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The God of the Sages
God is One
You are the One.
No father conceived you,
No mother gave birth to you.
Hymn to
Ptah
You are unique,
You are He who existed before existence,
You are the Creator of Heaven and Earth,
Who offers plenty to all without cease.
Lyons Stele 88
The One who is unique created all that exists,
And the Earth appeared for the first time.
His origins are mysterious,
His forms innumerable,
His beginning is unknown…
All living things came into existence when He
was born.
Nothing exists beyond Him.
He hides Himself in His true manifestation,
A shining lamp, full of light.
Cairo Papyrus 58032
God is the Sculptor who sculpted His own form,
The Modeller who has never been modelled,
The Unique One who travels eternity.
Hymn of the
architects Souti and Hor
He is the one who created himslef and whose form
remains unknown,
A perfect creation who reveals Himself in sacred
symbols,
Who created Himself and His statues,
A great power who acted according to His heart,
Whose seed fertilized His body,
And whose womb gave birth in the Heart of
Mystery.
Hymn to Amon at Leyde
One who remains unique,
Creating beings,
One who remains unique,
Possessor of numberless arms.
A unique Form who created all that exists,
One who created all living things and remains
One,
From His eyes came Man,
From His mouth the Gods were born.
Hymn to Amon at
Cairo
Trinity of God
There are three Gods: Amon, Ra and Ptah.
As Amon His Name is hidden,
His face is the divine light, Ra,
His body, Ptah.
Hymn to Amon at Leyde
The Eight were Your first Manifestation,
Until You had perfected Your number,
Being the One.
Your body is hidden amongst the Ancient Ones,
You hide Yourself as Amon at the head of the
Gods.
Hymn to Amon at Leyde
God reveals Himself in millions of forms.
Ani
The Hidden God
Amongst mankind, generation succeeds generation.
God, who knows their hearts, is hidden.
Ani
The hiding place which veils the Gods is unique,
And does not reveal its true form.
None of them knows its true
nature,
which is not revealed in any
writing.
No one can describe it,
It is too vast to be understood,
Too mysterious to be known.
If anyone pronounces its secret name they will
be destroyed.
Hymn to Amon at Leyde
You are Amon, the Hidden God,
Lord of Silence,
Who comes when the humble call,
You give life to those without it.
Stele at
Berlin
God appears unseen on the wind.
His presence fills the night.
He creates what is above in Heaven as He does
what is below on the Earth.
Tablet from
Cairo
God is found in the primordial waters,
They do not make him unknowable,
That which is hidden there manifests itself.
Merikare
Those who say: ‘That can’t happen’ should take a
look at what is hidden.
Every day God reveals the secrets of His
creation on the Earth.
Ankh-Sheshonk
God and Man
Man is clay and straw,
God is the builder,
Each day He demolishes and builds.
Amenemope
The human race never accomplishes anything.
It’s what God commands that gets done.
Ptah-Hotep
God is always perfect.
Man is always imperfect.
The words of men are one thing.
The actions of God another.
Amenemope
If destiny and fortune exist,
It is because God has sent them.
Insinger
Papyrus
The Paths of God
Oh my twice-great master Thoth,
The Only One,
Who has no equal,
Who sees and hears whoever passes.
Who knows whoever comes,
With the knowledge of everything that happens!
You have made my heart walk upon your waters,
He who walks on your road will never stumble.
Petosiris
Oh people living on this Earth,
And those yet to be born,
You who come to this mountain,
You will see this tomb and pass by it.
Come, I will guide you on the Road of Life,
You will sail with a favorable wind, without
accidents,
And you will arrive at the abode of the City of
Generations.
The road of the man who obeys God is straight.
Happy is he whose heart urges him to follow it!
Petosiris
To walk on the road of God is to be filled with
light,
Great are the advantages gained by those who
Discipline themselves to follow it.
It is a monument raised by them on this Earth,
Those who follow the Paths of God,
Those who cling to the Ways of God,
Spend all their lives in joy,
Gathering riches without equal.
Petosiris
Those whom God guides do not go wrong.
Those whose boat He takes away cannot cross.
Ptah-Hotep
Serving God
Celebrate the monthly ceremony of the Servant of
God,
Put on your sacred sandals,
Go to the temple,
Enter the Sanctuary,
Eat the bread of the Temple of God,
Renew the libations on the altar,
Add to the offerings,
Take good care of your monuments as a duty of
your power.
A single day can be the equivalent of Eternity,
A single hour can suffice for the future,
Since God knows who acts for Him.
Merikare
Celebrate the feast of your God,
And begin it at the correct time.
God is unhappy if He is neglected.
Ani
Venerate God on your road,
Whatever form He may take,
Whether it be of precious stones or embodied in
a copper statue.
One form will replace another form,
As the annual floods follow the annual floods.
Merikare
All that can be surveyed, from the beginning to
the end of the measuring cord, is His domain.
His royal rule measures the stones,
He places the measuring cord on the Earth,
He gives justice to the countries and temples.
Every city is under His shadow,
His heart moves according to His will.
Hymns are sung to Him in the temples,
Every place of work exists thanks to His love.
On festival days beer is brewed for Him,
The night is spent awake reflecting on His
miracles,
While His name is chanted from the roof of the
Temple
And His song rises to Heaven.
Hymn to Amon at Leyde
My heart inclines to You,
Master of the Constellations.
Thanks to You my hunger is satisfied without
food,
My thirst is quenched without drinking…
You are a father to the motherless,
A husband for the widow.
How sweet it is to say Your name!
It tastes of life,
The taste of bread for a child.
He clothes the naked,
He is like food for the spirit.
Graffito on the tomb of Pairi
May no part of me be without God.
May Thoth the God of Knowledge protect me.
The Second Book of Breath
Mingle with the Gods in Heaven,
May no one be able to distinguish between you
and one of Them.
May your body become like His
which both exists,
yet does not exist, for all
eternity.
Ritual of
the Opening of the Mouth
God and Light
God created the light and the darkness in which
all creation exists.
Ankh-Sheshonk
You are the Divine Light who has appeared in
Heaven
And lights up the Earth with the perfection of
Your shining eye,
You who came from the Ocean of Beginning,
Who appeared from the primordial waters,
Who created everything,
Who formed the Great Union of the Gods,
Who is self-begotten in His chosen forms.
Amenhotep, son of Hapu
You appear in perfection on the horizon of
Heaven,
A living Disc, the origin of Life!
From the moment that You rise in the eastern
skies
You fill all beauty with Your beauty;
You are abundance, You are great and shining,
rising above the land.
The Great Hymn to Aton
You call on the Divine Light,
It is the Master of Forms who listens,
It is the Master Creator who replies.
Song of the
Harpist
When I walk upon the celestial waters,
I worship the sunrise like the light of my own
eye.
I am the Great God, I have come into existence.
I gather my names.
Yesterday belongs to me, I know tomorrow.
I am the phoenix, there is no impurity in me.
I know the way,
I aim for the isles of the just
I reach the country of light,
I restore my sight,
I see the light,
I am the one of the beings of light who lives in
the light.
The Book of
Leaving the Day, Ch.64
I am the diving Light, master of the light.
The Word is mine.
It is thanks to the Word I can cross the sky.
Texts
of the Sarcophagi, CH.818
I am the hidden form at the centre of the light.
I go through fire and emerge without harm.
Texts
of the Sarcophagi, Ch.246
Pharaoh has placed a divine light for him which
is like a heavenly stair beneath his feet.
Texts of the Pyramids, 11808
You have the light in your hands,
You will appear by day like the perfect glow of
the divine light spreading over the whole world.
Embalming
Ritual
Divine light,
Allow me to be one of your companions,
A member of the crew that sails in your heavenly
ship.
Florence Stele
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