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“ The Heaven is open, the earth opens, the south opens, the north opens, 
the west opens, the east opens, the southern zenith opens, the northern 
Nachi opens, the valves of the door open, the gateway of the Sun opens. 
He proceeds from the horizon, he has unclosed the doors of the 
ark 
“ The Osirian serves the Sun. He has received his due reward at his 
shrine. Like Horus he goes to the recesses of (his dwelling) place, to 
the sanctuary of his chest.* * * § 
“ Glory to the Sun, Lord of the Horizon ; Osiris, Lord of the West. 
“ Hail thou who purifiest mankind, who soundest the heaven at the 
great place, making the boatmen to go along.f 
“ He has prepared millions ; he has passed his billions 
“ The circle of the ministers of the Sun is before him. His blessings are 
after him. Come. 
“ Truth exclaims, She approaches her Lord ; Glory is given to the 
Universal Lord.” 
The Rubric to this chapter declares that, this chapter having 
been duly recited, the soul lives for ever. His word is true 
against his enemies, and his food is off the altar of the Sun to 
the end of every day. 
In Chapter CXXXIII. we are told that % “ The Sun rises 
from his horizon, his gods are behind him. When he comes 
forth from the Amenti, the despisers fall down in the eastern 
horizon of the heaven at the words of Isis.§ She has prepared 
the path of the Sun, the great chief.” This is one of the 
more mystical chapters, which the Rubric prescribes is to be 
seen (that is, the vignette to it) by no one but the man for 
whom it was prepared. “ Do not let any one see it except 
thyself, or thy father, or thy son. Having kept it well, prepare 
the dead, the delight of the Sun. It makes him prevail as the 
gods, for the gods look upon him as one of themselves \ the 
dead fall on their faces when they see him. He is seen in Hades 
as the boatman of the Sun.” 
* Or innermost shrine, analogous to the holy of holies of the Jews. 
+ Or in less idiomatic phraseology, “ Who measures the depths of 
Heaven at the source of its great river, and makest the rowers of thy 
bark to go forth in triumph.” t 
+ “ The Book of instructing the Dead to be in the Heart oi the bun, 
made on a Day of the Month. , , „ . 
§ Or the evil are thrust into hell by Isis at the rising of the bun, wlien 
the goddess prepares to make his paths straight. 
