Hymns of Philae VII
After having been given the power of giving life from his mother Isis,
the Giver of Life herself, the King restores life to his dead father Osiris.
Thus is Horus and Osiris, the Father and the Son of the same being.
The Eternal Return has once again been manifested and Existence can continue.
The Father-Son
The living god
The wonderful
and the healing
Appears in glory in the temple
Plenty of bread
is raised for the coming into being
The lord who appeared in glory
King Ptolemaios
Osiris the wonderful
and the loved
The king now proceeds once more to the Outer Court
where the people has been waiting while the rituals have been performed.
Surrounded by high members of the court and the priesthood he receives the grateful worship of all.
To them he is the Living God, without whom their existence was unthinkable.
To them it was neccessary that these rites be performed, otherwize MaŽat would collapse
and all life including the Two Lands would be destroyed.
Equally, a life without continuous devotion to the gods was unthinkable.
They did not call it religion, for they did not separate
religious thinking or activites from their daily chores.
The gods were ever present, in any human activity, and in any facet of Nature.
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