Transformation+into+a+Swallow

Transformation Into a Swallow

"I am a swallow, I am a swallow. I am the scorpion, the daughter of Ra. I germinated like the plants. I am concealed like the tortoise [in his shell].

Hail, ye gods, whose scent is sweet; hail, ye gods, whose scent is sweet; Hail flame, which cometh forth from the horizon! Hail, thou who art in the city, I have brought the warden of his bight therein. Oh, stretch out unto me thy hand so that I may be able to pass my days in the Pool of Double Fire, And let me advance with my message, for I have come with words to tell. Oh, open, thou, the doors to me and I will declare the things which have been seen by me.

Horus hath become the divine Prince of the Barque of the Sun, And unto him hath been given the throne of his divine father Osiris, And Set, that son of Nut, lieth under the fetters which he had made for me. I have made a computation of what is in the city of //Sekhem//, I have stretched out both my hands and arms at the word of Osiris, I have passed on to judgment, and I have come that I may speak, Grant that I may pass on and declare my tidings.

I enter in, I am judged, and I come forth worthy at the gate of //Neb-er-tcher//. I am pure at the great place of the passage of souls, I have done away with my sins, I have put away mine offenses, And I have destroyed the evil which appertained unto my members upon earth.

Hail, ye divine beings who guard the doors, make ye for me a way, For, behold, I am like unto you. I have come forth by day, I have journeyed on, on my legs, And I have gained the mastery over my footsteps before the God of Light, I know the hidden ways and the doors of the //Sekhmet -Aaru//, Verily I, even I, have come. I have overthrown mine enemies upon earth, and yet my perishable body is in the grave!"

Spells for the Afterlife