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a Pantheistic ^rtv ^ secfcl0U . atfcests the tendency which 
lanthewhc leligion always manifests to develop into mate- 
a lidt u rhV he 0r Heavens invol -d in it P possesTleL 
a spmtual than a tangible essence. r 
SECTION III. 
O Ament, f O Ament, O good, O good, O strong, O strong, O powerful, O 
powerful, O protecting, O protecting, O mysterious, O mysterious 
( mentj, tlie royal Osibian knows thee, he knows thy form, he 
knows the name of thy companions. Ament, hide my corpse, good 
Ament, h.de my body. O resting-place, let me rest in thee • O 
strong one, may the royal Osieis be strong with thy strength, O 
P, 61 ful f ° n f’. may be P 0 ^rful with thy power ! O Ament, open 
thy arms to him ; O protectress, cover his body ; O mysterious being, 
stretch out thy hand to him ! Hail, holy Ament of Osibis with the 
mysterious names the most holy of the gods, thou who art the most 
hidden of all mysteries ! Hail ! the royal Osibian worships thee ; he 
addresses the great god who is within thee. Hail ! he worships thee • 
open % niyster.ous doors to him. Hail ! he worships thee ; (open 
to him) thy hidden spueres, for he has his dwelling in the heavens 
ike Ra, and his throne is upon the earth like See ; he is seated upon 
he throne of See, upon the seats of Horchuti , his spirit soars into 
e heavens, it rests there; his body descends to the earth in the 
midst of the gods. He walks with Ra, he follows Tum. he is like 
Chepka, he lives as thou livest in truth. 
10. 1 he customary Rubric, with its usual monitions, imposing 
secrecy on its reader, terminates this long and, in many respects^ 
most magnificent Litany. y peers, 
2 tl jj 8 b °f ’ S . read he wIl ° read8 ^ purifies himself at the hour 
the n’- m T l atB in the Ament 0f the Ament > "-hen Ba is in 
the midst of hidden things, completely. 
17. Before comparing this text with that contained in other 
solar addresses, and especially with a hymn to the Deitv mirln 
ins form of Ra Harmachis, it would be as w“ 11 to Stulate 
concisely the principal attributes ascribed to Ra, and the chief 
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