ISIS
From The Egyptian Book of the Dead
Come to me. Come to me,
for my speech hath in it the power to protect, and it possesseth life.
I am Isis the goddess, and I am the lady of words of power.
Isis, the goddess and great enchantress at the head of the gods.
Heaven was satisfied with the words of the goddess Isis.
The great lady, the God-mother, giver of life.
The divine one, the only one, the greatest of the gods and goddesses,
the queen of all gods, the female Ra, the female Horus, the eye of Ra
Lady of the New Year, maker of the sunrise, Lady of heaven, the light-giver of heaven.
Queen of the earth, most mighty one, lady of warmth and fire, the God-mother.
The lady of life, lady of green crops, lady of bread, lady of abundance, lady of joy and gladness, lady of love, the maker of kings, the beautiful goddess, the lady of words of power. Wife of the lord of the abyss.
Let the blood of Isis, and the magical spirits of Isis and the words of power of Isis, be mighty to protect and keep safely this great god.
Translated by E. A. Wallis Budge
INVOCATION OF ISIS TO SEND A DREAM
Hail to you, Lady of Goodness, at seeing whom those [who] are in the Netherworld rejoice,
who removes the limpness of the Inert One, because of whom Osiris has trodden,
who made for him the stride of those who walk in his moment of interment, in this your name of "Dam which is under the feet .. :'
Hail to you, Mourner of Osiris who bewails the limp Great One;
who makes a spirit of the Bull of the West;
at seeing whom the Westerners rejoice; Lady of All in the Secret Place;
to whom Osiris turns his back in these his moments of inertness;
who is in front of the Lord of Abydos; whose
place on the paths of the Netherworld is hidden; who bewails her lord at the interment in this her name of "She who bewails her lord." ...
Hail to you, Mourner of Osiris,
Companion of the Bull of Nedit who makes the mummy-wrappings to breathe,
who veils the limpness, to whom Osiris has turned his back, helper of the embalmer Anubis when treating the body of the Inert One ....
Hail to you, Great One behind your lord;
who raises him up after being limp,
who gathered [his] body together,
who pulled [his] flesh together,
who spiritualized [him],
who split open [his] mouth for [him] ...
Hail to you, you who are in attendance on your lord, Mourner of Osiris, the Great One, the Wailer, Mistress of the Per-nu ...
Hail to you, Mistress of the Old Ones,
Lady of many faces in the Secret Place,
who gives orders to the Bull of Djedu,
who guides the Lord of the West, at whom Osiris rejoiced when he saw her:
Mistress of the hidden mysteries,
who announces festivals in the bow of the bark when men navigate in the morning, t
o whom the Inert One has turned his face in this her name of Mistress of faces ....
Hail to you, Lady of offerings, at whom Osiris rejoices when he sees her,
whose great wall is an owner of possessions;
who brings air, who gives offerings,
who presides over the throne in the secret places of the Netherworld;
who clears the vision of the Bull of Djedu,
who split open his mouth and split open his eyes when the Inert One asked;
who gathered together his arms and legs, who laid Osiris down ...
who gave abundance to the Lord of the Flood on the desert plateau; who gave offerings.
She whose head was cut off with a knife.
She of the papyrus-plant whose milk is sweet. S
he of vegetation which her lord divided.
She whom Horus examined ...
Mistress of herbage who makes the Two Lands green.
Mistress of the night who takes possession of the Two Lands.
She who bent Set on account of her utterance.
She who cleared Horus's vision for him.
She who placed her lord in her embrace for herself.
I come that I may greet you, you Mourner of Osiris, w
ho conceal the Great One from the flood of ill;
Mistress of thrones who makes a spirit of the Bull of the West, at seeing whom the Westerners rejoice;
Mistress of All in the secret places ...
I come that I may greet you, 0 Great Lady who are behind your lord ...
-Coffin Texts, spells 236-241,828, and 993, translation by R. O. Faulkner.
