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Plain text of Chapters Cxlv And Cxlvi

The knowing of the pylons of the house of the Lord, in the Garden of Aarru.

The first pylon (is named): the angel of trembling whose walls are high, the angel of destruction, who directs the words which drive away the storm, who forces back the violent coming towards her. The name of the doorkeeper is: the brave.

The second pylon (is named): the angel of heaven, who counts the human beings. The name of the doorkeeper is: Meshept.

The third pylon: the angel of altars, rich in offerings made in God's name. The name of the doorkeeper is: the anointer.

The fourth pylon: she who holds the knives, who destroys the enemies of God, who gives advice, who is free from impurity. The name of the doorkeeper is: the strong.

The fifth pylon: the flame, who gives joy to him who addresses his supplications to God, to whom no one who is on earth will come near. The name of the doorkeeper is: he who coerces the rebels.

The sixth pylon: the angel of light, whose length and breadth are not known, and the like of whom never was found from the beginning. The name of the doorkeeper is: the faithful.

The seventh pylon: the shroud which enwrappeth the dead. The name of the doorkeeper is: Akesti.

The eighth pylon: the burning flame whose fire is never quenched; she who is provided with burning heat. Nobody goes near her for fear of being hurt. The name of the doorkeeper is: he who protects his body.

The ninth pylon: the foremost, the Mighty One, the joyous; whose circumference is 350 measures; she who shines like southern emerald, who encourages the dead.

The tenth pylon: she with a loud voice; the very brave, the dreadful, who does not destroy what is within her. The name of the doorkeeper is: he who is faithful to the Great God.

The eleventh pylon: she who consumes her enemies, the mistress of all pylons. She will prepare the enwrapping of the dead.

The twelfth pylon: she who addresses her world, the lady of brightness, who listens to the words of her Lord every day. She will prepare the enwrapping of the dead.

The thirteenth pylon: she who lightens the Nile in its hidden abode. She will prepare the enwrapping of the dead.

The fourteenth pylon: the angel of fear, who treads upon the impure. She will prepare the enwrapping of the dead.

The fifteenth pylon: the terrible one, who comes out at night, who binds her enemy all round, who goes and comes. She will prepare the enwrapping of the dead.

The sixteenth pylon: the terrible, the lady of the morning dew, who throws out her burning heat, and sprinkles her sparks of fire over her enemies when she appears. She who reveals the mysteries of the earth. She will prepare the enwrapping of the dead.

The seventeenth pylon: Aahit, the angel of the uauai plants. She will prepare the enwrapping of the dead.

The eighteenth pylon: the welcome one, the lady of the palace, who slays her enemies in the evening. She will prepare the enwrapping of the dead.

The nineteenth pylon: she who directs the morning light in her time, and observes the midday heat, the keeper of the books of the record. She will prepare the enwrapping of the dead.

The twentieth pylon: she who is within the cavern of her Lord, who covers her name, and hides what she is bidden. She will prepare the enwrapping of the dead.

The twenty-first pylon: she who cuts the stone by her word. She follows the hidden counsels.