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Volume Twenty

by The Horn

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1.
Spell 8 05:58
Spell for opening up the West by day Hermopolis is opened and my head is sealed. O Thoth, the Eye of Horus is unblemished, the Eye of Horus saves me, and splendid are my ornaments from the brow of Re, father of the gods; I am this Osiris here in the West. Osiris knows his day, and if he does not exist in it, then I will not exist in it. I am Re who is with the gods and I will not perish; stand up, Horus, that I may number you among the gods.
2.
Spell 138 04:54
Spell for entering into Abydos and being in the suite of Osiris O you gods who are in Abydos, the whole and complete company, come joyfully to meet me and see my father Osiris who I have recognised and from whom I have come forth. I am Horus, Lord of the Black Land and of the Red Land, I have taken possession entirely of Him who cannot be conquered, whose Eye is victorious over his enemies, who protects his father who is saved from the floodwaters and also his mother; who smites his enemies, who drives away the robber thereby, who counters ther strength of the Destructive One; ruler of multitudes, monarch of the Two Lands, who smoothly takes possession of his father's house. I have been judged and I have been vindicated, I have power over my enemies, I get the better of those who would harm me, my strength is my protection. I am the son of Osiris, my father is in his own place, his body is in ...
3.
Spell 98 09:31
Spell for fetching a ferry-boat in the sky Hail to you, you plateau which is in the sky north of the Great Waterway, for whoever sees it will not die. I stand upon you, I appear as a god, I cackle as a goose, I fly up thence as the falcon upon the branches. O Dew of the Great One, I cross the earth towards the sky, I stand up as Shu, I make the sunshine to flourish on the sides of the ladder which is made to mount up to the Unwearying Stars, far from decapitation. Bring me those who repel evil when I have passed you by at the polar region of Tepen. 'Where have you come from?' 'O Tepen, I have come from the Lake of Burning in the Field of Fire.' 'What did you live on in the Lake of Burning in the Field of Fire?' 'I lived on that noble tree of Ikaa who brought these boats from the Dried-up Lake for me. The water-jar was on ... that I might stand in the Sacred Bark and guide the waters; that I might stand in the Sacred Bark and conduct the god; that I might stand up, my staff being a rod.' 'Go aboard and sail.' The gates are opened for me in Letopolis, the earth is split open for me in Wenu, and the staffs have been given to me in respect of my inheritance.
4.
Spell 81b 02:30
Spell for being transformed into a lotus O Lotus belonging to the semblance of Nefertum, I am the Man. I know your name, I know your names, you gods, you lords of the realm of the dead, for I am one of you. May you grant that I see the gods who lead the Netherworld, may there be given to me a seat in the realm of the dead in the presence of the lords of the West, may I take my place in the Sacred Land, may I receive offerings in the presence of the lords of eternity, may my soul go forth to every place that it desires, without being held back from the presence of the Great Ennead.
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Spell 54 03:55
Spell for giving breath to N in the realm of the dead O Atum, give me the sweet breath which is in your nostril, for I am this Egg, which is in the Great Cackler, I am the guardian of this great being who separates the earth from the sky. If I live, she will live; I grow young, I live, I breathe the air. I am he who splits iron, I go round about the Egg, tomorrow is mine through the striking-power of Horus and the strength of Seth. O you who sweeten the state of the Two Lands, you with whom are provisions, you with whom is lapis-lazuli, beware of Him who is in his nest; the Youth goes forth against you.
7.
Spell 150 04:11
A summary list of 'Mounds' The Field of Rushes. The god who is in it is Re-Horakhty. The Horns of Fire. The god who is in it is Lifter of Braziers. The Very High Mountain. The Mound of Spirits. The Cavern. The god who is in it is Feller of Fish. Iseset. Hasret. The god who is in it is He who is on high. The Horns of Qahu. Idu. The god who is in it is Sothis. The Mound of Wenet. The god who is in it is Destroyer of Souls. The Mound of Water. The god who is in it is Greatest of the Mighty Ones. The Mound of Kheraha. The god who is in it is the Nile. The River of Flaming Fire. Ikesy. The god who is in it is He who sees and takes. The Beautiful West of the gods who live in it on shens-cakes and beer.
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Spell 183 18:31
Worshipping Osiris, giving praise to him and homage to Wennefer, doing obeisance to the Lord of the Sacred Land, exalting Him who is on his sand, by N. He says: I have come to you, O Son of Nut, Osiris, Ruler of Eternity; I am in th suite of Thoth, and I am joyful because of all that he has done. He brings to you sweet air for your nose, life and dominion for your face, and fair is the north wind which goes forth from Atum to your nostrils, O Lord of the Sacred Land. He causes the sun to shine on your breast, he illumines the dark way for you, he removes the evil which is on your body by means of the power which is on his mouth. He has pacified the Rival Gods for you, he has stopped the raging and the tumult for you, he has made the Rivals well-disposed to you, and the Two Lands are peacefully reconciled before you; he has driven anger from their hearts for you, and they fraternise with each other. Your son Horus is vindicated in the presence of the entire Ennead; the kingship over the land has been given to him, and his uraeus pervades the entire land. The throne of Geb has been allotted to him, and the potent office of Atum has been confirmed in writing in a testament which has been engraved on a block of sandstone, according as yuor father Ptah-Tatenen commanded from upon the great throne. His brother has been set for him upon the Supports of Shu, raising up water to the mountains in order to make flourishing what comes ou on the desert and the fruit which comes forth on the flat-land, and he gives produce by water and by land. The gods of the sky and the gods of the earth have entrusted the earth to your son Horus, and they follow to his court; all that he has decreed is in their sight, and they perform it immdiately. Your heart is happy; your heart, O Lord of the Gods, possesses all joy. The Black Land and the Red Land are at peace, and they serve your uraeus; the shrines are made firm in their places, towns and nomes are established by name. They make presentation to you with god's-offerings; men make offerings to your name for ever; men call out praises to you because of your name; men present libations to your ka and invocation-offerings to the spririts who are in your suite; water is poured over halved bread-cakes for the souls of the dead in this land. Every design of yours is as effective as in its former state; appear, O Son of Nut, as the Lord of All in his glorious appearings, for you are living, permanent, young and real. Your father Re has made your body hale, your Ennead give you praise; Isis is with you and will not forsake you, and there will be no more felling of your enemies. The lords of all the lands worship your beauty like Re when he shines at dawn. You appear as one upraised on his standard, and your beauty is exalted and widespread. The kingship of Geb has been given to you, for he is your father who created your beauty. It was your mother Nut who bore the gods who brought your body into being, who bore you as the greatest of the Five Gods, who made the White Crown firm on your head, and you grasped the crook and the flail while you were yet in the womb, before you had come forth on earth. You have appeared as Lord of the Two Lands, and the Atef-crown of Re is on your brow; the gods come to you bowing down, and the fear of you pervades their bodies; they see you in the dignity of Re, and the dread of Your Majesty is in their hearts. Life is with you, food follows after you, and Truth is presented before you. May you let me be in Your Majesty's suite as when I was on earth; may my soul be summoned, and may it find you beside the Lords of Truth. I come from the city of the god, the primeval region; soul, ka and spirit are what is in this land. Such it its god, namely the lord of Truth, possessor of provisions, rich in precious things, he to whom every land is drawn. Upper Egypt comes downstream to Lower Egypt with wind and oar to make it festive with gifts, in accordance with what its god commanded; as for anyone who rests within it, he will never have to express a wish. Happy is he who does what is right for the god in it; he will grant old age to him who does it until he reaches the blessed state, and the end of this is a happy burial in the Sacred Land. I come to you with my hands bearing Truth, and my heart has no lies in it. I place Truth before you, for I know that you live by it. I have done no wrong in this land, and no man will suffer loss of his possessions. I am Thoth, the skilled scribe whose hands are pure, the Lord of purity who drives away evil; who writes what is true, who detests falsehood, whose pen defends the Lord of All; master of laws who interprets writings, and whose words have settled the Two Lands. I am Thoth, Lord of Justice, who vindicates him whose voice is hushed; protector of the poor man who has suffered loss of his property; who dispels darkness and clears away the storm. I have (given) breath to Wennefer, even the fair breeze of the north wind, as when he came forth from his mother's womb. I have caused him to enter into the secret cavern in order to revive the heart of the Inert One, Wennefer the son of Nut, the vindicated Horus.

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VOLUME TWENTY

2018 brings another volume of musical interpretations of the 189 Spells in A Dmn Shn's copy of the Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead.

Crunchy, swollen, and uncomfortable, this collection sees A Dmn Shn back on the guitar after his no-guitar Volume 19, but Volume Twenty's guitar is a guitar that spits and slashes, hurling brazen noisy toothy riffs like a winged venomous serpent. Not for the faint-of-heart. Brittle and ragged, slithering and sandy. May irritate at high volume.

As always, eternal thanks to the Ancient Egyptian Scribes, who wrote the words, R O Faulkner, who translated them, and The Inscrutable Cosmo, who made them easy to copy and paste into the lyrics field.

YOUR KA SHALL NOT GO UPSIDE DOWN.

(NOTES FOR ASTUTE HORN FOLLOWERS ONLY: many of you will notice that Spell 183 is musically linked to themes from Spell125. These have all been re-created instrument by instrument, and not sampled from the original Spell. 'Who Separates the Earth from the Sky' is thematically linked to Spell 54, which of course follows it directly. All hail conceptual continuity!)


THE HORN 1997-PRESENT.
THE SPELLS SO FAR:

Hymn To Osiris – V15
Hymn to the Sun-God Re – V15
Spell 1 – V13
Spell 1b – V13 (NOTE: this spell was performed by NEKRASOV)
Spell 2 – V13

Spell 4 – V04
Spell 5 – V04
Spell 6 – V09
Spell 7 – V04
Spell 8 - V20
Spell 9 – V15
Spell 10 – V02
Spell 11 – V11

Spell 13 – V09
Spell 14 – V09

Spell 21 – V07
Spell 22 – V04

Spell 24 – V14

Spell 26 – V10

Spell 28 – V05
Spell 29 – V16
Spell 29a – V05
Spell 29b – V05
Spell 30b (The Judgement of the Dead) – V12
Spell 31 – V05
Spell 32 – V05
Spell 33 – V01

Spell 36 – V07

Spell 43 – V01, re-recorded for Rage and Supremacy (split with HVMANICIDE)
Spell 44 – V07

Spell 47 – V10

Spell 50 – Dark Ambient vol 8, re-released as single

Spell 53 – V03
Spell 54 - V20
Spell 55 – V01
Spell 56 – V17
Spell 57 – V17
Spell 58 – V07

Spell 62 – V08
Spell 63a – V14
Spell 63b – V14

Spell 65 – V07
Spell 66 – V10
Spell 67 – V07

Spell 69 – V05
Spell 70 – V05
Spell 71 – V18
Spell 72 – V11

Spell 74 – V03
Spell 75 – V08
Spell 76 – V12
Spell 76 (Second Transformation) – V16
Spell 77 – V11

Spell 79 – V03
Spell 80 – V11
Spell 81a – V05
Spell 82 – V16
Spell 83 – V09
Spell 84 – V02
Spell 85 – V19
Spell 86 – V16
Spell 87 – V02
Spell 88 – V03
Spell 89 – V16
Spell 90 – V02
Spell 91 – V07
Spell 92 – V07
Spell 93 – V04
Spell 94 – V19
Spell 95 – V02
Spell 96 – V04
Spell 97 – V04
Spell 98 - V20
Spell 99 – V14
Spell 100 – V17

Spell 103 – V02
Spell 104 – V01, re-recorded for V03
Spell 105 – V17
Spell 106 – V15

Spell 109 – V12
Spell 110 – V18

Spell 112 – V18
Spell 113 – V09
Spell 114 – V08
Spell 115 – V08

Spell 117 – V19

Spell 119 – V04

Spell 122 – V04
Spell 123 – V02
Spell 124 – Rituals of Vindication (Split with SET), re-released on V10
Spell 125 – V06
Spell 126 – Rituals of Vindication (Split with SET)
Spell 127 – V17

Spell 130 – V11

Spell 132 – Rage and Supremacy (split with HVMANICIDE)

Spell 134 – V12
Spell 135 – V17
Spell 136a – V09
Spell 136b – V09
Spell 137b – single, later V17
Spell 138 - V20
Spell 140 – SINGLE RELEASE ONLY

Spell 144 – V15

Spell 146 – V10

Spell 148 – V16
Spell 149 – V16
Spell 150 - V20

Spell 153b – V03
Spell 154 – V08
Spell 155 – V19
Spell 156 – V10
Spell 157 – V19
Spell 158 – Untitled Split with OOPART
Spell 159 – V15
Spell 160 – V15
Spell 161 – V02
Spell 162 – Rage and Supremacy (split with HVMANICIDE)
Spell 163 – V08
Spell 164 – Untitled Split with OOPART
Spell 165 – V10
Spell 166 – V08
Spell 167 – V04

Spell 171 – V08

Spell 173 – V15
Spell 174 – V14

Spell 176 – V01, re-recorded for Rituals of Vindication (Split with SET)
Spell 177 – V18

Spell 179 – Untitled Split with OOPART
Spell 180 – V19
Spell 181 – V17
Spell 182 – V17
Spell 183 - V20

Spell 185 – V19
Spell 186 – V11
Spell 187 – V19
Spell 188 – V11
Spell 189 – V01

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released February 20, 2018

A DMN SHN:
4-stringed anbaric guitar
anbaric bass guitar
turkish saz
mandolin
time machines
simulated orchestrations
righteous tongues
cosmic void

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Started in 1997 by sole member A DMN SHN, THE HORN is putting the words from all 189 Spells of the Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead to music. Mostly black metal, sometimes dark ambient, sometimes psychedelic rock, sometimes faux folk, sometimes dungeon synth, sometimes pure noise wall, sometimes deranged audiobook, sometimes none of the above. ... more

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