The Gathering of Heka Rite

This recitation is to be memorized and repeated as an oath and dedication to the practise of Heka. It is most effective as a sort of mantra, and as such should be spoken in the Egyptian, rather than English. The translation is given only to elucidate the meaning of the spell.

This spell is from Chapter 24 of the Papyrus of Ani, the “Chapter of Gaining Power.”

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Nuk Tem-Khepera kheper t’esef her uart mut-f.Ertau unsu en ami Nu, behennu en amiu t’at’at.Ask temt-na heka pen entef, kher se entef kher-f, betenu er thesem, khak er sut.

A anen makhent ent Ra!

Rut aqi-k em mehit em khent-ek er Se-mesert em neter-khert.

Ask temt-na heka pen em bu neb enti-f, kher se entef kher-f, betenu er thesem, khak er sut.

Arit kheperu em ertu mut em qemam-tu neteru em sekeru.

Erta-entu mut seref en neteru.

Ask erta-na heka apen kher enti-f betenu er thesem, khak er sut, khak er sut.

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Translation: “I am the uncreated god. Before me the dwellers in chaos are dogs, their chiefs merely wolves. I gather the power from every place, from every person, faster than light itself. Hail to he in the heavens who is strong even before the terror of the darkness. He gathers the power from every place, from every person, faster than light itself. He restores the giver of life. He creates the gods from silence alone and comforts them. He bestows upon me this power from every place, faster than the shadow follows the light.”

 

A Note on Translation and Transliteration

(Taken from The Wisdom of Ancient Egypt by Joseph Kaster, without permission but in nothing more or less than the spirit of scholarship.)

“Much sympathy is to be extended to the many interested persons who, in their various readings in Egyptian history, religion, and related subjects have been utterly confused by the wide disparity in the transliteration of Egyptian words and proper nouns. When a reader has encountered such variant forms as Ra and Re, Amenemhat and Amenemmes, Tahutimes, Thothmes, Thutmose, Tuthmosis and Thutmosis, Amenhotep and Amenophis, Akhenaten, Akhenaton, and Ikhnaton, he is justifiably entitled to his confusion. A few words on the reasons for these different renderings and on the nature of the written language of ancient Egypt as we have it are in order.

“All forms of Egyptian, with the exclusion of Coptic, were written with the consonants only. There are no vowels as such in the signs used in the writing. Egyptian shares this orthographic peculiarity with other Semitic languages such as Hebrew and Arabic. We can pronounce Hebrew and Arabic with more or less accuracy because during the Middle Ages a series of little marks were devised to designate the different vowels and were written over or under the consonants with which they were to be pronounced. This was not done with ancient Egyptian, as Coptic, the last stage of the language, was written with an adaptation of the Greek alphabet, in which the vowels are part of the alphabet itself. It is important to remember, however, that Coptic differs from classical Egyptian as much as, say, current vernacular English differs from Old English or even Anglo-Saxon, and it seems only logical that it is as incorrect to pronounce classical Egyptian according to derived words in Coptic as it would be to pronounce the language of King Alfred like modern English. It has become the fashion, however, among some modern scholars to try to work back the pronunciation ala Coptic, but to this writer it seems rather futile, for the reason just given.

“It was long ago decided among Egyptologists that since we do not know the vowels, the only thing to do in order to pronounce the words is to insert a short ‘e’ (the vowel of greatest frequency in the European languages) between the consonants– a most logical and sober procedure. Thus the word for ‘good’ or ‘beautiful’, which is spelled in Egyptian with the consonants n,f, and r, we transliterate NFR and we pronounce ‘nefer’. For all we know, it may have been pronounced nofar, nifer, nufar, or even nefer. The fact that in Coptic the word has become noufe (pronounced noo-feh) has given rise to such renderings of proper nouns of which the word is a part as Nofretiti.

“We have a number of royal names rendered into Greek in various Greek writings dating from the late period. The Greeks had quite a cavalier attitude to all foreign names and absolutely “murdered” them. Thus the name of the Egyptian deity who was a scribe of the gods and a patron of learning, which reads, in Egyptian, something like Djehwty, the Greeks rendered variously as Thoth, Thouth, Thout and in theophoric (god-bearing) names introduced further corruption plus the ornament of a Greek ending, with the result that in the name of a king such as Djhwty-ms, “Born of the God Djehwty,” we get such specimens of wild misrenderings as Tethmosis and Thmosis. Again it has become fashionable among some modern scholars to use the Greek renderings of Egyptian names in their translations, which accounts for Ammenemes, Sesostris, Tuthmosis, and so on. To this writer, at least, it seems not only affected, but barbarous and recalls the old-fashioned 18th and 19th century custom of using the Roman names of the gods when translating from the Greek: Zeus was “Englished” as Jupiter, Athena as Minerva, and so forth.”

For the reasons given above, within this site I will tend to favor the names of the Egyptian gods in the form of transliterated heiroglyphs as opposed to the more common Greek or Anglicized renderings.

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The 1st Enochian Key

(Phonetic Pronunciation)

Oh.el Soh.neff Voh.ar.ess.geh, Goh.hoh Ee.Ah.Deh Bah.leh.teh, Loh.ness.heh Kah.el.zod Voh.neh.peh.hoh:
Soh.beh.rah Zod Oh.el Roh.ar Ee Tah Nah.zod.pess.ah.deh Gar.ah.ah Tah Mah.el.par.geh:
Dess Hoh.el.que Que.ah.ah Noh.teh.hoh.ah Zod.ee.meh.zod, Oh.deh Koh.meh.mah.heh Tah Noh.beh.loh.heh Zod.ee.el.neh: Soh.bah Teh.heh.ee.el Geh.noh.neh.peh Par.gee Ah.el.deh.ee, Dess Veh.reh.bess Oh.boh.el.eh.heh Geh.reh.sah.em. Kah.sah.reh.em Oh.oh.reh.lah Kah.bah Pee.ar Deh.ess Zod.oh.nar.eh.neh.seh.geh Kah.beh Eh.rem Ee.ah.deh.nah.heh. Pee.el.ah Eff.ar.zod.em Zod.ur.zod.ah Ah.deh.nah Goh.noh Ee.ah.deh.pee.el Deh.ess Hoh.em Teh.oh, Soh.bah Ee.pah.em, Leh.uh Ee.pah.mee.ess, Deh.ess Loh.hoh.loh Veh.peh Zod.oh.em.deh Poh.ah.mah.el, Oh.deh Boh.geh.pah Ah.ah.ee Tah Pee.ah.peh Pee.ah.moh.el Oh.deh Vah.oh.ah.neh¹ Zod.ah.kah.reh Kah Oh.deh Zod.ah.meh.rah.neh:
Oh.doh Kee.keh.el.eh Qu.ah.ah: Zod.oh.reh.geh:
Lah.peh Zod.ee.ar.doh Noh.koh Mah.deh, Hoh.ah.teh Ee.Ah.Ee.Deh.Ah

The 1st Enochian Key

I reign over you, says the God of Justice, in power exalted above the firmaments of wrath: in whose hands the Sun is as a sword and the Moon is as a through thrusting fire: which measures your garments in the midst of my vestries, and trussed you together as the palms of my hands: whose seats I garnished with the fire of gathering, and beautified your garments with admiration. To whom I made a law to govern the holy ones and delivered you a rod with the ark of knowledge. Moreover you lifted up your voices and swore [ obedience and faith to him that lives and triumph ] whose beginning is not, nor end can not be, which Shines as a flame in the midst of your palace, and reigns amongst you as the balance of righteousness and truth. Move, therefore, and show yourselves: open the Mysteries of your Creation: Be friendly unto me: for I am the servant of the same your God, the true worshipper of the Highest.

The 2nd Enochian Key

(Phonetic Pronunciation)  Ah.deh.geh.teh Veh.pah.ah Zod.oh.neh.goh.meh Eff.ah.ah.ee.peh Sah.el.deh, Veh.ee.ee.veh El, Soh.bah.meh Ee.ah.el.par.geh Ee.zod.ah.zod.ah.zod Pee.ah.deh.peh:
Kah.sah.reh.mah Ah.bar.ah.meh.geh Tah Tah.el.hoh Pah.rah.keh.leh.dah, Qu.tah Loh.ar.ess.el.qu Teh.veh.ar.bess Oh.oh.geh Bah.el.toh. Gee.vee Keh.hee.ess El.vess.deh Oh.reh.reh.ee, Oh.deh Mee.kah.el.peh Keh.ee.ess Bee.ah Oh.zod.oh.neh.goh.neh, Lah.peh Noh.ah.neh Tar.oh.eff Koh.reh.ess Tah.geh, Oh.qu Mah.nee.neh Ee.ah.ee.don.neh. Toh.ar.zod.veh Goh.eh.el:
Zod.ah.kah.reh Kah Keh.noh.qu.oh.deh:
Zod.ah.mar.ah.neh Mee.kah.el.zod.oh:
Oh.deh Oh.zod.ah.zod.meh Var.el.peh:
Lah.peh Zod.ee.ar Ee.Oh.Ee.Ah.Deh!

The 2nd Enochian Key

Can the wings of the winds understand your voices of wonder, O you the second of the first, whom the burning flames have framed within the depths of my Jaws; whom I have prepared as Cups for a Wedding, or as the flowers in their beauty for the Chamber of righteousness. Stronger are your feet then barren stone, and mightier are your voices then the manifold winds. For you are become a building such as is not, but in the mind of the All powerful. Arise, says the First: Move therefore unto his Servants: Show your selves in power: And make me a strong Seer: for I am of him that lives forever.