Main Deities A-Y Cult Temples History of Religion Philosophy Creation Myths Festivals Priesthood Daily Life
Aset/Isis Deities Specific Abydos Dendera Karnak Philae Saqqara Women Other


 

In the Temple of Ptah

 

When Per aA has entered the temple, a purifying rite is performed.
It is repeated four times. Horus and Thoth pours lifegiving water
in the form of Ankhs over Per aA:

     


Symbolically Per aA is now reborn from the Primeval Waters.
Purified and dressed in new robes he comes before his father Amun,
Who accepts him as His son:

   


Per aA supported by Khonsu receives the Ankh - Life
from his Father Amun's hands. Amun acclaims him as his son.

Thereafter Amun offers Per aA the Crown
and presents him to the assembly of all the gods:
Mut, Khonsu, Ptah, Sekhmet, Nefertum, Nekhbet, Wadjet, Horus, Seth.



Utterance of all the gods to Amun:
son ... (insert name) shall live. We are satisfied with him in life and peace.

He is thy son of thy form, thy vigorous seed. Thou gavest him thy Ba, they power, thy influence, thy magic, thy crown, even when he was still in the body of her who bore her.

The Lowlands are his and the mountains belong to him, everything which the heavens wrap round, everthing which the sea encircles.

Thou knewest the future. Thou gavest him the portion of Horus in life and the years of Seth in good fortune.

We give him dominion over the lands in peace. We give him all life and good fortune on our part; all food on our part; all sustenance on our part.

He is at the head of all living Ka's together with his Ka as King of Upper and Lower Egypt on the throne of Horus like unto Re, forever and ever."  











Per aA is now going out to be presented
as the Heir to Upper and Lower Egypt for his people.
The Priesthood is following behind Her.





Back

To Presenting of the Crowns




Copyright 2000 - 2008. All right reserved.
No text or images may be used without permission from the webmistress or the photographer.
This site is for education purposes only.