The Egyptian Book of the Dead
Chapter whereby one is not made to eat dirt or to drink lye.
53.1I am the sharp-horned Bull, who regulateth the sky, the Lord of the risings in heaven; the great Giver of Light, who issueth from Flame; the Bond of Time, richly supplied with years; the god in Lion form, to whom is given a march of Glory.
53.2I execrate, I execrate, I do not eat that which my Genius execrateth.
53.3Let it not enter into my stomach, let it not approach to my hands, let me not tread upon it with my sandals.
53.4Let me not drink lye, let me not advance headlong in the Netherworld.
53.5I am the possessor of bread in Heliopolis, who hath bread in Heaven with Râ, and bread upon earth with Seb.
53.6It is the Sektit boat which hath brought it from the house of the great god in Heliopolis.
53.7I am gladdened in my very entrails, and am associated with the divine mariners, who circle round to the East of Heaven. I eat as they eat, and I feed upon what they feed. I eat bread from the house of the Lord of offerings.
53.8Whereby one eateth not dirt.
53.9I execrate, I execrate! I do not eat it.
53.10Dirt is what I execrate; I do not eat it.
53.11I execrate lye, I do not drink it.
53.12Let me not approach it with my fingers, let me not tread upon it with my sandals.
53.13Seb, the father of Osiris, hath ordained that I should not eat dirt or drink lye, but my father hath four times said that I should eat of the red corn.
53.14There are seven loaves in Heaven at Heliopolis with Râ, and there are seven loaves upon earth with Seb, and there are seven loaves with Osiris.
53.15It is the god of the Sektit galley, and of the Mââtit galley, who hath brought them to me at Heliopolis.
53.16I shout with joy, and my Genius shouteth with joy, because I am in Heliopolis, and I live in excellent condition before Râ, on the day when bread is presented in Heliopolis.