Hermopolis

THE BOOK OF RESPIRATIONS

He is favoured among the faithful',

(and) divinized among the perfected.

Let him live !

Let his soûl live !

His soûl is received wherever it willeth.

(He) hath received the Book of Respirations, that he may breathe with his soûl,

(with) that of the Lower Heaven,

and that he may make any transformation at his will,

like (the inhabitants) of the West1 2 ;

that his soûl may go wherever it desireth,

living on the earth for ever and ever.

He is towed (like) Osiris into the Great Pool of Khons.

When he has retaken possession of his heart3 4,

the Book of Respirations is concealed in (the coffin).

It is (covered) with writing upon Suten, both inside and outside (and) placed underneath his left arm,

evenly with his heart ;

When the Book has been made for him then he breathes with the soûls of the gods for ever and ever 5 .

It is finished.