Osiris

loved and made me as I am, and though created I rule eternity, and have no end.” Book IX. “Protection of the Soul "—chapters 91 to 117. The soul is seen in the sun-boat, emerging from Hades into space, “the abode of Osiris.” This Elysium is a world like this one, but better. It is a land where corn and wine abound, where wheat and barley grow 7 cubits high, with ears 2 to 4 cubits long. “It is reaped by the glorified ones in presence of the Powers of the East.” Chapter 91 is repeated in chapter 108.. Book X, “The going into and out of Hades”—chapters 118 to 124, The soul is born again in a spiritual resurrection. It goes into Hades as a hawk, and comes out as a Bennw—a solar bird or Pheenix, ag ' Book XI, “The Hall of the Two Truths”—chapter 125. The soul pleads before the judges, and cries: “O thou great Lord God of Truth I know thee, and the forty-two gods around thy throne; and I am here. to receive thy ble ings,” Each of the 42 personifies a virtue, a moral law, or attribute; and if, in naming each, the soul can claim obedience to it, it is fully justified, and is thenceforth called the Osiris of the deceased. The Hall itself personifies Truth and Justice— punishment and acquittal. 47