The Seven Arits
If [these] words be recited by the spirit when he shall come to the Seven Arits, and as he entereth the doors, he shall neither be turned back nor repulsed before Osiris, and he shall be made to have his being among the blessed spirits, and to have dominion among the ancestral followers of Osiris. If these things be done for any spirit he shall have his being in that place like a lord of eternity in one body with Osiris, and at no place shall any being contend against him.
The name of the Doorkeeper is Ankhf-em-fent. The name of the Watcher is Shabu. The name of the Herald is Teb-her-kha-kheft.
The Osiris the
scribe Ani, whose word is truth, shall say [when he cometh to
this Arit]: "I have brought unto thee the jawbone in
Ra-stau. I have brought unto thee thy backbone in Anu. I have
gathered together his manifold members therein. I have driven
back Aapep for thee. I have spit upon the wounds [in his body]. I
have made myself a path among you. I am the Aged One among the
gods. I have made offerings to Osiris. I have defended him with
the word of truth. I have gathered together his bones, and have
collected all his members."
© 1999 Rita Carla Francesca Monticelli