#coffin texts

[nobodywasneverhere]

On the Horror of the Self and the Other in States of Entropy

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[themirroredmoon]

(Original) Invocation for the Departed

(Modeled after the Coffin Texts and Pyramid Texts)

Words to be Spoken at the Setting of the Sun

Hail to you who cross the Veil in silence. Hail to you whose names are lost to time. Whose hearts yet beat in the memory of the earth.

Djed medu: Hetep netcheru khasut “Words to be spoken: Peace to the divine powers of the West.”

I call to you in the name of the Lord of the West, Anpu, He Who Opens the Ways— May His hands guide your ka, May His voice awaken your ba to the fields of peace.

Anpu, wep-wawet, neb Amentet, shesep-ek kheper hetep em her-ef “Anubis, Opener of the Ways, Lord of the West — receive your becoming in His peace.”

Hetep di netcher en ka en-ek hetep khasut “An offering which the god gives, that the ka of you may rest in peace.”

O you who dwell in shadow and in flame, Be justified, be at rest, be renewed in light.

Wenenu em shoot em kakka, wedja-ek em kheper en Ra “You who exist in shadow and darkness, be sound in the becoming of Ra.”

Maa-kheru netcher nefer — maa kheru er netcheru “Justified before the Perfect God; true of voice before the gods.”

The doors of the horizon open before you; The stars are your companions; the wind your breath.

Sekheper seba-u en-ek, wen rewet en akhet, shesep kha-u en pet “The stars are created for you; the gates of the horizon open; the lights of heaven receive you.”

Rekhet pet wab en kheper “The sky’s gates are pure for becoming.”

No curse shall bind you, no hunger shall follow you, No thirst shall trouble your spirit. The waters of Nun rise to cleanse you; The arms of Nut enfold you in her darkness.

Nen khuy kher-ek, nen ibou her-ek, nen shesep en-ek moot “No bonds upon you, no pains upon you, no death shall seize you.”

Moo en Noon shesep khekau, moo en Noot khebes kheperu “The waters of Nun receive the shining ones; the waters of Nut clothe the forms of becoming.”

I pour out the libation for you, O wandering ones. I speak your names, though they are forgotten. In remembrance you are made whole again. Through my voice, your silence is broken.

Redji moo en kau imy-abw “Water is poured for the spirits of the West.”

Djed ren-ek em haty-i, wen-ek em hetep er djet “Your name is spoken in my heart; you exist in peace for eternity.”

Go forth, O souls of the West. Go forth, O luminous ones. May Ma’at weigh you kindly; May peace be the crown upon your brow.

Peret em aboot, kau shepsu, djed medu her Maat “Go forth in the West, noble souls; the words are spoken over Ma’at.”

Pay ka poo peret em aboot, wedja-ek em Maat hetep “This is your soul going forth in the West; you are sound in the peace of Ma’at.”

Hetep kheper her netcheru — shesep-ek hau hetep “Peace comes into being among the gods; you receive the form of tranquility.”

Djed medu nefer “Thus is spoken, the good word.”

Hetep di netcher, shesep akhu, maa kheru djet djet. “An offering which the god gives; the spirits are received; true of voice forever and ever."

[enbycrip]

Turns out the ancient Eygptians got it

[ancientstuff]

'Extraordinary' burial of ancient Egyptian governor's daughter discovered in a coffin within another coffin

Archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old tomb that belonged to an ancient Egyptian governor's daughter.

Fantastic find. The cursive hieroglyphs of the Coffin Texts are beautiful here.

[hrere]

words of Heka

from spell 261 in the coffin texts from Kitner's The Mechanics of Ancient Egyptian Magical practice

O noble ones who are before the Lord of the universe, behold! I have come before you

Respect me in accordance of what you know. I am he whom the Unique Lord made before duality had yet come into being in the land by his sending forth his unique eye  when he was alone, by the going forth from his mouth when he out Hu upon his mouth.

I am indeed the son of Him who gave birth to the universe who was born before his mother yet existed. I am the protection of that which the Unique Lord has ordained. I am he who caused the Ennead to live. I have seated myself, O bulls of heaven, in this my great dignity as Lord of kas, heir of Re-Atum.

I have come that I might take my seat and that I might receive my dignity for to me belonged the universe before you gods had yet come into being. Descend, you who have come in the end. I am Heka.

[bigbadjackal]

I have long been curious where the idea that the imywt-fetish is a representation of Anubis with his dangerous aspects removed actually came from. Last week I found out courtesy of a study written by J.B. Jørgensen. Turns out it is right there in the Coffin Texts, specifically CT155.

(Although the whole study is fascinating, the pages relevant to this subject are pp.24-30, and are those from which the following is derived and/or quoted. I've tried to extract some of the more relevant bits for those not inclined to academic reading, but would recommend reading these 7 pages in their entirety if it is a matter of interest.)

Within CT155 there is a passage mentioning a corpse having been damaged at the hand of Anubis and a ‘night of covering the claws and day of binding what is in his mouth’ (i.e., his teeth), “… [which] can be interpreted as [referring] to actions taken to prevent Anubis from doing further damage; this is said to happen when something was found missing from Osiris…”

A footnote quoting some of Kees’ commentary on the spell translates to: “Anyone who knows the habits of the desert dog knows, however, that he likes to dig up the graves and carry the bones away. According to this, the Egyptians completed the elimination of the evil habits of the animal and turned to the opposite by the elevation to the care of the dead.”

“In her study of the Imiut-fetish, Köhler also saw Anubis as the one responsible for the missing part, but explained his actions as part of his mortuary functions. These are a direct consequence of the jackal’s habit of eating accessible corpses. In prehistoric times the Egyptians were simply buried in the desert and scavengers would eat their flesh and bones. In Köhler’s interpretation, this was originally seen as something positive - as a prerequisite for the proper transition. This changed, however, with the introduction of idea of preserving the body of the deceased in order to preserve his life. In this period Anubis was reinterpreted as the embalmer but some of his old character lived on in the Imiut.”

"When we compare the narrative [= a god stealing the efflux of Osiris] in P. Jumilhac to CT spell 155 we see that the act committed by Anubis himself in spell 155 is replaced by an act committed by Seth in the guise of Anubis. In this way the negative side of Anubis is transferred to Seth. This reflects a growing tendency to avoid the ambiguous aspects of many gods. It is most marked in the case of Seth. In some of the earliest of the pyramid texts this god is seen as Horus' equal, but already in later texts of this corpus he is restricted to the role of archenemy of Horus and Osiris. In purification scenes, where he originally formed a pair with Horus, Thoth replaces him and in the late period he could even be identified with Apophis, his former enemy, as the dangerous aspects of other gods, among them Anubis, were transferred to him.”

(This panel is on one of Tutankamun's golden shrines.)

[pathofregeneration]

Tuco Amalfi, Connection (2003)

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The Initiate, part IV

“Verily, I am the one who dwells in the Light. (Yes), I am a Soul that came into being Born from the body of the god! I am one of these gods and one of these souls That dwell in the Light . . . (Yes), I am a falcon that dwells in the Light, That finds its power through its (own) light And through its (own) radiance! To the far ends of Heaven I travel back and forth, And there is no one to oppose me . . . (O Osiris!) Lord of Manifestations, Great and majestic, Here I have come! And the Hereafter for me has opened up; The paths in Heaven, (the paths) on Earth, For me have been opened, And there is no one to oppose me!”

— Coffin Texts

[thetwistedrope]

Sometimes texts of the CT and in Book of the Dead papyri are explicitly stated to provide benefits for both the deceased and for the living, demonstrating that individual spells could have several purposes depending on whom it was used for. And other funerary texts seem to be temple or ‘magical’ texts slightly modified for their use on coffins. The categories to which ritual and ritual spells belonged did not in general seem to be so narrowly defined as by modern scholars.

Secrets, Knowledge and Experience in AE Religion, Jens Jorgensen, pg 79