Whether I live or die I am Osiris. I enter in and reappear through you, I decay in you, I grow in you. The gods are living in me For I live and grow in the corn That sustains the honoured ones.... by 13philia

Whether I live or die I am Osiris. I enter in and reappear through you, I decay in you, I grow in you. The gods are living in me For I live and grow in the corn That sustains the honoured ones.... by 13philiaWhether I live or die I am Osiris. I enter in and reappear through you, I decay in you, I grow in you. The gods are living in me For I live and grow in the corn That sustains the honoured ones. Whether I live or die I am barley, I am not destroyed. I have entered in the cycle. I emerge in the cycle. — Egyptian Coffin Texts, Spell 330 (adapted)