Making the Transformation into the God
Who Lighteneth the Darkness
The Osiris the
scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith: I am the girdle
of the garment of the god Nu, which giveth light, and
shineth, and belongeth to his breast, the illuminer of
the darkness, the uniter of the two Rehti deities, the
dweller in my body, through the great spell of the words
of my mouth. I rise up, but he who was coming after me
hath fallen. He who was with him in the Valley of Abtu
hath fallen. I rest. I remember him. The god Hu hath
taken possession of me in my town. I found him there. I
have carried away the darkness by my strength, I have
filled the Eye [of Ra] when it was helpless, and
when it came not on the festival of the fifteenth day. I
have weighed Sut in the celestial houses against the Aged
One who was with him. I have equipped Thoth in the House
of the Moon-god, when the fifteenth day of the festival
come not. I have taken possession of the Urrt Crown.
Truth is in my body; turquoise and crystal are its
months. My homestead is there among the lapis-lazuli,
among the furrows thereof. I am Hem-Nu, the lightener of
the darkness. I have come to lighten the darkness; it is
light. I have lightened the darkness. I have overthrown
the ashmiu-fiends. I have sung hymns to those who dwell
in the darkness. I have made to stand up the weeping
ones, whose faces were covered over; they were in a
helpless state of misery. Look ye then upon me. I am
Hem-Nu. I will not let you hear concerning it. [I have
fought. I am Hem-Nu. I have lightened the darkness. I
have come. I have made an end to the darkness which hath
become light indeed.]
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