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COL. XVII
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You recite these things down into the head of the boy,
he looking (16) towards the lamp. Do not let him look
towards another place except the lamp only ; if he does
not look towards it, then he is afraid. (17) You do all
these things, you cease from your inquiry, you return,
you make him close his eyes, you speak down into his
head this other (18) invocation which is below, that is, if
the gods go away and the boy ceases to see them:
' Arkhe-khem-phai, Zeou, (19) Hele, Satrapermet, watch
this boy, do not let him be frightened, terrified, or scared,
and make (20) him return to his original path. Open
Tei (the Underworld), open Ta'i (Here).' I say it that
this vessel-inquiry of the lamp is better (21) than the
beginning. This is the method again; its form : you
take a new lamp in which no minium has been put
and you put a wick of (22) clean linen in it; you fill it
with genuine clean oil ; you place it on a new brick, you
make the boy sit on another brick (23) opposite the
lamp ; you make him shut his eyes, you recite down into
his head according to the other method also.
Another invocation which (24) you recite towards Phre
in the morning three times or seven times. Formula :
' Iotabao, Sokh-ommoa, Okh- (2 5)-okh-Khan, Bouzanau, An-
iesi, Ekomphtho, Ketho, Sethori, (26) Thmilaalouapokhri
may everything succeed that I shall do to-day,' and they
will(?) succeed. If it be that you do not apply (?) purity
to it, it does not succeed; its chief matter is purity.
Another (27) invocation like the one above again.
Formula: ' Boel,' (thrice), ' I, I, I, A, I, I, I, A, Tat
(thrice), he who giveth the light exceedingly, the com-
panion of the flame, he of the flame which does not
(28) perish, the god who liveth, who dieth not, he who
sitteth in the flame, who is in the midst of the flame
who is in the lake of heaven, in whose hand is the
greatness and might (29) of the god, reveal thyself to
117
You recite these things down into the head of the boy,
he looking (16) towards the lamp. Do not let him look
towards another place except the lamp only ; if he does
not look towards it, then he is afraid. (17) You do all
these things, you cease from your inquiry, you return,
you make him close his eyes, you speak down into his
head this other (18) invocation which is below, that is, if
the gods go away and the boy ceases to see them:
' Arkhe-khem-phai, Zeou, (19) Hele, Satrapermet, watch
this boy, do not let him be frightened, terrified, or scared,
and make (20) him return to his original path. Open
Tei (the Underworld), open Ta'i (Here).' I say it that
this vessel-inquiry of the lamp is better (21) than the
beginning. This is the method again; its form : you
take a new lamp in which no minium has been put
and you put a wick of (22) clean linen in it; you fill it
with genuine clean oil ; you place it on a new brick, you
make the boy sit on another brick (23) opposite the
lamp ; you make him shut his eyes, you recite down into
his head according to the other method also.
Another invocation which (24) you recite towards Phre
in the morning three times or seven times. Formula :
' Iotabao, Sokh-ommoa, Okh- (2 5)-okh-Khan, Bouzanau, An-
iesi, Ekomphtho, Ketho, Sethori, (26) Thmilaalouapokhri
may everything succeed that I shall do to-day,' and they
will(?) succeed. If it be that you do not apply (?) purity
to it, it does not succeed; its chief matter is purity.
Another (27) invocation like the one above again.
Formula: ' Boel,' (thrice), ' I, I, I, A, I, I, I, A, Tat
(thrice), he who giveth the light exceedingly, the com-
panion of the flame, he of the flame which does not
(28) perish, the god who liveth, who dieth not, he who
sitteth in the flame, who is in the midst of the flame
who is in the lake of heaven, in whose hand is the
greatness and might (29) of the god, reveal thyself to