For The New Moon

[From Lepsius “Todtenbuch,” Bl. 55.]

ANOTHER CHAPTER TO BE RECITED WHEN THE MOON RENEWETH ITSELF ON THE DAY OF
THE MONTH. The Osiris Auf-ānkh, triumphant, saith:

“Osiris unfettereth,” or, as others say, “openeth the storm cloud [in] the
body of heaven, and is unfettered himself; Horus is made strong happily
each day. He whose transformations are great (or many) hath offerings made
unto him at the moment, and he hath made an end of the storm which is in
the face of the Osiris Auf-ānkh, triumphant. Verily he cometh, and he is
Rā in [his] journeying, and he is the four celestial gods in the heavens
above. The Osiris Auf-ānkh, triumphant, cometh forth in his day, and he
embarketh among the tackle of the boat.”

IF THIS CHAPTER BE KNOWN BY THE DECEASED HE SHALL BECOME A PERFECT _KHU_
IN THE UNDERWORLD, AND HE SHALL NOT DIE THEREIN A SECOND TIME, AND HE
SHALL EAT HIS FOOD SIDE BY SIDE WITH OSIRIS. IF THIS CHAPTER BE KNOWN BY
HIM UPON EARTH HE SHALL BE LIKE UNTO THOTH, AND HE SHALL BE ADORED BY THE
LIVING ONES; HE SHALL NOT FALL HEADLONG AT THE MOMENT OF ROYAL FLAME OF
THE GODDESS BAST, AND THE MIGHTY PRINCESS SHALL MAKE HIM TO ADVANCE
HAPPILY.