Chapter whereby the serpent Rekrek is repulsed in the Netherworld.

Back! down with thee, stabber, from Apepi! Drown in the lake of Heaven, in the spot wherein thy father ordered that thy murder should be carried out. Away from this birth-place of the Light, the God encompassed by His terrors.

I am a servant of the Lord of Light, encompassed by His terrors.

Back! the dark demon and the sword which he maketh to flash!

God flingeth down thy words; thy face is twisted round by the angels; thy whole heart is torn out; chains are flung upon thee; and slaughter is dealt upon thee by Truth.

The angels who are on the roads overthrow thee.

Apep falleth down, the enemy of the Light.

O thou who removest the bolt from the East of Heaven at the stormy voice of bellowings, and openest the gates of the Horizon before the Light: he cometh forth fainting from the wounds.

I am a doer of Thy will, I am a doer of Thy will, O Lord.

I have done well, I have done well; I have done to the satisfaction of my Lord.

And I raise shouts of acclamation at Thy success at fettering, O Lord. Apep is fallen and is in bonds.

The angels of the South, the North, the West and the East bind him; their bonds are upon him. He is overthrown, and the Lord of the ruddy sky doth bind him.

The Lord is satisfied; the Lord is satisfied; the Lord maketh His progress peacefully.

Apep falleth; Apep goeth down; the enemy of the Light. And more grave for thee is the proof than that sweet proof, which was practised for thee in the pain which was suffered...

Be thou emasculate, O Apep, enemy of the Light; be thou repulsed whom the Lord hateth; look behind thee: a chopper is over thy head to divide it into two parts, and those who are above thy head assail it. Thy bones are broken, thy limbs are severed, O Apep, enemy of the Light.

Thy boatmen [O Lord], succeed in measuring out thy path, and a journey, with which thou art satisfied; a progress, a progress towards home; and the progress which thou hast made towards home is a fair progress.

Let no evil hindrances come forth against me from thy mouth in what thou doest towards me.

I am one who causeth the storms and tempests by God's command, and who goeth round in the Horizon of Heaven, like to one whose heart is veiled.

The Creator saith: Let your countenances be raised up, ye soldiers of the Light, and drive back the enemy in presence of the Divine Circle.

The angel of the earth saith: establish those who are upon their thrones in the middle of the Bark of Creation; seize your shields and spears, and hold them in your hands.

The angel of the Loving One saith: Seize your daggers.

The angel of the heavens saith: Come and drive back the enemy, who cometh against Him who dwelleth in His shrine, and maketh His voyage in solitary guise: the Inviolate God, the Resistless One.

O ye angels in your ranks, who travel round the lake of Emerald, come and defend the Great One who is in the shrine from which all the Divine Circle proceedeth. Let glory be ascribed to Him, and let honour be given to Him. Oh then, proclaim Him with me.

The angel of the heavens saith: He cometh forth and findeth His path, and maketh captives of the rebels; He hath the first place in the two houses of heaven.

The earth standeth still, the great company of angels is in awe, and the Light is triumphant over Apep.