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The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) · 153 of 357 · tr. E.A. Wallis Budge

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."
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Themes
Funerary Navigationpraxis

Texts and rituals guiding the soul through death.

[auto] The passage is a spell from the Book of the Dead explicitly requesting navigation through the afterlife realm of Aaru.

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Mystical Unionsoteriology

The merging of the individual soul or self with the divine, transcending personal identity.

[auto] The speaker identifies themselves directly as a deity ('I am the double Lion-god'), indicating a merging or transformation into the divine.

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Prayerpraxis

Direct address to the divine, whether petitionary, contemplative, or liturgical; speech and silence offered upward.

The text employs petitionary language ('May I sail...') to request safe passage and peace from divine powers.

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Psychopomp Journeycosmology

Guided passage of the soul through afterlife realms.

The text describes the passage of the soul through specific afterlife realms, characteristic of guided post-mortem travel.

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Sacred Namestheology

Divine names or formulas that carry ontological power, used in prayer, liturgy, or magical practice.

The invocation of the title 'Lion-god' functions as a powerful formula to assert identity and authority within the ritual context.

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Self Knowledgesoteriology

The recognition of one's own true divine nature as the primary path to liberation; 'know thyself' as soteriology.

[auto] The declaration 'for I am...' serves as the justification for the request, implying that knowledge of one's divine nature grants access.

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Spiritual Ascentpraxis

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

The movement described ('sail up and down through the fields') represents navigation through higher spiritual realms.

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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 speaker asserts a divine identity ('I am the double Lion-god'), claiming transformation into a god-like state.

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Unity Of Beingtheology

The doctrine that all existence is ultimately one substance or one divine reality; non-duality as a theological claim.

The statement 'I am the... god' suggests a non-dual identification between the human soul and the divine entity.

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