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The Doctrine Of Eternal Life.
9. Ibid., t. iv., p. 44 (l. 391).
10. Ibid., t. iii., p. 205 (l. 221).
10. Ibid., t. iv., p. 44 (l. 391).]
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female, pay homage to him,[1] every being in heaven adores him; and in one interesting passage it is said
of Pepi I. that "when he hath come forth into heaven he will find Ra standing face to face before him,
and, having seated himself upon the shoulders of Ra, Ra will not let him put himself down again upon
the ground; for he knoweth that Pepi is more shining than the shining ones, more perfect than the perfect,
and more stable than the stable ones . . . . . When Pepi standeth upon the north of heaven with Ra, he
becometh lord of the universe like unto the king of the gods."[2] To the deceased Horus gives his own
ka,[3] and also drives away the ka's of the enemies of the deceased from him, and hamstrings his foes.[4]
By the divine power thus given to the deceased he brings into subjection the ka's of the gods[5] and other
ka's,[6] and he lays his yoke upon the ka's of the triple company of the gods.[7] He also becomes
Thoth,[8] the intelligence of the gods, and he judges hearts;[9] and the hearts of those who would take
away his food and the breath from his nostrils become the prey of his hands.[10]
The heavenly life of the blessed.
The place of the deceased in heaven is by the side of God[11] in the most holy place,[12] and he
becomes God and an angel of God;[13] he himself is triumphant,[14]
[1. ###. Recueil de Travaux, t. v., p. 23, (l. 197).
2. Ibid., t. v., p. 17, (l. 91 ff.).
3. ###. Ibid., t. v., p. 33 (l. 265).
4 Ibid., t. V., p. 40 (l. 287).
5. ###. Ibid., p. 45 (l. 306).
6. ###. Ibid., t. iv., p. 51 (l. 451); iii., p. 208 (l. 234).
7. Ibid., t. v., p. 460. (l. 307).
8. Ibid., t. vii., p. 168 (l. 452).
9. Ibid., t. iii., p. 208 (l. 233), ###.
10. Ibid., t. iv., p. 49 (l. 430), ###.
11. ### un-k ar kes neter; ibid., t. iii., p. 202 (l. 209).
12. ###. Ibid., t. v., p. 89 (l. 178).
13. ###. Ibid., t. v., p. 187 (l. 175).
14. ### maa-xeru; ibid., t. v., p. 186 (l. 172). These words are in later times always added after the name of the deceased,
and seem to mean something like "he whose voice, or speech, is right and true"; the expression has been rendered by
"disant la vérité," "véridique," "juste," "justifié," "vainqueur," "waltend des Wortes," "mächtig der Rede," "vrai de voix,"
"juste de voix," "victorious," "triumphant," and the like. See on this subject Maspero, Études de Mythologie et
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