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THE ABODE OF THE BLESSED.
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Sekhet-Hetep,1 ancl was supposed to lie to the north of Egypt. Here dwell
Horus and Set, for the fields of Aaru and Hetep are their domains,2 and here
enters the deceased with two of the children of Horus on one side of him, and two
on the other,3 and the “ two great chiefs who preside over the throne of the great
god proclaim eternal life and power for him.”4 Here like the supreme God he is
declared to be “one,”5 and the four children of Idorus proclaim his name to Ra.
Having gone to the north of the Aaru Field he makes his way to the eastern
portion of the tuat, where according to one legend he becomes like the morning
star, near6 his sister Sothis.7 Here he lived in the form of the star Sothis, and
“ the great and little companies of the gods purify him in the Great Bear.”8
The Egyptian theologians, who conceived that a ladder was necessary to enable
the soul to ascend to the next world, provided it also with an address which it
was to utter when it reached the top. As given in the pyramid of Unas it reads
as follows9:—“ Hail to thee, O daughter of Amenta, mistress of Peteru(?) of
“ heaven, thou gift of Thoth, thou mistress of the two sides of the ladder, open a
“ way to Unas, let Unas pass. Hail to thee, O Nau, who art [seated] upon the
“ brink of the Lake of Kha, open thou a way to Unas, let Unas pass. Hail to
“ thee, O thou bull of four horns, thou who hast one horn to the west, and one to
“ the east, and one to the north, and one to the south,.let Unas pass, for he
“ is a being from the purified Amenta, who goeth forth from the country of Baqta.
“ Hail to thee, O Sekhet-Hetep, hail to thee, and to the fields which are in thee,
“ the fields of Unas are in thee, for pure offerings are in thee.”
1 I.e., the Field of Peace.
Recueil de Travaux, t. v., p. 191 (1. 182).
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Ibid., p. 150 (1. 262).
4 Ibid., t. vii., p. 163 (1. 402).
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7 Ibid-> t. iv., p. ss (1. 475).
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9 Ibid., t. iv., p. 69 (1. 576 ff.).
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. Ibid., t. iv., p. 68 (1. 567).
The fields of Aaru
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Sekhet-Hetep,1 ancl was supposed to lie to the north of Egypt. Here dwell
Horus and Set, for the fields of Aaru and Hetep are their domains,2 and here
enters the deceased with two of the children of Horus on one side of him, and two
on the other,3 and the “ two great chiefs who preside over the throne of the great
god proclaim eternal life and power for him.”4 Here like the supreme God he is
declared to be “one,”5 and the four children of Idorus proclaim his name to Ra.
Having gone to the north of the Aaru Field he makes his way to the eastern
portion of the tuat, where according to one legend he becomes like the morning
star, near6 his sister Sothis.7 Here he lived in the form of the star Sothis, and
“ the great and little companies of the gods purify him in the Great Bear.”8
The Egyptian theologians, who conceived that a ladder was necessary to enable
the soul to ascend to the next world, provided it also with an address which it
was to utter when it reached the top. As given in the pyramid of Unas it reads
as follows9:—“ Hail to thee, O daughter of Amenta, mistress of Peteru(?) of
“ heaven, thou gift of Thoth, thou mistress of the two sides of the ladder, open a
“ way to Unas, let Unas pass. Hail to thee, O Nau, who art [seated] upon the
“ brink of the Lake of Kha, open thou a way to Unas, let Unas pass. Hail to
“ thee, O thou bull of four horns, thou who hast one horn to the west, and one to
“ the east, and one to the north, and one to the south,.let Unas pass, for he
“ is a being from the purified Amenta, who goeth forth from the country of Baqta.
“ Hail to thee, O Sekhet-Hetep, hail to thee, and to the fields which are in thee,
“ the fields of Unas are in thee, for pure offerings are in thee.”
1 I.e., the Field of Peace.
Recueil de Travaux, t. v., p. 191 (1. 182).
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Ibid., p. 150 (1. 262).
4 Ibid., t. vii., p. 163 (1. 402).
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0 Ibid., t. v., p. 186 (11. 80, 172, 177), | ^
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7 Ibid-> t. iv., p. ss (1. 475).
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9 Ibid., t. iv., p. 69 (1. 576 ff.).
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. Ibid., t. iv., p. 68 (1. 567).
The fields of Aaru
and Hetep.
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