[The
Chapter Of] Making The Transformation Into The God Who Lighteneth
The Darkness
The Osiris the
scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- I am the girdle of the
garment of the god Nu, which giveth light, and shineth, and
belongeth to his breast, the illuminer of the darkness, the
uniter of the two Rehti deities, the dweller in my body, through
the great spell of the words of my mouth. I rise up, but he who
was coming after me hath fallen. He who was with him in the
Valley of Abtu hath fallen. I rest. I remember him. The god Hu
hath taken possession of me in my town. I found him there. I have
carried away the darkness by my strength, I have filled the Eye
[of Ra] when it was helpless, and when it came not on the
festival of the fifteenth day. I have weighed Sut in the
celestial houses against the Aged One who was with him. I have
equipped Thoth in the House of the Moon-god, when the fifteenth
day of the festival come not. I have taken possession of the Urrt
Crown. Truth is in my body; turquoise and crystal are its months.
My homestead is there among the lapis-lazuli, among the furrows
thereof. I am Hem-Nu, the lightener of the darkness. I have come
to lighten the darkness; it is light. I have lightened the
darkness. I have overthrown the ashmiu-fiends. I have sung hymns
to those who dwell in the darkness. I have made to stand up the
weeping ones, whose faces were covered over; they were in a
helpless state of misery. Look ye then upon me. I am Hem-Nu. I
will not let you hear concerning it. [I have fought. I am Hem-Nu.
I have lightened the darkness. I have come. I have made an end to
the darkness which hath become light indeed.]
© 1999 Rita Carla Francesca Monticelli