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“living soul for ever.”
― E.A. Wallis Budge, The Book of the Dead

“Osiris became the type and symbol of resurrection among the Egyptians of all periods, because he was a god who had been originally a mortal and had risen from the dead.”
― E.A. Wallis Budge, The Book of the Dead

“There is neither water nor air here, its depth is unfathomable, it is as dark as the darkest night, and men wander about here helplessly. A man cannot live here and be satisfied, and he cannot gratify the cravings of affection”
― E.A. Wallis Budge, The Book of the Dead

“Thou art pure, thy ka is pure, thy soul is pure, thy form is pure.[3]”
― E.A. Wallis Budge, The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Papyrus of Ani in the British Museum

“anx anx an mit-k”
― E.A. Wallis Budge, The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Papyrus of Ani in the British Museum

“duration of life is eternity,”
― E.A. Wallis Budge, The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Papyrus of Ani in the British Museum

“The fact that the scarab flies during the hotest part of the day made the insect to be identified with the sun, and the ball of eggs to be compared to the sun itself. The unseen power of God, made manifest under the form of the god Khepera, caused the sun to roll across the sky, and the act of rolling gave to the scarab its name kheper, i.e., “he who rolls”.”
― E a Wallis Budge

“Osiris, seated, wearing the atef crown, and holding in his hands the crook and flail. Before him, by the side of an altar of offerings, stands Ani, with both hands raised in adoration. (3) A balance with the heart, symbolizing the conscience of Ani, in one scale, and [a feather] emblematic of Right and Truth, in the other. Beside the balance is the tri-formed monster Amemit. (4) Thoth, ibis-headed, seated on a pylon-shaped pedestal, painting a large feather of Maat.”
― E.A. Wallis Budge, The Egyptian Book of the Dead

“let not my soul be imprisoned,”
― E.A. Wallis Budge, The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Papyrus of Ani in the British Museum

“maa-a ba-a xaibit-a
May I look upon my soul and my shadow.[2]”
― E.A. Wallis Budge, The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Papyrus of Ani in the British Museum

“But the sun rises again when the night is past, and, as it begins a new life with renewed strenght and vigour, it became the type of the new life which the Egyptian hoped to live in the world beyond the grave.”
― E a Wallis Budge

“unto me. Never have I felt such pain, neither can sickness cause more woe than this. I am a prince, the son of a prince, the sacred essence which hath proceeded from God. I am the great one, the son of the great one, and my father planned my name; I have multitudes of names and multitudes of forms, and my being is in every god. I have been proclaimed by the heralds Temu and Horus, and my father and my mother uttered my name; but it hath been hidden within me by him that begat me, who would not that the words of power of any seer should have dominion over me. I came forth to look upon that which I had made, I was passing through the world which I had created, when lo! something stung me, but what I know not. Is it fire? Is it water? My heart is on fire, my flesh quaketh, and trembling hath seized all my limbs. Let there be brought unto me my children, the gods, who possess the words of power and magical speech, and mouths which know how to utter them, and also powers which reach even unto the heavens.’ Then the children of every god came unto him uttering cries of grief. And Isis also came, bringing with her her words of magical power, and her mouth was full of the breath of life; for her talismans vanquish the pains of”
― E.A. Wallis Budge, Egyptian Magic

“Praise be unto thee, O Osiris, lord of eternity, Unnefer, Heru-khuti (Harmachis), whose forms are manifold, and whose attributes are majestic, Ptah-Seker-Tem in Annu (Heliopolis), the lord of the hidden place, and the creator of Het-ka-Ptah (Memphis) and of the gods [therein], the guide of the underworld, whom [the gods] glorify when thou settest in Nut. Isis embraceth thee in peace, and she driveth away the fiends from the mouth of thy paths. Thou turnest thy face upon Amentet, and thou makest the earth to shine as with refined copper. Those who have lain down (i.e., the dead) rise up to see thee, they breathe the air and they look upon thy face when the Disk riseth on its horizon; their hearts are at peace inasmuch as they behold thee, O thou who art Eternity and Everlastingness!”
― E.A. Wallis Budge, The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead: Prayers, Incantations, and Other Texts from the Book of the Dead

“To the great and supreme power which made the earth, the heavens, the sea, the sky, men and women, animals, birds, and creeping things, all that is and all that shall be, the Egyptians gave the name neter.”
― E.A. Wallis Budge, The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Papyrus of Ani in the British Museum

“may there never be done unto me that which my soul abhorreth,”
― E.A. Wallis Budge, The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Papyrus of Ani in the British Museum

“meter, the Egyptian word for God,”
― E.A. Wallis Budge, The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Papyrus of Ani in the British Museum

“231. One of the old men said concerning Lazarus, the poor man, “We cannot find that Lazarus ever did one excellent thing except that he never murmured against the rich man as being one who had never shewn him an act of mercy; but he bore his infirmity with the giving of thanks, and because of this God took him to Himself.”
― E.A. Wallis Budge, Paradise of the Desert Fathers: Volumes 1 & 2

“made the heavens, I have stretched out the two horizons like a curtain, and I have placed the soul of the gods within them. I am he who, if he openeth his eyes, doth make the light, and, if he closeth them, darkness cometh into being. At his command the Nile riseth, and the gods know not his name. I have made the hours, I have created the days, I bring forward the festivals of the year, I create the Nile-flood. I make the fire of life, and I provide food in the houses. I am Khepera in the morning, I am R at noon, and I am Temu at even.’ Meanwhile the poison was not taken away from his body, but it pierced deeper, and the great god could no longer walk. “Then said Isis unto R, ‘What thou hast said is not thy name. O tell it unto me, and the poison shall depart; for he shall live whose name shall be revealed.’ Now the poison burned like fire, and it was fiercer than the flame and the furnace, and the majesty of the great god said, ‘I consent that Isis shall search into me, and that my name shall pass from me into her.’ Then the god hid himself from the gods, and his place in the Boat of Millions of Years was empty. And when the time had”
― E.A. Wallis Budge, Egyptian Magic

“What is loved of God is obedience; disobedience hateth God.[2]”
― E.A. Wallis Budge, The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Papyrus of Ani in the British Museum

“for the texts neither form a connected work nor belong to one period;”
― E.A. Wallis Budge, The Book of the Dead

“The stars which never set are under the seat of thy face, and the stars which never rest are thy habitations; and unto thee offerings are made according to the decree of the god Seb.

The company of the gods sing praises unto thee, and the starry gods of the Underworld bow down with their faces to the earth.”
― E.A. Wallis Budge, The Gods of the Egyptians, Volume 2 (Volume 2)

“let not be fettered my shadow, let be opened the way”
― E.A. Wallis Budge, The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Papyrus of Ani in the British Museum

“Ani standing, with both hands raised in adoration, before Ra, hawk-headed and seated in a boat floating upon the sky.”
― E.A. Wallis Budge, The Egyptian Book of the Dead

“The eating of bread is according to the plan of God.[3]”
― E.A. Wallis Budge, The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Papyrus of Ani in the British Museum

“Verily a good son is of the gifts of God.[3]”
― E.A. Wallis Budge, The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Papyrus of Ani in the British Museum

“The same thing is also to be said about other thoughts, for we are not the roots of the thoughts, but are those who strive against them.”
― E.A. Wallis Budge, Paradise of the Desert Fathers: Volumes 1 & 2

“power and glory whereby it becomes henceforth lasting and incorruptible.”
― E.A. Wallis Budge, The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Papyrus of Ani in the British Museum

“Be not distressed, for these are the beginning of the birth pangs, and they come upon thee seeking what they are accustomed [to receive], even as a dog which [cometh] continually to the cook, and if a man give him nothing he will not go there again. And thus also it is with thee, for if thou wilt continue in fasting, and in prayer, and in silent contemplation, the devil will straightway fall into despair and will flee from thee.”
― E.A. Wallis Budge, Paradise of the Desert Fathers: Volumes 1 & 2

“vessels of food, flint knives and other”
― E.A. Wallis Budge, The Book of the Dead

“charm or magical formula against snake bites, and it was thought that the written letters, which represented the words of Isis, would save the life of any one who was snake-bitten, just as they saved the life of R. If the full directions as to the use of the figures of Temu, Isis, and the two Horus gods, were known unto us we should probably find that they were to be made to act in dumb show the scenes which took place between R and Isis when the goddess succeeded in taking from him his name. Thus we have ample evidence that Isis possessed marvellous magical powers, and this being so, the issues of life and death, as far as the deceased was concerned, we know from the texts to have been in her hands. Her words of power, too, were a priceless possession, for she obtained them from Thoth, who was the personification of the mind and intelligence of the Creator, and thus their origin was divine, and from this point of view were inspired.”
― E.A. Wallis Budge, Egyptian Magic