Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life by E. A. Wallis Budge
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Utchat (_i.e._, the Eye of Horus or R[=a]), to rest upon its seat. O
grant thou unto me a path," etc. 6. "Homage to thee, O thou who art mighty in thine hour, thou great and mighty Prince, dweller in An-rut-f, [Footnote: The place where nothing grows--the underworld.] lord of eternity and creator of everlastingness, thou art the lord of Suten-henen _(_i.e._, Heracleopolis Magna). O grant," etc. 7. "Homage to thee, O thou who restest upon Right and Truth, thou art lord of Abydos, and thy limbs are joined unto Ta-tchesert (_i.e._, the Holy Land, the underworld); thou art he to whom fraud and guile are hateful. O grant," etc. 8. "Homage to thee, O thou who art within thy boat; thou bringest H[=a]pi (_i.e._, the Nile) forth from his source; the light shineth upon thy body, and thou art the dweller in Nekhen. O grant," etc. 9. "Homage to thee, O creator of the gods, thou king of the South and of the North, O Osiris, victorious one, ruler of the world in thy gracious seasons; thou art the lord of the celestial world. O grant," etc. And, again: "R[=a] setteth as Osiris with all the diadems of the divine spirits and of the gods of Amentet. He is the one divine form, the hidden one of the Tuat, the holy Soul at the head of Amentet, Un-nefer, whose duration of life is for ever and ever." [Footnote: See _Chapters of Coming Forth by Day_, p. 334.] We have already referred to the help which Thoth gave to Isis when he provided her with the words which caused her dead husband to live again, but the best summary of the good |
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