Chapter LXXXV

C1hapter whereby one assumeth the form of a Soul, that one may not come to the dungeon. Imperishable is he who knoweth it.

2I am a Soul. I am Rā who proceedeth from Nu, and my soul is divine. I am he who produceth food, but I execrate what is wrong and look not upon it.

3I am possessor of Maāt and subsist by means of it.

4I am the Food which perisheth not; in my name of the Self-originating Force, together with Nu, in the name of Chepera, from whom I am born daily.

5I am the Lord of Daylight and I execrate Death, let me not enter into the dungeons of the gods of the Tuat.

6It is I who give glory to Osiris and propitiate the hearts of those who are with him, my own friends.

7They inspire the fear of me, and put forward my might to those within their domains.

8And behold me, how I am raised upon my pedestal and upon my throne.

9I am Nu. They shall not overthrow me who do wrong.

10I am he whose orbits are of old; my soul is divine, it is the Eternal Force.

11It is I who create the Darkness which maketh its seat at the confines of Heaven.

12My Soul hath come, far advanced in age, and I create the Darkness at the confines of Heaven at my pleasure.

13I reach the limits, and I advance upon my feet.

14I take the lead and I traverse the steel firmament which maketh a curtain. I put a stop to the Darkness and the worms; I whose name is hidden.

15I drive away aggression from before the Lord of the two hands, who is my own Soul. The Uræus divinities are my body. My image is Eternal, the Lord of years, the King of Everlasting.

16I am exalted as Lord of the land of Rebu: ‘the Youth in Town, the Lad in the Country’ is my name; and my name is imperishable.

17I am the Force which createth Heaven and maketh its abode in the Netherworld.

18Not to be seen is my nest; not to be broken is my Egg.

19I am the Lord on High. I have made my nest on the confines of Heaven, and I descend to the earth of Seb and put a stop to evil. I see my father, the Lord of the Gloaming, and I breathe.