June5] SOCIETYOF BIBLICAL ARCHEOLOGY. [1894.BOOK OF THE DEAD.By P. le Page Renouf.CHAPTERXCII.
Chapterwhereby the Tomb is opened to the Soul and to the Shade of
the person, that he may come forth by day and may have mastery
of his feet.
Thatstandethopenwhichthouopenest,and that is closed which
thouclosest, oh thou whoart at rest; (1) thou openestand thou
closest to my Soul, at the bidding of the Eye of Horus: who
deliverethme, who establisheth the glory uponthe brow of Ra : [the
god]of stretched out steps and rapid paces,whomakethfor me a
widepathand vigorous limbs.
I am Horus, the avenger of his father, who lifteth up his father
and who lifteth up his mother withhis staff
Let the path be opened to him who hathmasteryof his feet,
that he may look uponthe great god within the Bark of Ra on the
day of the Soul's Reckoning; and my Soul is then at the front,
duringthe Reckoning of the Years.
Maythe Eye of Horus deliverfor me my Soul, and establish my
splendouruponthe brow of Ra, and may my radiance be upon your
faceswho are attached to the person of Osiris : imprison not my
Soul,put not in custody my Shade.
Let the path be open to my Soul and to my Shade that it may
see the great god within his sanctuary, on the day of the Soul's
Reckoning, andmay repeat the words of Osiris whose place is
unseen,and of those who are attached to the person of Osiris and
havethe custody of Souls and Spirits, and who shut up the Shades
of the Dead who would do an injury to me. (2)
Let the path be thrown open(3) to thy Genius* and to thy SoulT
* The Egyptianha.
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