13)
“There was about three feet of rubbish on the top of the same; and from the circumstance of the bones and part of the coffin being all found together, it appeared as if the coffin had been brought to that spot and there unpacked.--H.
Raven.…”
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 21)
“If the name of Nut flourisheth in the temple of Shenth in Annu, the name of Pepi shall flourish, and this pyramid shall flourish, and this his work shall endure to all eternity.
If the name of Osiris flourisheth in This, the name of Pepi s…”
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 30)
“It shall be recited on the ninth day of the festival.
Vignette: The deceased making offerings before a god.
Chapter CXLIV.
The Chapter of going in.
Vignette: Seven pylons.
Chapter CXLV A .
[Without title.] This Chapter has no vignette…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 5 (part 7)
“, §19: {Greek T`hn d' I?'sin th`n teleuth`n e`ks O?si'ridos suggenome'nou tekei~n h?li'to'mhnon kai` a?sðenh~ toi~s ka'twðen gui'ois to`n A?rpokra'thn }.
++.
The remainder of the hymn refers to Horus.]] Osiris invested with the attribute…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 6 (part 8)
“i-nek ba-k am neteru Cometh to thee thy soul which is among the gods. 5.
uab ba-k am neteru Pure is thy soul among the gods. 6.
anx Ausar anx ba din Netat anx Pepi pen As liveth Osiris, and as liveth the soul in Netat, so liveth Pepi this…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 6 (part 9)
“supported by a passage in the XCIInd Chapter of the Book of the Dead, where it is said:-- em xena ba-a sauti xaibit-a un uat Let not be shut in my soul, let not be fettered my shadow, let be opened the way en ba-d en xaibit-a maa-f neter aa…”
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. [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 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 15)
“The Egyptians called them " per kheru ," that is to say, " the things which the word or the demand made to appear ," or " per hru kheru ," that is to say, " the things which presented themselves at the word " or " at the demand " of the dec…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 6 (part 17)
“Unas is in heaven, Unas is in heaven, in the form of air, in the form of air; he perisheth not, neither doth anything which is in him perish. He is firmly stablished in heaven, and he taketh his pure seat in the bows of the bark of Ra.
Tho…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 6 (part 18)
“It reapeth the wheat, it cutteth the barley, and it giveth it unto thee.
Now, therefore, O Pepi, he that hath given unto thee life and all power and eternity and the power of speech and thy body is Ra.
Thou hast endued thyself with the fo…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 6 (part 19)
“The whole passage reads:-- "(496) The heavens drop water, the stars throb, (497) the archers go round about, the (498) bones of Akeru tremble, and those who are in bondage to them take to flight when they see (499) Unas rise up as a soul, i…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 6 (part 20)
“The mighty ones in heaven shoot out fire under the caldrons which are heaped up with the haunches of the firstborn; and he that maketh those who live (514) in heaven to revolve round Unas hath shot into the caldrons the haunches of their wo…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 7 (part 2)
“But side by side with neter , whatever it may mean, we have mentioned in texts of all ages a number of beings called neteru which Egyptologists universally translate by the word "gods." Among these must be included the great cosmic powers a…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 8 (part 1)
“THE LEGEND OF RA AND ISIS.
Now Isis was a woman who possessed words of power; her heart was wearied with the millions of men, and she chose the millions of the gods, but she esteemed more highly the millions of the khu's .
And she meditat…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 8 (part 2)
“Verily it shall be cast forth by my healing words of power, and I will drive it away from before the sight of thy sunbeams." The holy god opened his mouth and said, "I was passing along my path, and I was going through the two regions of my…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 8 (part 4)
“No man knoweth how to know Him--His name remaineth hidden; His name is a mystery unto His children.
His names are innumerable, they are manifold and none knoweth their number--God is truth and He liveth by truth and He feedeth thereon.
He…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 8 (part 7)
“The sacred Form, beloved, terrible and mighty in his two risings (?), the lord of space, the mighty one of the form of Khepera, who came into existence through Khepera, the lord of the form of Khepera; when he came into being nothing existe…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 8 (part 11)
“, p.
160.
9.
Ibid.
, p.
161.
10.
Ibid.
, p.
163.
11.
Ibid.
, p.
187.
12 The variant version says, "I developed myself from the primeval matter which I had made." and adds, "My name is Osiris, ###, the substance of primeval mat…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 9 (part 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 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 3)
“Lanzone, op.
cit., tav.
336, No.
3.] } 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 Khepera was in…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 10 (part 9)
“De Iside et Osiride , § 14.
2.
See Lanzone, op.
cit.
, p.
65.
3 Pyramid of Unas , l.
187.
4 See Le Nom antique de la Grande-Oasis (in Journal Asiatique , IX e Série, to i., pp.
233-40).
6 ###.
Pyramid of Unas, l.
439.] they app…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 10 (part 12)
“See Lanzone, op.
cit.
, tav.
147.
2 Recueil de Travaux , iv., t.
p.
45 (l.
394).
3.
Ibid., op.
cit.
, tav.
353.
4 Also read Min and Khem.] him with the god Pan, and called the chief city where his worship was celebrated Khenimi…”
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; and in the XVIIIt…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 12 (part 3)
“This scent is that which distilleth from Horus, this scent is that which distilleth from Set, and it is that which stablisheth the hearts of the two Horus gods. Thou purifiest thyself with the Heru-shesu;[*] thou art purified with natron, a…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 12 (part 4)
“Here [offer] two vases of milk.
10.
Here bring two black and white pitchers.
11.
Here [offer] a cake.
12.
Here [offer] two baskets of onions.
13.
Repeat four times.
14.
Here [offer] a cake.] given unto thee, and thou hast lifted i…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 13 (part 5)
“18.) As a separate composition, this Chapter is found in only two other papyri of the XVIIIth dynasty. Chapter IX.
"The Chapter of coming forth by day, having passed through the tomb." (See pp.
120, 321, and pl.
18.) The vignette in the…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 14 (part 2)
“The numbers in parentheses indicate the lines of the papyrus.
2.
The god Khepera is usually represented with a beetle for a head; and the scarab, or beetle, was sacred to him.
The name means "to become, to turn, to roll," and the abstrac…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 14 (part 5)
“(1) A HYMN OF PRAISE TO RA WHEN HE RISETH IN THE EASTERN PART OF HEAVEN.
Behold Osiris, Qenna the merchant, (2) who saith: "Homage to thee, in thy rising thou Tmu in thy crowns of beauty.
Thou risest, thou risest, thou Ra shinest, (3) tho…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 14 (part 6)
“(I) A HYMN OF PRAISE TO RA WHEN HE RISETH IN THE EASTERN PART OF HEAVEN.
Behold Osiris, Qenna the merchant, triumphant, who saith: (2) "Homage to thee, O thou who risest in Nu, and who at thy birth dost make the world bright with light; al…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 14 (part 7)
“Thou hast knit (10) together the mountains, thou has made mankind and the beasts of the field, thou hast created the heavens and the earth.
Worshipped be thou whom the goddess Maat embraceth at morn and at eve.
Thou dost travel across the…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 14 (part 8)
“, the netherworld), thou dost rise in the horizon of heaven and sheddest upon the world beams of emerald light; thou art born from the water, thou art sprung from Nu, who fostereth thee and ordereth thy members.
O thou who art crowned king…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 15 (part 2)
“Erpat is a very ancient word, and was probably in use in Egypt before suten , the common word for "king." For a discussion on this point see Maspero, Un Manuel de Hiérarchie Égyptienne , p.
15 ff.; Brugsch, Aegyptologie , p.
210.
2 Osiri…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 15 (part 3)
“Akert is the country of which Osiris was the prince; and it is mentioned as connected with Stat and Neter-khert , each of which is a name of the great necropolis on the western bank of the Nile.
See Brugsch, Dict.
Géog ., p.
75; Lepsius,…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 16 (part 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 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 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, "Hail, Osiris, the chief of Amenta, the lord of eternity, [1.
This instrument is called ### ur hekau , and is made of a sinuous piece of wood, one end o…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 18 (part 3)
“, "the opening of the mouth and eyes," is performed by the Sem priest, who addresses the deceased: "I have come to embrace thee, I am thy son Horus, I have pressed thy mouth; I am thy son, I love thee.
His mother beats her breast and weeps…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 18 (part 4)
“, "the son who loveth him"; whereupon the Kher-heb says: "O Sem, let the Se-mer-f come into the tomb in order that he may see the god." The Sem priest holding him by the arm then leads forward the Se-mer-f , who addresses the deceased: "I h…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 18 (part 5)
“12) with the instrument ###, and the Kher-heb at the same time says: "O Sem priest, lay the pesh-en-kef upon his mouth, and say, 'I have stablished for thee thy two jaw-bones in thy face which was divided into two parts.'" The Sem priest ne…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 18 (part 6)
“May no ill-luck happen through the dethronement of his two eyes in his body, even as no evil fortune came to Horus through the overthrow of his eye in his body.
Thy two eyes are decked therewith in its name of Uatch , which maketh thee to…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 18 (part 7)
“I am Thoth, who have made (12) Osiris victorious over his enemies on the day of weighing of words in the (13) great House of the mighty Ancient One in Annu. I am Tetteti, the son of Tetteti; I was (14) conceived in Tattu, I was born in (15)…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 18 (part 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 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 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 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 4)
“The draught-board of the ancient Egyptians is often a rectangular wooden box, the top divided into squares, containing a drawer in which the men are kept (British Museum, No.
21,576).
Draught-boards were also made of blue glazed faïence ,…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 19 (part 5)
“Eternity is the day, and everlastingness (30) is the night.
"I am the god Amsu in his coming-forth; may his (31) two plumes be set upon my head." [1.
See above, p.
277, note 2.
2.
Or, "I am he that presideth over the arrangement (or or…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 19 (part 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 7)
“A variant has "who are in his following." See Naville, Todtenbuch , Bd.
II., Pl.
xlix.] What then is this?
It is the drops of blood (61) which fell from Ra when he went forth (62) to cut himself.
They sprang into being as the gods Hu an…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 19 (part 8)
“, who are these gods?] Mestha, Hapi Tuamautef, and Qebhsennuf.
(83) "Homage to you, O ye lords of right and truth, and ye holy ones who [stand] behind Osiris, who utterly do away with (84) sins and crime, and [ye] who are in the following…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 19 (part 9)
“, the "house of cloth," was a district belonging to the temple of Suten-henen or Heracleopolis in Upper Egypt.] Ubes-hra-per-em-khet khet,[l] and Maa (106) -em-qerh-an-nef-em-hru. The chief of the holy ones (107) who minister in his chamber…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 19 (part 10)
“As concerning [the words] "that night of the reckoning of destruction," it is the night of the burning of the damned, and of the overthrow of the wicked at [the sacred] block, and of the slaughter of souls.
Who then is this?
It is Nemu, t…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 19 (part 11)
“The unclean man who would walk thereover doth fall down among the knives; or (as others say), His name is "Mathes," 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 of t…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 19 (part 12)
“He to whom saffron cakes have been brought in (127) Tanenet is Osiris; or (as others say), The saffron cakes (128) in Tanenet are heaven and earth, or (as others say), They are Shu, strengthener of the two lands in (129) Suten-henen.
The s…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 20 (part 1)
“PLATES XI.
AND XII.
Vignette I.
: Ani and his wife Thuthu approaching the first Arit, 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 head o…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 20 (part 2)
“The name of (2) the doorkeeper is Un-hat; (3) the name of the watcher is (4) Seqet-hra; the name of the herald is Uset. (6) Saith Osiris Ani, when he cometh unto this Arit; "He sitteth to do his heart's desire, and he weigheth (7) words as…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 20 (part 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." Vignette X.: The tenth Pylon,…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 20 (part 7)
“"Lo, the Lover of fire, the purifier of sinners (?), the lover of slaughter, the chief of those who adore, the lady of the temple, the slaughterer of the fiends in the night.
She judgeth the feeble bandaged one." THE NINETEENTH PYLON.
"Lo…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 20 (part 8)
“I have made Osiris, the overlord of the netherworld, to be victorious over his enemies; and I have carried away all his foes to the place of slaughter in the East; they shall never come forth from the durance of the god Seb therein.
(79) I…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 20 (part 9)
“Grant ye that he may be with you for all time." (1) The adoration of Osiris, lord of Re-stau, and of the great company of the gods who are in the netherworld beside Osiris, the scribe Ani, who saith: (2) "Homage to thee, O ruler of Amenta,…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 21 (part 1)
“PLATE XIII.
Vignettes (Upper register): A pylon, or gateway, surmounted by the feathers of Maat and uræi wearing disks.
(Lower register): A pylon, surmounted by Anubis and an utchat .
Text [CHAPTER XVIII.]: [" (1) Hail Thoth, who madest…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 21 (part 2)
“Vignette: The gods Horus, Isis, Mestha and Hapi.
Text: (1) The great divine rulers who are in Pe and Tep are Horus, Isis, Mestha, and Hapi.
Now setting up the columns (2) of Horus [signifieth] the command given by Set unto his followers:…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 22 (part 1)
“PLATE XIV.
§F.
Vignette: The gods Osiris, Isis, and Ap-uat, and the TET.
Text [CHAPTER XVIII.]: (1) The great godlike rulers who are in Abtu are Osiris, Isis, and Ap-uat.
"Hail, Thoth, who madest Osiris victorious (2) over his enemies,…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 22 (part 2)
“"Hail, Thoth, who madest Osiris victorious (3) over his enemies, make thou the Osiris Ani (triumphant before Osiris) victorious over his enemies in the presence of the great godlike rulers who are in (4) Re-stau, on the night when Anubis la…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 23 (part 1)
“PLATE XV.
Vignette: A seated statue of Ani, the scribe, upon which the ceremony of opening the mouth" un re , is being performed by the sem priest, clad in a panther's skin and holding in his right hand the instrument Ur heka i.e.
, "migh…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 23 (part 2)
“9.
Var., ###.
10.
Var., "Them may the gods resist, and all the company of my gods, and all the company of their gods." 11.
Many papyri omit Tmu.
12.
Birch, "on the lap of his mother"; Pierret, "en haut de la cuisse de sa mère." 13.
I…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 23 (part 3)
“15) the deceased holds a heart to his left side and addresses a human-headed hawk emblematic of the soul.] coloured beads, the clasp of which is in the shape of a pylon or gateway, and to which is attached a pectoral bearing a representatio…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 23 (part 4)
“May the Shenit , who make men to stand fast, not cause my name to stink." Vignette: Ani holding his soul in the form of a human-headed bird.
Text: [CHAPTER LXI.] (I) CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE SOUL OF A MAN BE TAKEN AWAY FROM HIM IN THE UN…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 23 (part 5)
“Boundless eternity hath been granted unto me, and, behold, (10) I am the heir of eternity; to me hath been given everlastingness." Closely connected with the above chapter are the two following short chapters:-- Vignette: The deceased drink…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 23 (part 6)
“Text [CHAPTER LVI.]: CHAPTER OF SNIFFING THE AIR UPON EARTH.
[He saith]: "(2) Hail, Tmu, grant thou unto me the sweet breath which is in thy two nostrils.
I embrace the mighty throne which is in Unnu, and I watch and guard the Egg of the…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 24 (part 1)
“PLATE XVI.
Vignette: Ani standing, with both hands raised in prayer, before four gods who are seated on a pedestal in the form of Maat; before him is his heart set upon a pedestal.
Text [CHAPTER XXVII.]: (I) THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 24 (part 2)
“May naught rise up (3) against me in judgment in the presence of the lord of the trial; let it not be said concerning me and of that which I have done.
'He hath done deeds against that which is right and true'; may naught be against me in…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 24 (part 3)
“Separate thou from him, each from each, when thou enterest the Mesqen.
He letteth me sail to the temple of the divine beings who have found their faces(?).
(4) The name of the boat is 'Assembler of Souls'; the name of the oars is 'Making…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 24 (part 4)
“I.e.
, Hermopolis.
2.
For an account of the manner in which altars and other objects were represented on Egyptian monuments, see Borchardt, Die Darstellung innen verzierter Schalen aus Aegyptischen Denkmätern (in Aeg.
Zeitschrift , Bd.…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 25 (part 1)
“PLATE XVII.
Vignette: Ani standing in adoration before three gods, each of whom holds a sceptre in his left hand, and the symbol of life in his right.
[1.
Adding thest ftu , from the papyrus of Nebseni.
2.
Var.
### axemu .
this word…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 25 (part 2)
“Saith Osiris Ani: "Hail, thou god Annitu!
Hail, O Runner, (2) dwelling in thy hall!
O thou great god, grant thou " that my soul may come unto me from wheresoever it may be.
If it would tarry, then bring thou unto me (3) my soul from wher…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 25 (part 3)
“Vignette: Ani standing at the doorway of the tomb; and Ani's shadow, accompanied by his soul.
Text [CHAPTER XCII.]: (I) THE CHAPTER OF OPENING THE TOMB TO THE SOUL OF THE SHADOW, OF COMING FORTH BY DAY, AND OF GETTING POWER OVER THE LEGS.…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 27 (part 2)
“, Ra); Ani, triumphant in peace." Vignette: Ani, standing with both hands raised in adoration.
Behind him is his wife: Ausar nebt per qematet en Amen Thuthu.
Osiris, the lady of the house, priestess of Amen, Thuthu.
Text [CHAPTER XV.]: (…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 28 (part 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 2)
“Text [CHAPTER CXXXIII.]: (1) TO BE SAID ON THE DAY OF THE MONTH. (2) Osiris Ani, the scribe, triumphant in peace, triumphant, saith: "Ra riseth (2) in his horizon, and the company of his gods follow after the god when he appeareth from his…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 30 (part 1)
“PLATE XXII.
"Osiris Ani, triumphant, hath not revealed what he hath seen,(17) he hath not, he hath not told again what he hath heard in the house which is hidden.
Hail, there are shouts of joy to Osiris Ani, triumphant, (18) for he is a g…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 30 (part 2)
“They saw (13) the urertu crown stablished upon his head, and they fell down upon their faces.
Behold, O ye shining ones, ye men (14) and gods, ye damned ones, when ye behold Osiris Ani, triumphant like unto Horus and adored (15) by reason…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 31 (part 1)
“PLATE XXIII.
AND PLATE XXIV.
The whole of Plate XXIII.
and part of Plate XXIV contain a repetition of the XVIIIth Chapter of the "Book of the Dead," which has also been given on Plates XIII.
and XIV.
The arrangement of the gods in the…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 31 (part 2)
“I, Osiris Ani, triumphant, come even as one who is equipped for the journey.
Thou raisest up [right and truth] (2 1) for those who love them.
I am a shining one clothed in power, mightier than any other shining one."…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 32 (part 1)
“PLATE XXV.
Vignette: A swallow perched on a conical object painted red and green.
Text [CHAPTER LXXXVI.]: (I) HERE BEGIN THE CHAPTERS OF MAKING TRANSFORMATIONS.
THE CHANGING INTO A SWALLOW.
(2) Saith Osiris Ani, triumphant: "I am the sw…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 32 (part 2)
“May I enter into the presence of Ra daily to hear his words, and may I sit down among the (8) mighty gods of Nut.
May a homestead be made ready for me, and may offerings of food and drink be put before me therein.
May I eat therein; (9) m…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 33 (part 1)
“PLATE XXVI.
underworld fear me, and they (17) fight for me [in their habitations].
I, in very truth I am a shining one and a dweller in light, who hath been created and who hath come into being (18) from the body of the god.
I am one of…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 33 (part 2)
“I shall behold sacred things which are hidden, there shall be done unto me holy (37) hidden rites, I shall see what is there; my words shall make full the majesty of Shu, and they shall drive away evil hap.
(38) I, even I, am Horus who dwe…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 34 (part 1)
“PLATE XXVII.
life.
O, I have made them to know the plans of the gods which Horus hath devised (55) at the bidding of his father Osiris.
Hail, lord, thou most terrible and mighty soul!
Let me come, even me, (56) let me lift myself up!
I…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 34 (part 2)
“I have come, having done away all the evil which dwelleth in your hearts against me, I have made an end of all the sin which I committed (10) against you; I have brought unto you that which is good, I have made to come unto you that which i…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 34 (part 3)
“The four regions of Ra are the limits of the earth.
I come forth; my tongue (10) is like unto the tongue of Ptah, my throat is even as that of Hathor, and I tell forth the words of my father Tmu with my lips.
He it is who constrained (11)…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 34 (part 4)
“I am the lord of millions of years.
I make my nest in the limits of heaven.
I descend unto the earth of Seb (14).
I do away with my faults.
I behold my father, the lord of Mash; and his body breatheth in Annu.
I am provided with what I…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 35 (part 2)
“Saith Osiris Ani: "I am the (2) pure lotus which cometh forth from the god of light, the guardian of the nostrils of Ra, the guardian (3) of the nose of Hathor.
I advance and I hasten (4) after him who is Horus.
I am, the pure one who com…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 36 (part 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 38 (part 8)
“I am he who riseth and shineth; the wall of walls; the only One, [son] of an only One.
Ra (24) never lacketh his form, he never passeth away, he never passeth away.
Verily, I say: I am the plant which cometh forth from Nu, and my mother i…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 39 (part 1)
“PLATE XXXIII.
Vignette: A lake of fire, at each corner of which is seated a dog-headed ape. Rubric: (1) Osiris Ani, triumphant, is girt about with [fine] raiment, he is shod with (2)white sandals, and he is anointed with very precious anta…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 39 (part 2)
“20,636, stone tet inlaid with lapis-lazuli, carnelian, plasma, and mother of emerald.] Text: [CHAPTER CLV.] (1) THE CHAPTER OF A TET OF GOLD: Osiris Ani, triumphant, saith: "Thou risest, O still heart!
(2) Thou shinest, O still heart!
Pla…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 39 (part 3)
“8258, mottled glass buckle having the loop inlaid with blue composition; No.
8259, red faïence double buckle, pierced lengthwise for threading in a necklace.] deceased] he shall be among those who follow Osiris Un-nefer, triumphant.
The g…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 40 (part 1)
“PLATES XXXIII AND XXXIV.
Vignette: The mummy-chamber, arranged as a plan, representing the floor and walls laid flat, in fifteen compartments.
In the centre, under a canopy, is place d the bier bearing the mummy of Ani, beside which stand…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 40 (part 2)
“(5, 6) Thou hast been made victorious in (7) Nut, and thou art mighty to prevail with the gods." [Nephthys saith:] "(2) I have gone round about to protect thee, brother Osiris; (3) 1 have come to be a protector unto thee.
[My strength shal…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 40 (part 3)
“3 Variant hru xesef sat , "day of driving back slaughter."] [Qebhsennuf saith:] "I am thy son, O Osiris Ani, triumphant.
I have come to protect thee.
I have collected thy bones, and I have gathered together thy members.
[I have brought t…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 40 (part 4)
“I have sailed on its Lake that I may come unto its cities, and I have drawn nigh It unto the city Hetep. For behold, I repose at the seasons [of Horus].
I have passed through the region of the company of the gods who are aged and venerable…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 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 1)
“PLATES XXXV.
AND XXXVI.
Vignette: A hall, within which, on the left, Ani stands before two tables of offerings bearing libation water and lotus-flowers, with hands raised, adoring Ra, hawk-headed. Next are ranged seven cows, each one couc…”
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 10)
“Zeitschrift , Bd.
XXXI., p.
i (Die Darstellung innen verzierter Schalen auf aeg.
Denkmälern).
6 Among others, (1) ###, (2) ###, (3) ###, (4) ###; the word incense is written twice, ###.
Some of these appear in the lists of offerings ma…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 14)
“They are exhibited in the First Egyptian Room, Case A, and the fragments of the coffin in Wall Case No.
1 (No.
6647) in the same room.
3.
See Lepsius, Auswahl , Taf.
7.
4.
Or suten bat ; see Sethe, Aeg.
Zeitschrift , Bd.
XXVIII., p…”
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 22)
“If the name of Osiris flourisheth in This, the name of Pepi shall flourish, and this pyramid shall flourish, and this his work shall endure to all eternity.
If the name of Osiris Khent-Amenta flourisheth, the name of Pepi shall flourish, a…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 23)
“41-43.] Selection and arrangement of chapters.
The sections or chapters of the Theban version are a series of separate and distinct compositions, which, like the sections of the pyramid texts, had no fixed order either on coffins or in pap…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 24)
“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 43 (part 27)
“The Chapter of not going in to the divine block a second time.
Vignette: A man standing with his back to the block. Chapter LI.
The Chapter of not walking upside down in the underworld.
Vignette: A man standing.
Chapter LII.* The Chapte…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 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)
“Chapter CLXV.* The Chapter of arriving in port, of not becoming unseen, and of making the body to germinate, and of satisfying it with the water of heaven.
Vignette: The god Min or Amsu with beetle's body, etc.
Chapter CLXVI.
The Chapter…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 40)
“Thou art the heir of Seb and the sovereign of all the earth; [* This festival took place on the 17th and 18th days of the month Thoth; see Brugsch, Kalendarische Inschriften, p.
235.] {footnote page liii} Seb hath seen thy glorious power,…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 42)
“7.
Litanies of Seker , col.
xviii.
8.
###.
Festival Songs , vi., 1.
9.
###.
Ibid.
, iii., 18.
10.
###.
Ibid.
, ix., 26.] THE DOCTRINE OF ETERNAL LIFE.
Egyptian belief in a future life.
The doctrine of eternal life in the VIth…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 43)
“au am-nef saa en neter neb ahau pa neheh t'er-f He hath eaten the knowledge of god every, [his] existence is for all eternity pa t'etta em sah-f pen en merer-f ari-f mest'et'-f and to everlasting in his sah this; what he willeth he doeth, […”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 46)
“per-f em aabt t'eba-tha em sah-k pen am baiu he cometh from the cast, [when] thou art endued with this thy sah among the souls. 3.
ahau pa neheh t'er-f pa t'etta em sah-f [His] duration of life is eternity, his limit of life is everlasting…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 47)
“(Extrait du t.
xxiv.
des Mémoires de la Société impériale des Antiquaires de France ).
Dr.
Birch translated the word by être, personne, emblème, divin, génie, principe, esprit.
In September, 1878, V.
Maspero explained to the Members o…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 50)
“386-97.] supported by a passage in the XCIInd Chapter of the Book of the Dead, where it is said:-- em xena ba-a sauti xaibit-a un uat Let not be shut in my soul, let not be fettered my shadow, let be opened the way en ba-d en xaibit-a maa-f…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 51)
“i-nek sexem-k am xu Cometh to thee thy sekhem among the khu's. [1.
I.e.
, Horus.
2 Recueil de Travaux , t.
v., p.
19 (l.
174).
3.
Recueil de Travaux , t.
v., p.
41 (l.
289).
4.
See below, p.
117.
5.
See below, p.
115.
6.…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 52)
“They believed in an incorporeal and immortal part of man, the constituent elements of which flew to heaven after death and embalmment; yet the theologians of the VIth dynasty had decided that there was some part of the deceased which could…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 56)
“The Egyptians called them " per kheru ," that is to say, " the things which the word or the demand made to appear ," or " per hru kheru ," that is to say, " the things which presented themselves at the word " or " at the demand " of the dec…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 57)
“apparel which they wear, the white linen and sandals; he is clothed in white, and "he goeth to the great lake in the midst of the Field of Peace whereon the great gods sit; and these great and never failing gods give unto him [to eat] of th…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 59)
“It reapeth the wheat, it cutteth the barley, and it giveth it unto thee.
Now, therefore, O Pepi, he that hath given unto thee life and all power and eternity and the power of speech and thy body is Ra.
Thou hast endued thyself with the fo…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 60)
“The whole passage reads:-- "(496) The heavens drop water, the stars throb, (497) the archers go round about, the (498) bones of Akeru tremble, and those who are in bondage to them take to flight when they see (499) Unas rise up as a soul, i…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 62)
“The Australian blacks kill a man, cut out his caul-fat, and rub themselves with it, "the belief being that all the qualifications, both physical and mental of the previous owner of the fat, were communicated to him who used it"; see Fraser,…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 64)
“xi.) that the Prisse papyrus was copied about the period of the XVIIth dynasty and that the works in it only date from the XIIth dynasty; but many Egyptologists assign the composition of the work to the age of Assa.
See Wiedemann, Aegyptis…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 66)
“141.
2.
Ibid.
, p.
149.
3 Ibid.
, p.
172.] God and the gods.
The passages from the pyramid of Pepi show at once the difference between neter as God, and the "gods" neteru ; the other passages, which might be multiplied almost indefi…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 67)
“I am a prince, the son of a prince, a sacred essence which hath preceded from God.
I am a great one, the son of a great one, and my father planned my name; I have multitudes of names and multitudes of forms, and my existence is in every go…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 68)
“O tell it unto me, and the poison shall depart; for he shall live whose name shall be revealed." Now the poison burned like fire, and it was fiercer than the flame and the furnace, and the majesty of the god said, "I consent that Isis shall…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 69)
“unity of a supreme and self-existent being, his eternity, his almightiness, and external reproduction thereby as God; the attributing of the creation of the world and of all living beings to this supreme God; the immortality of the soul, co…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 70)
“He giveth life to man, He breatheth the breath of life into his nostrils--God is father and mother, the father of fathers, and the mother of mothers.
He begetteth, but was never begotten; He produceth, but was never produced; He begat hims…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 74)
“The god Nu appeareth with the breath of the north wind in this hidden god who maketh for untold millions of men the decrees which abide for ever; his decrees [1.
Literally "his heart," ab-f .
2 I.e.
, Shu and Tefnut.
3 I.e.
, the Sun a…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 75)
“heaven nor earth, and when neither gods had been born, nor men created, the god Tmu was the father of human beings, even before death came into the world.
The first act of Tmu was to create from his own body the god Shu and the goddess Tef…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 80)
“Having gone to the north of the Aaru Field he makes his way to the eastern portion of the tuat , where according to one legend he becomes like the morning star, near his sister Sothis. Here he lived in the form of the star Sothis, and "the…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 81)
“The souls of the dead could also be commended to the care of the gods above by the gods of Annu, and thus we find it said in the pyramid of Unas: "O gods of the west, O gods of the east, O gods of the south, O gods of the north, ye four [or…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 82)
“He is depicted in the form of a seated deity having upon his head disk and plumes. Nut the female principle of Nu; she is depicted with the head of a snake surmounted by a disk, or with the head of a cat. Ptah was associated with the god Kh…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 85)
“From a natural point of view the sun was synonymous with movement, and hence typified the life of man; and the setting of the one typified the death of the other.
Usually Ra is depicted in human form, sometimes with the head of a hawk, and…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 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 94)
“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 43 (part 96)
“500, Paris, 1879, p.
27.
4 Pyramid of Unas, l.
564.] Disguised in female forms, the four goddesses go to the house of Ra-user, and, professing to have a knowledge of the art of midwifery, they are admitted to the chamber where the child…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 98)
“It has been urged that the Egyptians never advanced to pure monotheism because they never succeeded in freeing themselves from the belief in the existence of other gods, but when they say that a god has "no second," even though they mention…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 100)
“The pyramid texts afford scanty information about the fiends and devils with which the later Egyptians peopled certain parts of the Tuat, wherein the night sun pursued his course, and where the souls of the dead dwelt; for this we must turn…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 103)
“In ancient days it was famous as the centre for stone cutting and linen weaving, and the latter industry still survives among the modern Coptic population, who, following their ancestors, call their city ###, which the Arabs have rendered b…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 107)
“Thou art stablished among the gods thy brethren, thy head is purified for thee with natron, thy bones are washed clean with water, and thou thyself art made perfect with all that belongeth unto thee.
O Osiris, I have given unto thee the Ey…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 108)
“O Unas, the Eye of Horus hath been given to thee that it may embrace thee. O Unas, the Eye of Horus which strove with Set hath been, given unto thee, in order that the opening of thy mouth may be caused thereby. O Unas, that which flowed fr…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 109)
“It measures 78 feet by 1 foot 3 inches, and is the longest known papyrus of the Theban period. It is made up of six distinct lengths of papyrus, which vary in length from 26 feet 9 inches to 5 feet 7 inches.
The material is composed of thr…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 110)
“30), the word ### is written twice, probably, however, with the view of filling up the line; in Chapter CLI.
(Pl.
34) the name is written crookedly, and the determinative is omitted; and in Chapters XVIII.
(Introduction, pl.
12) and CXX…”
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 4 (part 5)
“was employed in building his pyramid and funeral temple, the hereditary governors and nobles of important provinces in Upper Egypt were not slow to avail themselves of the opportunity which peace and the renewed prosperity of p.
11 the cou…”
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 7)
“The kings of the XIIIth Dynasty were Theban and reigned at Thebes, and appear to have maintained their hold p.
16 in a considerable degree upon Upper Egypt; but the kings of the XIVth Dynasty reigned at Xoïs, in the Delta, and many of them…”
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 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 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 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 6 (part 3)
“69 children, and his beloved ones, and his foster-parents, and his kinsfolk, and his [grown-up] sons and daughters, and his concubines, whom it is his heart's desire [to meet], and his friends, and those who have worked for him upon earth;…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 6 (part 4)
“A perusal of the above Chapter shows that it is the expression of beliefs and ideas concerning the future life which belong to a very early period of civilization, and to a time when the Egyptians held most primitive views about their gods.…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 6 (part 5)
“The Rubric had, in fact, so far back as B.C.
2600, become a traditional magical formula of a most powerful character, and it must have been composed at the time when the abode of the blessed was supposed to resemble the "great field" in wh…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 7 (part 1)
“p.
80 CHAPTER IV.
THE BOOK AM-TUAT AND THE BOOK OF GATES.
"AM-TUAT," or SHAT AM-TUAT, i.e., the "Book of what is in the Tuat," is the name given by the Egyptians to the large funeral book in which the priests of Amen describe the Other W…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 7 (part 2)
“4 This sarcophagus is preserved in the Museum p.
83 of the Louvre in Paris, and its cover is in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Among other sarcophagi inscribed with text and pictures from the BOOK AM-TUAT may be mentioned those of: 1.…”
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 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 8)
“99 Hour-goddess --TUATET-MAKTET-EN-NEB-S.
Division X.
Name --METET-QA-UTCHEBU.
Name of the Gate --AA-KHEPERU-MES-ARU.
Hour-goddess --TENTENIT-UHETES-KHAK-AB.
Division XI.
Name --RE-EN-QERERT-APT-KHATU.
Name of the Gate --SEKHEN-TUATI…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 7 (part 9)
“The copy of the work in the tomb of Amen-hetep III., written in hieratic, was well preserved in Champollion's time, but is now illegible; see Champollion, Lettres , 13 e Lettre; and Champollion, Monuments , iii.
232-234.
The text of the T…”
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 3 (part 1)
“EXPLANATION OF FULL-PAGE PLATES PLATE I FRONTISPIECE--The witch has shot a peasant in the foot with a magic hazel wand.
The victim takes off his shoe when he feels his foot beginning to swell.
If the peasant yields to the witch the spell…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 3 (part 2)
“Figure II., the Labarum of Constantine, another form.
Figure III., the inscription on this talisman is unintelligible.
Figure IV., the occult symbol of the pentagram, reversed, and therefore the sign of the Demon, according to Éliphas Lév…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 5 (part 7)
“I should imagine that the Lords of its Convention are to be feared in a certain manner, like the Red and the Black Death.
But the versicles and aspirations and formulæ which must be strong enough at any moment to undo all the gates of hell…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 8 (part 3)
“It is a noticeable fact that in this work the first section is entitled Clavis , and if we may regard the Sepher Raziel as antedating the Claviculæ , it explains why a Key was attributed to Solomon.
The Clavis in question is, however, conc…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 9 (part 2)
“Click to view TALISMAN OF ARBATEL Even with the qualification which I have registered, the putative Transcendental Rituals are exceedingly few.
There is--1.
The Enchiridion of Pope Leo the Third.
2.
The Arbatel of Magic .
3.
The Celes…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 9 (part 3)
“The missing books are those of Microcosmical Magic, or Spiritual Wisdom; Olympic Magic, that is, the evocation of the Spirits of Olympus; Hesiodiacal and Homeric Magic, being the operations of Caco-daimones ; Roman or Sibylline Magic, conce…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 9 (part 4)
“The sources of occult wisdom, it proceeds, are, firstly, in God; secondly, in spiritual essences--that is to say, the Angelical Hierarchy; thirdly, in corporeal creatures, the reference being probably to the signatura rerum of Paracelsus; f…”
The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) | Page 9 (part 5)
“Click to view THE CHARACTER OF HAGITH The government of Venereal concerns is entrusted to HAGITH, and the person possessing his character is adorned with all beauty.
He converts copper into gold in a moment and gold instantaneously into co…”
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The Secret Writing According to John (Apocryphon of John), Codex II, 1 | Yaltabaoth-b
“The first <is> Athoth – he has the face of a sheep;
the second is Eloaiou – he has the face of a donkey;
the third is Astaphaios – he has the face of a [hyena];
the fourth is Yao – he has the face of a seven-headed [dragon];
the fifth is Sa…”
The Secret Writing According to John (Apocryphon of John), Codex II, 1 | The Authorities Create Adam-a
“Further, through the light they saw the shape of the image inside the water, [II, 15] and he said to the authorities attending him: ‘Come, let us create a man according to the image of God, and according to our likeness, so that his image w…”
Gospel of Judas | Jesus Criticizes the Disciples
“One day he was with his disciples in Judea. He found them sitting together practicing their piety. When he [came up to] his disciples 34 sitting together praying over the bread, [he] laughed. The disciples said to him, "Master, why are you…”
Gospel of Judas | The Disciples' Vision
“Another day Jesus came up to them. They said to him, "Master, we've seen you in a dream, because we had great [dreams last] night." But Jesus said, "Why […] hidden yourselves?" 38 And they [said, "We saw] a great [house, with a great] altar…”
Gospel of Philip | Section 1a
“(Above image of the Gospel of Thomas courtesy of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity, Claremont Graduate University) Visit the Bookstore for a complete selection of translations and books about The Nag Hammadi Library The Nag Hamma…”
Gospel of Philip | Section 1b
“TRUTH MADE NAMES Truth made names in the world, and without them we can’t think.
Truth is one and is many, teaching one thing through the many.
RULERS The rulers wanted to fool us, since they saw we were connected with the good.
They too…”
Gospel of Philip | Section 1c
“And Jesus said, “Whoever will not eat my flesh and drink my blood has no life within him.” What does he mean?
His flesh is the word and blood the holy spirit.
Who has received these has food and drink and clothing.
I condemn those who sa…”
Gospel of Philip | Section 1d
“When the child is grown, however, then the father turns over all he possesses.
THE LOST Those who have gone astray are those born of the spirit.
And they are usually lost because of the spirit.
So from one single breath of spirit the fir…”
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Orphic Hymns | Hymn I. THE GODDESS PROTHYRÆA
“I. TO THE GODDESS PROTHYRÆA * . The FUMIGATION from STORAX. O venerable goddess, hear my pray'r, For labour pains are thy peculiar care; in thee, when stretch'd upon the bed of grief, The sex as in a mirror view relief. Guard of the race, e…”
Orphic Hymns | Hymn II. NIGHT
“II. TO NIGHT. The FUMIGATION with TORCHES. NIGHT, parent goddess, source of sweet repose, From whom at first both Gods and men arose, Hear, blessed Venus, deck'd with starry light, 3 In sleep's deep silence dwelling Ebon night! Dreams and s…”
Orphic Hymns | Hymn III. HEAVEN
“III. TO HEAVEN. The FUMIGATION from FRANKINCENSE. GREAT Heav'n, whose mighty frame no respite knows, Father of all, from whom the world arose: Hear, bounteous parent, source and end of all, Forever whirling round this earthly ball; Abode of…”
Orphic Hymns | Hymn IV. FIRE
“IV. TO FIRE. The FUMIGATION from SAFFRON. O Ever untam'd Fire, who reign'st on high In Jove's dominions ruler of the sky; The glorious sun with dazzling lustre bright, And moon and stars from thee derive their light; All taming pow'r, æther…”
Orphic Hymns | Hymn V. PROTOGONUS, Or the FIRST-BORN
“V. TO PROTOGONUS, Or the FIRST-BORN. The FUMIGATION from MYRRH. O Mighty first-begotten, hear my pray'r, 1 Two-fold, egg-born, and wand'ring thro' the air, p. 119 Bull-roarer, glorying in thy golden wings, 3 From whom the race of Gods and m…”
Orphic Hymns | Hymn VII. THE SUN
“VII. TO THE SUN. The FUMIGATION from FRANKINCENSE and MANNA. HEAR golden Titan, whose eternal eye With broad survey, illumines all the sky. Self-born, unwearied in diffusing light, And to all eyes the mirrour of delight: Lord of the seasons…”
Orphic Hymns | Hymn VIII. THE MOON
“VIII. TO THE MOON * . The FUMIGATION from AROMATICS. HEAR, Goddess queen, diffusing silver light, Bull-horn'd and wand'ring thro' the gloom of Night. 2 p. 125 With stars surrounded, and with circuit wide Night's torch extending, thro' the h…”
Orphic Hymns | Hymn IX. NATURE
“IX. TO NATURE. * The FUMIGATION from AROMATICS. NATURE, all parent, ancient, and divine, O Much-mechanic mother, art is thine; p. 127 Heav'nly, abundant, venerable queen, In ev'ry part of thy dominions seen. p. 128 Untam'd, all-taming, ever…”
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The Book of Concealed Mystery (Siphra Dtzenioutha) | 1a
“CHAPTER V.
1.
(It is written) Isa.
i.
4: "Woe unto the sinful nation, unto the people heavy with iniquity, unto the seed of evildoers, &c." (Here the author of the "Siphra Dtzenioutha" reasoneth concerning the small word HVI, "woe," whi…”
The Book of Concealed Mystery (Siphra Dtzenioutha) | 1b
“If the reader turn to the introduction, to the Table showing the Sephiroth arranged in three pillars, he will see that Malkuth is, as it were, the antithesis of Kether; and hence it is said that "Malkuth is Kether after another manner." And…”
The Book of Concealed Mystery (Siphra Dtzenioutha) | 1c
“And to it also pertain the following names, namely, the name) IH, Yah (whensoever it is written in full with A in this manner:) IVD HA, Yod Ha (and containeth the number of the numeral powers of the letters of the Tetragrammaton, namely, 26…”
The Book of Concealed Mystery (Siphra Dtzenioutha) | 1d
“5; "And thou shalt place upon me thine hand:" KPKH, Khephakha .
(Where this word KPKH, if it be written according to the usual p.
100 custom KPK, Khephakh , yieldeth the number 120.
But now by adding the paragogic H of the female, there…”
The Book of Concealed Mystery (Siphra Dtzenioutha) | 1e
“31: "And He was wise above every man." Because these are not classed with man.
21.
(But when it is said) "And the Tetragrammaton gave him wisdom," then is understood the supernal He .
(Because he gave unto him the influx of the wisdom of…”
The Book of Concealed Mystery (Siphra Dtzenioutha) | 1f
“[The letters of the Hebrew alphabet are divided into three classes, the three mothers as they are called, AMSh; the seven duplex letters, BGDKPRTh, so called because they are sometimes tenues and sometimes aspirates, according to whether th…”
The Book of Concealed Mystery (Siphra Dtzenioutha) | 1g
“The four wheels are their correlatives under the second Sephira, on their four sides--namely, the four elements of the air, fire, water, and earth, which are the abodes of the spirits of the elements, the sylphs, salamanders, undines, and g…”
The Book of Concealed Mystery (Siphra Dtzenioutha) | 1h
“35: "Ye shall not do iniquity in judgment, in dimension, in weight, and in measure." (Where these four are mystically intimated.) 37.
(There is one) rigorous judgment (of severity),another that is not rigorous (that is, of the kingdom).
T…”
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Pseudo-Dionysius: The Divine Names | Chapter 10, Section 1a
“CHAPTER X Concerning ” Omnipotent ,” ” Ancient of Days “; and also concerning ” Eternity “ and ” Time .” 1.
Now ‘tis time that our Discourse should celebrate God (Whose Names are many) as “Omnipotent” and “Ancient of Days.” The former titl…”
Pseudo-Dionysius: The Divine Names | Chapter 10, Section 1b
“For where Scripture speaks of things as “eternal” it doth not always mean things that are absolutely Uncreated or verily Everlasting, Incorruptible, 171 Immortal, Invariable, and Immutable ( e.g.
“Be ye lift up, ye eternal doors,” 461 461…”
Pseudo-Dionysius: The Divine Names | Chapter 1, Section 1a
“51 CHAPTER I Dionysius the Presbyter, to his fellow-Presbyter Timothy.
45 45 The name of St.
Paul’s companion is intended to give colour to the writer’s pseudonym.
See Introduction, p.
1; cf.
iii.
2.
What is the purpose of the discou…”
Pseudo-Dionysius: The Divine Names | Chapter 1, Section 1b
“For even as things which are intellectually discerned 52 52 i.
e.
The Transcendent Truths which are beyond ordinary knowledge.
νοητά .
The word νοῦς = Mind in the sense not merely of abstract intellect but of the spiritual personality.…”
Pseudo-Dionysius: The Divine Names | Chapter 1, Section 1e
“These mysteries we learn from the Divine Scriptures, and thou wilt find that in well-nigh all the utterances of the Sacred Writers the Divine Names refer in a Symbolical Revelation 72 72 ἐκφαντορικῶς καὶ ὑμνητικῶς.
to Its beneficent Emanat…”
Pseudo-Dionysius: The Divine Names | Chapter 1, Section 1h
“that which makes an individual thing to be one thing); (2) Mental or Spiritual intercourse; (3) Physical intercourse; (4) Sense perception.
Here it = either (1) or (2), probably (1).
limit, infinity, everything that exists.
And yet since…”
Pseudo-Dionysius: The Divine Names | Chapter 1, Section 1i
“1 .
as “God of Gods” and “Lord of Lords”, 108 108 Ps.
cxxxvi.
2, 3 .
and “Holy of Holies,” 109 109 Isa.
vi.
3 .
as “Eternal,” 110 110 Deut.
xxxiii.
27 .
as “Existent” 111 111 Ex.
iii.
14 .
and as “Creator of Ages,” 112 112 Gen.…”
Pseudo-Dionysius: The Divine Names | Chapter 1, Section 1j
“143 143 God is above Time.
For the Nameless Goodness is not only the cause of cohesion or life or perfection in such wise as to derive Its Name from this or that providential activity alone; nay, rather does It contain all things beforehan…”
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Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter I
“Hermes, the God who presides over language, was formerly very properly considered as common to all priests; and the power who presides over the true science concerning the Gods 18 is one and the same in the whole of things. Hence our ancest…”
Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter IX-b
“For in things which are of a kindred nature, according to essence and power, or which are, in a certain respect, of the same species, or homogeneous, a certain comprehension, or conservation, may be discovered.
But in such things as are en…”
Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter XI-a
““ How therefore ,” you ask, “ are many things performed to them in sacred operations, as if they were passive?
” I reply, that this is asserted through an ignorance of sacerdotal mysticism.
For of the things which are perpetually effected…”
Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter XII
“You also say, “ that invocations are directed to the Gods as to beings that are passive, so that not only dæmons are passive, but likewise the Gods .” This, however, is not the case. For the illumination which takes place through invocation…”
Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter XIV
“Concerning another kind of divination, also, you say as follows: “ Others who are conscious what they are doing in other respects, are divinely inspired according to the phantastic part, some indeed receiving darkness for a cooperator, othe…”
Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter II
“But we sometimes see that take place which is now proposed to be considered. For it happens that spirits are commanded [to do this or that] who do not use a reason of their own, and have not the principle of judgment. Nor does this occur ir…”
Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter IV
“What then shall we say concerning the next inquiry to this, viz. “ why the powers who are invoked think it requisite that he who worships them should be just, but they when called upon to act unjustly do not refuse so to act ?” To this I re…”
Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter XIV
“We shall begin, however, the elucidation of this subject in the best possible manner, if we demonstrate that the sacred law of sacrifices is connected with the order of the Gods. In the first place, therefore, we say, that of the Gods some…”
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Genesis (American Standard Version, 1901) | 12:6-13:7
“[12:6] And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
[12:7] And Jehovah appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he…”
Genesis (American Standard Version, 1901) | 14:9-15:4
“[14:9] against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against the five.
[14:10] Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomo…”
Genesis (American Standard Version, 1901) | 16:6-17:11
“[16:6] But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her that which is good in thine eyes. And Sarai dealt hardly with her, and she fled from her face.
[16:7] And the angel of Jehovah found her by a fountain of water in…”
Genesis (American Standard Version, 1901) | 21:17-22:4
“[21:17] And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
[21:18] Arise, lift up the lad, and…”
Genesis (American Standard Version, 1901) | 22:5-23:1
“[22:5] And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder; and we will worship, and come again to you.
[22:6] And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; a…”
Genesis (American Standard Version, 1901) | 28:4-28:22
“[28:4] and give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land of thy sojournings, which God gave unto Abraham.
[28:5] And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Paddan-aram unto Laban, s…”
Genesis (American Standard Version, 1901) | 31:33-31:51
“[31:33] And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the tent of the two maid-servants; but he found them not. And he went out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent.
[31:34] Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, a…”
Genesis (American Standard Version, 1901) | 31:52-32:16
“[31:52] This heap be witness, and the pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
[31:53] The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God…”
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The Secret Doctrine | Page 7 (part 3)
“unable either to measure the first abstraction yielded to you by the Deity, or to get hold of it, you still hope to subject to your measurements the mystery of the Secret Sciences which emanate from that Deity?
.
.
.
.
And what would y…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 7 (part 7)
“( c ) The ancients represented it by a serpent, for "Fohat hisses as he glides hither and thither" (in zigzags).
The Kabala figures it with the Hebrew letter Teth , whose symbol is the serpent which played such a prominent part in the Myst…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 8 (part 2)
“Latent, during Pralaya, and active, during Manvantara, the "Primordial" proceed from "Father-Mother" (Spirit-Hyle, or Ilus ); whereas the other manifested Quaternary and the Seven proceed from the Mother alone.
It is the latter who is the…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 8 (part 3)
“"Ten is the Mother of the Soul, for Life and Light are therein united," says Hermes.
"For number one is born of the Spirit and the number ten from matter (chaos, feminine); the unity has made the ten, the ten the unity" ( Book of the Keys…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 8 (part 4)
“He designed and hewed therewith the throne of glory and the wheels, and the seraphim and the holy animals and the ministering angels, and of the three He founded his dwelling, as it is said, He makes his angels spirits and his servants fier…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 8 (part 6)
“The larger lumps coalesce and receive new spawn -- in fiery dots, triangles and cubes, which ripen, and at the appointed time some of the lumps detach themselves and assume spheroidal form, a process which they effect only when not interfer…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 16 (part 10)
“B.] -- according to his organic capacities.
( e ) It is the guiding Force in the Cosmic and terrestrial elements.
It resides in the Fire provoked out of its latent into active being; for the whole of the seven subdivisions of the * * * pr…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 18 (part 4)
“Hence, it is the Occultists and Kabalists who are the "true" heirs to the KNOWLEDGE, or the secret wisdom which is still found in the Bible; for they alone now understand its real meaning, whereas profane Jews and Christians cling to the hu…”
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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…”
Enuma Elish: The Epic of Creation | 1a
“THE FIRST TABLET When in the height heaven was not named, And the earth beneath did not yet bear a name, And the primeval Apsu, who begat them, And chaos, Tiamut, the mother of them both Their waters were mingled together, And no field was…”
Enuma Elish: The Epic of Creation | 1b
“let us wage war!" ...
the gods in the midst of...
...
for the gods did she create.
They banded themselves together and at the side of Tiamat they advanced; They were furious; they devised mischief without resting night and day.
They pr…”
Enuma Elish: The Epic of Creation | 1c
“Whoever beholdeth them is overcome by terror, Their bodies rear up and none can withstand their attack.
She hath set up vipers, and dragons, and the monster Lahamu, And hurricanes and raging hounds, and scorpion-men, And mighty tempests, a…”
Enuma Elish: The Epic of Creation | 1d
“rejoice and be glad; The neck of Tiamat shalt thou swiftly trample under foot.
...
rejoice and be glad; The neck of Tiamat shalt thou swiftly trample under foot.
0 my son, who knoweth all wisdom, Pacify Tiamat with thy pure incantation.…”
Enuma Elish: The Epic of Creation | 1e
“Be thou exalted, thou my chosen spouse, May they magnify thy name over all of them ...
the Anunnaki." She hath given him the Tablets of Destiny, on his breast she laid them, saying: Thy command shall not be without avail, and the word of t…”
Enuma Elish: The Epic of Creation | 1f
“She hath given him the Tablets of Destiny on his breast she laid them, saving: Thy command shall not be without avail, and the word of thy mouth shall be established.' Now Kingu, thus exalted, having received the power of Anu, Decreed the f…”
Enuma Elish: The Epic of Creation | 1g
“When the gods, his fathers, beheld the fulfillment of his word, They rejoiced, and they did homage unto him, saying, " Marduk is king!" They bestowed upon him the scepter, and the throne, and the ring, They give him an invincible weapony wh…”
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Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter XL — Of Bindings; What Sort They Are Of, and in What Ways They Are Wont to Be Done | Chapter XL, Section 1
“CHAPTER XL. Of Bindings; What Sort They Are Of, and in What Ways They Are Wont to Be Done . We have spoken concerning the virtues and wonderful efficacy of natural things. It remains now that we understand a thing of great wonderment—and it…”
Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter XLVII — Of Magical Rings and Their Compositions | Chapter XLVII, Section 1
“CHAPTER XLVII. Of Magical Rings and Their Compositions . Rings , also, which were always much esteemed of by the ancients, when they are opportunely made, do in like manner impress their virtue upon us, in as much as they do affect the spir…”
Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter LXIX — Of Speech, and the Occult Virtue of Words | Chapter LXIX, Section 1
“CHAPTER LXIX. Of Speech, and the Occult Virtue of Words . It being shown that there is a great power in the affections of the soul, you must know, moreover, that there is no less virtue in words and the names of things, and greatest of all…”
Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter LXX — Of the Virtue of Proper Names | Chapter LXX, Section 1
“CHAPTER LXX. Of the Virtue of Proper Names . That the proper names of things are very necessary in Magical Operations, almost all men testify. For the natural power of things proceeds, first, from the objects to the senses, and then from th…”
Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter LXXI — Of Many Words Joined Together, as in Sentences and Verses; and of the Virtues and Astrictions of Charms | Chapter LXXI, Section 1a
“CHAPTER LXXI.
Of Many Words Joined Together, as in Sentences and Verses; and of the Virtues and Astrictions of Charms .
Besides the virtues of words and names, there is also a greater virtue found in sentences, from the truth contained in…”
Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter LXXII — Of the Wonderful Power of Enchantments | Chapter LXXII, Section 1
“CHAPTER LXXII. Of the Wonderful Power of Enchantments . They say that the power of enchantments and verses is, so great, that it is believed they are able to subvert almost all Nature. Apuleius saith that with a magical whispering, swift ri…”
The Heroic Enthusiasts, Part II (Gli Eroici Furori) | PREFACE
“. The second part of "The Heroic Enthusiasts" which I am now sending to the press is on the same subject as the first, namely the struggles of the soul in its upward progress towards purification and freedom, and the author makes use of low…”
The Heroic Enthusiasts, Part II (Gli Eroici Furori) | Fifth Dialogue-e
“"The sun is equal to thy chiefest nymph, By virtue of the everlasting laws, And pauses alternating, Amongst my stars she's equal to the sun." [AJ] Plato says that [Greek: Theos] is derived from the verb [Greek: Theein], to move, to run, as…”
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The Kalevala | Rune XXXII-d
“"Thou, O Otso, forest-apple, Woodland bear, with honeyed fingers, Let us make a lasting treaty, Make a vow for future ages, That thou wilt not kill my cattle, Wilt not eat my milk-providers; That I will not send my hunters To destroy thee a…”
The Kalevala | Rune XLVI-a
“THE HONEY-EATER.
Came the tidings to Pohyola, To the village of the Northland, That Wainola had recovered From her troubles and misfortunes, From her sicknesses and sorrows.
Louhi, hostess of the Northland, Toothless dame of Sariola, Envy…”
The Kalevala | Rune XLVI-b
“Rest in peace, thou much-loved Otso, Turn about within thy thickets, Like the partridge at her brooding, In the spring-time like the wild-goose." When the ancient Wainamoinen Heard his dog bark in the forest, Heard his hunter's call and ech…”
The Kalevala | Rune XLVI-c
“Does the hostess of the woodlands, Give to thee the lynx and adder, Since thou comest home rejoicing, Playing, singing, on thy snow-shoes?" Wainamoinen, ancient minstrel, Gave this answer to his people: "For his songs I caught the adder, Ca…”
The Kalevala | Rune XLVI-d
“Have no care, thou much-loved Otso, Let not anger swell thy bosom As thy coat we view with pleasure; We thy fur shall never injure, Shall not make it into garments To protect unworthy people." Thereupon wise Wainamoinen Pulled the sacred ro…”
The Kalevala | Rune XLVI-e
“"Sacred Otso grew and flourished, Quickly grew with graceful movements, Short of feet, with crooked ankles, Wide of mouth and broad of forehead, Short his nose, his fur-robe velvet; But his claws were not well fashioned, Neither were his te…”
The Kalevala | Rune XLVI-f
“"Now I take the eyes of Otso, Lest he lose the sense of seeing, Lest their former powers shall weaken; Though I take not all his members, Not alone must these be taken.
"Now I take the ears of Otso, Lest he lose the sense of hearing, Lest…”
The Kalevala | Rune L-e
“"O, thou guiding-star of Northland, Star of hope, by God created, Dost thou know and wilt thou tell me Where my darling child has wandered, Where my holy babe lies hidden?" Thus the star of Northland answers: "If I knew, I would not tell th…”
mandaean8
Gnostic John the Baptizer — Portents at John's Birth | Section 8
“[What follows is presumably the beginning of the Letter.]
Gnosis of Life 8 who is far from the height [writes]:
"I have come unto thee, O Soul, whom Life has sent into this world. In
robes of the Eight 9 went I into the world. I went in t…”
Gnostic John the Baptizer — Portents at John's Birth | Section 9
“JOHN AND THE BAPTISM OF JESUS (§ 30).
Yahyā proclaims in the nights, Yōhānā on the Night's evenings.
YAHYĀ proclaims in the nights.—Glory rises over the worlds.
Who told Yeshu (Eshu)? Who told Yeshu Messiah, son of Miryam, who told Yeshu…”
Gnostic John the Baptizer — Portents at John's Birth | Section 10
“"A blind man who writes a letter: a villain who has become virtuous. He
abandoned wantonness and abandoned theft and reached unto faith in almighty
Life.
"A desolate house who ascends again to the height: one of position who
has become hum…”
Gnostic John the Baptizer — Portents at John's Birth | Section 14
“When Enishbai heard this, she cried out and she said: "Of all these names which you name, will I not give him one; but the name Yahyā-Yōhānā will I give him, [the name] which Life's self has given unto him."
When the Jews heard this, they…”
Gnostic John the Baptizer — Some Typical Extracts | Section 2
“Thereon speaks the fisher and makes the man, his customer, hear: "A curse on thee, a curse on thy buyers, a curse on thy bell, 3 a curse on thy boat for not filling up. Thou hast brought no salt and sprinkled it over thy fish which thou bou…”
Gnostic John the Baptizer — Some Typical Extracts | Section 9
“When they heard this from the Fisher who has come hither, and
understood, they spake to him: "Have compassion, forbearance and mercy on us
and forgive us our sins and transgressions. We are thy slaves, show thyself
indulgent towards us. We…”
Gnostic John the Baptizer — Some Typical Extracts | Section 13
“The Treasury am I, Life's Treasury. A crown I became for Life's Gnosis.
He bestowed on me the rulership over the treasures and the shekīnahs which
are there [yonder].
The Treasury am I, Life's Treasury. Of the light-worlds was I the
enligh…”
Gnostic John the Baptizer — Some Typical Extracts | Section 14
“That the Mandæan religion preserves echoes of a wealth of ancient mythical elements found in Iranian, Babylonian and Semitic traditions is evident on all hands. A process of syncretism had presumably gone on for generations before an impuls…”
native_american8
The Soul of the Indian | Chapter I-c
“He had faith in their instincts, as in a mysterious wisdom given from above; and while he humbly accepted the supposedly voluntary sacrifice of their bodies to preserve his own, he paid homage to their spirits in prescribed prayers and offe…”
The Soul of the Indian | Chapter III-e
“The sacred beast, bird, or reptile, represented by its stuffed skin, or by a rude painting, was treated with reverence and carried into battle to insure the guardianship of the spirits.
The symbolic attribute of beaver, bear, or tortoise,…”
Myths of the Cherokee | Myth 8
“THE MOON AND THE THUNDERS. The Sun was a young woman and lived in the East, while her brother, the Moon, lived in the West. The girl had a lover who used to come every month in the dark of the moon to court her. He would come at night, and…”
Myths of the Cherokee | Myth 35b
“Consequently the Eagle songs were never sung until after the snakes had gone to sleep for the winter.
When the people of a town had decided upon an Eagle dance the eagle killer was called in, frequently from a distant settlement, to procur…”
Myths of the Cherokee | Myth 75b
“The Ani′-Tsâ′gûhĭ, the Ani′-Tsâ′gûhĭ, I want to lay them low on the ground, The Ani′-Tsâ′gûhĭ, the Ani′-Tsâ′gûhĭ, I want to lay them low on the ground—Yû!
The bear hunter starts out each morning fasting and does not eat until near evening.…”
Myths of the Cherokee | Myth 126a
“PLANT LORE The Cherokee have always been an agricultural people, and their old country is a region of luxuriant flora, with tall trees and tangled undergrowth on the slopes and ridges, and myriad bright-tinted blossoms and sweet wild fruits…”
Myths of the Cherokee | Myth 126b
“Thus ginseng, or “sang,” as it is more often called by the white mountaineers, is known to the laity as â′talĭ-gûlĭ′ , “the mountain climber,” but is addressed in the formulas as Yûñwĭ Usdi′ , “Little Man,” while selu (corn) is invoked unde…”
Myths of the Cherokee | Myth 126f
“Ginseng, which is sold in large quantities to the local traders, as well as used in the native medical practice, is called âtalĭ-gûlĭ′ , “the mountain climber,” but is addressed by the priests as Yûñwĭ Usdi′, “Little Man,” or Yûñwi Usdi′ga…”
hermeticism7
Corpus Hermeticum 2: The Serapeum | Section 1c
“H: Alack, Asclepius, for thy far-wandering from the truth!
Think'st thou that things most full and most replete are void?
11.
A: How meanest thou, Thrice-greatest one?
H: Is not air body?
A: It is.
H: And doth this body not pervade al…”
Corpus Hermeticum 2: The Serapeum | Section 1d
“Not only, then, is God not understood by all, but both unto the gods and some of the men they out of ignorance do give the name of Good, though they can never either be or become Good.
For they are very different from God, while Good can n…”
Corpus Hermeticum 5: The Discourse of Hermes to Asclepius | Section 1a
“Though Unmanifest God Is Most Manifest 1.
I will recount to thee this sermon (logos) too, O Tat, that thou may'st cease to be without the mysteries of the God beyond all name.
And mark thou well how that which to the many seems unmanifest…”
Corpus Hermeticum 5: The Discourse of Hermes to Asclepius | Section 1b
“Would that it were possible for thee to get thee wings, and soar into the air, and, poised midway 'tween earth and heaven, behold the earth's solidity, the sea's fluidity (the flowings of its streams), the spaciousness of air, fire's swiftn…”
Corpus Hermeticum 5: The Discourse of Hermes to Asclepius | Section 1c
“And for this cause hath He all names, in that they are one Father's.
And for this cause hath He Himself no nome, in that He's Father of [them] all.
Who, then, may sing Thee praise of Thee, or [praise] to Thee?
Whither, again, am I to tur…”
Corpus Hermeticum 13: The Discourse of Hermes to Tat | Section 1c
“Gnosis of God hath come to us, and when this comes, my son, Not-knowing is cast out.
Gnosis of Joy hath come to us, and on its coming, son, Sorrow will flee away to them who give it room.
The Power that follows Joy do I invoke, thy Self-c…”
Corpus Hermeticum 15: The Hymn of Hermes | Section 1a
“p.
266 CORPUS HERMETICUM (XVI.) THE DEFINITIONS OF ASCLEPIUS UNTO KING AMMON THE PERFECT SERMON OF ASCLEPIUS UNTO THE KING (Text: R.
348-354; Pat.
at end.
1 ) 1.
Great is the sermon ( logos ) which I send to thee, O King—the summing up…”
hinduism5
The Bhagavad Gita | Chapter VIII, Section 1a
“CHAPTER VIII.
Ar g una said: What is that Brahman, what the Adhyâtma, and what, O best of beings!
is action?
And what is called the Adhibhûta?
And who is the Adhiya g ña, and how in this body, O destroyer of Madhu?
And how, too, are yo…”
The Bhagavad Gita | Chapter XVII, Section 1b
“That gift is said (to be) good, which is given, because it ought to be given, to one who (can) do no service (in return), at a (proper) place and time, an d to a (proper) person.
But that gift which is given with much difficulty, for a ret…”
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Book I | Sutra 27
“His word is OM. OM: the symbol of the Three in One, the three worlds in the Soul; the three times, past, present, future, in Eternity; the three Divine Powers, Creation, Preservation, Transformation, in the one Being; the three essences, im…”
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Book I | Sutra 28
“Let there be soundless repetition of OM and meditation thereon. This has many meanings, in ascending degrees. There is, first, the potency of the word itself, as of all words. Then there is the manifold significance of the symbol, as sugges…”
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Book II | Sutra 44
“Through spiritual reading, the disciple gains communion with the divine Power on which his heart is set. Spiritual reading meant, for ancient India, something more than it does with us. It meant, first, the recital of sacred texts, which, i…”
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The Poetic Edda: Hovamol | Section 1m
“I ween that I hung | on the windy tree, Hung there for nights full nine; With the spear I was wounded, | and offered I was To Othin, myself to myself, On the tree that none | may ever know What root beneath it runs.
[138.
In the manuscrip…”
The Poetic Edda: Hovamol | Section 1n
“Knowest how one shall write, | knowest how one shall rede?
Knowest how one shall tint, | knowest how one makes trial?
Knowest how one shall ask, | knowest how one shall offer?
Knowest how one shall send, | knowest how one shall sacrifice…”
The Poetic Edda: Hovamol | Section 1o
“A sixth I know, | if harm one seeks With a sapling's roots to send me; The hero himself | who wreaks his hate Shall taste the ill ere I.
153.
A seventh I know, | if I see in flames The hall o'er my comrades' heads; It burns not so wide |…”
The Poetic Edda: Voluspo | Section 1o
“The sun turns black, | earth sinks in the sea, The hot stars down | from heaven are whirled; Fierce grows the steam | and the life-feeding flame, Till fire leaps high | about heaven itself.
58.
Now Garm howls loud | before Gnipahellir, Th…”
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The Masnavi, Book I (Rumi) | STORY III-a
“The Jewish King, his Vazir, and the Christians.
A certain Jewish king used to persecute the Christians, desiring to exterminate their faith.
His Vazir persuaded him to try a stratagem, namely, to mutilate the Vazir himself, and expel him…”
The Masnavi, Book I (Rumi) | STORY V-c
“The skill taught by God to the silkworm Is a learning beyond the reach of the elephant.
The earthly Adam was taught of God names, 4 So that his glory reached the seventh heaven.
He laid low the name and fame of the angels, 5 Yet blind ind…”
The Masnavi, Book I (Rumi) | STORY IX-c
“When love of God kindles a flame in the inward man, He burns, and is freed from effects.
He has no need of signs to assure him of love, For love casts its own light up to heaven.
Other details are wanting to complete this subject, But tak…”
The Masnavi, Book I (Rumi) | STORY XIV
“The Chinese and the Greek Artists. The Chinese and the Greeks disputed before the Sultan which of them were the better painters; and, in order to settle the dispute, the Sultan allotted to each a house to be painted by them. The Chinese pro…”
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Vajrakkhedika (Diamond Cutter) | Section 1a
“THE VA G RA KKH EDIKÂ OR DIAMOND-CUTTER.
ADORATION to the blessed Ârya-pra gñ â-pâramitâ (perfection of wisdom).
I.
Thus it was heard by me: At one time Bhagavat (the blessed Buddha) dwelt in S râvastî, in the grove of G eta, in the gard…”
Vajrakkhedika (Diamond Cutter) | Section 1n
“This prophecy is supposed to have been addressed by Dîpankara to S âkyamuni, before he had become a Buddha.] perfect knowledge has been known, he would speak an untruth, and would slander me, O Subhûti, with some untruth that he has learned…”
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The Mabinogion | Tale TALIESIN-c
“Elphin of notable qualities, Be not displeased at thy misfortune; Although reclined thus weak in my bag, There lies a virtue in my tongue.
While I continue thy protector Thou hast not much to fear; Remembering the names of the Trinity, Non…”
The Mabinogion | Tale TALIESIN-l
“And then said Taliesin, “Elphin, behold a payment and reward unto thee, for having taken me out of the weir, and for having reared me from that time until now.” And on this spot stands a pool of water, which is to this time called Pwllbair.…”
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Tao Te Ching | Chapter 1
“The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Tao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name. (Conceived of as) having no name, it is the Originator of heaven and earth; (conceived of as) having a n…”
The Writings of Chuang Tzu (Inner Chapters) | Book II (part 11)
“185:3 The ordinary reading here is fäng ( ) 'a boundary' or 'distinctive limit.' Lin Hsî-hung adopts the reading , 'a response,' and I have followed him.
186:1 Kâo Wän and Shih Kwang were both musicians of the state of Zin.
Shih, which ap…”
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The Kojiki: The Beginning of Heaven and Earth | Section 1
“p. 15 RECORDS OF ANCIENT MATTERS [SECT. I.—THE BEGINNING OF HEAVEN AND EARTH.] The names of the Deities 1 that were born 2 in the Plain of High Heaven 3 when the Heaven and Earth began were the Deity Master-of-the-August-Centre-of-Heaven, 4…”
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Avesta (Gathas) | Gathas Introduction, Section 1a
“p.
1 THE GÂTHAS.
THE five Gâthas of Zarathu s tra and his immediate followers are placed here before the other parts of the Yasna on account of their higher antiquity.
There existed no other Yasna for years or centuries beside them.
The…”