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There comes into being in the heart, there comes into being by the
tongue, (something) as the image of ATUM

swDA tw ib : Inform yourself !

THOTH
God of scribes, science, magic, time medicine, reckoning, cults, wisdom
and the peace of the gods .

of MAAT
The meaning of Thoth's name ("DHwtii" or "Djehuti"), represented by the hieroglyph of the
Ibis, is unknown. Egyptologists propose "he of Djehout" (an unknown location), "he of the
castle of speech", "he who speaks in the temple", "messenger", "he who selects", "he who
chooses".

Hopfner (1914) thinks that "DHw" could have been the oldest name of the Ibis, implying that
Thoth would mean: "he who has the nature of the Ibis". Nothing is certain. He seems an
accumulation of cognitive deities.

This bird appeared perched on a standard on slate palettes of the Terminal Predynastic
Period. The sacred Ibis had a long curved beak, suggestive of the crescent New Moon, and
black & white feathering reminiscent of the Lunar phases of waxing & waning.

In the Old Kingdom, the association between the Ibis and Thoth had already been made, for
in the afterlife, the wings of Thoth carried Pharaoh over the celestial river.

To Become A Magician
The sacred Great Word, its divine record by the ante-rational mind
and the magic of the everlasting existence of Pharaoh's light-life.
 by Wim van den Dungen

"The sky quivers, the earth quakes before me,

for I am a magician, I possess magic."
Pyramid Texts, utterance 472 (§ 924)

TO BECOME A MAGICIAN.
"O you nobles who are in the presence of Lord Atum, behold, I have come to
you ! Fear me in proportion with what you know !

It is I whom the Sole Land made before there came into being the two meals
on Earth ; when he sent forth his sole eye ; when he was alone, going forth
from his own mouth ; when his million Kas were there, the protection of his
companions ; when he spoke with Khepri, with him, over whom he rules ;
when he took Hu upon his speech.

It is I who am the very son of Who-bore-Atum, born before he had a mother. I

am under the protection of the command of the Sole Lord.
It is I who give life to the Ennead.
It is I who act as he pleases, father of gods, lofty of standard, who make the
gods effective in accordance with the command of Who-bore-Atum.
The august god who eats and speaks with his mouth.

I have kept silence, I have bowed down, I have come shod, O Bulls of the Sky, I
have seated myself, O Bulls of Nut, in this my dignity of 'Greatest of Lords of
Kas'. Heir of Atum.

I have come, so that I may take possession of my throne and that I may gather
unto me my dignity, for all was mine before you came into being, you gods. Go
down upon your haunches ! For I am a magician !"

Coffin Texts, spell 261 (III, 382 - 389), Middle Kingdom (ca. 1938 - 1759 BCE) - text in coffin of
Asyut (Cairo 36444) and in inner coffin of Msht (Cairo 28118) - hieroglyphic text in Buck, de,
1935-1961.
 The core of Egyptian magic: the power of the Great Word.
The Ritual of "Opening the Mouth"
The Book of Going Forth by Day (Book of the Dead) - Papyrus of Ani - plate XV
"23. Chapter for
opening the
mouth of Ani :

My mouth is
opened by Ptah
and what was
on my mouth
has been
loosened by my
local god. Thoth
comes indeed,
filled and
equipped with
magic, and the
bonds of Seth
which restricted
my mouth have
been loosened.
Atum has
warded them off
and has cast
away the
restrictions of
Seth.

My mouth is
opened, my
mouth is split
open by Shu
with that iron
harpoon of his
with which he
split open the
mouths of the
gods.

I am Sekhmet,
and I sit beside
Her who is in
the great wind
of the sky.
I am Orion the Great who dwells with the souls of Heliopolis. As for any magic spell
or any words which may be uttered against me, the gods will rise up against it, even
the entire Ennead."