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Passages similar to: The Conference of the Birds — Invocation
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Sufi
The Conference of the Birds
Invocation (24)
From a staff he produces a serpent; and by means of a staff he sends forth a torrent of water.
Ancient Egyptian
Chapter CXLIX (61)
There is a serpent belonging to it, who comes from the two wells at Elephantine, at the gate of the water. He goes with the water, and stops at the...
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Gnostic
Testimony of Truth (20)
And in one place, Moses writes, "He made the devil a serpent those whom he has in his generation." Also, in the book which is called "Exodus," it is w...
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Sufi
Moses and Pharaoh. 1 (41-50)
Saying, 'Ho, take refuge in the light! Otherwise you will fall into my jaws, And will find no escape from my clutches!' This staff even now became a...
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Ancient Egyptian
Chapter CXXX (11)
He hath fashioned his staff, and received the oblations of Rā, the swift of speed and beautiful in his rising and almighty through what he hath done
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Christian Mysticism
Chapter 15: Of the Third Species, Kind or Form and Manner of Sin's Beginning in Lucifer. (79)
For when his animated or soulish spirit was generated in his body, then he stung forth from his body into the Salitter of God, as a fiery serpent out ...
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Sufi
Moses and Pharaoh (Summary)
Then follows a long account of the birth of Moses, of Pharaoh's devices to kill him in his infancy, of his education in Pharaoh's house, of his...
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Sufi
Moses and Pharaoh. 1 (31-40)
In his divine poem he gives this advice, 'Sweep away the dust from thy house!'" "O Pharaoh, if you are wise, I show you mercy; But if you are an ass,...
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Zoroastrian
Chapter VII (13)
And ten nights and days rain was produced by him in that manner, and the poison and venom of the noxious creatures which were in the earth were, all m...
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Sufi
Moses and Pharaoh (12-22)
Slay it in sacred war and combat, When that man cherished that snake, That stubborn brute was happy in the luxury of warmth; And of necessity worked...
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Sufi
The Man who made a Pet of a Bear. 1 (21-30)
The calf lowed through magic, And you bowed down to it, saying, 'Thou art my God.' The golden calf lowed; but what did it say, That the fools should f...
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Sufi
The Faqir and the Hidden Treasure (61-70)
Ward not off the pouring rain and the sun's heat;" Till those men hasted to listen to the prophet Shu'aib, Saying, 'O king, have pity; most of us are ...
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Sufi
The Disciple who blindly imitated his Shaikh (65-74)
Because from these mysterious compositions comes life, That staff becomes a serpent and divides the Nile, Like the staff of Ha, Mim, by the grace of...
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Sufi
The Youth who wrote a letter of complaint about his rations to the King (1-11)
Moses said, "Their sorcery confuses them; What can I do? These people have no discernment." God said, "I will generate in them discernment; Although...
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Ancient Egyptian
Chapter CVIII (3)
There is a serpent on the brow of that hill, five hundred cubits in length, three cubits of his forepart are pierced with swords
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Jewish Apocrypha
Chapter XC (18)
And I saw till the Lord of the sheep came unto them and took in His hand the staff of His wrath, and smote the earth, and the earth clave asunder, and...
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Mesopotamian
Other Accounts: Marduk Creation (OBV.18)
He formed dust and poured it out beside the reed
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Ancient Egyptian
Chapter CXVII (4)
I am he who produceth the water which balanceth his throne, and who maketh his way from the Great Valley
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Ancient Egyptian
Chapter CLXXXIII (6)
This god) giveth thee to join him on the firmament, when he raiseth water on the mountains in order to make growth come forth on the mountains, and...
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Ancient Egyptian
Charms, Utterances 275-299 (298)
442 To say: R` dawns, his uraeus on his head, 442 against this serpent, which is come out of the earth, (and) which is under the fingers of N. 442 He...
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Ancient Egyptian
Charms, Utterances 275-299 (285)
Spit both out now, 426 for they two are rich in water. O thou who winkest, thou . who art (adorned with) a head-band, O s.w, 426 rain, that the serpen...
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