Waxen one who feedeth by stealth
Coiled one who cioeth on the inert ones
I will not be inert for thee
I will not become infirm for thee
Thy poison shall not enter into my members
For my body is as the body of Atum
I, I am not weak
Suffering from thee shall not enter
Into these cimbs of mine
I am Atum
At the head of the primordial waters
My protection is from the Gods
Who art the cords of eternity
I am he whose name is secret
More holy of throne than the Chaos Gods
I have gone forth with Atum
I am he who is not examined
I am hale, I am hale
Burn in flames thou creature of wax
Coiled fiend who leadest away victims and destroyeth them
Thou who prey upon the weak and the helpless
May I never become helpless
Thy poison shall never enter my corpse
For my bones are as the bones of the God Tem
Since he dost not suffer collapse
I shall not suffer collapse
Let not the pains of death
Eat into my remains
I am the God Tem at the mouth of the abyss
I am he whose name is hidden
Whose sanctuary is holy for millions of years
I came forth with the God Tem
I am he who shall not be condemned
Negating the Abominable Coils of Apep was produced by Neil Kernon.
Nile released Negating the Abominable Coils of Apep on Fri Aug 28 2015.
The lyrics comprising “Negating the Abominable Coils of Apep” come directly from two sources. The first is the Faulkner translation of “The Theban Recension of the Book of the Dead”, and the other is E.A. Wallis’s translation of the Papyrus of Nu contained within this classic, “The Book of the Dead”...