Execreation Test lyrics

Artist  : Nile 
Song : Execreation Test



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 Mut The Dangerous Dead

Trouble me No Longer

I Inscribe Thy Name

I Threaten Thee With The Second Death

I Kill Thy Name

And Thus I Kill Thee Again

In The Afterlife



Bau Terror of the Living

Angry Spirits of the Condemned Dead

I Write thy Name

I Burn Thy Name In Flames

I Kill Thy Name

And Thus Thee Are Accursed

Even Unto The Underworld



Mut The Troublesome Dead

Plague Me No Longer

Thou Art Cursed

Thy Name Is Crushed

Thine Clay is Smashed And Broken

Thy Vengeance Against The Living

Shall Come to Naught



[Among the most sinister objects from the ancient
world are the figurines in human shape which were
used to cast spells on the persons they depicted.
Such objects survive to this day usually only when
they are buried as a part of a rite, and usually
in the vicinity of a tomb or necropolis.
Archeologist have found the remains of such rites
at the royal cemetaries of Giza, Saqqarra, Lisht,
and at several forts in Nubia. Stone, wax, or mud
figures, or broken clay tablets or clay pots, are
inscribed with lists of the enemies of Egypt. The
body of the figure is usually flattened to make
room for the text, or sometimes a papyrus is
inserted inside the body cavity. On the back, the
arms, or the arms and legs, are bound together.
The inscriptions found on them are called
"execration texts." These texts
threaten death to specific people. Often, they
include the name, parentage, and title of war.
The execration texts were mainly aimed at enemy
rulers, hostile nations, and tribes in Nubia,
Libya, and Syria-Palestine. Magickal incantations
and rites were used to cause death and suffering,
and to prevent the angry spirits of the executed
from taking vengeance on those who had condemned
them. Usually included in these texts are
long-standing enemies of those involved in the
cursing rites. There is also often a catchball
phrase against any man, woman, or eunuch who
might be plotting rebellion. Amongst the common
people, the execration rituals were carried out
after the killing of a personal enemy or the
execution of criminals. By killing the enemy's
name, which was an integral part of the
personality, this rite would extend the
punishment into the afterlife. The spirits of
defeated enemies or executed traitors were
regarded as a continued supernatural threat,
which needed to be met with magic. The wording of
the texts is similar to that of contemporary
spells on papyrus, which promise to protect
against the malice of demons and ghosts. Those
named in the execration texts are referred to as
"mut" - the dangerous dead. It is also
the word used to describe the troublesome dead in
protective spells for private persons. The stone
figures and red clay pots on which the execration
texts were written were ritually broken as part of
the cursing ceremony in order to smash the enemy's
power. A pit near the Egyptian fort of Mirgissa in
Nubia contained hundreds of such pot shards, as
well as over 350 figures. Deposite of figures
have been found outside fortresses, tombs, and
funerary temples. The clay figures were burned
and then buried with iron spikes driven through
them, or nailed to the outer walls, as the bodies
of executed traitors and foreign enemies sometimes
were. The more eloborate enemy figures were
sometimes trussed up like animals about to be
sacrificed. Some are shown with their throats
cut, the method used to kill sacrificial animals.
The dismembered body of a Nubian and a flint
sacrificial knife were found nar the Mirgissa
pit. Some Egyptologists believe that human
sacrifices routinely accompanied execration
rituals, while others have argued that the
figures were normally a substitute for such
sacrifices.]