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CHAPTER XXVII. OF JERUSALEM TO REVELATIONS. A QUARTET OF SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE. BY WILLIAM BLAKE AND OTHERS. THIS LIBRIVOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. RECORDING BY TORNEY ADDISON. THE CHAPTERS OF COMING FORTH BY DAY. CHAPTER 79. From the Papyrus of Nu Vignette

The Deceased Kneeling in Adoration Before Three Gods Text The Chapter of Being Transformed

Into the Governor of the Sovereign Princes The Chancellor-in-Chief Nu Triumphant Sayeth I am the God Tem

The Maker of Heaven the creator of things which are, who cometh forth from the earth, who maketh to come into being the seed which is sown, the lord of things which shall be, who gave birth to the gods. I am the great God, who made himself the lord of life, who maketh to flourish the company of the gods. Homage to you, O ye lords of divine things, or of creation, ye pure beings whose abodes are hidden.

Homage to you, O ye everlasting lords Whose forms are hidden and whose shrines are hidden In places which are unknown Homage to you, O ye gods who dwell in the Tenait Homage to you, O ye gods of the circuit of the blooded lands of Cable

Homage to you, O ye gods who live in Amenta Homage to you, O ye company of the gods who dwell in Nut Grant ye that I may come unto you, for I am pure, I am divine, I am a cool I am strong, I am endowed with a soul or i am mighty and i have brought unto you incense and sweet-smelling gums and natron

i have made an end of the spittle which floweth from your mouth upon me i have come and i have made an end of the evil things which are in your hearts and i have removed the faults which ye kept laid up against me I have brought to you the things which are good, and I make to come into your presence right and truth. I, even I, know you, and I know your names, and I know your forms, which are unknown, and I come into being along with you.

My coming is like unto that of the God who eateth men, and who liveth upon the gods. I am mighty with you, like the God who is exalted upon his resting-place. The gods come to me in gladness, and goddesses make supplication unto me when they see me. I have come unto you, and I have risen like your two divine daughters. I have taken my seat in the horizon, and I receive my offerings upon my tables, and I

drink drink offerings at eventide. My coming is received with shouts of joy, and the divine beings who dwell in the horizon ascribe praises unto me, the divine spiritual body, sir, the Lord of divine beings. I am exalted like the holy God who dwelleth in the great temple, and the gods rejoice when they see me in my beautiful coming forth from the body of Newt, when my mother Newt giveth birth unto me. Chapter 80 From the Papyrus of Ani

Vignette A God with the disc of the sun upon his head. Text. The chapter of making the transformation into the God who giveth light in the darkness. Saith Osiris, the scribe, Arne, triumphant,

I am the girdle of the robe of the God new, which shineth and sheddeth light upon that which belongeth to his breast, which sendeth forth light into the darkness, which unite up the two fighting deities who dwell in my body through the mighty spell of the words of my mouth, which raiseth up him that hath fallen, for he who was with him in the valley of Abdu-Abedos hath fallen, and I rest. I have

remembered him. I have taken possession of the God Who in my city, for I found him therein, and I have led away captive the darkness by my might. I have rescued the Eye of the Sun, when it waned at the coming of the festival of the fifteenth day, and I have weighed suit in the celestial houses against the aged one who is with him. I have endowed Thoth with what is needful in the temple of the moon-god for the coming of the fifteenth day of the festival.

I have taken possession of the Uraret crown. Marked, that is, right, and truth, is in my body. Its mouths are of turquoise and rock crystal. My homestead is among the furrows, which are of the color of lapis fassulae. I am Hemnu, who sheddeth light in the darkness. I have come to give light in the darkness, which is made light and bright by me. I have given light in the darkness, and I have overthrown the destroying crocodiles. I have sung praises unto those who dwell in the

darkness. I have raised up those who wept, and who had hidden their faces, and had sunk down in wretchedness, and they did look then upon me. Hail, then, ye beings! I am Hemnu, and I will not let you hear concerning the matter. I have opened the way. I am Hemnu. I have made light the darkness. I have come, having made an end of the darkness, which hath become light indeed. Chapter 81A From the Papyrus of New

Vignette In the Papyrus of Nebsene, the vignette of this chapter is simply a lotus flower in full bloom, but in the Papyrus of Arni, a human head is seen springing from the lotus, which is growing in a pool of water. Text The chapter of making the transformation into a lotus

The overseer of the palace, the Chancellor-in-Chief knew, saith, I am the pure Lotus, which springeth up from the divine splendour that belongeth to the nostrils of Ra. I have made my way, and I follow on, seeking for him who is Horus. I am the pure One, who cometh forth out of the field. Chapter 81b

From the Papyrus of Pacrach Vignette A human head Springing from a lotus Text

The chapter of making the transformation into a lotus Sayeth Osiris Pacrach Hail, thou lotus, thou type of the god Nefertemu I am the man that knoweth you and I know your names among those of the gods, the lords of the underworld, and I am one of you.

Grant ye that I may see the gods, who are the divine guides in the Tuat underworld, and grant ye unto me a place in the underworld, near unto the lords of Amentet. Let me arrive at a habitation in the land of Chesart, and receive me, O all ye gods, in the presence of the lords of eternity. Grant that my soul may come forth whithersoever it pleaseth, and let it not be driven away from the presence of the great company of the gods. Chapter 82

From the Papyrus of Nhu Vignette The God-Petard in a Shrine, before which is a table of offerings. Text. The chapter of making the transformation into Pata, of eating cakes, and of drinking ale, and of unfettering the steps, and of becoming a living being in Anu, Heliopolis. The Chancellor-in-Chief knew, triumphant, saith, I fly like a hawk, I cackle like the smengoose, And I perch upon that abode of the underworld, dat, on the festival of the great being.

That which is an abomination unto me, that which is an abomination unto me, I have not eaten. Filth is an abomination unto me, and I have not eaten thereof, and that which is an abomination unto my calf hath not entered into my belly. Let me then live upon that which the gods and the coups decree for me. Let me live, and let me have power over cakes. Let me eat them before the gods and the coups who have a favour unto me. Let me have power over these cakes, and let me eat of

them under the shade of the leaves of the palm-tree of the goddess Hathor, who is my divine lady. Let the offering of the sacrifice, and the offering of cakes, and vessels of libations be made in Anu. Let me clothe myself in the Tadu garment which I shall receive from the hand of the goddess Ta'it. Let me stand up, and let me sit down, wheresoever I please. My head is like unto that of Ra, and when my members are gathered together, I am like unto Tem, the four sides of

the domain of Ra, and the width of the earth four times. I come forth. My tongue is like unto that of Pata, and my throne is like unto that of the goddess Hathor, and I make mention of the words of Tem, my father, with my mouth. He it is who constraineth the handmaid, the wife of Seb, and before him are bowed all heads, and there is fear of him.

Hymns of praise are repeated for me By reason of my mighty act And I am decreed to be The divine heir of Seb The lord of the earth

And to be the protector therein The god Seb refresheth me And he maketh his risings to be mine Those who dwell in Anu Bow down their heads unto me, for I am their lord, and I am their bull.

I am more powerful than the lord of time, and I shall enjoy the pleasures of love, and shall gain the mastery over millions of years. Chapter 83 From the Papyrus of Nu TEX, THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A VENU BIRD THE CHANCELLOR-IN-CHIEF, NEW, TRIUMPANT, SAY IT

I came into being from unformed matter. I came into existence like the god Kepara. I have germinated like the things which germinate, that is, plants, and I have dressed myself like the tortoise. I am of the germs of every god. I am yesterday of the four quarters of the world, and of those seven Uriah which came into existence in Amantet.

That is to say, Horus, who omitteth light from his divine body, he is the god who fought against But the god Thoth cometh between them, through the judgment of him that dwelleth in Sakem, and of the souls who are in Anu, and there is a stream between them. I have come by day, and I have risen in the footsteps of the gods. I am the god Kensu, who driveth back all that oppose him. Rubric. If this chapter be known by the deceased, he shall come forth pure by day

after his death, and he shall perform whatsoever transformations his heart desireth. He shall be in the following of Un-Nepha, and he shall be satisfied with the food of Osiris, and with sepulchral meals. He shall see the disc, he shall be in good case upon earth before Ra, and he shall be triumphant before Osiris, and no evil thing whatsoever shall have dominion over him for ever and ever. Chapter 84

From the Papyrus of New Text The chapter of making the transformation into a heron. The Chancellor-in-Chief New Triumphant saith, I have gotten dominion over the beasts that are brought for sacrifice with the knives, which are held at their heads, and at their hair, and at their...

hail aged ones hail coos who are provided with the opportunity the chancellor in chief the overseer of the palace new triumphant is upon the earth and what he hath slaughtered is in heaven and what he hath slaughtered is in heaven, and he is upon the earth. Behold, I am strong, and I work mighty deeds to the very heights of heaven. I have made myself pure, and I make the breadth of heaven a place for my footsteps as I go into the cities of Aukert.

I advance, and I go forward, into the city of Unu, Hermopolis. I have set the gods upon their paths, and I have browsed up the exalted ones who dwell in their shrines. Do I not know Dnu? Do I not know Tartunen? Do I not know the beings of the colour of fire who thrust forward their horns? Do I not know every being having incantations unto whose words I listen?

I am the smam bull for slaughter which is written down in the books the gods crying out say let your faces be gracious to him that cometh onward the light is beyond your knowledge

and ye cannot fetter it and times and seasons are in my body I do not utter words to the god who I do not utter words of wickedness instead of words of right and truth, and each day right and truth come upon my eyebrows.

At night taketh place the festival of him that is dead, the aged one, who is in ward in the earth. Chapter 85 From the Papyrus of New Vignette A Soul Text. The chapter of making the transformation into a living soul, and of not entering into the chamber of torture. Whosoever knows it shall not see corruption. The Chancellor-in-Chief, Nu, Triumphant, said,

I am the Divine Soul of Ra, proceeding from the God Nu, That Divine Soul which is God, I am the Creator of the Divine Food, And that which is an abomination unto me is sin, whereon I look not. I proclaim right and truth, and I live therein. I am the divine food, which is not corrupted in my name of soul.

I gave birth unto myself, together with Nu, in my name of Kepara, in whom I come into being day by day. I am the Lord of Light, and that which is an abomination unto me is death. Let me not go into the chamber of torture which is in the Tuat underworld. I ascribe honour unto Osiris, and I make to be at peace the hearts of those beings who dwell among the divine things which I love.

They cause the fear of me to abound, and they create awe of me in those beings who dwell in their divine territories. Behold, I am exalted upon my standard, and upon my seat, and upon the throne which is adjudged. to me. I am the God new, and the workers of iniquity shall not destroy me. I am the first-born God of primeval matter, that is to say, the divine soul, even the souls of the gods of everlastingness, and my body is eternity. My form is everlastingness, and is the Lord of years,

and the principle of eternity. I am the creator of the darkness, who maketh his habitation in the uttermost parts of the sky, which I love, and I arrive at the confines thereof. I advance upon my feet. I become master of my vine. I sail over the sky, which formeth the division betwixt heaven and earth. I destroy the hidden worms that travel nigh unto my footsteps, which are towards the Lord of the two hands and arms. My soul is the souls of the souls of

everlastingness, and my body is eternity. I am the divine exalted being, who is the lord of the land of Tebu. I am the boy in the city, and the young man in the plain is my name. He that never suffereth corruption is my name I am the soul, the creator of the God new Who maketh his habitation in the underworld

My place of incubation is unseen And my egg is not cracked I have done away with all my iniquity And I shall see my divine Father the lord of eventide, whose body dwelleth in Anun. I travel to the god of night,

who dwelleth with the god of light, by the western region of the Ibis. That is Thoth. Chapter 86 From the Papyrus of Nu A swallow perched upon a conical object. Text The Chapter of Making the Transformation into a Swallow The Chancellor-in-Chief, new, triumphant, saith,

I am a swallow, I am a swallow, I am the scorpion, the daughter of Ra. Hail, ye gods, who sent his sweet, Hail, ye gods, who sent his sweet, Hail, flame, which cometh forth from the horizon, Hail, thou who art in the city, I have brought the warden of his bike therein. O stretch out unto me thy hand, so that I may be able to pass my days in the pool of double fire, and let me advance with my message, for I have

come with words to tell. O open thou the doors to me, and I will declare the things which have been seen by me. Horus hath become the divine prince of the boat of the sun, and unto him hath been given the throne of his divine father Osiris, and sat, that son of Newt lieth under the fetters which he had made for me. I have made a computation of what is in the city of Sechem, I have stretched out both my hands and arms at the word of Osiris, I have passed on to judgment,

and I have come that I may speak, grant that I may pass on and declare my tidings, I enter in, I am judged, and I come forth worthy at the gate of Neb-Ertache. I am pure at the great place of the passage of souls. I have done away with my sins, I have put away mine offenses, and I have destroyed the evil which appertaineth unto my members upon earth. Hail, ye divine beings who guard the doors, make ye for me a way, for behold, I am like unto you. I have come forth by

day, I have journeyed on on my legs, I have gained the mastery over my footsteps before the God of light, I know the hidden ways, and the doors of the Sekhet Aru. Verily, I, even I, have come, I have overthrown my enemies upon earth, and yet my perishable body is in the grave. Rubric. If this chapter be known by the deceased, he shall come forth by day, he shall not be turned back at any gate in the underworld, and he shall make his transformation into a swallow, regularly

and continually. Chapter 87. From the Papyrus of New. Vignette. The Serpent. Satar. With Human Legs. TEXT. The Chapter of Making the Transformation into the Serpent Satyr. The Chancellor-in-Chief, Noob, Triumphant, saith, I am the Serpent Satyr, whose years are many. I die, and I am born again each day. I am the Serpent Satyr, which dwelleth in the uttermost parts of the earth.

I die, and I am born again, and I renew myself, and I grow young every day. Chapter 88 From the Papyrus of Nu Vignette A Crocodile upon a Pylon or Gateway

Text The chapter of making the transformation into a crocodile The Chancellor-in-Chief Nu, triumphant, saith I am the divine crocodile which dwelleth in his terror I am the divine crocodile and I seize my prey like a ravening beast

I am the great and mighty fish which is in the city of Kemur I am the lord to whom bowing and prostrations are made in the city of Sakem Chapter 89 From the Papyrus of Ani Vignette, the mummy of the deceased lying upon a bier.

Above is his soul in the form of a human-headed bird holding Shem, the emblem of eternity, in its claws. Text, the chapter of causing the soul to be united to its body in the underworld. The Osiris, Arnie, triumphant, saith, Hail, the god Anu, that is, bringer, Hail, the god Pera, that is, runner, who dwellest in thy hall, Hail, great God, grant thou that my soul may come unto me from wheresoever it may be.

If it would tarry, then let my soul be brought unto me from wheresoever it may be, for thou shalt find the eye of Horus standing by thee, like unto those beings who are like unto Osiris, and who never lie down in death. Let not the Osiris-Ani triumphant lie down in death. Among those who lie down in Anu, the land wherein souls are joined unto their bodies, even in thousands. Let me have possession of my Ba, soul, and of my Uhu, and let me triumph

therewith in every place, wheresoever it may be. Observe these things which I speak, for it hath staves with it. Observe them, O ye divine guardians of heaven, my soul, wheresoever it may be. If it were tarry, do thou make my soul to look upon my body, for thou shalt find the eye of Horus standing by thee, like those beings who are like unto Osiris. Hail, ye gods, who tow along the boat of the Lord of millions of years,

who bring it above the underworld, and who make it to travel over newt, who make souls to enter into their spiritual bodies, whose hands are filled with your ropes, and who clutch your weapons tight, destroy ye the enemy. Thus shall the boat of the sun be glad, and the great God shall set out on his journey in peace. And behold, grant ye that the soul of Osiris, Arne triumphant, may come forth before the gods,

and that it may be triumphant, along with you, in the eastern part of the sky, to follow unto the place where it was yesterday, and that it may have peace, peace in amentet. May it look upon its material body, may it rest upon its spiritual body, and may its body neither perish nor suffer corruption for ever. rubric these words are to be said over a soul of gold inlaid with precious stones and placed on the breast of osiris chapter ninety from the papyrus of nu vignette a jackal walking towards the funeral mountain or the deceased standing upright in the presence of the god

who is about to give unto him a roll of papyrus text the chapter of driving evil recollections from the mouth the overseer of the palace the chancellor in chief nu triumphant the son of the overseer of the palace the chancellor in chief amen hetep triumphant saith hail thou that cuttest off heads and slittest brows thou being who puttest away the memory of evil things from the mouth of the khus by means of the incantations which they have within them Look not upon me with the same eyes with which thou lookest upon them. Go thou round about on thy legs, and let thy face be turned behind thee, so that thou

mayest be able to see the divine slaughterers of the God's shoe, who are coming up behind thee to cut off thy head, and to slit thy brow, by reason of the message of violence sent by thy Lord, and to see that which thou sayest, Work thou for me, so that the memory of evil things shall dart from my mouth. Let not my head be cut off, let not my brow be slid, and let not my mouth be shut fast, by reason of the incantations which thou hast within thee,

according to that which thou doest for the crews, through the incantations which they have within themselves. Get thee back, and depart at the sound of the two speeches which the goddess Isis uttered when thou didst come to cast the recollection of evil things into the mouth of Osiris by the will of Suti, his enemy, saying, Let thy face be towards thy privy parts, and look upon that face, which cometh forth from the flame of the eye of Horus against thee, from within the

eye of Tem, and the calamity of that night, which shall consume thee. And Osiris went back, for the abomination of thee was in him, and thou didst go back, for the abomination of him is in thee. I have gone back, for the abomination of thee is in me, and thou shalt go back, for the abomination of me is in thee. Thou wouldst come unto me, but I say that thou shalt not advance to me, so that I come to an end, and I say then to the divine slaughterers of the god Shew, Depart.

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