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sanct by its mysterious amulets, the Tat ,* * * § the Get , t the Uta,% 
and the Apa,§ with a number of other objects whose use is not 
yet known, while thus on earth the body lay, Horus prepares to 
protect his servant, first in his trials and conflicts in the nether 
world, and then vicariously to justify him by attributing to him 
his own good offices in the Hall of the Two Truths. Although 
in a paper which I previously read before you I have dwelt 
upon these portions of the Ritual, yet for the complete under- 
standing of my subject I must go through them again now ; 
but I will endeavour not to repeat, more than is absolutely 
necessary, the same passages which I cited then. Let us, to 
see how Horus became the Deliverer and the Justifier, in 
imagination follow the travels of the soul of an Egyptian 
deceased. 
The first enemy that the soul of the deceased had to encounter 
was the great Enemy of the gods and of mankind, typified by a 
huge serpent, || who lies in wait for him in the lower Hades, 
and seeks to entangle him in his folds. In this terrible danger 
the soul accosts the serpent, and deprecates its anger by 
declaring that his “sins are not found out on these my hands”; 
and thus the enemy is avoided, not, as we shall presently find 
him, defied or repelled, for as yet the god Horus had only pro- 
tected, but not justified, his votary. Soon, however, the con- 
sciousness of his own ultimate complete acquittal leads the 
deceased to cry out with prophetic prescience : 
“ I come forth with justification against my enemies, 
I have reached the heaven, 
I have passed through the earth. 
Then, addressing Osiris, he pleads for acceptance, because 
“ His great sin is not divine, 
Or his fault complete. 
Falling into the hands of the Lord of truth, 
For I have corrected the injuring evil in him, 
* The Tat was an amulet in the shape of the instrument which is wrongly 
called a Kilometer ; it was generally wrought in blue porcelain, and was an 
emblem of strength. 
t The Get was an amulet in the form of a buckle ; it was generally 
wrought in black jasper, and is fully described in Maspero’s Qudques 
Papyrus du Louvre, 1876. 
1 The Ufa was an amulet representing the mystical right eye of Horus. 
§ The Apa was an amulet in the form of a fly or scarabeus, and it was laid 
upon the breast of the mummy to preserve the vital warmth of the heart. 
|| Ritual, cap. vii., “ The Chapter of Escaping out of the Folds of the 
Great Serpent.” 
If Cap. x., “ The Chapter of Coming Forth with Justification.” 
