Chapter I

_Title._ The beginning of the book of the worship of Rā in the
Ament(588) of the worship of Temt(589) in the Ament. When anyone
reads this book, the porcelain figures are placed upon the ground,
at the hour of the setting of the Sun, that is of the triumph of
Rā over his enemies in the Ament. Whoso is intelligent upon the
earth, he is intelligent also after his death.

1 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the master of the hidden
spheres who causes the principles to arise, who dwells in
darkness, who is born as(590) the all-surrounding universe.

2 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the beetle that folds his
wings, that rests in the empyrean, that is born as his own son.

3 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, Tonen(591) who produces his
members,(592) who fashions what is in him, who is born within his
sphere.

4 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who discloses the earth
and lights the Ament, he whose principle has (become) his
manifestation, and who is born under the form of the god with the
large disk.

5 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the soul that speaks, that
rests upon her high place, that creates the hidden intellects
which are developed in her.

6 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the only one, the courageous
one, who fashions his body, he who calls his gods (to life), when
he arrives in his hidden sphere.

7 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who addresses his eye, and
who speaks to his head,(593) he who imparts the breath of life to
the souls (that are) in their place; they receive it and develop.

8 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the spirit that walks, that
destroys its enemies, that sends pain to the rebels.

9 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who shines when he is in
his sphere, who sends his darkness into his sphere, and who hides
what it contains.

10 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who lights the bodies
which are on the horizon, he who enters his sphere.

11 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who descends into the
spheres of Ament, his form is that of Tum.

12 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who descends into the
mysteries of Anubis, his form is that of Chepra (Atmu).

13 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he whose body is so large
that it hides his shape, his form is that of Shu.

14 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who leads Rā into his
members, his form is that of Tefnut.

15 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who sends forth the
plants in their season, his form is that of Seb.

16 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the great one who rules what
is in him, his form is that of Nut.

17 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who goes always toward
him who precedes him, his form is that of Isis.

18 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he whose head shines more
than he who is before him, his form is that of Nephthys.

19 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the urn(594) of the
creatures, the only one, that unites the generative substances,
its form is that of Horus.

20 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the brilliant one who shines
in the waters of the inundation, his form is that of Nun.

21 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who creates the water
which comes from within him, his form is that of Remi.(595)

22 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the two vipers that bear
their two feathers, their form is that of the impure one.

23 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who enters and comes
forth continually from his highly mysterious cavern, his form is
that of At.(596)

24 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the spirit that causes his
disappearance, his form is that of Netert.(597)

25 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the spirit that sets up
(those whom he has created), that creates(598) his descendants,
his form is that of Ntuti.(599)

26 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who raised his head and
who lifts his forehead, the ram, the greatest of the creatures.

27 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the light that is in the
infernal regions, its form is that of Ament.

28 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the penetrating spirit who
is in the Ament, his form is that of Kerti.(600)

29 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the timid one who sheds
tears, his form is that of the afflicted.

30 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who raises his hand and
who glorifies his eye(601) his form is that of the god with the
hidden body.

31 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the spirit who is raised
upon the two mysterious horizons, his form is that of
Chentament.(602)

32 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power; the god with the numerous
shapes in the sacred dwelling, his form is that of the beetle.

33 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who puts his enemies into
their prison, his form is that of the lion.

34 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the ray of light in his
sarcophagus, its form is that of the progenitor.

35 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the covering of the body,
which develops the lungs, its form is that of Teb-ati.(603)

36 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who calls the bodies into
the empyrean, and they develop, who destroys their venom, his form
is that of the transformer.

37 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the being with the
mysterious face, who makes the divine eye move, his form is that
of Shai.

38 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the supremely great one who
embraces the empyrean, his form is that of the spirit who embraces
(space).

39 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who hides his body within
himself, his form is that of the god with the hidden body.

40 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who is more courageous
than those who surround him, who sends fire into the place of
destruction, his form is that of the burning one.

41 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who sends destruction,
and who causes the development of his body in the empyrean, his
form is that of the inhabitant of the empyrean.

42 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the wonderful one who dwells
in his eye,(604) who lights the sarcophagus, his form is that of
Shepi.(605)

43 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who unites the
substances, who founds(606) Amto, his form is that of one who
joins substances.

44 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who invents(607) secret
things, and who begets bodies, his form is that of the invisible
(progenitor).

45 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who furnishes the
inhabitants of the empyrean with funeral things, when he enters
the hidden spheres, his form is that of Aperto.(608)

46 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, his members rejoice when
they see his body, the blessed spirit who enters into him, his
form is that of the joyful one.

47 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the adult who dilates his
eyeball, and who fills his eye,(609) his form is that of the
adult.

48 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who makes the roads in
the empyrean, and who opens pathways in the sarcophagus, his form
is that of the god who makes the roads.

49 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the moving spirit who makes
his legs stir, his form is that of the moving one.

50 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who sends forth the stars
and who makes the night light, in the sphere of the hidden
essences, his form is that of the shining one.

51 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who makes the spheres and
who creates bodies; from thy person emanating from itself alone,
thou hast sent forth, Rā, those who are and those who are not, the
dead, the gods, the intellects; his form is that of creator of
bodies.

52 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the mysterious, the hidden
one, he whom the spirits follow as he conducts them, he gives the
step to those surrounding him, his form is that of Ameni.

53 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the horn, the pillar of the
Ament, the lock of hair that shines in ...(610) its form is that
of the horn.

54 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the eternal essence who
penetrates the empyrean, who praises the spirits in their spheres,
his form is that of the eternal essence.

55 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, when he arrives in the good
Ament, the spirits of the empyrean rejoice at sight of him, his
form is that of the old man.

56 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the great lion that creates
the gods, that weighs words, the chief of the powers inhabiting
the holy sphere, his form is that of the great lion.

57 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, when he speaks to his eye
and when he addresses his eyeball, the bodies shed tears; his form
is that of the being who speaks to his eye.(611)

58 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who raises his soul, and
who hides his body, he shines and he sees his mysteries, his form
is that of Herba.(612)

59 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the high spirit who hunts
his enemies, who sends fire upon the rebels, his form is that of
Kaba.(613)

60 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the substance which hides
the intestines and which possesses the mind and the limbs, its
form is that of Auai.(614)

61 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the great eldest one who
dwells in the empyrean, Chepri who becomes two children, his form
is that of the two children.

62 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the great walker who goes
over the same course, the spirit who anoints the body, Senekher,
his form is that of Senekher.(615)

63 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who creates his body and
who detaches his members by the sacred flame of Amto, his form is
that of the flame of Amto.(616)

64 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the master of the hooks (who
struggles) against his enemies, the only one, the master of the
monkeys, his form is that of Anteti.(617)

65 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who sends the flames into
his furnaces, he who cuts off the head of those who are in the
infernal regions, his form is that of the god of the furnace.

66 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the parent who destroys his
children, the only one who names(618) the earth by his
intelligence, his form is that of Tonen.

67 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who sets up the
_urshi_(619) themselves upon their foundation, no one sees their
mysteries, his form is that of the _urshi_.

68 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the vessel of heaven, the
door of the empyrean, he who makes the mummy come forth, his form
is that of Besi.

69 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the monkey ...(620) the
being in his nature, his form is that of the monkey of the
empyrean.

70 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who opens the earth and
who shows the interior of it, the speaking spirit who names his
members, his form is that of Smato.(621)

71 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, he who is armed with teeth,
who consumes his enemies, the flame that lights the wick, his form
is that of Nehi.(622)

72 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the walker, the moving
luminary, who makes darkness come after his light, his form is
that of the walker.

73 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the master of souls who is
in his obelisk, the chief of the confined gods, his form is that
of the master of souls.

74 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the double luminary, the
double obelisk, the great god who raises his two eyes, his form is
that of the double luminary.

75 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, the master of the light, who
reveals hidden things, the spirit who speaks to the gods in their
spheres, his form is that of the master of the light.

76 Homage to thee, Rā! Supreme power, O Rā of the sphere, O Rā who
speakest to the spheres, O Rā who art in thy sphere, homage to
thee, Rā Keschi, four times. They sing praises to the spirit
Keschi,(623) the spheres honor his spirit, they glorify thy body
which is in thee, saying, Homage to thee, great Keschi! four
times. They sing praises in thy honor, spirit Keschi in thy
seventy-five forms which are in thy seventy-five spheres. The
royal Osiris knows them by their names, he knows what is in their
bodies, all their hidden essences. The royal Osiris speaks to them
in their forms, they open to the royal Osiris, they display the
hidden doors to his spirit which is like thy spirit, thou createst
them, thou createst the royal Osiris; the development of his body
is like thine because the royal Osiris is one of thy companions,
who are in their spheres, and who speak in their caverns, those
who are blessed through thy creation and who transform themselves
when thou commandest it. The royal Osiris is like one of those who
speak in their hidden spheres. Ha! he has arrived, he advances in
the train of the spirit of Rā. Ha! he has completed the journey
from Chepri.(624) Hail! he has arrived. The royal Osiris knows all
that concerns the hidden beings. Hail! he has arrived in the midst
of you; homage to his spirit Keschi! four times.

77 O Rā of the Ament, who hast created the earth, who lightest the
gods of the empyrean, Rā who art in thy disk, guide him on the
road to the Ament, that he may reach the hidden spirits; guide him
on the road which belongs to him, guide him on the Western road;
that he may traverse the sphere of Ament, guide him on the road to
the Ament, that the King may worship those who are in the hidden
dwelling, guide him on the road to the Ament, make him descend to
the sphere of Nun. Hail, Rā! the royal Osiris is Nun. Hail Rā! the
royal Osiris is thyself and reciprocally. Hail, Rā! thy spirit is
that of Osiris, thy course is his in the empyrean. Hail, Rā! he
dwells in the empyrean, he traverses the good Ament. Such as thou
art, such is the royal Osiris. Thy intellect, Rā, is his. Osiris
worships the hidden gods, he praises their spirits, these latter
say to one another that thy course (Rā!) is that of Osiris, that
thy way is his, great god who dwellest in the empyrean. Hail! god
of the disk with the brilliant rays, praise be to the spirit
Keschi! four times.

78 Hail to thee, universal covering, who createst thy soul and who
makest thy body grow; the King traverses the most secret sphere,
he explores the mysteries contained in it. The King speaks to thee
like Rā, he praises thee with his intelligence, the King is like
the god; and reciprocally. He moves by himself, he moves by
himself. The all surrounding universe says: Ah, guide him unto the
interior of my sphere; four times.

79 This chapter is said to the most mysterious god, these words
are written like those upon the two sides of the door of the
empyrean ...(625) this book is read every day, when he has retired
in life, according to custom, perfectly.