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chapter thirty-eight of jerusalem to revelations a quartet of spiritual experience by william blake and others this librivox recording is in the public domain the chapters of coming forth by day chapter one hundred and forty eight from the papyrus of noom vignette a hall or shrine within which on the left ani stands before two tables of offerings adoring ra or oziris hawk-headed next are ranged seven kine and a bull each animal having offerings before it behind are four rudders emblems of the cardinal points and on the extreme right are four triads of god the speech of ani homage to thee o thou lord thou lord of right and truth the only one the lord of eternity and creator of everlastingness i have come unto thee o my lord

I have made offerings of herbs unto the seven kind, and unto their bull. O ye who give cakes and ale unto the coos, grant ye to my soul to be with you. May Osiris Arnie be borne upon your thighs, may he be like unto one of you for ever and for ever, and may he become a coo in the beautiful Amenti. Text. The Chapter of Providing the Deceased with Food in the Underworld.

The Osiris knew, the overseer of the palace, the Chancellor-in-Chief Triumphant, the son of the overseer of the palace, the Chancellor-in-Chief, Amen, Hete, Triumphant, saith. homage to thee o thou that shinest from thy disk thou living soul who comest forth from the horizon the osiris knewet knoweth thee and he knoweth thy name and he knoweth the name of thy seven kind and of the bull that belongeth unto them hail ye who give cakes and ale and splendour to the souls who are provided with food in the underworld grant ye cakes and ale unto the oziris provide ye him with food let him be in your following and let him be borne upon your thighs here follow the names of the seven kine and of their bull with the address to them by the deceased one hat cow nebdeartje two a kert kentet alsatess three me kebitet sab nette four er mertu estesha cheney five ken e met em ankh anwet six

sekeh metren es em abet es seven shenat pet uthaset nater eight ka tchai ka hail ye cows and bull grant ye cakes and ale and offerings of food to the osiris new and supply ye him with food and make him to be a perfect coup in the underworld here follow the addresses to the four rudders by the deceased hail thou beautiful power thou beautiful rudder of the northern heaven hail thou who revolvest thou pilot of the two lands thou beautiful rudder of the western heaven Hail, thou shining one, who dwellest in the temple, wherein are the gods' invisible forms, thou beautiful rudder of the eastern heaven. Hail, thou who dwellest within the temple of the ruddy beings, thou beautiful rudder of the southern heaven. Grant ye cakes and ale

And offerings of food And splendour to the coup Of the Osiris new Grant ye unto him life And strength and health

And abiding joy of heart upon earth And grant ye unto him triumph In the horizon of Anu and in heaven And upon earth and in the underworld Here follow the addresses

To the four triads Hail ye fathers of the gods Hail, ye mothers of the gods, ye who are above the earth, and who dwell in the underworld, deliver ye the Osiris new, from every obstacle of evil, from every attack of evil, from the cruel snare, and from the slaughtering knives, and from every wicked and evil thing whatsoever,

which ye could order to be done unto him by men, and by gods, and by the coups, and by the dead, on this day, or on this night, or in this month, or in this half-monthly festival, or in this year, or in any of the seasons thereof whatsoever. Rubric. These words shall be said when Ra appeareth over figures of the gods, written or painted in colour, upon a board, and thou shalt place offerings and to trap our food before them, cakes, ale, flesh, feathered fowl and incense,

and they shall cause the deceased to possess sepulchral meals with Ra, and shall give him an abundance of food in the underworld, and shall deliver him from every evil thing whatsoever. And thou shalt not recite this book of Amnefer in the presence of any person except thine own self, And if this be done for the deceased, Ra shall be a rudder for him, and shall be a strength protecting him, and he shall make an end of all his enemies for him in the underworld,

and in heaven, and upon earth, and in every place, wherever he may enter, and he shall have abundance of food regularly and continually for ever. CHAPTER 149 FROM THE PAPYRUS OF NU THE FOURTEEN ARTS OR DIVISIONS OF SECET AARU 1. VIGNETTE

THE FIRST ART TEXT The first art, which is to be painted green, the Osiris NU, the overseer of the palace, the Chancellor-in-Chief Triumphant saith, Hail, thou art of Amentet, wherein a man liveth

upon cakes and ale. I remove thy wigs when I come towards thee, and behold, the mighty God who dwelleth in thee hath bound up my bones, and he hath established my members, and the Ahib, the Lord of Hearts, hath gathered together my bones, and hath established the You were a crown of Tam upon my head, and Neheb-Kau hath established for me my head. Full, full, and established is the balance.

Thou shalt have dominion among the gods, O Am-Suket. 2. Vignette. The second art. The horizon. Text. The second art, which is painted grim. The god therein is Ra Heru Kuti The Osiris Nu says

I am the mighty one of possessions in Seket-Aru Hail thou Seket-Aru The walls of which are of iron The height of the width thereof is five cubits The ears thereof being two cubits long

And the stalks three cubits The barley thereof is seven cubits in height, the ears being three cubits long, and the stalks four cubits, and behold the kus, each of whom therein is nine cubits in height, reap the wheat and the barley side by side with Heru Kuti, Armakis. I know the door, which is in the middle of Sekhet Aru, wherefrom Ra cometh forth into

the eastern part of heaven. The southern portion thereof is in the lake of the Karu Fowl, and the northern portion thereof is in the canal of the Ray Fowl, in the place wherein Ra saileth round about by means of the winds which bear him along. I am he who watcheth the leathers in the divine boat, I am in the boat, and I am he who doth navigate it without ceasing. I know the two sycamore trees of turquoise, from between which the god Ra doth emerge, when he setteth out upon

his journey over the pillars of Shoe, towards the door of the lord of the east, wherefrom Ra cometh forth. I know the Sekhet Aru of Ra, the wheat therein is five cubits in height, the ears being two cubits long, and the stalks three cubits, the barley thereof is seven cubits in height, The ears being three cubits long, and the stalks four cubits, And behold, the coups therein, who are nine cubits in height,

Reap the wheat and the barley side by side with the divine souls of the east. 3. Vignette The third art, which is called the art of the coups. Text The third art, which is to be painted grim,

The Osiris new triumphant said, Hail thou art of the Coors, Whereover none can sail, and wherein are the Coors, The fire thereof is blazing with flame, Hail thou art of the Coors, Your faces are in the land, make clear your ways, and purify ye your arts, And what hath been decreed by Osiris do ye for me for ever,

I am the mighty one of the Teshet crown, which is on the brow of the God of light, and which maintaineth in life the two lands, and the men and women thereof, by means of the flame of its mouth. The God, Rab, hath been delivered from the fiend ape. IV. Vignette. The fourth art wherein is inscribed The double mountain, doubly high, and doubly great.

Text. The fourth art which is to be painted green. The Osiris knew, triumphant, saith, Hail, thou who art chief of the hidden art, Hail, thou one who art lofty and great, Who dwellest in the underworld, over whom the heaven spreadeth itself, thou art three hundred measures in length, and two hundred

and thirty measures in width, and thou hast over thee a serpent, the name of which is Satitemui, he is seventy cubits in length, and he liveth by slaughtering the crews, and the dead who are in the underworld. I stand up in thy enclosure, O Mar. I sail round about, and I see the way which leadeth unto thee. I gather myself together to thee. I am the man, and I clothe thy head. I am strong, and I have become strong. I am the God, who is mighty in enchantments.

My two eyes have been given to me, and I am glorious therewith. Who art thou, O Kuh, that goest upon thy belly, and whose twofold strength is upon thy mountain? Grant thou unto me that I may go unto thee, and that thy twofold strength may be with me. I lift up myself by thy twofold strength. I have come, and I have vanquished the Akku serpent of Ra.

His peace is to me at eventide. I revolve in the heavens, and thou art in the mountain valley. A decree hath been made concerning thee upon earth. 5. Vignette. The fifth art. Text. The fifth art, which is to be painted green. The Osiris, new, triumphant, saith, Hail, thou art of the Coos, whereover none may pass. The Coos who are there in have thighs seven cubits long, and they live upon the shades of the weak and helpless.

Hail, thou art of the Coors, open ye unto me your ways, so that I may pass by you and may go on to the beautiful Amentet, according to that which Osiris the Coor, the Lord of Coors, hath decreed. I live by reason of my splendour, I perform every festival of the month, and I observe rightly the festival of the half-month. I revolve, and the eye of Horus is under my hand in the following of Thoth. The mouth of every god, and of every dead person, devoureth mine enemy this day, and he falleth down at the block of slaughter. VI. Vignette. The sixth art, with a fish inside it. TEXT. The sixth art, which is to be painted green. The Osiris knew, triumphant, saith,

Hail, thou Amahet, which art holy unto the gods, and art hidden unto the coos, and art paleful unto the dead. The name of the God who dwelleth therein is Sekerat. Homage to thee, O Amahet, I have come to see the gods who dwell in thee. Uncover your faces, and lay down your headdresses when ye meet me, for behold, I am a mighty

God among you, and I have come to prepare provisions for you. Let not Seikeat have dominion over me, let not the divine slaughterers come after me, let not the murderous fiends come after me, but let me live upon sepulchral offerings among you. 7. Vignette. The Seventh Art. Text. The Seventh Art, which is to be painted green.

The Osiris knew, triumphant, saith, Hail, thou city of Asae's, which art remote from sight, and the fire of which is in flame. There is a serpent within thee, and his name is Rarek. The length of his backbone is seven cubits, and he liveth upon the Coors, and he annihilateth their glorious strength. Get thee back, O Rarek, who dwellest in the city of Asae's, who devirest with thy mouth,

and from whose eyes evil looks pour forth. Let thy bones be broken, and let thy emissions be impotent. Come thou not against me, and let not thy emissions come upon me. Let thy poison fall, and lie dead upon the earth, and let thy two lips be in thy den. The car of the serpent hath fallen, and conversely I have gained glorious strength. The map-teth, that is, lynx, hath cut off thy head. 8. Vignette. The eighth art. Text. The eighth art, which is to be painted grim.

The Osiris, noon, triumphant, says, Hail, Ha-Hetep, great and mighty one of the canal! None can obtain the mastery over the water which is therein. It is mightily to be feared, and the roarings which are therein are mighty. The name of the god therein is Ka-Ha-Hetep, and he guardeth it gladly so that none may enter i am the enua bird which is above the thigh of the god ankeres and i have brought the possessions of the earth to the god tem and i make strong and fortify the mariners of ra i have set the terror of myself in the divine lords of the shrine and i have set the awe of me in the divine lords of things therefore i shall not be carried off to the slaughter-block of those who would willingly destroy me

i am the guide of the northern horizon and i know the god who is therein nine vignette the ninth art a crocodile thrusting his snout into a vase called text the ninth art which is to be painted yellow the osiris new triumphant saith hail thou city acacia which art hidden from the gods the coolest know the name of which the gods are afraid none can enter therein and none can come forth therefrom except that holy god who dwelleth in his egg and who putteth his fear into the gods and the terror of himself into the coups The opening into the city is a fire, and the winds thereof destroy both nostrils and mouths, and the God hath made it for those who follow willingly in his train.

None can breathe the winds thereof, except that holy God who dwelleth in his eggs. He hath made the city so that he may dwell therein at will, and none can enter therein, except on the day of great transformations. Homage to thee, O thou holy God, who dwellest in thine egg. I have come unto thee, that I may be among those who follow thee. Let me come forth from the city of Achaese, let me enter therein,

let the gates thereof be opened unto me, let me breathe the air which is therein, and let me have possession of the offerings thereof. ten vignette the tenth art a man holding a knife in each hand standing before above him is a serpent text the tenth art which is to be painted yellow The Osiris knew, triumphant, saith, Hail, thou city of the gods Kohu, who take possession of the Koos, and gain the mastery over the shades, Garbit, who devour vigorous strength,

and consume filth when their eyes see, and who guard not the earth. Hail, ye who dwell in your arts, cast yourselves upon your bellies when I pass by you. My glorious strength shall not be taken away, And none shall gain the mastery over my shade, For I am a divine hawk.

Offerings of any unguent have been made ready by me, Incense hath been offered by me, Animals have been slaughtered by me, Isis hath made offerings to my head, Nephthys is behind me,

And a road hath been made clear for me, hail serpent now bull of noot neheb cow i have come unto you o gods deliver ye me and grant ye unto me my glorious strength for ever eleven vignette the eleventh art wherein stands a jackal-headed god holding a knife text the eleventh art which is to be painted grim the osiris new triumphant saith hail thou city which art in the underworld netekert which coverest over the body and gainest the mastery over the coups none can come forth therefrom and none can enter therein by reason of fear of the opposing power which is therein

Now, the gods who are therein, look upon it in iron, and the dead who are therein, look upon it in his slaughterings, except the gods who live therein, in his mystery of the coups. Hail, thou city of Artu, grant thou unto me that I may pass on, for I am the God who is mighty of enchantments by reason of the night which came forth from the God Suti. I have my feet and legs forever. I rise like Ra. I am strong through the eye of Horus. My heart is lifted up after it was brought low. I am glorious in heaven, and I am mighty upon earth. I fly like a hawk, and I cackle like the smen goose, and it has been given to me to alight at the thigh of the lake. I stand up upon it, I sit down upon it, I rise up like a god, I eat of the food of Sekhtiheta, and I go onwards to the domain of the starry gods. The double doors of Mart are opened unto me, and the double doors of the land of the great deep are unbolted before me. I set up a ladder to heaven among the gods, and I am a divine being among them. I speak with the voice of the Smen-Gus to which the gods listen, and my speech and my voice are those of the star-sept.

sothis twelve vignette the twelfth art called asce tet em ament text the twelfth art which is to be painted green the osiris nootriumphant saith Hail, thou art of the city of Unt, at the head of Restau, the flame of which is a blazing fire. The gods are unable to approach thee, and the Khuz are unable to gather together their inn, by reason of the Uriahe, which would blot out their names. Hail, thou art of Unt, I am in the form of the mighty God, who dwelleth among the crews, and who dwelleth in thee. I am among the stars that never fail within thee, I shall never fail, and my name shall never fail. Hail, Oda of the gods, say they, the gods who dwell in the art of Unt, I shall be with you, I shall live with you,

o ye gods who dwell in the art of unt love ye me more than your own gods for i shall be with you for ever in the presence of the followers of the great god thirteen vignette the thirteenth art called uat entmu behind it stands the hippopotamus hebech reef with the right forepaw resting on a beetle TEXT. The Thirteenth Art, which is to be painted green. The Osiris knew, triumphant, saith, Hail, thou art, wherein the coups gain no mastery. Thy waters are of fire, and the streams which are in thee burn with fire, and thy flame is a blazing fire. Those who are there, and who wish to drink

thy waters to quench their thirst, cannot do so by reason of the mighty dread which possesseth them, and by reason of the great terror which it causeth them to have. The gods in the coups look upon the waters thereof, and retreat without having quenched their thirst, and their hearts are not set at rest, and though they wish to enter into them they cannot do so. The stream is filled with reeds, Even as the stream which floweth from the issues which come forth from Osiris

I have gained the mastery over the waters thereof I have drank from the canal thereof Like the god who dwelleth in the art of the waters And who is the guardian thereof For gods are more afraid to drink the waters thereof

Than are the coups, and they retreat therefrom HOMAGE TO THEE, O THOU GOD, WHO DWELLEST IN THE ART OF THE WATERS, I HAVE COME UNTO THEE, GRANT THOU THAT I MAY GAIN POWER OVER THE WATERS THEREOFF, AND THAT I MAY DRINK FROM THE CANAL THEREOFF, EVEN AS THOU DEST ALLOW TO DRINK THE GREAT GOD FROM WHOM COMETH HAP, THAT IS, THE NIL, WHO MAKETH GREEN THINGS TO COME INTO BEING, WHO MAKETH TO GROW THE THINGS WHICH

grow, who maketh vigorous young plants and herbs, and who also giveth to the gods gifts which proceed from him, and offerings. And grant thou that I may come to Hap, and that I may gain power over young plants and herbs, for I am the son of thy body for ever. 14. Vignette. The Fourteenth Art. A range of mountains, called Field of Kerabba. a man holding a libation vase the god anubis a hawk with a disc a lion god a man setting the tesher crown upon a god a hippopotamus a crocodile and a worm

text the fourteenth art which is to be painted yellow the osiris new triumphant saith hail thou art of kerabba which turneth back hap at tetu grant thou that hap may come abundant in grain as he advanceth for the mouth of those who eat and giving divine offerings to the gods and the sepulchral meals for the coos there is a serpent in the double county of abu elephantine at the mouth of hap and he cometh with water and he standeth up upon the thigh of kerabba with his divine sovereign princes at the head of the canal and seeth in his hour which is the silence of the night Hail, ye gods of Ke'aba, and ye sovereign princes of the head of the canal thereof. Let your pools be opened to me, let your streams be opened to me, let me gain power over the water,

let me rest on the canal, let me eat grain, let me be satisfied with your food, let me lift myself up, let my heart be great, even as is that of the God who dwelleth in Ke'aba, let offerings like unto yours be made to me. Let me not be destroyed by the issues which come forth from Osiris, and let me not be withdrawn therefrom for ever. Here endeth the book. In peace.