Stone and Shadow, John Bonanno photograph, 2008
Anubis gives strength to my legs and I lift myself up,
Sekhet clears the way to heaven,
My wishes are known in the house of the Ka of Ptah,
I know my own heart, having mastered its passions,
My hands and arms are returned transformed and deft,
I can move with speed my feet and legs that I may go.
I do what is pleasing to my Ka.
My soul is free of the rotting corpse recently bequeathed to Anubis.
The Gates of Amenta burst open, I depart in Peace.
-a paraphrase by John Bonanno from the Egyptian Book of the Dead
This passage is about getting out of Hell, a valuable piece of knowledge.
Friday, July 31, 2009
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