Egyptian Literature/The Book of the Dead/Of the Living Soul

OF THE LIVING SOUL

From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 9).]

The Chapter of making the transformation into a living soul, and of not entering into the chamber of torture; whosoever knoweth [it] shall not see corruption. The chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith:

“I am the divine Soul of Rā proceeding from the god Nu; that divine soul which is God, [I am] the creator of the divine food, and that which is an abomination unto me is sin whereon I look not. I proclaim right and truth, and I live therein. I am the divine food, which is not corrupted in my name of Soul: I gave birth unto myself together with Nu in my name of Rhepera in whom I come into being day by day.