[The Chapter Of] Making The Transformation Into
The God Who Lighteneth The Darkness
The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, saith:- I am the girdle of the garment of the god
Nu, which giveth light, and shineth, and belongeth to his breast, the illuminer of the darkness,
the uniter of the two Rehti deities, the dweller in my body, through the great spell of the words
of my mouth. I rise up, but he who was coming after me hath fallen. He who was with him in
the Valley of Abtu hath fallen. I rest. I remember him. The god Hu hath taken possession of
me in my town. I found him there. I have carried away the darkness by my strength, I have
filled the Eye [of Ra] when it was helpless, and when it came not on the festival of the fifteenth
day. I have weighed Sut in the celestial houses against the Aged One who was with him. I
have equipped Thoth in the House of the Moon-god, when the fifteenth day of the festival
come not. I have taken possession of the Urrt Crown. Truth is in my body; turquoise and
crystal are its months. My homestead is there among the lapis-lazuli, among the furrows
thereof. I am Hem-Nu, the lightener of the darkness. I have come to lighten the darkness; it is
light. I have lightened the darkness. I have overthrown the ashmiu-fiends. I have sung hymns to
those who dwell in the darkness. I have made to stand up the weeping ones, whose faces
were covered over; they were in a helpless state of misery. Look ye then upon me. I am
Hem-Nu. I will not let you hear concerning it. [I have fought. I am Hem-Nu. I have lightened
the darkness. I have come. I have made an end to the darkness which hath become light
indeed.]
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