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Level 8 - Vociferous
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: south africa
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Re: aenima- problem 8
Phase I : The Entry
the West : The Deepening of Darkness
1.1 The 1th Hour :
In the 1th Hour, Re speak the following words to the gods of the Duat :
"Open your gates for me !
Open wide your gateways for me !
Illuminate for me what I have made !
Guide me, ye who came forth from my limbs !
Indeed, I commended You to my corpse !
I made You for my Ba-soul.
I created You for my magic power.
I have come that I may greet myself with myself,
that I let my limbs breathe when they rise.
I exterminate him who acts against it.
I cause Osiris, Foremost of the Westerners, to breathe as the secret image.
Baboons, open for me your arms !
Spread wide your gates for me, baboons !"
Amduat, 1th Hour, 151 - 156.
Name of the Hour : "Waters of Re" ;
Name of the goddess : "Smashing the foreheads of the enemies of Re" ;
Structural features : parallel registers, double middle register, Grand Chorus, two Solar boats ;
The overall structure of the hour is very balanced. Although Re is "entering the West", we see how his command is regal. The Double Maat guides Re on the way of darkness. The beings of the Duat greet Re with jubilation. Upper and lower registers have identical subdivisions, suggestive of a Grand Chorus greeting the Sungod.
As a Ba-soul Re enters the night, knowing his way in the darkness of the night to his rebirth at dawn. During this period, his continues to care for the beings of the hours and for himself. This cycle of Re is recurrent. He does it since the eternal First Time, when Atum self-created. Beneath the boat of the aged Sungod is the bark of the resurrected Sungod, represented by the scarab or beetle Khepri, symbolizing the upcoming renewal, adored by two kneeling figures of Osiris.
Main visual semantic : antechambers of the Duat : Re at dusk and dawn ;
Because of the largely static Grand Chorus, the main action is given in the double middle register, suggestive of "begin" (the old Re) and "end" (the resurrected Re) of the Duat.
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