The Chapter Of Making The Transformation Into A
Swallow
The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- I am a swallow, [I am] a swallow. [I am] that
Scorpion, the daughter of Ra. Hail, O ye gods whose odour is sweet. Hail, O ye gods whose
odour is sweet. Hail, Flame, who comest forth from the horizon. Hail, thou who art in the city.
I have brought the Warder of his corner there. Give me thy two hands, and let me pass my
time in the Island of Flame. I have advanced with a message, I have come having the report
thereof [to make]. Open to me. How shall I tell that which I have seen there? I am like Horus,
the governor of the Boat, when the throne of his father was given unto him, and when Set, that
son of Nut, was [lying] under the fetters which he had made for Osiris. He who is in Sekhem
hath inspected me. I stretch out my arms over Osiris. I have advanced for the examination, I
have come to speak there. Let me pass on and deliver my message. I am he who goeth in, [I
am] judged, [I] come forth magnified at the Gate of Nebertcher. I am purified at the Great
Uart. I have done away my wickednesses. I have put away utterly my offences. I have put
away utterly all the taints of evil which appertained to me [upon the earth]. I have purified
myself, I have made myself to be like a god. Hail, O ye Doorkeepers, I have completed my
journey. I am like unto you. I have come forth by day. I have advanced on my legs. I have
gained the master over [my] footsteps. [Hail, ye] Spirit-souls! I, even I, do know the hidden
roads and the Gates of Sekhet Aaru. I live there. Verily, I, even I, have come, I have
overthrown my enemies upon the earth, although my body lieth a mummy in the tomb.
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