- THE MYTHS OF ETERNAL LIFE |2020-22 -
CHAPTER III
BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARKNESS
‘Yesterday is beyond us. It has come before me. Dawn comes (but) you are unaware. You are unaware of those who guard you. My fault is in my belly. What Hu says to me is (what) I say. I shall not speak of lies yesterday (and) truth today. Truth runs upon my eyebrow (at) the time of night. The foremost one sails south, standing vigil.’
[Extract from Chapter 84: An Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead/ The Papyrus of Sobekmose]
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'I am the lord of light. Mooring is my abomination. I shall not enter into the place of execution of the Duat.'
[Extract from Chapter 85: Taking on the form of a BA / An Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead/ The Papyrus of Sobekmose
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'I have brought to pass what come to pass (and) what will come to pass (and) vice versa. I am the one who comes forth from the egg which the Nun created, whose flood waters raise you up as one who is made divine.'
[Extract from Chapter 119: An Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead/ The Papyrus of Sobekmose]
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'I am the terror in the storm who guards the great one [in] the conflict. Sharp Knife strikes for me. Ash god provides coolness for me.’
[Extract from Chapter 95: Spell of ‘being at the side of Thoth’/ An Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead/ The Papyrus of Sobekmose]
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‘(O) ram great majesty, look at me, I am come (so that) I may see you. I penetrate the Duat (so that) I may my father Osiris. I remove the darkness. I am his beloved. I have come. I have seen my father Osiris. Open for me: the paths that are in the sky.’
[Extract from Chapter 9: the deceased directly associates himself with Osiris/ An Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead/ The Papyrus of Sobekmose]
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‘I am Great of Magic, with the knife that came forth from Seth. My feet belong to me forever. I am present in glory and I am mighty through this Eye that raised up my heart after weariness. One transfigured in heaven, mighty on earth, I have flown as a falcon.’
[Extract from Chapter 149: Conclusion of the papyrus/ An Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead/ The Papyrus of Sobekmose]
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‘I have opened the doors of truth. I have passed the waters of heaven. I have raised up a ladder to heaven among the gods. I am one who is with you. I have spoken as a semen-goose, (and) the gods hear my voice.’
[Extract from Chapter 149: a series of mounds the deceased must pass by/ An Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead/ The Papyrus of Sobekmose]
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