[The
Chapter Of] Making The Transformation Into A Heron
The Osiris the
scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- I am the master of
beasts brought for sacrifice, [and] of the knives which are
[held] at their heads [and] their beards; those who dwell in
their emerald [fields], the Aged Gods, and the Spirit-souls, are
ready at the moment for the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, in
peace. He maketh slaughter on the earth, and I make slaughter on
the earth. I am strong. I follow the heights unto heaven. I have
made myself pure. I walk with long strides to my city. I have
become an owner of land there. I advance to Sepu...... is given
to me in Unu. I have set the gods upon their roads. I have made
splendid the houses and towns of those who are in their shrines.
I know the stream of Nut. I know Tatun. I know Teshert. I have
brought along their horns. I know Heka. I have hearkened to this
words. I am the Red Bull-calf which is marked with markings. The
gods shall say when they hear [of me]: Uncover your faces. His
coming is to me. There is light which ye know not. Times and
seasons are in my body. I do not speak [lies] in the place of
truth, daily. The truth is hidden on the eyebrows. [By] night [I]
sail up the river to keep the feast of him that is dead, to
embrace the Aged God, and to guard the earth, I the Osiris Ani,
whose word is truth.
© 1999 Rita Carla Francesca Monticelli