12/16/2023 0 Comments Magus spell listbook35 Protection against being eaten by snakes. Book of the Dead, spell 32 33 Protection against snakes: "O rerek-snake, take yourself off, for Geb protects me, get up, for you have eaten a mouse, which Ra detests, and you have chewed the bones of a putrid cat" This is the first of five spells which protect the deceased from falling victim to snakes in the afterlife. ![]() It was the king's son Hordjedef who found it while he was going around making an inspection of the temples. It was written on a block of mineral of Upper Egypt in the writings of the god himself, and was discovered in the time of Menkaure. This spell was found in Hermopolis, under the feet of this god. The spell includes this section about its own provenance This spell also claims to have been found by a Prince Hordjedef of the 4th Dynasty perhaps unlikely as the spell is first attested many years later, in the Second Intermediate Period. Often inscribed on heart scarab amulets as well as on a manuscript. 30B An appeal to the heart not to betray its owner in the Weighing of the Heart ritual (later described in Spell 125. The souls on earth will do what they desire, and the soul of will go forth at his desire". Reads "I am the benu, the soul of Ra, who guides gods to the Netherworld when they go forth. This spell is found in manuscripts and also inscribed on heart-shaped amulets buried with the dead. 29B Guarding against the loss of the heart, by means of a heart amulet. 29A Guarding against the loss of the heart. 29 Guarding against the loss of the heart. 27 Guarding against the theft or corruption of the deceased's heart by a group of gods, called 'those who steal hearts', and preventing the heart from betraying its owner at the Weighing of the Heart ritual 28 Guarding against the loss of the heart. It is sometimes illustrated with a vignette showing the god Anubis handing the deceased their own heart. Book of the Dead, spell 25 26 Helped to preserve the dead person's heart, and the heart's role in re-unifying the dead person's body and soul. As for that Great God who is therein, he is Ra himself Otherwise said: ' Seed of Eternity' is the name of one 'sea' is the name of the other. Otherwise said: ' Eternity governs' is the name of one 'Sea' is the name of the other. They are the Lake of Natron and the Lake of Maat. ' Eternity' is the name of one 'sea' is the name of the other. It means that I was cleansed on the day of my birth in the two great and noble marshes which are in Heracleopolis on the day when the common folk make offerings to the Great God who is therein. Part of the spell, as found in the Papyrus of Ani, reads:Īll the evil which was on me has been removed. It is first known as Spell 335 of the Coffin Texts. The purpose of this spell was to ensure the owner could demonstrate his knowledge of religious secrets if challenged in the afterlife. This is one of the longest, most complex, and most frequently included spells the text is often so obscure that it incorporates comments or glosses explaining the meaning of the words or offering alternatives. ![]() 16 Not a text but a large vignette depicting the sunrise, referring to the daily rebirth of Ra 17 A text about the nature of the creator-god Atum. Not a standard text any one of a number of hymns might be used. ![]() O shabti, allotted to me, if I be summoned or if I be detailed to do any work which has to be done in the realm of the dead, if indeed any obstacles are implanted for you therewith as a man at his duties, you shall detail yourself for me on every occasion of making arable the fields, of flooding the banks or of conveying sand from east to west 'Here I am', you shall say. Spell for causing a shabti to do work for a man in the realm of the dead: First attested as Spell 472 of the Coffin Texts. Often accompanied with a lavish vignette showing a funerary procession. 9 144–150: Gates, caverns, mounds, and guardians.8 127–137: Journeys in the Duat and on the Barque of Ra.4 54–63: Empowering to breathe and drink.2 21–30: Preservation of the parts of being.
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