The
Chapter Of Advancing To The Tchatchau Chiefs Of Osiris
The Osiris Ani,
whose word is truth, saith:- I have built a house for my Ba-soul
in the sanctuary in Tetu. I sow seed in the town of Pe (Buto). I
have ploughed the fields with my labourers. My palm tree
[standeth upright and is] like Menu upon it. I abominate
abominable things. I will not eat the things which are
abominations unto me. What I abominate is filth: I will not eat
it. I shall not be destroyed by the offerings of propitiation and
the sepulchral meals. I will not approach filth [to touch it]
with my hands, I will not tread upon it with my sandals. For my
bread shall be made of the white barley, and my ale shall be made
from the red grain of the god Hapi (the Nile-god), which the
Sektet Boat and the Atett Boat shall bring [unto me], and I will
eat my food under the leaves of the trees whose beautiful arms I
myself do know. O what splendour shall the White Crown make for
me which shall be lifted up on me by the Uraei-goddesses! O
Doorkeeper of Sehetep-taui, bring thou to me that wherewith the
cakes of propitiation are made. Grant thou to me that I may lift
up the earth. May the Spirit-souls open to me [their] arms, and
let the Company of the Gods hold their peace whilst the Hememet
spirits hold converse with the Osiris Ani. May the hearts of the
gods lead him in his exalted state into heaven among the gods who
appear in visible forms. If any god, or any goddess, attack the
Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, when he setteth out, the
Ancestor of the year who liveth upon hearts [Osiris] shall eat
him when he cometh forth from Abydos, and the Ancestors of Ra
shall reckon with him, and the Ancestors of Light shall reckon
with him. [He is] a god of splendour [arrayed in] the apparel of
heaven, and he is among the Great Gods. Now the subsistence of
the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, is among the cakes and the
ale which are made for your mouths. I enter in by the Disk, I
come forth by the god Ahui. I shall hold converse with the
Followers of the Gods. I shall hold converse with the Disk. I
shall hold converse with the Hememet-spirits. He shall set the
terror of me in the thick darkness, in the inside of the goddess
Mehurt, by the side of his forehead. Behold, I shall be with
Osiris, and my perfection shall be his perfection among the Great
Gods. I shall speak unto him with the words of men, I shall
listen, and he shall repeat to me the words of the gods. I, the
Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, in peace, have come equipped.
Thou makest to approach [thee] those who love thee. I am a
Spirit-soul who is better equipped than any [other] Spirit-soul.
© 1999 Rita Carla Francesca Monticelli