OF PROTECTING THE BOAT OF RA
(From the Papyrus of Nu, British Museum, No. 10,477, sheet 97)

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The chapter of protecting the boat of Ra. "O thou that cleavest the water as thou comest forth from the stream and dost sit upon thy place in thy boat, sit thou upon thy place in thy boat as thou goest forth to thy station of yesterday, and do thou join the Osiris, the overseer of the palace, the chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, the perfect Khu, unto thy mariners, and let thy strength be his strength.

"Hail, Ra, in thy name of Ra, if thou dost pass by the eye of seven cubits, which hath a pupil of three cubits, then verily do thou strengthen the Osiris, Nu, triumphant, the perfect Khu,--let him be among--thy mariners, and let thy strength be his strength. Hail, Ra, in thy name of Ra, if thou dost pass by those who are overturned in death, then verily do thou make the Osiris, Nu, triumphant, the perfect soul, to stand up upon his feet, and may thy strength be his strength. Hail, Ra, in thy name of Ra, if the hidden things of the underworld are opened unto thee and thou dost gratify (?) the heart of the cycle of thy gods, then verily do thou grant joy of heart unto the. chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, and let thy strength be his strength. Thy members, O Ra, are established by--this--Chapter (?)."

--This Chapter--shall be recited over a bandlet of the fine linen of kings--upon which--it hath been written with Anti, which shall be laid upon the neck of the perfect Khu on the way of the burial...




Note that the "eye" is 10 1/2 feet with a pupil which is 4 1/2 feet.

This is nearly the exact dimensions of the natural cavern at the sur-
face under the Great Pyramid and a very close approximation of the hole
in the bottom of the grotto.

Some will have a problem with Osiris rising from the eye of his son.

So;



From the Papyrus of Nebseni, Brit. Mus. No. 9900, Sheet 14, ll.
16ff.)


"He who was bidden to rule among the gods is the son of Isis (Horus), who was appointed to rule in the room of his father Osiris.

"As concerning [the words] 'day of the union of earth with earth,' they have reference to the union of earth with earth in the coffin of Osiris, the Soul that liveth in Hensu, the giver of meat and drink, the destroyer of wrong, and the guide to the everlasting paths."




Hensu is Herakleopolis at the Fayuum but the Egyptians often had municipal "sponsors" for their Gods. Osiris may have been from Hensu when he walked the Earth as a "mortal God". If memory serves this papyrus goes on to say that these words are holy and the knowledge is not to be spoken.

It's also interesting that there are niches which could provide
support for 14 shadufs in the grand gallery. Isis assembled Os-
iris from the 14 pieces made by Set.

Of course Set induced Osiris to lie down in a box which was filled
with molten lead. Since it proved fatal the box was thrown in the
Nile and Set was reviled.





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Man fears the pyramid, time fears man.



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