The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) · 111 of 357 · tr. E.A. Wallis Budge
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, and Horus is purified with natron; thou art purified with natron, and Set is purified with natron; thou art purified with natron, and Thoth is purified with natron; thou art purified with natron, and Sep is purified with natron; thou art purified with natron, and art established among them, and thy mouth is [as pure] as the mouth of a sucking calf on the day of its birth.
Thou art purified with natron, and Horus is purified with natron; thou art purified with natron, and Set is purified with natron; [thou art purified with natron] and Thoth is purified with natron; thou art purified with natron, and Sep is purified with natron; thy ka is purified with natron, and thou art pure, thou art pure, thou art pure, thou art pure.
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 Eye of Horus, thy face is filled therewith, and the perfume thereof spreadeth over thee.
"Hail, Unas, thy two jaws are unlocked. Hail, Unas, the two gods have opened thy mouth. O Unas, the Eye of Horus hath been given unto thee, and Horus cometh thereunto; it is brought unto thee, and placed in thy mouth. Hail, Unas, the nipples of the bosom of Horus have been given unto thee, and thou hast taken in thy mouth the breast of thy sister Isis, and the milk which floweth from thy mother is poured into thy mouth. "Thou hast gotten possession of the two eyes of Horus, the white and the black, thou hast taken them unto thyself and they illumine thy face. The day hath made an offering unto thee in heaven, and the East and the West are at peace with thee; the night hath made an offering unto thee, and the North and the South are at peace with thee.
These are the offerings which are brought unto thee, the offerings which thou seest, the offerings which thou hearest, the offerings which are before thee, the offerings which are behind thee, the offerings which are with thee.
O Osiris Unas, the white teeth of Horus are given unto thee that thou mayest fill thy mouth therewith. A royal offering to the ka of Unas..
O Osiris Unas, the Eye of Horus hath been given unto thee, and thou livest, and a thou art. O Osiris Unas, the Eye of Horus which strove with Set hath been [*.
###, the followers of Horus" [Addressing the statue of the decease the setem priest says] 1.
Here [offer] perfume of the south, three grains.
2.
Repeat four times.
3.
Here [offer] natron of the north.
4 Here [burn] one grain of incense.
5.
Here [bring] the Pesesh-kef .
6.
Here [offer] two pieces of iron of the north and south.
7.
Here [offer] unguent of the north, and unguent of the south.
8.
Here [offer] milk.
9.
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.
[auto] The deceased is explicitly addressed as 'O Osiris Unas' and established among the gods, indicating a transformation into a divine state.
Iamblichean ritual practice that engages the gods directly through consecrated material symbols and actions, on the premise that divine power descends into properly prepared matter — distinct from philosophical contemplation alone.
[auto] The text employs consecrated material symbols like natron, incense, and specific utterances to engage the gods directly and effect purification.