The Chapter of Forcing a Way into Amentet
[and of Coming Forth] by Day
The Osiris Ani saith: The town of
Unu is opened. My head is sealed up, Thoth. Perfect is
the Eye of Horus. I have delivered the Eye of Horus which
shineth with splendours on the brow of Ra, the Father of
the gods, [I am] that self-same Osiris, [the dweller in]
Amentet. Osiris knoweth his day, and he knoweth that he
shall live through his period of life; I shall have by
being with him. I am the Moon-god Aah, the dweller among
the gods. I shall not come to an end. Stand up therefore,
O Horus, for thou art counted among the gods.
The Chapter
of Forcing a Way into the Tuat (Naville, op. cit., I, Bl.
X)
The Am Khent priest Nefer-uben-f, whose word is truth,
saith: Hail, Soul, thou mighty one of terror. Behold, I
have come unto thee. I see thee. I have forced a way
through the Tuat. I see my father Osiris. I drive away
the darkness. I love him. I have come. I see my father
Osiris. He hath counted the heart of Set. I have made
offerings for my father Osiris. I have opened all the
ways in heaven and on earth. I love him. I have come. I
have become a Spirit-body and a Spirit-soul, who is
equipped. Hail, every god and every Spirit-soul, I have
made the ways. I am Thoth [...]
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