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The Papyrus of Ani, Chapter 24

Copyright 1997 by Neil Parker.

Text:

A spell to bring words of power to the Osiris Ani.

I am Atum-Khepri, who was himself created on the leg of his mother,

Giving jackals to those who are in the Celestial Ocean, and hunting dogs to the members of the Council.

Behold, I have gathered words of power in every place where they are, from whomever they are with,

Fleeter than greyhounds, quicker than a shadow.

O bringer of the boat of Ra, your sail-ropes are taut in the north wind when you sail to the Lake of Fire in the underworld.

Behold, you have gathered words of power in every place where they are, from whomever they are with,

Fleeter than greyhounds, quicker than a shadow,

Which makes its transformations on the thigh of Mut, when the gods are created in silence, and Mut gives warmth to the gods.

Behold, to me belong these words of power, from whomever they are with,

Fleeter than greyhounds, quicker than a shadow; otherwise said, quicker than a shadow.