The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) · 152 of 357 · tr. E.A. Wallis Budge
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 pleaseth him, even as [do] the gods who are in the underworld, (8) for everlasting millions of ages, world without end.
Appendix: The text of Chapter LXXII.
does not occur in the Papyrus of Ani.
It is given by M.
Naville (see Todtenbuch , I., Bl.
84) from, a papyrus in the Louvre.
In the vignettes which accompany it, the deceased is represented as adoring three gods, who are either standing in a shrine or are seated upon it.
In other instances, the deceased stands by a sepulchral chest or outside a pylon with hands raised in adoration.
The following is a translation of the Louvre text:-- (1) CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY AND OF PASSING THROUGH THE AMMAHET.
(2) "Homage to you, O ye lords of kas , ye lords of right and truth, infallible, who shall endure for ever and shall exist through countless ages, grant that (3) 1 may enter into your [presence].
I, even I, am pure and holy, and I have gotten power over the spells which are mine.
judgment (4) hath been passed [1.
A variant gives the reading ### (Naville, Todtenbuch , Bd.
IL, Bl.
84).
For the situation of the pool, see Brugsch, Dict.
Géog , p.
359.
2 The following lines of text form the XXIst chapter of the Saïte recension of the Book of the Dead.
See Lepsius, Todtenbuch , plate xiv.; and Pierret, Le Livre des Morts , p.
91.
3 Compare ###.
4 The chapter which Lepsius has numbered XXIII., as being most closely connected with the XXIInd chapter, and which refers to the opening of the mouth of the deceased, follows on Plate XV.] upon me in my glorified form.
Deliver ye me from the crocodile which is in the place of the lords of right and truth.
Grant ye unto me (5) my mouth that I may speak therewith.
May offerings be made unto me in your presence, for I know you and I know your names, and I know (6) the name of the great god.
Grant ye abundance of food for his nostrils.
The god Rekem passeth through the western horizon of heaven.
He (7) travelleth on, and I travel on he goeth forth, and I go forth.
Let me not be destroyed in the place Mesqet let not the Fiend get the mastery over me; let me not be driven back from your gates; (8) let not your doors be shut against me; for I have [eaten] bread in Pe and I have drunken ale in Tepu.
If my arms be fettered in the (9) holy habitation, may my father Tmu stablish for me my mansion in the place above [this] earth where there are wheat and barley in abundance which cannot be told.
May feasts be made for me there, for my soul and for my (10) body.
Grant me even offerings of the dead, bread, and ale, and wine, oxen, and ducks, linen bandages and incense, wax, and all the good and fair and pure things whereby the gods do live.
May I rise again in all the forms which (11) I desire without fail and for ever.
§ Ask Guru about this passage →Themes
Anthropomorphismtheology
Attributing human characteristics, emotions, or form to the divine; embodied divine imagery.
[auto] The vignettes describe gods standing, seated, or with hands raised in adoration, attributing human forms to the divine.
All passages →Eschatological Judgmentsoteriology
Final, collective cosmic judgment as an event in which the wicked are sentenced and the cosmos restored; distinct from psychopomp_journey (individual passage at death) and emphasising verdict where Zoroastrian frashokereti emphasises restoration.
The text states that judgment has been passed upon the deceased as a condition for entry.
All passages →Funerary Navigationpraxis
Texts and rituals guiding the soul through death.
[auto] The text is explicitly from the Book of the Dead, designed to guide the deceased through death and into the afterlife realms.
All passages →Gnosis Direct Knowledgesoteriology
Salvation through direct experiential knowledge of the divine nature, not through faith, ritual, or moral works alone.
Salvation and power are contingent upon knowing the names of gods and possessing spells.
All passages →Maat Cosmic Ordercosmology
The Egyptian principle of truth, balance, and right order underlying both the cosmos and human conduct; the parallel to Zoroastrian asha and Greek dike.
[auto] The text explicitly invokes the 'lords of right and truth' and references judgment based on purity.
All passages →Prayerpraxis
Direct address to the divine, whether petitionary, contemplative, or liturgical; speech and silence offered upward.
[auto] The text consists largely of direct petitions and homages addressed to the gods.
All passages →Psychopomp Journeycosmology
Guided passage of the soul through afterlife realms.
[auto] The passage describes the soul's guided passage through specific afterlife realms like the Ammahet and Fields of Aaru.
All passages →Ritual Puritypraxis
The maintenance of a state of cleanliness—physical, moral, or spiritual—required for encounter with the divine.
[auto] The deceased explicitly declares 'I, even I, am pure and holy' as a prerequisite for entering the divine presence.
All passages →Sacred Namestheology
Divine names or formulas that carry ontological power, used in prayer, liturgy, or magical practice.
[auto] The text invokes specific divine titles such as 'lords of kas' and 'lords of right and truth' to gain access.
All passages →Spiritual Ascentpraxis
A staged journey of the soul upward through heavenly realms or levels of being toward the divine source.
The narrative describes moving upward or through gates into higher divine realms.
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.
The deceased seeks to flourish and act 'even as [do] the gods' in a glorified form.
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