aenemated

the osiris ani saith -- hail, ye who steal and crush heart-cases homage to you, o ye lords of eternity, ye masters of everlastingness, take ye not this heart of osiris ani into your fingers, and this heart-case, and cause ye not things of evil to spring up against it, because this heart belongeth to the osiris ani, and this heart-case belongeth to him of the great names, the mighty one, whose words are his members. he sendeth his heart to rule his body, and his heart is renewed before the gods. the heart of the osiris ani, whose word is truth, is to him; he hath gained the mastery over it. he hath not said what he hath done. he hath obtained power over his own members. his heart obeyeth him, he is the lord thereof, it is in his body, and it shall never fall away therefrom. i command thee to be obedient unto me in khert-neter. i, the osiris ani, whose word is truth, in peace; whose word is truth in the beautiful amentet, by the domain of eternity.

-- 'the chapter of not letting the heart-case of a man be taken away from him in khert-neter' the egyptian book of the dead

<sigh>

how incredibly perfect. how beautiful. how compelling and perfect. in the years of the obsession, not once did i figure i'd come upon one who could recite this. or know what it was. or meant. or where it came from.

<double sigh>