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The Egyptian Book of the Dead

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  1. 1Dedication — Introduction
  2. 2Chapter I
  3. 3Chapter II — Chapter for Coming Forth by Day and Living After Death
  4. 4Chapter III — Another Chapter Like It
  5. 5Chapter IV — Another Chapter, for Travelling on the Road Which Is A…
  6. 6Chapter V — Chapter Whereby Work May Not Be Imposed [Upon a Person(…
  7. 7Chapter VI — Chapter Whereby the Funereal Statuettes May Be Made to…
  8. 8Chapter VII — Chapter of Passing Through the Chine of Apepi Which I…
  9. 9Chapter VIII — Chapter of Opening the Tuat by Day
  10. 10Chapter IX — Chapter for Opening the Tuat
  11. 11Chapter X — Chapter for Coming Forth Victoriously
  12. 12Chapter XI — Chapter for Coming Out Against the Adversary in the Ne…
  13. 13Chapter XII — Chapter for Entering and for Coming Forth Out of the…
  14. 14Chapter XIII — Chapter for Entering After Coming Out From Amenta
  15. 15Chapter XIV — Chapter for Removing Displeasure From the Heart of th…
  16. 16Chapter XV
  17. 17Chapter XVI — Note
  18. 18Chapter XVII
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — [Introductory.]
  20. 20Chapter XIX — Chapter of the Crown of Triumph
  21. 21Chapter XX
  22. 22Chapter XXI — Chapter Whereby the Mouth of a Person Is Given to Him…
  23. 23Chapter XXII — Another Chapter Whereby the Mouth of a Person Is Giv…
  24. 24Chapter XXIII — Chapter Whereby the Mouth of a Person Is Opened for…
  25. 25Chapter XXIV — Chapter Whereby the Words of Power Are Brought to a…
  26. 26Chapter XXV — Chapter Whereby a Person Remembereth His Name in the…
  27. 27Chapter XXVI — Chapter Whereby the Heart() Is Given to a Person in…
  28. 28Chapter XXVII — Chapter Whereby the Heart of a Person Is Not Taken…
  29. 29Chapter XXVIII — Chapter Whereby the Heart of a Person Is Not Taken…
  30. 30Chapter XXIX — Chapter Whereby the Heart of a Person May Not Be Tak…
  31. 31Chapter XXIX — B.
  32. 32Chapter XXX — A.
  33. 33Chapter XXX — B.
  34. 34Chapter XXXI
  35. 35Chapter XXXII
  36. 36Chapter XXXIII — Chapter Whereby All Serpents Are Kept Back
  37. 37Chapter XXXIV
  38. 38Chapter XXXV — Chapter Whereby the Person Is Not Devoured by a Serp…
  39. 39Chapter XXXVI — Chapter Whereby the Āpshait Is Kept Back
  40. 40Chapter XXXVII — Chapter Whereby the Merta Goddesses Are Kept Back
  41. 41Chapter XXXVIII — Chapter Whereby One Liveth by the Breath of Air i…
  42. 42Chapter XXXIX — Chapter Whereby the Serpent Rekrek Is Repulsed in t…
  43. 43Chapter XL — Chapter Whereby the Eater of the Ass Is Kept Back
  44. 44Chapter XLI — Chapter Whereby One Avoideth the Slaughter Which Is C…
  45. 45Chapter XLII
  46. 46Chapter XLIII — Chapter Whereby the Head of a Person Is Not Severed…
  47. 47Chapter XLIV — Chapter Whereby One Dieth Not a Second Time
  48. 48Chapter XLV — Chapter Whereby One Escapeth Corruption in the Nether…
  49. 49Chapter XLVI — Chapter Whereby He That Is Living Is Not Destroyed i…
  50. 50Chapter XLVII — Chapter Whereby the Seat of a Person Is Not Taken F…
  51. 51Chapters XLVIII and XLIX — Chapter L — Chapter Whereby One Cometh N…
  52. 52Chapter LI — Chapter Whereby One Goeth Not Headlong in the Netherworld
  53. 53Chapter LII — Chapter Whereby One Eateth Not Dirt in the Netherworld
  54. 54Chapter LIII — A.
  55. 55Chapter LIII — B.
  56. 56Chapter LIV — Chapter Whereby Air Is Given in the Netherworld
  57. 57Chapter LV — Another Chapter Whereby Air Is Given
  58. 58Chapter LVI — Another Chapter of Breathing
  59. 59Chapter LVII — Chapter for Breathing Air and Command of Water in th…
  60. 60Chapter LVIII — Chapter for Breathing Air and Command of Water
  61. 61Chapter LIX — Chapter for Breathing Air and Command of Water
  62. 62Chapter LX — Another Chapter
  63. 63Chapter LXI — Another Chapter
  64. 64Chapter LXII — Chapter Whereby Water Is Drank in the Netherworld
  65. 65Chapter LXIII — A.
  66. 66Chapter LXIII — B.
  67. 67Chapter LXIV — Chapter Whereby One Cometh Forth by Day From the Net…
  68. 68Chapter LXV — Chapter Whereby One Cometh Forth by Day and Prevailet…
  69. 69Chapter LXVI — Chapter Whereby One Cometh Forth by Day
  70. 70Chapter LXVII — Chapter Whereby the Doors of the Tuat Are Opened an…
  71. 71Chapter LXVIII — Chapter Whereby One Cometh Forth by Day
  72. 72Chapter LXIX
  73. 73Chapter LXX — Another Chapter
  74. 74Chapter LXXI
  75. 75Chapter LXXII
  76. 76Chapter LXXIII — Chapter LXXIV — Chapter Whereby the Legs Are Set i…
  77. 77Chapter LXXV — Chapter Whereby One Cometh to Heliopolis and Receive…
  78. 78Chapter LXXVI — Chapter Whereby All Forms Are Assumed Which One Ple…
  79. 79Chapter LXXVII
  80. 80Chapter LXXVIII
  81. 81Chapter LXXIX — Chapter Whereby One Assumeth the Form of the Chief…
  82. 82Chapter LXXX — Chapter Whereby One Assumeth the Form of the God Who…
  83. 83Chapter LXXXI — Chapter Whereby One Assumeth the Form of the Lotus
  84. 84Chapter LXXXII
  85. 85Chapter LXXXIII — Chapter Whereby One Assumeth the Form of the Benn…
  86. 86Chapter LXXXIV
  87. 87Chapter LXXXV
  88. 88Chapter LXXXVI
  89. 89Chapter LXXXVII — Chapter Whereby One Assumeth the Form of Se-ta
  90. 90Chapter LXXXVIII — Chapter Whereby One Assumeth the Form of the Cro…
  91. 91Chapter LXXXIX — Chapter Whereby the Soul Is United to the Dead Body
  92. 92Chapter XC — Chapter Whereby Memory Is Restored() to a Person
  93. 93Chapter XCI — Chapter Whereby the Soul Is Secured From Imprisonment…
  94. 94Chapter XCII
  95. 95Chapter XCIII — Chapter Whereby One Avoideth Being Conveyed to the…
  96. 96Chapter XCIV — Chapter Whereby One Prayeth for a Palette and an Ink…
  97. 97Chapter XCV — Chapter Whereby Is Opened the Place Wherein Thoth Res…
  98. 98Chapter XCVI — Chapter Whereby Is Opened [the Place] Where Thoth [R…
  99. 99Chapter XCVII
  100. 100Chapter XCVIII — Chapter Whereby One Saileth a Ship in the Netherworld
  101. 101Chapter XCIX — Chapter Whereby One Saileth a Ship in the Netherworld
  102. 102Chapter C
  103. 103Chapter CI — Chapter of the Safeguards of the Bark of Rā
  104. 104Chapter CII — Chapter Whereby One Entereth Into the Bark of Rā
  105. 105Chapter CIII — Chapter Whereby One Openeth the Place Where Hathor A…
  106. 106Chapter CIV — Chapter Whereby One Sitteth in the Midst of the Great…
  107. 107Chapter CV — Chapter Whereby One Propitiateth() the Ka
  108. 108Chapter CVI
  109. 109Chapter CVII
  110. 110Chapter CVIII — Chapter Whereby One Knoweth the Powers of the West
  111. 111Chapter CIX — Chapter Whereby One Knoweth the Powers of the East
  112. 112Chapter CXII
  113. 113Chapter CXIII
  114. 114Chapter CXIV — Chapter Whereby One Knoweth the Powers of Hermopolis
  115. 115Chapter CXV
  116. 116Chapter CXVI — Chapter Whereby One Knoweth the Power of Hermopolis
  117. 117Chapter CX
  118. 118Chapter CXVII
  119. 119Chapter CXVIII — Chapter Whereby One Arriveth at Restau
  120. 120Chapter CXIX — Chapter Whereby One Entereth or Goeth Forth From Restau
  121. 121Chapter CXXIII — Chapter() Whereby One Entereth Into the Great House
  122. 122Chapter CXXIV — Chapter Whereby One Cometh to the Divine Circle of…
  123. 123Part I
  124. 124Chapter CXXVI
  125. 125Chapter CXXVII
  126. 126Chapter CXXVIII — Invocation of Osiris
  127. 127Chapter CXXX
  128. 128Chapter CXXXI
  129. 129Chapter CXXXII — Chapter Whereby a Person Is Enabled to Go Round, t…
  130. 130Chapter CXXXIII
  131. 131Chapter CXXXIV — Chapter Whereby the Deceased Acquireth Might
  132. 132Chapter CXXXV — Another Chapter Recited When the Moon Renews Itself…
  133. 133Chapter CXXXVI — A.
  134. 134Chapter CXXXVI — B.
  135. 135Chapter CXXXVII — A.
  136. 136Chapter CXXXVII — B.
  137. 137Chapter CXXXVIII — Chapter Whereby One Is Enabled to Enter Into Abydos
  138. 138Chapter CXXIII
  139. 139Book of the Dead
  140. 140Chapter CXL
  141. 141Chapters CXLI to CXLIII
  142. 142Chapter CXLIV
  143. 143Chapters CXLV and CXLVI
  144. 144Chapter CXLVII
  145. 145Chapter CXLVIII
  146. 146Chapter CXLIX
  147. 147Chapter CL — Notes
  148. 148Chapter CLI
  149. 149Chapter CLI — A Bis
  150. 150Chapter CLII — The Chapter of Building a House() on Earth
  151. 151Chapter CLIII — A.
  152. 152Chapter CLIII — B.
  153. 153Chapter CLIV — The Chapter of Not Letting the Body Decay() in the N…
  154. 154Chapter CLV
  155. 155Chapter CLVI — Chapter of the Buckle of Carnelian, Which Is Put on…
  156. 156Chapter CLVII — Chapter of the Vulture of Gold, Put on the Neck of…
  157. 157Chapter CLVIII — The Chapter of the Collar of Gold, Put on the Neck…
  158. 158Chapter CLIX — The Chapter of the Column of Green Felspar,() Put on…
  159. 159Chapter CLX — Giving the Column of Green Felspar
  160. 160Chapter CLXI
  161. 161Chapter CLXII — Chapter of Causing a Flame() to Arise Under the Hea…
  162. 162Chapter CLXIII
  163. 163Chapter CLXIV — Another Chapter
  164. 164Chapter CLXV
  165. 165Chapter CLXVI — Chapter of the Pillow
  166. 166Chapter CLXVII — Chapter of Bringing an Eye
  167. 167Chapter CLXVIII
  168. 168Chapter CLXIX — Chapter of Raising the Funereal Bed
  169. 169Chapter CLXX — Chapter of Arranging the Funereal Bed
  170. 170Chapter CLXXI — Chapter of Wrapping Up (the Deceased) in a Pure Gar…
  171. 171Chapter CLXXII — Beginning of the Chapter of Reciting the Ceremonie…
  172. 172Chapter CLXXIII
  173. 173Chapter CLXXIV — Chapter of Causing the Chu to Come Out of the Grea…
  174. 174Chapter CLXXV — Chapter of Not Dying a Second Death in the Netherworld
  175. 175Chapter CLXXVI — Chapter of Not Dying a Second Time in the Netherworld
  176. 176Chapter CLXXVII — Chapter of Raising the Chu, of Vivifying His Soul…
  177. 177Chapter CLXXVIII
  178. 178Chapter CLXXIX
  179. 179Chapter CLXXX
  180. 180Chapter CLXXXI
  181. 181Chapter CLXXXII
  182. 182Chapter CLXXXIII
  183. 183Chapter CLXXXIV — Chapter of Being Near Osiris
  184. 184Chapter CLXXXV — Giving Praise to Osiris, Falling on the Earth Befo…
  185. 185Chapter CLXXXVI — Adoration to Hathor, the Lady of the West, Fallin…

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