The Chapter Of Giving A Heart To Osiris

[From the Papyrus of Ani (British Museum No. 10,470, sheet 15).]

THE CHAPTER OF GIVING A HEART TO OSIRIS ANI IN THE UNDERWORLD. He saith:

“May my heart (_ab_)(20) be with me in the House of Hearts! May my heart
(_hat_) be with me in the House of Hearts! May my heart be with me, and
may it rest there, [or] I shall not eat of the cakes of Osiris on the
eastern side of the Lake of Flowers, neither shall I have a boat wherein
to go down the Nile, nor another wherein to go up, nor shall I be able to
sail down the Nile with thee. May my mouth [be given] to me that I may
speak therewith, and my two legs to walk therewith, and my two hands and
arms to overthrow my foe. May the doors of heaven be opened unto me; may
Seb, the Prince(21) of the gods, open wide his two jaws unto me; may he
open my two eyes which are blindfolded; may he cause me to stretch apart
my two legs which are bound together; and may Anpu (Anubis) make my thighs
firm so that I may stand upon them. May the goddess Sekhet make me to rise
so that I may ascend unto heaven, and may that be done which I command in
the House of the _foreign_ (double) of Ptah (_i.e._, Memphis). I
understand with my heart. I have gained the mastery over my heart, I have
gained the mastery over my two hands, I have gained the mastery over my
legs, I have gained the power to do whatsoever my _ka_ (double) pleaseth.
My soul shall not be fettered to my body at the gates of the underworld;
but I shall enter in peace and I shall come forth in peace.”