FREEMASONRY OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS To whic INTERPRETATION OF THE INITIATION RITE Many P. HatPREFACE is now gneraly anon hat ‘he Egyptians ofl he sci people, wee the most lene in the Ocelt Sciences of Nate. The wisest of philosophers fn ether mations i ite Egypt wo beni in dhe sere Mysteries by the pres of Thies, Memphis, and Hermopats. Thales, ober erceiee bine geese from Greece to the des of the Nie in que of owe. Upon returning ‘0 thes own courery the illamined men acknowledged the Egyptian tobe IR re fst sa th Egypt eps nb i capstnats f hc most subline doetnes concerning the ory of dhe Goad he peer on of me The decline of Egy unde the Prolemies resin the disipation af the sac arcana and the vnation of the sanctuaries of the Flermtic God The priests ered ico the deserts an grt to more hospital lan In lta eictte places the okt vs fourhed ane, ade Hirepes sill dered jeden wih he Forty salle pend before them onthe ar op"Eaopean cular hated bythe Duk Ages gushed in he Pariic stangsons, to be fed acca by the Renasnce and religiously by the Reformation. e was no wn the eighteenth century ofthe Chri cen however, chat thought, red fon bondage sophistry and edn, cogs sized and acknowl the indebednes tha ach generation owes to a ig: Eighoeth enury ants ough aac inthe ain of te, rong ‘the bateed monument half buried in Egyptian sand fr the keys to the sere scenes. Only scholaiip can rebuild and redediat the vine and desecrated shrines ofthe Old Wisdom. Dinky percep in these hint of casa writers rane int ‘mated in symbol and fl, and chine bythe great nstittons of eae sia philosophy the Sect Doctrine may yet be eesonered to ech and ‘complete at mater knowlege which the boasted power of madera en, ‘The fb of Ii and Orins belongs to the ales peta of Eaypein ‘metaphysical specultion The myth of che Dying Gos recurs in os of the rac Woeld Religions The if death and autectionof theme nora Jane become the prototype fr numerous dactines f human egneition ‘The Guts Roe Rite, which hasbeen inserted in ths Book sets foreh dhe Principal lemens of the nitiatry drama Restored fom nen author, thovgh, of course incomplete in its excerpts, the situa i ily ei scent of the sublime spectacle which tanepied in the ubteanean cham bers and exyps of ancient Egyptian temples He who ponders wel upon the Mptery mi, pechane icone under ‘he gars and symbols of she oi ceemonie alsons o ee ling aan and eee presen problems, Mark 18,1937 CONTENTS Pejue va Lif Hatratins ws FREEMASONRY OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS 1. Intaopuerion wr 2. Eeyerian Macie nn 3. Tue Osintan Cves ar 4. Tue Stoner Docrnise in Eovrr ow CRATA REPOA Forsworp o Cnars Rion ws Consenrary ws Anyone aoni eat Na in Pn bd pi fe Jestvnpinafatecate ti at piso Pel og fie mn aman Pre an Ma ei od os, Lim plo. pe ait, Don mg de do Tos dat et sin ps infra ile aerate, nam ps in ‘Ft ara ap eb ‘ab psp Cover on SG LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSFREEMASONRY OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS INTRODUCTION og ace the mary accomplishment of [Napolsoa Borapare are forgeten the fist emperor of the Frech will be 1e- membered or ehe impers which he be- stoned upon Egyptian achaology. The Roca Sone wat dicoered in Aust oF 1799 by a French offer of engineers ‘coring ane acount ema ing 0m the ste of the grou and aeconding onmother twas be int an oli wll which the French ors were ang lo in ode to the oundsion fora tes. The stone diets ame fiom the tom of Rosetta (Arabic Rathi) onthe western dela of the Nil Napoleon, hearing of the stone, which ma covered with strange hieroglyphic canes an mary sors of Grek eter ase it tobe placed inthe Iti tute Nacional hich he had founded in Ciro. He nde copies of the stone tw be dstibued among the etn of Europe and hgh this action thelos language ofthe ancient Egypians ws rico: Med the whole subject of Egyptology i ley du othe impulse given to hi field of research by the body oF learned men whom Napoleon cated with ‘in to Egyp and mho published under his patronage ser of masse tomes, ‘map dhesrated, etn fn with sactlingacurcy the ar and a chitecae of che acct Egyptian epi {es now generlyaceped tht the Rosetta Stone fred the mater key othe secre knowlege oli concealed Beneath the old Egyptian berg. Equipped, om the decipterment ofthis sone withthe de mens of the ancient irc lpbe,Egypologis esd the ak of ae sifjing the lteray feagments of this mapslicen crlzation- Nothing ‘mains of Egypt ancient glory bu crumbling monuments battered inact "ios and elaborate moray at-The inscrutable stone fees shat hin ued an lca crypt tue sigufance was prnbablyuakeown in the Prolemaic period even othe Egypins themes We sould thtfore not ‘eto confident ofthe acursey of our trnltions,relcng chat hens ‘he surfice we ve lighed with the smal ay of eur knowles Syn Anes deeper than Egypt night Even in Carte the eure ofthe Egyptian was but alge for rng the heyday ofthe haughty als, she decadent pret oF Amen Ra, bis and Onis were strangers othe serio f thir own cuts The ‘redynncic Pharaohs—thosehete-borm prince crowned with the plana ‘ofc and wielding by din ight dhe scp of the de moked Apart iota the aysery om whence they ad come, Rome propped ap ‘he crumbling manuoents ofthe double enpis biavin. On by one the proud Cols of «waned genes pitch forward int the oblivion of the sand Hermes Tismegists che inated Egypeian pit, ped a x= ‘exe pce of Egypt inal state inthe Aceon dialogue: “Then his mos hap andthe se places cnc odin anf temple hl bil of pul and ded bod, Egy, Egyp files lope shl remain of ey elgion, anh mich wilco pore ‘ei and won lone sal be ef egal n nesting thy po es Tnpare at east the Roma seemed to sense the importance of the pio sophical and cata tems of thre North Afsican neighbors, and the reudo-Egypologits of Europe, daring the Mile Ages, derived then spiation and data almost exe from Latnized versions of Egyptian cult. Since, nit Comers Csr ha noted hat Mercury had mitted ico Gul and Beton and tablished his worship arnong thx peoples why shoul enor abo acep the poplar bli chat, rosin he Mesiterranea, Plt had etblished under the mane of Seas a power ect among the Prolemaic Egyptians all event t euires no gis scech ofthe magi sion than does the suggestion adkaned by Father Kiche the esned Jeni. Egyptclogis, hat Osiris and Ine wee Adam and Ee, spectively and that ‘he maesolen phon wat non othe than Cain who had strayed it from his Syrian domi, aegung the head of an allt andthe boxy of og. while en rote Nothing is mote pathic in the history of rion than the ‘vet ready assupion of Christian cholic thatthe ie of che heathen re inherene whl thei vires are laird frm Holy Writ. Alibough the descends of Rooks and Rem evolved 4 numb of theological stems contsining rain spectacular elements, nevertheless, ‘when compared the nations it ean hardly be si hat thy tok ths lion very seriou. Cicero and Maton Aue to ousting Romanplonphers wre pure eect andthe Emperor ain the bles think «ero wea the Roman purple drew his wisdom from che Aleandan ou ‘aiead of NeoPlaoniam. The Roman poplce was x abuse with he caploccion of pla viewpoies and testo enatsion that the fe ‘amici of rational ure semingy escaped them, Slowly ad pil, {ned wer the shelf’ whlp iied, Chalom, the Roman Le Goce sdoped the chee system of mater people thy wee ringing, under subj atthe momen, appre wing every alien pancson part ofthe lepimate lot of conquest. Metaphrily speaking, the very ‘ods of every conguced race stalked in caine bein the victorious Roman ener inhi riamphal march hough he eral ‘While sh Reman empize wat hat cating the poli destinies ofthe own need, ney every contemporry religion had gure » ootold in Ronn. Ii tre that the Latins al dwn an inven around the Seven Hille upon which stood thei Eten iy an they forbade any alien go to pss tat Hine but crn a canning Roman patie could ao prevent che en trace of dose osha men sage in int sins Tepes to Dicey sso Gres. Mths of Pes, Ti aed Serapis of Egy and Diana of the less, shard honors lik with dhe ral Ares, Rome sini ‘etcily che gods of her enemies, wih he single exception of the Greek eis, For a gd not srg enough to withtand the Roman wa machine was at best an inroe etary. So profound, howe, wae the eats of Geck tics tha the Remains did nt date to gnor it. The metaphysie Aoctines of Fayps, homers, were so ingenious concealed that Rome, with ide ime fr anything bu the bisa content to mk ets and ei plunder Tn Alenia ha Bosom the superna proce of Noo- Pythagorean sad Neo-Phanie alte. Polen had impered Eleusinin nits, by vwhow aid the Serapic Rie been formulated. The Egyptian Paonia swe ko amazingly li i highly probable tht nthe leet of Gree pilosphy, the more highly ealghcae of che Egyptian nities recognized feagments of their own dead ore for in the cine of expr. Aramis Scat, Poin nd roy the rst nanions of Egypt leaning mere ready bt fie memories. The temples tht had sive the rage of tie wre served by a degenerate priestbood: the secre meanings of che pmo Fad been Io he hidden aca had departed int the Arabian dese, and the abort ceremonial ofthe tate reigin had lot the mame of action “The biter animosity betwen che pagan ines and the carly Chrisinn sects tendered he etition of the ancient acetone inevible The vc- torous cous howe when metamerphased ino 2 sword handle, could aly be considered 2 having tempest concep aF janice with mercy. “The Cesian premise wa both ie and simple al ge other than Jor and His Son mete dei and hose who followed afer those dei constiute the legion of the dana. The burning of the Seapeam unde the ec of “Theodosius the Good nusked the cose of che ol era By this ded of va alm the ey char procimed itself dhe eneny of learning frie wlll desoyed a great liber which had housed she accumulated wisdom of en thousand yea. The sa fice Seopie l is fancralpyee fl by four han dr thowsnd blazing parchment sol —the eres of Egy were ot ‘Havig blterated shisshine of knowlege the Church nunhed pon a program of intemal denon whish ste for aera ees in a more of les olen form, Cri chal chen nmaguatedan labore program of archeological reconstruction, The sulk was diculun conglomeration oF pity which for eel unde yore wa pled ff upon a compare ‘ily literate word unde he mame of Eaypsolgy. Enery pty European prince Became the ptr of smelt at, potetng what ke plese cll 2 "cabin" psvte meu in which e preserved curious ancient fag ments He fut sted a tance wpon soe nthe eadit looking per soa, posit apis, to casi and els this colletion and serve ian fc apc half way betwen aibraran ane urate Fel wart de strped many ofthese colections an pecairy embarrassment (an alent coosmon to princes) seated thers, Descriptions of the mast outlandish character were published egading these varios ques ota few of which ‘rere flagrant orgies Ad zo hinge pase unt the post Raconan periwhen there clasifstion af knowledge ogin athe tiled iets ge Plc othe seriously minded and daly quid ivstptr Reser at et as conned amore ro Grek and Latin hort, forthe Egyptian hierogiphis theme could ao be deciphered althaugh serra quin ef forts were made to discover an alphabet among the symbols, Then came [Napoleon and the Rose Stone Archclogy muse be divided ono two schools. The fet, compared of stily macs minded men, sie bt neve arent nterpeet ‘oc apply ven. for thar mater, to together the Feagmencs of old czas tions and cultures The second ithe intuitions choo generally oped | tmarthodar by the fnais ofthe fet group. The initonln tempe to Ill some reasonable pattem ot of the nschge. They det spect, wing che od as an insramene of explotition and rexach Ii his st group that to some menue, serae the sgificance of the old metapyaia ‘stm They realize almost ntutvly dae a toad learning, at the sme ‘ime dep and lf exined among ancient nations. Bur the masters ofthis old learning have resumed tothe ron etl ‘es. Sopiss now sin the seats of dhe wise: petifogaery and podagogvty obscure the issues of the mind. Akhough cknce has asumed the hab mens of eudton, thee i shallowness in ou attitde tomas arin that i iguisng to all but the supecilly minded, We realize cha the foundation of our reset knowledge iid forthe straccre that as ‘been erected upon it The buds of the house of mer ening hare ge ‘noted the dictum of tae simple aw of achtecenics, namely, ha to pe serve the inert of mighty nition i ecesay that it ase hl be ‘pon becock Limited othe ements contain in modern materi it is consequndly dial f not inponi, to adequately inerpect any aint “ropa gues are ct porta of dees aceped and worshiped by the Egypein seal being with reel those appearances Egyptian metaphysics i fd eye almost toch This cacy nae i to the surprising Fc that inspite of all ou diacsons, ene rators and oo frth we ar til for the moe part ignotane of che el ele rents of Egyptin mythology. The difidence with which such men a Belzoni, Maspeco and Masiey approach the sbjee ad che rsa con fasion when dey do atempt an interpretation, Krish adequate prot of the ifcieny of thee knowledge. Ia his excellen cassication of Eyp= tin gods, AE WalicBadge, keer of Egypian Amigtin a the Bish ‘Mase, reals mos of what known concerning this recone sujet teen is wok presente ghflydvoered pcre. Disinies appea Jnone place with cersin ate din another place wth almost oppo scales ar rr gpd nd god of Epp fry sc sateenwith being the ale Creator ofthe universe. We can thre understand wy few Egyptology the ole of inept, Teis noc enough bowerer 0 know the names of scores of departed cles ‘ia, They ae of no vale wales we can sense che undying purpose for hich the sytem was created. Some haves ha there wat no pape Be ‘eth this pantheon and shat hi conision of god repose an interment left by one dying oner of bli eo ie sucess. Sah an explanation wil Find wide favor among that cas of easy belies who sill msintin chat he constllaions of the heavens were dssneted and onpniaediaco zodiacal sions by shepherds daring sie spare time. May cents of fering and benightdnes hae demonstrated the procviyof mankind o embrace ror and eect even a modicum of common seni (Our purpose in preparing this presen writing isto suggest an inert sion of Egypsan meaphysialwaditon harmony withthe teachings st forth in wha were led the Mystere, We fel tht there efit acu rma evidence sec oth in the writing of ance nations ui thea cepeance of « metaphysical explanation to de ol theologies. Alphonse Maree sets forth the premise fom which we ae to develop our pesent “To the insted ofthe sancuary mo doabe, wa reseed the knowledge ofthe godin he bse. he go concealed in che unfathomable depths af his own essence. But forthe es ried adoration ofthe people were pre sented the endless images of sie sculptured onthe wall ofthe erples" Te would seem dha most Egypologis come unde the onc heading of the les end group, foe they ae conten oe upon the outer forms of the dines ba have never sought eo andertand dha boa yi come ‘cept of lie of which thee gods were bu the cuter semblance ae concrete symbol: How can we gue such a nstemene a appt onthe tate of 2 high priest which was found ia Mepie "He knew the dispositions of cath and hel thee wat nding hide om hie adored God and loi fe Hit in His designs he evered with wi the side of all hate had ‘sen Such his a this have meaning, They ase tha dhe Egyptians themes wete ana of thes eerie eraon. An ely Crisian Lathe, ‘Onin. who was a ear a pagan piosopher, ats his cesimoay: "The Egyptian pilnopes hve sublime notions wih gud the Divine acre, rich they heep secre, nd neverdiconer to the people bu under vei of files nd allegorie! ‘Wemay alo borow few is rm Lewis Spence: “The purpose fini tiation ea commeninal temp to realize man place in he unter and in the divine scheme of things nd his Tale, the Egypian Mya System achieved for the rst time in an only an pilsophicl manne ** J se am wel ase dha no individ can ead a Tie of pychic security without a ec minimum of contemplation upon things hidden an vines am pally pesuaded that no nation, which inte main ignore them, cn bese ein juste adios of kel, lw seene wa Egype inher Biv how sand years of emp, calm, digiied ye, and prosperous nd happy in ee ‘apt contemplation ofthe Divine. No people were vera once 2 pou and so contented x wet ex peple, and not unl a Earopean hemor of a mie infrioe ype, he Prema inereapcd er visionary quem ws she confounded: Have we no son oem foe Egypt Aye the greet in th word he knowledge of tit divine inoapecton which alone cn give ‘nan the likes of the Divine Inepze, the, with the dese wo rescue from the wisdom of the oi Egyptian some small pat of dhe doctsne, we shall aempt 0 pice ‘opie a Fw of the shred fragments nthe next ection we shall sy the ign of ourinfrmation so chat thee may be no reasonable doubt ao the Soxndation upon which ne build chisinerpretation Wich he too that ae at hand we shal amp orb he House of the Myscvies using a wo prt fic material foreign othe orginal structure. The condition of the rin ‘eres impossible dhe revtortion ofthe edifice to serial grande bat Sf we nay paseo sal pare fit Bessy, we sal Be espe far thee wecach and preter fore2e * EcyptiaN Macic tee srhich ape should be pt i ved in she Osan eee whee sis ap lies the most potent of fer chm and imocsions to aecomplish the res rection of Osiris In other won the mdempion ofthe human sol That ‘he gods of Egypt mee clement of x pofous magica stem and posses 2 significance fi ifn fom Ut advance by modern Egypeoogis i ‘eran The varius deities ofthe Nile valley were elements ofan elaborate magical metaphysical ptm kindof eemonial Cala, This canoc be lene. Bat even when impesied with he ray ofthis fit the moder Egypeoogi sl balks. “Supposing” he asks, “tha the Egypean dil po sessan elaborate mctapysil doctrine? OF whar value is edconery nan ‘ge the natural a een demonstrated tobe mediocre an the supe tual non-exten? Even if Chee extince pero whose mummies later up cur mascums wet dhe citodans of some mysterious fre, we re wimp fargrown it Let the dea pst buy its da We pce olive in an er of vidal who no longer desired vo owa cher. These persons, mot them well educated (as modern education ges) were no spetsttious—they wee jun cant “The folowing rice appeared in an English newspope in 1923: "The death of Lonl Cararvon hasbeen Fllowed bya panic among clues ‘of Egypian atic. Al over the country people are seing thi eae surf he Bish Museum, anious to pt id of chem because of the supe ston that Lord Caraevon ws killed by theo dae of the sulREENASONIY OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS Tutankhamen, Thee fen a it hal nceany to sa, anol round {eisaho handy neces toad hat he journal a ogi auth fy forthe lst sentence The newspaper atic continues: “An ealanche of pce conning summit’ shvlld hands ae ft Pete nd wooden status and ether relics from the anciet tobe de, ‘cen this won the Bish Mascum, Fer np hese age eevee pot The ble tha a dead kings canes poten for ev afer tay ‘sands of years won thousands of adherent onthe day when Lod Caratoon became ill *** Few ofthe pates recived atthe muscu bear the senders ‘amt, The owners in their eageoes to mash die hands of the seemed things have wid co hep hi ident sect. ** * The Bich Museum Ssmdben to the sper off 2 meats of hfing the lily er Bes shales. The mean shots ated to sch bien, baring ‘bored he cofin i of the poweflpiestess of Amen-Ra for years bot ‘hey ae noc at al grate othe presen ood of gia The museum wens end smi storm some yas go when he sy of he use he port ‘28 of Ameo- Ra bscame public. Saficen scar gilts wee rected to fll lage show cae ong chan of fale has ben buted othe eure of ‘he picts Men who hae made fun ofthe superaitous have ded wat the yas Another won i tht phoeogephr tok pitts ofthe cess sad placed the plates in i safe When he went o lok at them soe neha latest gs had become thin brown ponder” ‘ecw consider the “atonal” explanations s-cled adduced by since in apsing ofthe supeniton of he kings ce. De Fredech H, Cone ERS, fous British semi, decd in an ive a fw ye age that Lon Carnarvon and a mime of woskmen engaged in xenon nee ‘bec deat athe reslof poisonous and loa ime at poe dhe Purp by the wily priests to bring destaton upon the volar of she ‘dead “This poisonous dust sys Dz. Coles, “anal of which as afd ‘sien, was catered abou the tombs *** Land Carnanvon warn the ony one to nts isl propery asa mnber of workmen engl in the ‘maton wee Hiewie stricken, Mas of these ded lingering det, a cher, pealy pied in ral ne ssinered” There i nothing in the Feared doctors explanation, howere, to account forthe ft eit Howard Carter di not chance to breathe any of the nonous vapor though he nas ‘mot stay engaged inthe work of exation than een Lo Carnarvon Weslo quetion how much iene acral ows abou ths mysterious dst hich dfs ans oi icant be analyzed haw can it eich det fd with ceri or proved poisonous. The term "poisonots dst” se. en the ata term that corsa makita of semi shortcomings, ‘Though sorery as been ecole 0 ofc secognition by move ac ce thee in eet a certain uso aceptanc ofthe riya jcclt phenomena throughour the crn world. Ina newspaper nevi Sic Anhut Conan-Doyle ithsraes che wide-spread reopaiton of the idea ‘hac he Egyptians knew how to suround their dead with mysterio gaan sgnces which chroghour the cen visited thee vengeance upon grav ‘bers, cen otherwise In dacasing withthe ctresponden of the aly Espns he death of a cerein Mi leicher ho had fe che wath Eaypr dea Conan Doyle delared thatthe tragedy was cased by Egyptian “elements” asin «fans manny becase another ster of Eeyp- ‘ology a Me: Robinion, fad begun an iestigation of theatres of the ‘mums malevolence. “T warned Me Robinion he sy “aunt concer: ing hinscif with the mummy athe Bech Maseu, he persisted ant his death flowed ‘Are we to presume, howe, tha hissing phase of eremonil mage constitated the enti repertoire of che Egypian thaumatungs I thy ‘oul mans such surprising poet is ic ot probe ta they posed knowledge of other aur hidden forces—fonces as yet unknown to the ‘modern wold and possibly of inestimable aks? We ar assed inthe “a ‘horned version” of Holy Writ athe magicians of Fgype changed thei ‘eaves ors ino serpents inthe presence of Pharaoh, The mech cetist. dos not live who an duplicate ha phenomenon, yet if he happen oe sd Chistian he isin somewhat of der‘Sie Gaston Maspero in his Now gh or Act Fy dels at some length upon the sbjecr of Egypein miracles, Mis description ofthe aking an moving stares especialy lid. ARer explaining tht the Egyptians neve ‘nertook any importa enterprise without consing the gs and ec ing an aver therefor, Marpro then explains ow the answers were po dlced. He describes images made of wood “psited or gilded like the ‘ordinary statue but made of joint pices which could be mone The arm col it itself as high she shoaldro bows thatthe hand cold place lief om an objec and old i ole i go. The rsd tnoved on the neck it bent back and fel asin inc place.” Maepero then enplains that een Priests set ade fo dis dy opeaed thee manikin. He doesnot belee thot thee sams were pious Rud but cha he constants wee ly ate oF the presence of the pits but considered them as sated ad esl mediators whose motions of dhe tates wer acepalle to dvnity and under its inlunce. Having thus explained all of the mice to his satisction, Sir Gaston laves ws ile anconrnced when he says of the tates which he asso minutely described, “omy nowidge ne do not potest any spe men of ther” May we consider bis explanation tfre atleast mildly eonjecl?” tis iia co imagine the Pato or Pyhigoras woul be deeply ie prose by a dvinity which squeaked ache joins and delved eens vith ahinged ead. While is posible that in the decane period of Ey ian metaphysics, subtefiages may hare ben std to stimaat che pity of the dec. iis sare conceivable that an enlightened onlerof piesa profiad verse in the seven bea sciences, coal hve taken sey 0 slilsh a method of pronouncing ois Certainly they coud never hae decid the wie with such toy, nd the wise wee the ones who mos a sized the wind of the Egyptians, Ino the sane dlsifation ax che antounding concisions of Maspera. ‘ould natul fll he opinions of Slverte who beled hat the mterions and eile ocurtences which took plc inthe mytres thei origin in ‘magi ern and microns The eaely Chitin ihre accused the pags of ning to retains bt nity iii ca Cer coenaed el frit oe wl ein ty Chin ‘cenit Connon Cap ged ne pe ihe ae Typo ne pee fo dpe mag power cle gin ig wt om i Lor, bt fom nape pepe Mage ote cit nd en ib ced ani ‘Seen wi ndings Ep ee eng pen wie Sete ca poe he eed ao fd ge pn at Soy coped oc rey mores einai of de pr magins OF he i Egpian Mei They we ig este ci mem “hyn ce ata af edn vis of mena tel pin bi epee i ane pl Spi cmd eprint thi pin Thy pty ne trod ea of cing tern co cc ing te eye ington by normed aco. of sig “ri ot th dy desde te nf pone Fares get ae ot noes = oe Tce Thy wad he of sagt gene in dged ftps cl caplad a iia pn Bi Nae Te) “Thc gy ied goog Lerman whoops Eee map ssn even ro thi his pow aes amt ERG area he porn peed Ep eps yp tr eld re, ak he ihn, re dr wate ino proc href ation nd par vl he me enh ite ee ne? Tic carps rer rch ce oe nin imo mi Alen amon agile * Donor af Mabe med pias Mateo Arm anda arate Ry Geng Sc a bog ak ge dom Mette Lana Hse ats ped ne a deaman‘aise to ifthe Grand Lama sarod by « ue ara thee inches hich, and 2 human being lifted ino the ai by pate mental fort, The London County Coun ale upon De, Canon t ei is posts te head ofa ote instution for his remaks bt Ler, strangely enh, after frie ‘ogi withdew the demande woul see tit the age of miles isnot esd From the writings of Proce and Iambich we can gi considerable sgh ino the principles of Egypeian mag To the od philosophers even Pythagoras nd Pao, mage was no mystery Acconing ko Proc the iii _aed press so fly understood de mutual sympathy between he vie and inwible woes that they were able o change the course of action and fces sine vines upon infsioe naan, Acording to Paco dhe highest form of ‘magic comited in the divine worship of the gods. and accomtng to lamblics the pres, through sacerdoalsheugy, were able co ascend fom imate state of consciousness oa ealztion ofthe nies exencs thus coming oan undeseanding of unneal prpote by which the performance of high eof magic bear pole, Te may be proper at his point to tablish a de in of cemacation be ‘ween magic and sorcery. The term mg was not acid with cl jo ley by the Egypdians bur arse fom profound undentaning of mata law If we acknowledge che Egyptian Ist to hve posed some kno geno common to the so-called ected men of ody, we do not nese sarily adic bebe in syperiion.Supettion i oly imoled with he supematral bur magic ins knowlege of the sper. We may thee fore say that bel in he spernstial the basis of superstition; bur bel in the saperpysil isthe bass fal frm of mytcen. To blee in he specnarrl isto imply belie in hat which is conta to nature and such belie by disertng values. pid least person. The Eypeian pies id nor acknowledge the seperate did emphasie the pilsop- ‘cal vesity chat thew andthe isl, o he sen and the unseen, t= ‘ether constizute Nature Nae is at nach nee wold siti vb rn other wo thee are many mua tute which le eyond he lysicalsensepesepcions. To belive in te superna fl, but co Ielicrein the saperptsil wisdom, rey phenom pti nd peplyscal is sesceatle of anbsis and dasfiation The modern meta ysis does nor Biwi miraces. nor did the ancient Fgyptian pies Somembers in mati there ia came Fvey effec, bt asthe ae many fects wbich ble our understanding, thee ae many cases which ead co pecepeion, iene aknoedge ate and fet onthe physic plane of ston but ha ot yet eiconered tht all eases az intrinsically super Pips, chat all ames in the mora, mental oe psychologic eld Aiea mapyis was a scence dedicated othe perception an cai xin of sch cae asi ently in the spee of spi o season. The metaphysics his ak dhe discerment and establishment oF a on ‘opto the sujet uniter nfcien ro apport and produc the objec ive Iris impoule to imagine the meri wield spend from noch ing, supported by nothing and maine by nothing. A uy athe ple ia life of man depends upon the presence ofa abject energy 2 hye the psi life of he anise sported by a fe iavishle and krowabe ‘aly othe meraplsicin, “Magic” sys General Albert Pike, isthe exce and sole science of satura ava” From the knomledgeof thi abickt scene aes ocult science. From experienc in cul scence in sen aries the heuer ‘susp seman ha adap hi physical universe os purposesso suey ce dep adap dhe metaphysical univer to his purposes To acknowl thot the Egyptians ponened the power of adapeing stil forces o physica nds is ta bestow upon them profes in he moe pater and difcl of ‘heat. yet deny this ability onthe prof eh Egypeian pies isto deny ‘he evident and we mst esign oust the useable fact that they poss sewed form of lasing which har ot ben cond upon thi presen ace The reazaton thatthe Fgypians were highly irae hgh infred and bighly gifted people, long tained in the mysteries of the subj Mebestows anew perspec upon the whole its oftheir clea. We pteie ‘hem doping hes physical sciences, rmnfcaring gan, perfectly ima ing precious sones by chanil means, xblshing the foundations of ‘music excel in deste and officiel ened in ening oni ‘comparable monumenes and ta change the curse of the Nie rit We abo perce them dowloping their metaphysical cence to he establishment ‘magnificent plilsoply of conscious immortality and wreting fom death ‘ts tesfing power. Thai inspiration ws the ipee to all Western cia ‘ion and ou debt them is ey eimaton kis well igh incomprehensible how he modern word can recognize the inherent nis of Plato, Aistoce, Socrates, and Euclid and yt ject in the religous and pilsophil apt of which shy wee the product. We ae admonished to jade a ae by its ein, be what has the mora wold reduced in che way of thinkers wordy of compatiton with thee grades ‘ofthe Athenian school These men bleed in metaphysics thy belied in the gos ora lest in the way of ieisble divine brings, they Bleed in mage and they dicouned pon the consittion and condition of the human sou: Their pilosophialandehicl codes wore dein rm thos of ‘he gypians, andthe have dove honor othe teaches hough the long gs of the cath xpecence,Srange a may sem with very socalled new dscoreryof modern science, our horizon is arrowing, The univese of spirit and the sphere of mind—these have dasppeared, and with them ako he tase the order of the heavenly Hierarchis. Tow nothing remain sured bur che physical wold which, crabs, the moder sini i ty ing ll backward though space wid ishing le afer haring deposited the ge of hi faith hein, 3 « THE OsiriAN CYCLE efile otis is rth descended orn he cu gia ty Pet a pot en pel ope by ode ord The Sry aps hh heen aed in of peat ih i doch ation of Oni 7 tev ky been alo kd a den wich ay wel be rn The Pann yf Eppes orion rate Pai deur en rs tl pens be oh ne me dary jp, Pi phan Chin bp oe eect hse hier yi i Orr ‘anode he On “Ths ite ppm The Epis nnd in wisdom Phas hee hs obec pie mein ow th fhe be is pina hee bt ned i toon, rl dre asl gre deg tbe wed commie 0 Ie pwning nme of Pht amt wee mid binghich colin any way be rege as reevat We have then the ber however. of somewhat expanding the file by incorporating tein some sal fragments derived fom other Grek writes and ocasionlly few sods hearing upon the acount rom fragment of gypean regions tue The try then in bts Flow: "The godess Ni, whor Plath identifies with Rhea waste daughter of Shand Tf. Sh the wife of Sb (Saturn) an the mother of Ra (Hes). F wear to rat Plath, she aftrnadsbeomes the wil of Ra coche sun, Nu is unfit Ra who dicen tha se i with ld by dh pronounces 3 cine pon her that she should noe be deine of her progeny mont oe yre Thoth (Hermes oe Mercy) who tan ve with Nut, comes coe sistance wih a setae. He plas at ables with ‘he moon gods (Selene) and win rom her the event prt of each of ‘erihaninstions, and joining thee prt together he orm fee fie days whi he ade othe cera previo to that tne dhe Egyptian yen cone sted of thre handel and ity days These five dys bing not pc of any month or yea, Ra was oui. Upon these days No broughe Fh er fe dire differen times nd diferent ples. Upon the fist of thse days she broght forth Osc andthe plac af i bi, aconting co Diodors, wat Mount Nis, in Arabi the Happy (Mount Nia snow Mount Sinai) ‘Acthe momen ofthe bth of Oss a oie sounded dhreughou the word, saying, "The Lor of ll she car abo” On the sso day Nag bith ‘e Aroueriy the der Her: o dhe thd day Typhon o Se onde fourth bay, isan on the ith and a dy, Nephi. The Egypte, ga he ve day which ehey rem dhe pct o supra a he ies ofthe gods especialy venering the fourth of hem, upon which the bene lene gs Ini came into ng Platarch rhe on ancunces thatthe five hen of Nut mee all of he ane ihe, hus coercing his earlier statement. He says that Oi anc he elder Horus wee the children of Ray that es was the aghtr of “Thoth nd only Thon and Nephhys were aly the offing of Seb “There is another and ren moe scone legend regating the eer Hous tics dni theif Ra ding hin be fig Cone pave ieee ce see a Thee tee ‘ena pierre memcnee eet teeny bea ing gy igh ay Sn pelo si bs lly se pe eng tg lo dp cole lila tae 9 ik 5 apy ok alo pe ansprenrmagaleet yea uc rd oN ac ed nn te enc) oe tee te eg Esp in cnn fo Haig tool eran ney it liane Gato ede emg oie gn nc el Hd le ee id i He er ca Heats totem iy ve de jar Teac ea of ih id le oie ean ager emeTee bane mae Peg < tude priory Thntnorac wa ber gh si peo dn phon Oa Hoh oe cnet a “gtr! coe ened se lh sl paces eaten ines ie cei pet apt end t= te A cme nnn ds i of prs ns sherk pa ae so wt oo Oe ot Reds te nis coupe tt a gel pe to pa ln ahr ey cv a nth ne sh ue in en cage camer roe apne os Paatae omiige cov nme sa alae Fetes ancetca somaya oolIns rs Mornen oF a Mester Arsoon a isrecied wont ofthis ime she ct off ene of che locks of fer hie and pr on the mouring appre of widowhood, fr which ra the spt, where she di this, was aftereands calle Coptos or the city of outing: Afce donning the widow's wed ist frth in earch of ee Isa bay and wandered about all Egypt asking all wth whom she ame in contact: Filly some cidren, who had been a ply told er that they hal sen the acompices of Tyson arying the cea co che Nile or that reson Egypeians mpd the wos of sien 2 oracle and pay ge scenton to them. While ss wae searching for her busbar body she Tete that Nephi her sister, had by magic nsnsuedeself ino the resence of Oss before his death and inthe ge of Isis hd conceived a ‘on fim hin ss sought out che child which Nephnyshad deserted or ee of Typhows anges, and adopting i, atached ic to her person a constant art and stern. This was Anais, che dog aed god who apps in the of Dad {As length Ii learned tat che ce ad been cared by the ea to the coast of Byblos whee i had lodged in the branches of a bush of tama hich had grown up miriculuay about the sce reeptale and concealed i withinit turk The king oF Bon amazed tthe mizacecaused he ee to be cut down and fom the trunk, containing the box, he made pillar to support the roof hi plac. Bp magic Ii discovered this and raveling immediately Byblos aac herself eo the site ofthe queen a must herchilden. Aight wena he lice wa ep is ansormed her inte sallow and feed around the column. bemoaning her fate in ‘eang, ad notes In de time se evel er die nacre and asked that ‘he pla be cut down; king terfom the chet, she departed wich tino 2 doce place where she performed ceria magia es by which he Body of (Oscs was temporary animated and by this animation she received fm iris som whois called the youngse Hors the id who was conceived of the dead There i some confsion nthe acoune a this poi. Pltarch sys haeIss eft the body of Osa tempore to ver ton Her, jut ee tioned ba the conte of he file woul athe il fo er depart to lade place wher the ld ould be born without the knowledge of Tphon Abpea wool Rare deep aed Ge ct ia rte nfcquented plac but Typhon, aning one night by che light of the moon, shane upon i Knoming its contents a razing Isto be proce in magic be sled o dart her perp, and ering the ody to Fees parts esa hem abou Egype. iene on ert 8 Hee re br imypesoed Ins and her on Hor. The gods is made o 5, "Lam Ii snd I sume forth from dhe house wherein my brother Set had placed “Thoth che "Princ of Lani again ame to he sistance, an aided ic pe Ee tee: (ren OF Ee hy nk ede espe thac Horus woul si yon the drone of is fther and rl the double em pit of Egypt. Upon the aie of Thoch hides the child i a papres vasp hs svg ht rom the with of Set. ag reurnig, having lhe son ae Roto. an fxhioning a magic boa cout of papas tance the whole ofthe empire. At ahe met with thes. ‘ered pts of her husband, she bared ech one separately st, bowee, casing in.a magia manny composed of wa, incense, nd gain ses She Sally recorered al of he prt of Osis except che pls which had been thrown inthe ver and devoured by chee shes This organ a eepeodaced in gold and having performed all of the ceremoniss necessary to insu the So Ch fn the eect ses tenes Be nn Fr yc hou arts of which she was mists, saved him from death om the stings oF sompions. Horas, ving grown oman eats, and having esi frm is mother ‘he casio of his father's mand, longed so rege the ei de. Osis p= peated ois soni vision, nsec him in the means by which he could verome the ost of Typo, We ar led ine tht Hons gather about him an army which meeting the hosts of Tylon, ated with them fr may Aas aching victory Typhon ws ken prisoner andre over wo che cs toy of a, She, ing his sinter could nt pa hi death but shi at ivy which so incase Horas hat he lid hands yp his thera more rom her head he insignis of ryy: therapon hh ge her anew Falmet made inthe shape of ano head. Typhon nes aces Hr of ie ray, at Thoth proves hic ral decent. phon agin goes ico bate gun Horas in Fc emo battles ae mentioned in bah of which Thon ie ‘sedan Hons sins the kingdom of hi fher ands repide,c t eat certain dogs ate acta incarmstion of iis ‘Afters esreson in the underwocd the shade of Osis ss isan Jn congue thee se gies bith to another son ase were by Holy Goat, for she knew oo ving man Thi il i allel Haeportes ad Parc 2 fi that he “cre into the wold foe ite, and ame in his ame ib” Hapa i ly depicted a2 made igure his ead noon with single ling lock of ai on he sigh side, chi being with ‘he Egyptians a symbol of you or adslescence. He is sometines depicted wih an elaborate planed eakiess oe wearing che double crown of the other and southern empites His ners places to his ips which Plath incrpets a geste symbolic of his childish nd ells state The Geeks and Romans, hones, conser thie got to be a symbol for slence and Finn shisha aie dhe cast of placing the Sager to heli 64 mation For quienes and secrecy, Statues of the gud Harpocrtes were placed a he entrance o temple and ced sets whee the dramas ofthe Mysteries svete pesfonmed a sign ha sence ad sey shouldbe observed i the hoy places and cht all Insts were Bound by vows of discon. Har posts i smstines shown standing, and a other tines he i depicted seated on the Howson of alors Although he asl figured with ils immatity of body, the imperfection of his lamer limbs, a decribed by Platarch, i ot apparent inthe Egypian drawings thereon, cers tha th sass consering his deformity should be moze carly examined Snel Suite, whose aralton of Plt’ lis and Oss ma in 174i sil mone fen qed by Egypsologis sates definitely, “me in is ower limbs” G.R. S, Mea ranted he same essay mach ater ages ashy‘BPR deg Phat el Mende pe i ie ioe below upmanla” This dfn in wonting cng light may Brea mexpectedsignifanes. “Theres some gence information contained in Syst etise On ‘Pov tat linen thn brief th rin cp Si {sof the opinion that Osc should be rep a an histori king whose father rarscending in wisdom instructed hs benelen son inal theses the dine science of gerne Sys sxe to thi concn by 4 sie to kesp all speculation within the sphere ofthe emoable The Pl ‘oni hop ema ave decd mach of hi acount from agin Fg to lacs teas, o pony heintrpeted diferent the retions im pote by his vos. Sys is a prudent and conscictons shor ity of nyths and ile, and exiting rly Phonic conservatives in shar ling of subj mater, et yeas wa beyond pesion a deeply eligi Philosopher anc an Inte of pagan Mitre prio to hit connexon ra che (Chratisn fsich, Thomas Talo i of the mind thatthe teatixe On Pre ras wrieen whl Spesiae was sls votary of pagan Mysteries IF a, the ‘wkng is unbiased and eratwothy and presente fi pcr ofthe metic trains ofthe Egyptians inerpeted in cers of Phonic maps. pee inh ts ct aie acco ea ‘os character of Onis which he sharply conta with the viceridden nue ‘of Typhon. He alo exphins in deal the procs of eeton by which Osiris came tothe throne of ype The election remo, x deseibed by Sy ssi evidently self a eager rom some secrets eating the = stallion of hierphant of the Mystns, Next Ors resins frm his Saher an diborane dieration inthe Panic npr comeing the ii power of good and vin which he i fall warned asia the machinations ‘of Typon, Posy che most imporantseatence in Sess reais ous inthis diserotion. The fer of Onin smc to sy t is om "You ao ae bee ined in hone Mtr in which there ae oo pi of eye ad ie ic rete thatthe pie which ate Beneath shoul Be led when the pai ‘hac ar abn them pers, nen the pu abe ar closed hose which are beneath should be opened” These wos unquestionably hav an acne msaning and are incorporated Jo she marae thatthe tre spifcance of the whole Osran eee night ot be eninycbacted,Syesiss doesnot desc the death of Osis bat ey repos is nishent rd fal estoraton tothe hone In he ater ot ofthe sry there is ako todaced “a cerzain philoso, who was a strange in Egypt? Thitphlwopher pedis the ill of Typhon ad is an jets to the crowning of Osis Symes says of chix plulosopher He, iki, then Hered some particulars abot Osiris which woul story happen, and others which would take place a some greser diane of cime vias hen the boy Honus wad chose as his associate in bate a wolf insiea ofa on But who the wo ix is a sacred mareation, which eis ot ly ong. even inthe Frm of 3 ile” ‘Sach isthe amazing avon oF the go ing Ons the ft vi the fint mummy and the fest reurestion He de and sown gun in theee foxms, Fin, god ofthe underworld whee he rls he jst eat sc tn as the ounger Hors in whose frm be bac for his own honor: and thik as Harpocratenthesilet child Theater we forms ae rege asin ‘mations or embodies of i very sel yee exit independent of them the judge of shades ad he lor ofthe esureton.