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The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) · 27 of 357 · tr. E.A. Wallis Budge

Chapter 4 (part 24)

A Hymn of praise to Ra when he setteth in the land of life. Vignette: The deceased adoring Ra. Chapter XV B . 2. A Hymn of praise to Ra-Harmachis when he setteth in the western horizon of heaven. Vignette: The deceased adoring Ra. Chapter XV B . 3. Another hidden Chapter of the tuat , and of passing through the secret places of the underworld, and of seeing the Disk when he setteth in Amentet. Vignette: The god or the deceased spearing a serpent. Chapter XVI A . [No text: being only a vignette.] {p. xxxiii} Theban version: list of chapters. Scene of the worship of the rising sun by mythological beings. Chapter XVI B . Without title or text. Vignette: Scene of the worship of the setting sun by mythological beings. Chapter XVII. Here begin the praises and glorifyings of coming out from, and going into, the underworld in the beautiful Amenta; of coming out by day, and of making transformations and of changing into any form which he pleaseth; of playing at draughts in the seh chamber; and of coming forth in the form of a living soul: to be said by the deceased after his death. Vignette: The deceased playing at draughts; the deceased adoring the lion-gods of yesterday and to-day; the bier of Osiris with Isis and Nephthys at the foot and head respectively; and a number of mythological beings referred to in the text. Chapter XVIII. Without title. Vignette: The deceased adoring the groups of gods belonging to various cities. Chapter XIX.* The Chapter of the crown(?) of victory. This Chapter has no vignette. Chapter XX. Without title. This Chapter has no vignette. Chapter XXI.* The Chapter of giving a mouth to a man in the underworld. This Chapter has no vignette. Chapter XXII. The Chapter of giving a mouth to the deceased in the underworld. Vignette: The guardian of the scales touching the mouth of the deceased. Chapter XXIII. The Chapter of opening the mouth of the deceased in the underworld. Vignette: The sem priest touching the mouth of the deceased with the instrument ###. Chapter XXIV. The Chapter of bringing words of magical power to the deceased in the underworld. This Chapter has no vignette. Chapter XXV. The Chapter of causing a man to remember his name in the underworld. Vignette: A priest holding up ### before the deceased. Chapter XXVI. The Chapter of giving a heart to the deceased in the underworld. Vignette: Anubis holding out a heart to the deceased in the underworld. Chapter XXVII. The Chapter of not allowing the heart of a man to be taken from him in the underworld. {p. xxxiv} Theban version: list of chapters. Vignette: A man tying a heart to the statue of the deceased.[1] Chapter XXVIII. [The Chapter of] not allowing the heart of a man to be taken from him in the underworld. Vignette: The deceased with his left hand touching the heart upon his breast, kneeling before a demon holding a knife. Chapter XXIX A . The Chapter of not carrying away the heart of a man in the underworld. This Chapter has no vignette. Chapter XXIX B . Another Chapter of a heart of carnelian. Vignette: The deceased sitting on a chair before his heart, which rests on a stand. Chapter XXX A . The Chapter of not allowing the heart of a man to be driven away from him in the underworld. Vignette: A heart.[2] Chapter XXX B . The Chapter of not allowing the heart of a man to be driven away from him in the underworld.
Themes
◇Anthropomorphismtheology

Attributing human characteristics, emotions, or form to the divine; embodied divine imagery.

[auto] Gods are described with human-like actions such as spearing a serpent or playing draughts.

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◇Divine Lighttheology

The uncreated luminous quality of the divine, sometimes experienced directly in mystical states; illumination as revelation.

[auto] Ra is depicted as the sun disk rising and setting, representing divine illumination.

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◇Funerary Navigationpraxis

Texts and rituals guiding the soul through death.

[auto] The text explicitly outlines rituals and passages for the deceased to navigate the underworld after death.

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◇Hidden Sayingssoteriology

Esoteric teachings reserved for those ready to receive them; outer meaning conceals an inner liberating truth.

[auto] The text references a hidden Chapter of the tuat reserved for specific knowledge.

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◇Living Godtheology

The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.

[auto] The deity Ra is portrayed as active in the sky and worshipped by mythological beings.

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◇Psychopomp Journeycosmology

Guided passage of the soul through afterlife realms.

[auto] It describes passing through secret places of the underworld and emerging by day.

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◇Spiritual Ascentpraxis

A staged journey of the soul upward through heavenly realms or levels of being toward the divine source.

[auto] The deceased aims to come out from the underworld and transform into a living soul.

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