or thing he pleased.  Chap. 89 enabled the soul of the deceased to rejoin its body at pleasure, and Chaps. 91 and 92 secured the egress of his soul and spirit from the tomb.  Chaps. 94-97 made the deceased an associate of Thoth, and Chaps. 98 and 99 secured for him the use of the magical boat, and the services of the celestial ferryman, who would ferry him across the river in the Tuat to the Island of Fire, in which Osiris lived.  Chaps. 101 and 102 provided access for him to the Boat of Ra.  Chaps. 108, 109, 112, and 116 enabled him to know the Souls (i.e. gods) of the East and West, and of the towns of Pe,[1] Nekhen,[2] Khemenu,[3] and Anu.[4] Chaps. 117-119 enabled him to find his way through Rastau, a part of the kingdom of Seker, the god of Death.  Chap. 152 enabled him to build a house, and Chap. 132 gave him power to return to the earth and see it.  Chap. 153 provided for his escape from the fiend who went about to take souls in a net.  Chaps. 155-160, 166, and 167 formed the spells that were engraved on amulets, i.e. the Tet (male), the Tet (female), the Vulture, the Collar, the Sceptre, the Pillow, the Pectoral, &c., and gave to the deceased the power of Osiris and Isis and other gods, and restored to him his heart, and lifted up his head.  Chap. 162 kept heat in the body until the day of the resurrection.  Chaps. 175 and 176 gave the deceased everlasting life and enabled him to escape the second death.  Chap. 177 raised up the dead body, and Chap. 178 raised up the spirit-soul.  The remaining Chapters perfected the spirit-soul, and gave it celestial powers, and enabled it to enjoy intercourse with the gods as an equal, and enabled it to participate in all their occupations and pleasures.  We may now give a few extracts that will give an idea of the contents of some of the most important passages.

[Footnote 1:  i.e. Pe Tep, or Buto.]

[Footnote 2:  Eileithyiaspolis.]

[Footnote 3:  Hermopolis.]

[Footnote 4:  Heliopolis.]

[Illustration:  Her-Heru, the first Priest-King, and Queen Netchemet reciting a Hymn to the Rising Sun.  The Apes represent the Spirits of the Dawn. From a papyrus (about 1050 B.C.) in the British Museum.]

The following is the opening hymn to Osiris in the Papyrus of Ani: 

“Glory be to Osiris Un-Nefer, the great god who dwelleth in Abydos, king of eternity, lord of everlastingness, whose existence endureth for millions of years.  Eldest son of the womb of Nut,[1] begotten by Keb,[2] the Erpat,[3] lord of the crowns of the South and North, lord of the lofty white crown, prince of gods and men:  he hath received the sceptre, and the whip, and the rank of his divine fathers.  Let thy heart in Semt-Ament[4] be content, for thy son Horus is established on thy throne.  Thou art crowned lord of Tatu[5] and ruler in Abydos.[6] Through thee the world flourisheth in triumph before the power of Nebertcher.[7] He leadeth on that which