CHAPTER XXX.

[From Lepsius, Todtenbuch, Bl. 16. ]
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Vignette: The deceased, with hands raised in adoration, standing before a beetle placed on a pedestal.
Text: THE CHAPTER OF NOT LETTING THE HEART OF A MAN BE DRIVEN AWAY FROM HIM IN THE UNDER- WORLD. (1) Osiris Auf-ankh, triumphant, born of Sheret-Amsu, triumphant, saith :—
‘My heart, my mother; my heart, my mother! My “heart of my existence upon earth. May naught stand “up to oppose me in judgment; may there be no “opposition to me in the presence of the sovereign “ princes; (2) may [no evil] be wrought against me in “the presence of the gods; may there be no parting [of “thee] from me in the presence of the great god, the “Jord of Amentet. Homage to thee, O thou heart of “ Osiris-khent-Amentet! Homage to you, O my reins! “Homage to you, O ye gods (3) who dwell in the divine “clouds, and who are exalted (or holy) by reason of your
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“sceptres! Speak ye fair words for the Osiris Auf- “ankh, and make ye him to prosper before Nehebka. “And behold, though I be joined unto the (4) earth, “and am in the mighty innermost part of heaven, let me “remain on the earth and not die in Amentet, and let “me be a khw therein for ever and ever.”
RUBRIC: This [chapter] shall be recited over a basalt scarab, which shall be set in a gold setting, and it shall be placed inside the heart of the man! for whom the ceremonies of “opening the mouth” and of anointing with unguent have been performed. And there shall be recited by way of a
magical charm the words :—‘“ My heart, my mother; my heart, my mother! My heart of transformations.”