The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) · 30 of 357 · tr. E.A. Wallis Budge
Chapter 4 (part 27)
For the variant vignettes see Naville, Todtenbuch , Bd.
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One of the two variant vignettes shows the deceased in the act of adoring Ra, and in the other the deceased kneels before Ra, Thoth, and Osiris; see Naville, Todtenbuch , Bd.
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83.] Theban version: list of chapters.
Vignette: The deceased standing before the door of a tomb.
Chapter LXXVI.
The Chapter of [a man] changing into whatsoever form he pleaseth.
This Chapter has no vignette.
Chapter LXXVII.
The Chapter of changing into a golden hawk.
Vignette: A golden hawk Chapter LXXVIII.
The Chapter of changing into a divine hawk.
Vignette: A hawk.
Chapter LXXIX.
The Chapter of being among the company of the gods, and of becoming a prince among the divine powers.
Vignette: The deceased adoring three gods.
Chapter LXXX.
The Chapter of changing into a god, and of sending forth light into darkness.
Vignette: A god.
Chapter LXXXI A .
The Chapter of changing into a lily.
Vignette: A lily.
Chapter LXXXI B .
The Chapter of changing into a lily.
Vignette: The head of the deceased rising out of a lily.
Chapter LXXXII.
The Chapter of changing into Ptah, of eating cakes, of drinking ale, of unloosing the body, and of living in Annu (On).
Vignette: The God Ptah in a shrine.
Chapter LXXXIII.
The Chapter of changing into a phÅnix.
Vignette: A phoenix.
Chapter LXXXIV.
The Chapter of changing into a heron.
Vignette: A heron.
Chapter LXXXV.
The Chapter of changing into a soul, of not going into the place of punishment: whosoever knoweth it will never perish.
This Chapter has no vignette.
Chapter LXXXVI.
The Chapter of changing into a swallow.
Vignette: A swallow.
Chapter LXXXVII.
The Chapter of changing into the serpent Sa-ta.
Vignette: A serpent.
Chapter LXXXVIII.
The Chapter of changing into a crocodile.
Vignette: A crocodile.
Chapter LXXXIX.
The Chapter of making the soul to be united to its body.
Vignette: The soul visiting the body, which lies on a bier. Theban version: list of chapters.
Chapter XC.
The Chapter of giving memory to a man.
Vignette: A jackal.
Chapter XCI.
'The Chapter of not allowing the soul of a man to be shut in.
Vignette: A soul standing on a pedestal.
Chapter XCII.
The Chapter of opening the tomb to the soul and shadow of a man, so that he may come forth and may gain power over his legs.
Vignette: The soul of the deceased flying through the door of the tomb.
Chapter XCIII.
The Chapter of not sailing to the east in the underworld.
Vignette: The hands of a buckle grasping the deceased by his left arm.
Chapter XCIV.
The Chapter of praying for an ink jar and palette.
Vignette: The deceased sitting before a stand, upon which are an ink jar and palette.
Chapter XCV.
The Chapter of being near Thoth.
Vignette: The deceased standing before Thoth.
Chapters XCVI., XCVII.
The Chapter of being near Thoth, and of giving .
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Vignette: The deceased standing near Thoth.
Chapter XCVIII.
[The title of this chapter is incomplete.] Chapter XCIX.
§ Ask Guru about this passage →Themes
Divine Lighttheology
The uncreated luminous quality of the divine, sometimes experienced directly in mystical states; illumination as revelation.
[auto] Chapter LXXX explicitly mentions the transformed deceased sending forth light into darkness as a divine capability.
All passages →Funerary Navigationpraxis
Texts and rituals guiding the soul through death.
[auto] The passage lists chapters and vignettes from the Book of the Dead specifically designed to guide the deceased through the afterlife.
All passages →Mystical Unionsoteriology
The merging of the individual soul or self with the divine, transcending personal identity.
[auto] Multiple chapters describe the deceased changing into gods or becoming a prince among divine powers, indicating a merging with the divine.
All passages →Spiritual Ascentpraxis
A staged journey of the soul upward through heavenly realms or levels of being toward the divine source.
[auto] The text outlines the deceased's progression toward becoming a prince among divine powers and assuming divine forms.
All passages →Theosis Deificationsoteriology
The doctrine — central to Eastern Orthodox and Maximian theology — that the human person is progressively transformed into a partaker of the divine nature by grace, not merely justified or united in passing ecstasy.
Multiple chapters explicitly describe the deceased changing into gods or divine forms like Ptah.
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