THE beautiful house

Court of Amen 26

 

Square 26 Heart of Osiris

The keeper of the inventory of what exists
I am that great Benu bird which is in Iuna,
The keeper of the inventory of what exists -
'It means Osiris' -
What exists means the Time-cycle and the Time-line.

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On some early Senate boards, a Phoenix/ Bennu Bird is shown on Square 25, The House of Beauty. 

A reason for this is because the Bennu or Phoenix is the bird form 
of the ba of Osiris when he visits the realm of the Living.

And so the Beautiful House, both death & rebirth, is associated with 
our totem creature the Phoenix (shown on its bark List logo). It 
also symbolises the Heart of Osiris - from Mysteries of Abydos.

[B o D CHAPTER LXXXIII.]: THE CHAPTER OF CHANGING INTO A BENNU.

Saith Osiris, the scribe Ani, triumphant in peace: 
"I came into being from unformed matter, I created myself in the 
image of the god Khepera, and I grew in the form of plants. 
I am hidden in the likeness of the Tortoise. 
I am formed out of the atoms of all the gods. 
I am the yesterday of the four [quarters of the world], and I am the 
seven uræi which came into existence in the East, the mighty one who 
illumineth the nations by his body. 

He is god in the likeness of Set; and Thoth dwelleth in the midst of 
them by judgment of the dweller in Sekhem and of the spirits of 
Annu. 
I sail among them, and I come; I am crowned, I am become a shining 
one, I am mighty, I am become holy among the gods. I am the god 
Khonsu who driveth back all that opposeth him."

Appendix: The following rubric to this chapter is found in a papyrus 
at Paris; see Naville, Todtenbuch, Bd. II., Bl. 185:--

If this chapter be known, the purified one shall come forth by day 
after his burial, and he shall change his forms at his heart's 
desire. He shall dwell among the servants of Un-nefer, and he shall 
be satisfied with the food of Osiris, and with the meals of the 
tomb. He shall behold the disk of the Sun, and shall travel over the 
earth with Ra. He shall be triumphant before Osiris, and there shall 
no evil thing get dominion over him for ever and for all eternity 
and for ever.

Hymn To Osiris (BD)

"Homage to thee, Osiris, Lord of eternity, King of the Gods, whose 
names are manifold, whose forms are holy, thou being of hidden form 
in the temples, whose Ka is holy. Thou art the governor of Tattu 
(Busiris), and also the mighty one in Sekhem (Letopolis). Thou art 
the Lord to whom praises are ascribed in the nome of Ati, thou art 
the Prince of divine food in Anu. Thou art the Lord who is 
commemorated in Maati, the Hidden Soul, the Lord of Qerrt 
(Elephantine), the Ruler supreme in White Wall (Memphis). Thou art 
the Soul of Ra, his own body, and hast thy place of rest in Henensu 
(Herakleopolis). Thou art the beneficent one, and art praised in 
Nart. Thou makest thy soul to be raised up. Thou art the Lord of the 
Great House in Khemenu (Hermopolis). Thou art the mighty one of 
victories in Shas-hetep, the Lord of eternity, the Governor of 
Abydos. The path of his throne is in Ta-tcheser (a part of Abydos). 
Thy name is established in the mouths of men. Thou art the substance 
of Two Lands (Egypt). Thou art Tem, the feeder of Kau (Doubles), the 
Governor of the Companies of the gods. Thou art the beneficent 
Spirit among the spirits. The god of the Celestial Ocean (Nu) 
draweth from thee his waters. Thou sendest forth the north wind at 
eventide, and breath from thy nostrils to the satisfaction of thy 
heart. Thy heart reneweth its youth, thou producest the.... The 
stars in the celestial heights are obedient unto thee, and the great 
doors of the sky open themselves before thee. Thou art he to whom 
praises are ascribed in the southern heaven, and thanks are given 
for thee in the northern heaven. The imperishable stars are under 
thy supervision, and the stars which never set are thy thrones. 
Offerings appear before thee at the decree of Keb. The Companies of 
the Gods praise thee, and the gods of the Tuat (Other World) smell 
the earth in paying homage to thee. The uttermost parts of the earth 
bow before thee, and the limits of the skies entreat thee with 
supplications when they see thee. The holy ones are overcome before 
thee, and all Egypt offereth thanksgiving unto thee when it meeteth 
Thy Majesty. Thou art a shining Spirit-Body, the governor of Spirit-
Bodies; permanent is thy rank, established is thy rule. Thou art the 
well-doing Sekhem (Power) of the Company of the Gods, gracious is 
thy face, and beloved by him that seeth it. Thy fear is set in all 
the lands by reason of thy perfect love, and they cry out to thy 
name making it the first of names, and all people make offerings to 
thee. Thou art the lord who art commemorated in heaven and upon 
earth. Many are the cries which are made to thee at the Uak 
festival, and with one heart and voice Egypt raiseth cries of joy to 
thee. 

"Thou art the Great Chief, the first among thy brethren, the Prince 
of the Company of the Gods, the stablisher of Right and Truth 
throughout the World, the Son who was set on the great throne of his 
father Keb. Thou art the beloved of thy mother Nut, the mighty one 
of valour, who overthrew the Sebau-fiend. Thou didst stand up and 
smite thine enemy, and set thy fear in thine adversary. Thou dost 
bring the boundaries of the mountains. Thy heart is fixed, thy legs 
are set firm. Thou art the heir of Keb and of the sovereignty of the 
Two Lands (Egypt). He (Keb) hath seen his splendours, he hath 
decreed for him the guidance of the world by thy hand as long as 
times endure. Thou hast made this earth with thy hand, and the 
waters, and the winds, and the vegetation, and all the cattle, and 
all the feathered fowl, and all the fish, and all the creeping 
things, and all the wild animals therof. The desert is the lawful 
possession of the son of Nut. The Two Lands (Egypt) are content to 
crown thee upon the throne of thy father, like Ra. 

"Thou rollest up into the horizon, thou hast set light over the 
darkness, thou sendest forth air from thy plumes, and thou floodest 
the Two Lands like the Disk at daybreak. Thy crown penetrateth the 
height of heaven, thou art the companion of the stars, and the guide 
of every god. Thou art beneficent in decree and speech, the favoured 
one of the Great Company of the Gods, and the beloved of the Little 
Company of the Gods. 

His sister [Isis] hath protected him, and hath repulsed the fiends, 
and turned aside calamities (of evil). She uttered the spell with 
the magical power of her mouth. Her tongue was perfect, and it never 
halted at a word. Beneficent in command and word was Isis, the woman 
of magical spells, the advocate of her brother. She sought him 
untiringly, she wandered round and round about this earth in sorrow, 
and she alighted not without finding him. She made light with her 
feathers, she created air with her wings, and she uttered the death 
wail for her brother. She raised up the inactive members of whose 
heart was still, she drew from him his essence, she made an heir, 
she reared the child in loneliness, and the place where he was not 
known, and he grew in strength and stature, and his hand was mighty 
in the House of Keb. The Company of the Gods rejoiced, rejoiced, at 
the coming of Horus, the son of Osiris, whose heart was firm, the 
triumphant, the son of Isis, the heir of Osiris."
 

In the House of Beauty your PASSED life, your 'yesterdays', are examined. Looking back over your past is a chief function of Senate.

From my research - the Senate Pavilion may well resemble the Tent or
Pavilion in which embalming and mummification process took place. The
Pavilion (26 House of Beauty) stage in the game is where you switch
state from 'alive' to blessedly 'deceased'. In Senate our task is to communicate with all parts of ourselves, past and future. And sometimes with other people too, living or dead.