Chapter 22
chapter twenty two of jerusalem to revelations a quartet of spiritual experience by william blake and others this libra box recording is in the public domain recording by tony addison the chapters of coming forth by day chapter twenty four from the papyrus of ani vignette this chapter has no vignette in the theban papyri text the chapter of bringing charms unto osiris ani in the underworld he saith i am tem who brought himself into being upon the thigh of his divine mother those who are in new that is the sky are made wolves and those who are among the sovereign princes are become hyenas behold i gather together the charm from every place where it is and from every man with whom it is swifter than greyhounds and quicker than light hail thou who towest along the mackent boat of ra
the stays of thy sails and of thy rudder are taut in the wind as thou sailest up the pool of fire in the underworld behold thou gatherest together the charm from every place where it is and from every man with whom it is swifter than greyhounds and quicker than light the charm which created the forms of being from the mother and which either createth the gods or maketh them silent and which giveth the heat of fire unto the gods behold the charm is given unto me from wherever it is and from him with whom it is swifter than greyhounds and quicker than light or as others say quicker than a shadow chapter twenty five from the papyrus of new vignette in the greater number of the theban papyri this chapter is without vignette in the brocklehurst papyrus however the sem priest wearing a panther's skin is seen holding up before the face of the deceased who stands before him
a small bearded figure like an ushabti in the turin papyrus the priest and the deceased are standing facing each other and no ceremony is being performed text the chapter of making a man to possess memory in the underworld the chancellor-in-chief new triumphant the overseer of the palace the son of the chief chancellor amen hetep saith may my name be given to me in the great house and may i remember my name in the house of fire on the night of counting the years and of telling the number of the months i am with the divine one and i sit on the eastern side of heaven if any god whatsoever should advance unto me let me be able to proclaim his name forthwith chapter twenty six from the papyrus of ani vignette the scribe ani clothed in white and with his heart in his right hand addressing the god ampu anubis jackal-headed
in his left hand which is outstretched arni holds a necklace of several rows of coloured beads the clasp is made in the form of a pylon or gateway and on the side of the pendant which is in the same form is a representation of a scarab or beetle in a boat to typify the sun-god ra capara in his boat from the pendant hang lotus flowers in other theban papyri the vignettes are different in the papyrus of nebseni the god anubis who dwelleth in the city of embalmment gives a heart to the deceased and in others the deceased is seen either being embraced by anubis or addressing his heart which rests upon a standard before him in the turin papyrus the deceased is seen kneeling before his own soul which is in the form of a human-headed hawk and clasping his heart to his breast with his left hand
text the chapter of giving a heart to osiris ani in the underworld he saith may my heart be with me in the house of hearts may my heart be with me in the house of hearts may my heart be with me and may it rest there or i shall not eat at the cakes of ozarrus on the eastern side of the lake of flowers neither shall i have a boat wherein to go down the nile nor another wherein to go up nor shall i be able to sail down the nile with thee may my mouth be given to me that i may speak therewith and my two legs to walk therewith and my two hands and arms to overthrow my foe May the doors of heaven be opened unto me. May Seb, the prince of the gods, open wide his two jaws unto me. May he open my two eyes which are blindfolded. May he cause me to stretch apart
my two legs which are bound together, and may Anpu Anubis make my thighs firm so that I may stand upon them. May the goddess Sekhet make me to rise, so that I may ascend unto heaven, and may that be done, which I command in the house of the car, double, of Pata, that is, Memphis. I understand with my heart. I have gained the mastery over my heart. I have gained the mastery over my two hands, I have gained the mastery over my legs, I have gained the power to do
whatsoever my car, devil, pleaseth. My soul shall not be fettered to my body at the gates of the underworld, but I shall enter in peace, and I shall come forth in peace. Chapter 27 From the Papyrus of Arnie Vignette
the scribe ani with hands raised in adoration and his heart which is set upon a pedestal in the presence of four gods who are seated upon a pedestal in the form of the emblem of mart in the turim papyrus the deceased is shown kneeling before the four children of horus text the chapter of not letting the heart hearty of a man be taken from him in the underworld saith osiris His heart goeth forth to take up its abode in his body. His heart is renewed before the gods, and he hath gained the mastery over it. Hail, ye who carry away hearts!
Hail, ye who steal hearts, and who make the heart of a man to go through its transformations according to his deeds! Let not what he hath done harm him before you. homage to you o ye lords of eternity ye possessors of everlastingness take ye not this heart of osiris ani into your grasp this heart of osiris and cause ye not words of evil to spring up against it because this is the heart of osiris ani triumphant and it belongeth unto him of many names that is thoth the mighty one whose words are his limbs and who sendeth forth his heart to dwell in his body
the heart of osiris ani is triumphant it is made new before the gods he hath gained power over it he hath not been spoken to according to what he hath done he hath gotten power over his own members his heart obeyeth him he is the lord thereof it is in his body and it shall never fall away therefrom osiris the scribe ani victorious in peace and triumphant in the beautiful amentar and on the mountain of eternity bid thee to be obedient unto me in the underworld chapter twenty eight from the papyrus of new vignette in some papyri containing the theban recension of the book of the dead e g those of new and amenem this chapter has no vignette in the papyrus of nefer the deceased is seen holding his heart upon his breast with his left hand and kneeling before a tailed monster in human form who holds a knife in his right hand and grasps his tail with the left
another papyrus shows the deceased offering incense to osiris who standing on a pedestal in the form of mart holds the flail and sceptre in his hands in the brocklehurst papyrus the deceased is kneeling and holding his heart in his left hand which is outstretched see naville a toten book in the chirin papyrus the deceased is adoring his heart which is placed on a pedestal before a seated deity lepsius toten book text the chapter of not letting the heart of the overseer of the palace the chancellor in chief new triumphant be carried away from him in the underworld he saith hail thou lion god i am the flower-bush unb that which is an abomination unto me is the divine block let not this my heart hearty be carried away from me by the fighting gods in anu
hail thou who dost wind bandages round oziris and who hast seen set hail thou who returnest after smiting and destroying him before the mighty ones this my heart sitteth and weepeth for itself before oziris it hath made supplication for me i have given unto him and i have decreed unto him the thoughts of the heart in the house of the god and i have brought to him sand at the entry to kemenu hermopolis magna let not this my heart hearty be carried away from me i make thee to dwell upon his throne o thou who join us together hearts hearty in sekhet hetep with years of strength against all things that are an abomination unto thee and to carry off food from among the things which belong unto thee and are in thy grasp by reason of thy too-falled strength and this my heart hearty is devoted to the decrees of the god tem who leadeth me into the dens of
but let not this my heart which hath done its desire before the sovereign princes who are in the underworld be given unto him when they find the leg and the swathings they bury them chapter twenty nine from the papyrus of ani vignette ani standing with a staff in his hand in the chirin papyrus this chapter has no vignette text the chapter of not letting the heart of a man be taken away from him in the underworld o zyrus ani triumphant saith turn thou back o messenger of every god is it that thou art come to carry away this my heart which liveth but my heart which liveth shall not be given unto thee as i advance the gods hearken unto my offerings and they all fall down upon their faces in their own places chapter twenty nine a from the papyrus of amen hetep vignette this chapter has no vignette text the chapter of not allowing the heart of amen hetep triumphant to be carried away dead in the underworld
The deceased saith, My heart is with me, and it shall never come to pass that it shall be carried away. I am the Lord of hearts, the slayer of the heart. I live in right and truth, Mart, and I have my being therein. I am Horus, the dweller in hearts, who is within the dweller in the body. I live in my word, and my heart hath being.
Let not my heart be taken away from me, let it not be wounded, and may neither wounds nor gashes be dealt upon me, because it hath been taken away from me. Let me have my being in the body of my father Seb, and in the body of my mother Newt. I have not done that which is held in abomination by the gods. Let me not suffer defeat there, but let me be triumphant. chapter twenty nine b from the papyrus of ani vignette a heart text the chapter of a heart of carnelian osiris ani triumphant saith i am the benu the soul of ra and the guide of the gods in the tuat underworld their divine souls come forth upon earth to do the will of their cars let therefore the soul of osiris ani come forth to do the will of his car chapter thirty from lepsius toten book vignette the deceased with hands raised in adoration standing before a beetle placed on a pedestal text the chapter of not letting the heart of a man be driven away from him in the underworld osiris auf ankh triumphant born of sheret amsu triumphant saith
my heart my mother my heart my mother my heart of my existence upon earth may naught stand up to oppose me in judgment may there be no opposition to me in the presence of the sovereign princes may no evil be wrought against me in the presence of the gods may there be no parting of thee from me in the presence of the great god the lord of amentet homage to thee o thou heart of osiris kent homage to you o my reins homage to you o ye gods who dwell in the divine clouds and who are exalted or holy by reason of your sceptres speak ye fair words for thee osiris auf ang and make ye him to prosper before and behold though i be joined unto the earth and am in the mighty innermost part of heaven let me remain on the earth and not die in amentet and let me be a coup therein for ever and ever rubric this chapter shall be recited over a basalt scarab which shall be set in a gold setting and it shall be placed inside the heart of the man for whom the ceremonies of opening the mouth and of anointing with unguent have been performed
and there shall be recited by way of a magical charm the words my heart my mother my heart my mother my heart of transformations chapter thirty a from the papyrus of new vignette in many of the papyri containing the theban recension this chapter has no vignette in one however the vignette is a heart standing above a vase in another the deceased is seen adoring his heart and in another the deceased is standing before four gods one of whom is offering a heart to him text the chapter of not letting the heart of the overseer of the palace the chancellor-in-chief knew triumphant be driven away from him in the underworld he saith O my heart, my mother, O my heart, my mother, O my heart of my existence upon earth, may
naught stand up to oppose me in judgment in the presence of the lords of the trial. Let it not be said of me, and of that which I have done, he hath done the deeds against that which is right and true. May naught be against me in the presence of the great God, the Lord of Amentet. homage to thee o my heart homage to thee o my heart homage to you o my reins homage to you o ye gods who dwell in the divine clouds and who are exalted or holy by reason of your sceptres
speak ye for me fair things to ra and make ye me to prosper before nehebka and behold me even though i be joined to the earth in the mighty innermost parts thereof let me remain upon the earth and let me not die in amentet but become a coup therein chapter thirty b from the papyrus of ani vignette some papyri containing the theban recension give this chapter without any vignette and it is probable that this arises from the fact that it often appears as one of the texts which occur in the great judgment scene where it forms the prayer put into the mouth of the deceased see the papyrus of ani sheet three and the papyrus of hunnifer sheet three in the papyrus of nebseni sheet four the deceased kneels in one pan of the balance and he is being weighed against his heart which rests in the other in the presence of osiris the great god the governor of everlastingness
the support of the beam is surmounted by a human head and the tongue of the balance is being scrutinized by a dog-headed ape seated on a pedestal who is called thoth the lord of the balance elsewhere this ape is seated on a pedestal with steps and is called the lord of kemenu hermopolis magna the righteous in the papyrus of amen neb the deceased stands by the balance while a figure of himself is being weighed against his heart in this example of the scene the support of the beam is surmounted by the head of a jackal elsewhere the vignette is simply a heart or a scarab or the deceased seated adoring his heart or the deceased standing in adoration before a beetle which is the symbol of the god the self-created god and the type of the resurrection text the chapter of not letting the heart of osiris the scribe of the holy offerings of all the gods ani triumphant be driven from him in the underworld he saith
my heart my mother my heart my mother my heart whereby i came into being may naught stand up to oppose me at my judgment may there be no opposition to me in the presence of the sovereign princes tachar tachar may there be no parting of thee from me in the presence of him that keepeth the balance thou art my car the dweller in my body the god kenemu who kniteth and strengtheneth my limbs mayest thou come forth into the place of happiness whither we go May the Shenet, that is, the divine officers of the court of Osiris, who form the conditions of the lives of men, not cause my name to stink. Let it be satisfactory unto us, and let the listening be satisfactory unto us, and let
there be joy of heart unto us at the weighing of words. Let not that which is false be uttered against me before the great God, the Lord of Amentet. verily how great shalt thou be when thou risest in triumph rubric from the papyrus of amen heta these words are to be said over a scarab of green stone encircled with a band of refined copper and having a ring of silver which shall be placed on the neck of the kuh this chapter was found in the city of kemenu hermopolis magna under the feet of the statue of this god it was inscribed upon a slab of iron of the south in the writing of the god himself in the time of the majesty of the king of the north and of the south hen karu i triumphant by the royal son heru ta ta
who discovered it whilst he was on his journey to make an inspection of the temples and of their estates in some ancient papyri the text of this chapter is made to follow the rubric of chapter sixty four with which it had some close connection and in others it follows the rubric of chapter one hundred and eighteen the rubrical direction concerning chapter sixty four reads behold make a scarab of green stone wash it with gold and place it in the heart of a man that is the deceased and it will perform for him the opening of the mouth anoint it with and recite over it as a charm the following words my heart my mother my heart my mother etc in the turin papyrus it follows chapter thirty which contains parts of chapters thirty a and thirty b chapter thirty one from the papyrus of new
vignette in some ancient papyri the vignette of this chapter represents the deceased spearing a crocodile but in the saite recension the deceased is attacking four crocodiles text the chapter of beating back the crocodile that cometh to carry away the charm from new the overseer of the palace the chancellor-in-chief triumphant the son of the overseer of the palace armex hetep triumphant in the underworld he saith get thee back return get thee back sir crocodile fiend sweet thou shalt not advance to me for i live by reason of the magical words which i have by me i do not utter that name of thine to the great god who will cause thee to come to the two divine envoys the name of the one is beti and the name of the other is harakan Heaven hath power over its seasons, and the magical word hath power over that which is in its possession, that therefore my mouth hath power over the magical word which is therein. My front teeth are like unto flint knives, and my jaw teeth are like unto the gnome of Tutte.
Hail, thou that sittest with thine eyeball upon these my magical words! Thou shalt not carry them away, O thou crocodile that livest by means of magical words! In the Turin papyrus the following lines are added to this chapter. I am the prince in the field, I, even I, am Osiris, who hath shut in his father Seb, together with his mother Newt, on the day of the great slaughter.
My father is Seb, and my mother is Newt. I am Horus, the firstborn of Ra, who is crowned. I am Anpu Anubis, on the day of reckoning. I, even I, am Osiris, the prince who goeth in, and declareth the offerings which are written down. I am the guardian of the door of Osiris. Even I, I have come, I have become glorious, or a clean. I have been reckoned up, I am strong, I have come, and I avenge mine own self.
I have sat in the birth-chamber of Osiris, and I was born with him, and I renew my youth along with him. I have laid hold upon the thigh which was by Osiris, and I have opened the mouth of the gods therewith. I sit upon the place where he sitteth, and I write down the number of the things which make strong the heart, thousands of loaves of bread, thousands of vases of beer, which are upon the altars of his father Osiris, numbers of jackals, wolves, oxen, red-fowl, geese, and ducks. Horus hath done away with the sacrifices of Thoth. I fill the office of priest in the regions above,
and I write down there the things which make strong the heart. I make offerings, or offerings are made to me, at the altars of the prince of Tatu, and I have my being through the oblations made to him. I snuff the wind of the east by his head,
and i lay hold upon the breezes of the west thereby i go round about heaven in the four quarters thereup i stretch out my hand and grasp the breezes of the south which are upon its hair grant unto me air among the venerable beings and among those who eat bread rubric if this chapter be known by the deceased he shall come forth by day he shall rise up to walk upon the earth among the living and he shall never fail and come to an end never never never chapter thirty two from lepsius totenbuch vignette four crocodiles advancing against the deceased who is spearing one of them text the chapter of beating back the crocodile that cometh to carry away the magical words from the cool in the underworld osiris auf ang triumphant saith
the mighty one fell down upon the place where he is or as others say upon his belly but the company of the gods caught him and set him up again my soul cometh and it speaketh with its father and the mighty one delivereth it from these eight crocodiles I know them by their names, and what they live upon, and I am he who hath delivered his father from them. Get thee back, O crocodile, that dwellest in the west, thou that liveest upon the stars which never rest, for that which is an abomination unto thee is in my belly. O thou that hast eaten the forehead of Osiris, I am set. Get thee back, O crocodile, that
dwellest in the west, for the serpent fiend now is in my belly, and I will give him unto thee, let not thy flame be against me. Get thee back, O crocodile that dwellest in the east, who feedest upon those who eat their own filth, for that which is an abomination unto thee is in my belly. I advance, I am Osiris. Get thee back, O crocodile that dwellest in the east, The serpent fiend now is in my belly, and I will give him unto thee. Let not thy flame be against
me. Get thee back, O crocodile that dwellest in the south, who feedest upon filth and waste and dirt, for that which is an abomination unto thee is in my belly. Shall not the flame be on thy hand? I am set. Get thee back, O crocodile that dwellest in the south, for I am safe by reason of my charm. My fist is among the flowers, and I will not give it unto thee. Get thee back, O crocodile that dwellest in the north, who feedest upon what is offered
within the hours, for that which thou abominatest is in my belly. Let not thy venom be upon my head, for I am ten. Get thee back, O crocodile that dwellest in the north, for the goddess Sarkhet is in my belly, and I have not yet brought her forth. I am Uwatech, Marti o Merti. The things which are created are in the hollow of my hand,
and those which have not yet come into being are in my body. I am clothed and wholly provided with thy magical words, O Ra, the which are in heaven above me and in the earth beneath me. I have gained power and exaltation and a full breathing throat in the abode of my father Ur, that is, the mighty one, and he hath delivered unto me the beautiful amentet which destroyeth living men and women. But strong is its divine lord, who suffereth from sickness, or, as others say,
exhaustion twofold therein, day by day. My face is open, my heart is upon its seat, and the crown with the serpent is upon me day by day. I am Ra, who is his own protector, and nothing shall ever cast me to the ground. End of chapter 22
