(36) "Their temples wherein the sacred fire was preserved were generally situate on eminences and in dense groves of oak, and assumed various forms--circular, because a circle was the emblem of the universe; oval, in allusion to the mundane egg, from which issued, according to the traditions of many nations, the universe, or, according to others, our first parents; serpentine, because a serpent was the symbol of Hu, the Druidic Osiris; cruciform, because a cross is an emblem of regeneration; or winged, to represent the motion of the Divine Spirit. * * * Their chief deities were reducible to two--a male and a female, the great father and mother--Hu and Ceridwen, distinguished by the same characteristics as belong to Osiris and Isis, Bacchus and Ceres, or any other supreme god and goddess representing the two principles of all Being."

(303) 464 To say: Gods of the West, gods of the East, gods of the South, gods of the North- 464 these four pure reed-floats, which ye placed for Osiris, 464 for his ascension to heaven, 465 that he might ferry over to b.w, while his son Horus was at hand (at his fingers), 465 (whom) he reared and whom he caused to dawn as a great god in b.w, 465 place them for N. 466 Art thou Horus, son of Osiris? Art thou, O N., the god, the eldest, son of Hathor? 466 Art thou the seed of Geb? 467 Osiris has ordained that N. dawn as a second Horus. 467 Those four souls (spirits), who are in Heliopolis, have written it 467 in the register of the two Great Gods who are in b.w.

(5) And one immortal chief acts in the government of each of them; as it says, that Pêshyôtanû son of Vistâsp, whom they call Kîtrô-maînô, is in the country of Kangdez; Aghrêrad son of Pashang is in the land of Saukavastân, and they call him Gôpatshah; Parsadgâ Hvembya is in the plain of Pêsyânsaî, and he is Hvembya for this reason, because they brought him up in a hvemb ('jar') for fear of Khashm ('Wrath'); [Asâm-i Yamâhust is in the place which they call the River Nâîvtâk]; the tree opposed to harm is in Aîrân-vêg; Urvatad-nar son of Zaratûst is in the enclosure formed by Yim.

(7) Again, there is the veil of the entrance into the holy of holies. Four pillars there are, the sign of the sacred tetrad of the ancient covenants.

(478) 971 To say: Greetings to thee, Ladder of god; 971 greetings to thee, Ladder of Set. 971 Stand up Ladder of god; 971 stand up Ladder of Set; stand up Ladder of Horus 971 which was made for Osiris, that he may ascend upon it to heaven and do service of courtier to R`. 972 Thou art come in search of thy brother, Osiris, 972 after his brother Set had cast him on his side, 972 on yonder side of G.ti. 973 Horus comes, his lion-helmet on his head; his face he turns towards his father, Geb. 973 N. is thy son, N. is Horus. 974 Thou hast conceived N. as thou hast conceived the god, lord of the ladder, 974 to whom thou hast given the ladder of the god, to whom thou hast given the ladder of Set, 974 that N. may ascend to heaven on it and do service of courtier to R`. 975 Let also the ladder of god be given to N., let the ladder of Set be given to N. 975 that N. may ascend to heaven on it, and do service of courtier to R`, 975 just like gods who are gone to their kas. 976 The eye of Horus glowers (?) on the wing of Thot, 976 on the left side of the ladder of the god. 976 O men, a uraeus-serpent (goes) to heaven. N. is the eye of Horus. 976 After its foot has been stopped at every place where it was, N. goes as the eye of Horus goes. 977 Be pleased that N. come among you, ye his brothers, the gods; 977 rejoice at the approach of N., ye his brothers, the gods, 977 as Horus rejoiced at the approach of his eye, 977 after his eye was given (back) to him in the presence of his father, Geb. 978 Every spirit, every god, who shall oppose his arm to N., 978 when he ascends to heaven on the ladder of the god, 978 the earth shall not be hoed for him, the wdn.t-offering shall not be made for him, 978 he shall not ferry over to the evening meal in Heliopolis, 978 he shall not ferry over to the morning meal in Heliopolis. 979 He shall guard himself, he has obligated himself, (he) who will see, (he) who will hear, 979 that he (the deceased) ascends to heaven on the ladder of the god, 979 appearing like the uraeus-serpent which was on the forehead of Set. 980 Every spirit, every god who shall open his arms to N. (will be) on the ladder of the god. 980 United for N. are his bones, assembled for him are his limbs; 980 N. has sprung up to heaven on the fingers of the god, lord of the ladder.

(437) 793 To say: Wake up for Horus; stand up against Set; 793 raise thyself up as Osiris, like the spirit, son of Geb, his first (born); 793 and stand up as Anubis, who is on the min-w (-shrine), 794 before whom the Ennead tremble. The three beginnings (of the divisions of the year) will be celebrated for thee; 794 thou purifiest thyself on the day of the new-moon, thou dawnest on the first of the month. 794 The great min.t (-stake) mourns for thee 794 as for "Him who stands without being tired," who resides in Abydos. 795 Earth, hear that which the gods have spoken, 795 what R` says as he spiritualizes N., 795 that he may receive his spirituality as one at the head of the gods, like Horus, son of Osiris, 795 while he gives him his spirituality among the watchers Of Buto, 795 while he dignifies him as a god among the watchers of Hierakonpolis. 796 The earth speaks: 796 The double doors of Aker are open for thee; the double doors of Geb are open for thee. 796 Thou goest forth at the voice of Anubis, while he has spiritualized thee, like Thot, 797 that thou mayest judge the gods, that thou mayest set a boundary to the Bows, 797 between the two sceptres, in this thy dignity of spirit, commanded by Anubis. 798 If thou goest, Horus, goes; if thou speakest, Set speaks. 798 Thou approachest the sea (lake); thou advancest to the Thinite nome; 798 thou passest through Abydos. 799 A portal is open for thee in heaven, towards the horizon; 799 the heart of the gods rejoices at thy approach. 799 They take thee to heaven in thy (capacity as) soul; thou art a soul (mighty) among them. 800 Thou ascendest to heaven like Horus, who is over the sdsd of heaven, 800 in this thy dignity issuing from the mouth of R`, 800 as Horus among the spirits, 800 whilst thou sittest on thy firm throne. 801 Thou withdrawest thyself to heaven; 801 the ways, of the Bows, which lead up to Horus, are made firm for thee; 801 the heart of Set fraternizes with thee as (with) the Great One of Heliopolis. 802 Thou hast voyaged over the Winding Watercourse in the north of Nut 802 as a star, which ferries over the ocean, which is under the body of Nut. 802 The D.t strikes (takes) thy hand, towards the place of , 803 after the bull of heaven had given thee his arm. 803 Thou nourishest thyself with the food of the gods, with which they nourish themselves. 803 The odour of Ddwn is on thee, the Upper Egyptian youth, who is come from Nubia; 803 he gives thee the incense wherewith the gods cense themselves. 804 The two children (twin?) of the king of Lower Egypt, who are on his head, the possessors of the great (crown), have given birth to thee. 804 R` has called thee out of the 'iskn of heaven, 804 as Horus who is chief of his department (or, presides over his thigh-offering) he of tw-t, lord of bw.t (the rebel city), 804 as the jackal god, nome-governor of the Bows, as Anubis who presides over the pure (holy) land. 805 He appoints thee as the morning star (god of the morning) in the midst of the Marsh of Reeds, 805 and thou sittest upon thy throne. 805 Thy dismembered limbs are collected by the two mighty ones, the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt, as lord of the Bows. 805 Thine abundance is in the field of the gods where they nourish themselves. 806 Thou hast thy spiritualization; thou hast thy messengers; 806 thou hast thine understanding; thou hast thine earthly servants. 806 May the king give an offering, may Anubis give an offering (of) thy thousand of the young of antelopes 806 from the desert, as they come to thee with bowed head. 807 May the king give an offering, may Anubis give an offering (of) thy thousand loaves of bread, thy thousand mugs of beer, 807 thy thousand large loaves, which come from the broad-hall, thy thousand of all sweet things, 807 thy thousand of oxen, thy thousand of all things which thou eatest, on which thy heart is set. 808 The 'im-tree serves thee, the nb-tree bows its head to thee, 808 such as Anubis will do for thee.

(50) The inner circle contains the hieroglyph of Hemphta, the triform and pantamorphic deity. In the six concentric bands surrounding the inner circle are (from within outward): (1) the numbers of the zodiacal houses in figures and also in words; (2) the modern names of the houses.(3) the Greek or the Egyptian names of the Egyptian deities assigned to the houses; (4) the complete figures of these deities; (5) the ancient or the modem zodiacal signs, sometimes both; (6) the number of decans or subdivisions of the houses.

(372) 651 To say: O Osiris N., awake. 651 Horus has caused Thot to bring thine enemy to thee; 651 he has placed thee upon his back, so that he dare not resist thee. 651 Sit down upon him. 652 Mount; sit upon him, so that he may not escape thee. 652 Dismount, for thou art mightier than he; do thou evil to him. 653 Horus has loosed the hips (legs) of thine enemies; 653 Horus has brought them to thee, cut up. 653 Horus has chased their ka from them. 653 (So then) thou mayest be powerful by means of that which thy heart will do to them, in thy name of "Powerful over the sea" (as bull god).

(71) The column on the right, which is called Jachin, has its foundation on Chochmah, the outpouring Wisdom of God; the three globes suspended from it are all masculine potencies. The column at the left is called Boaz. The three globes upon it are feminine and receptive potencies, for it is founded in Understanding, a receptive and maternal potency. Wisdom, it will be noted, is considered as radiant or outpouring, and Understanding as receptive, or something which is filled by the flowing of Wisdom. The three pillars are ultimately united in Malchuth, in which all the powers of the superior worlds are manifested.

(468) 894 To say: A Great One is awake beside his ka, after this Great One had fallen asleep by his ka; 894 N. is awake beside his ka, after this N. had fallen asleep by his ka; 894 this Great One is awake; N. is awake; 894 the gods are awake, awakened are the mighty ones. 895 O N., raise thyself up, stand up. 895 The Great Ennead, who are in Heliopolis, have assigned thee to thy great position, 895 that thou mayest sit, N., at the head of the Ennead, 895 like Geb, the hereditary prince of the gods, like Osiris at the head of the mighty ones, as Horus lord of men and gods. 896 O N., who keeps secret his form like Anubis, 896 take to thee thy face as jackal. 896 The keeper, who presides in the two 'itr.t-palaces, stands up before thee, as before Anubis, who presides in s-ntr. 897 Thou causest the Followers of Horus to be satisfied. 897 Horus avenges thee, N.; Horus causes thee to be satisfied, N., with the offering which he hath, 897 that thy heart, N., may be satisfied with it, on the feast of the month and on the feast of the half-month. 897 The joyful rejoices for thee, as for Anubis, who presides in s-ntr. 898 Isis laments for thee, Nephthys bemoans thee, as Horus who avenged his father, Osiris. 898 A son who avenged his father, Horus has avenged N. 899 Osiris lives, the spirit who is in Ndi.t lives, N. lives. 899 O N., thy name lives among the living; 899 thou wilt be a spirit, N., among the spirits; thou wilt be mighty among the mighty. 900 O N., thy fear (i.e. the fear of thee) is the sound eye of Horus, 900 that white crown, (which is) the wt.t-uraeus, which is in el-K�b (Nb). 900 She puts thy fear, N., in the eyes of all gods, 900 in the eyes of the spirits, the imperishable stars, those of secret places, 900 in the eyes of all things (beings), who will see thee and who will hear thy name. 901 O N., equip thyself with the red eye of Horus, the red crown, 901 which is great in fame (spirits), which is rich in appearances (beings), 901 that it may protect thee, N., as it protected Horus. 902 It gives thee fame, N., among the Two Enneads, 902 through the two wt.t-uraeuses, which are on thy forehead. 902 They lift thee up, N.; 902 they lead thee to thy mother Nut; it (the uraeus of the North) lays hold of thine arm, 903 that thou be not in need, that thou mayest not moan (like a cedar), that thou perish not. 903 Horus has caused thee to be a spirit at the head of the spirits, that thou mayest be mighty at the head of the living. 903 How beautiful is that which Horus has done for N., 903 for this spirit, who was conceived by a god, who was conceived by two gods! 904 O N., thou wilt be a soul like the Souls of Heliopolis; 904 thou wilt be a soul like the Souls of Hierakonpolis; thou wilt be a soul like the Souls of Buto; 904 thou wilt be a soul like the star of life, which is at the bead of his brothers. 905 O N., I am Thot. May the king give an offering: Thy bread and thy beer are given to thee; 905 these are thy two pd-cakes, which are delivered by Horus, which are in the broad-hall, 905 that he may cause thy heart to be satisfied thereby, N., for ever and ever.

(36) Silver, used as the capitals for the pillars, has its reference to the moon, which was sacred to the Jews and the Egyptians alike. The priests held secret ritualistic ceremonies at the time of the new and the full moon, both of which periods were sacred to Jehovah. Silver, so the ancients taught, was gold with its sun-ray turned inward instead of objectified. While gold symbolized the spiritual soul, silver represented the purified and regenerated human nature of man.

(483) 1011 To say: The libation is poured which should be poured. Wp.w.wt is up. 1011 The sleeping ones are awake, awakened are those who should awake; Horus is awake. 1012 Raise thyself up, Osiris N., son of Geb, his, first(-born), 1012 before whom the Great Ennead tremble. 1012 Thou purifiest thyself on the first of the month, thou dawnest on the day of the new moon, for thee will be celebrated the three beginnings (of the divisions of the year). 1012 The great min.t mourns for thee, as for "Him who stands there without being tired," who resides at Abydos. 1013 Earth, hear that which Geb said, that he spiritualized Osiris as god, 1013 as the watchers of Buto appointed him, and the watchers of Hierakonpolis proclaimed him, 1013 like Seker, who is at the head of Pdw-s, 1013 (like) Horus-, and (like) mn. 1014 The earth speaks: "The portal of the D.t (var. kr) is open." 1014 The double doors of Geb are open for thee, before thee. Thy speech goes forth before Anubis; 1015 thy dignity, which is come out of the mouth of Anubis, is Horus, who is chief of his department (or, thigh-offering), 1015 he of tw.t, the lord of S'bw.t (the rebel city), 1015 the Upper Egyptian jackal god, nome-governor of the Great Ennead. 1016 Thou withdrawest thyself to heaven on thy firm throne; 1016 thou ferriest over the Winding Watercourse, while thy face is in the north of Nut. 1016 R` calls thee out of the 'iskn of heaven; 1016 thou approachest the god; Set fraternizes with thee. 1017 The odour of Ddwn is on thee, the Upper Egyptian youth; 1017 he gives thee his pure incense wherewith he censes the gods, 1017 at the birth of the two children (twins?) of the king of Lower Egypt, who are on the head of the lord of the great (crown). 1018 Thou hast abundance in the green herb, 1018 where abundance came to the children of Geb. 1018 Thy dismembered limbs are collected, thou who hast might over the Bows. 1019 May Anubis give an offering: The 'im-tree serves thee; the nbtree turns its head to thee; 1019 thou encirclest the sky like Swntw (or, Swnt).

(3) Then while they meditated, it became clear to them that when dawn would break, man must appear. Then they planned the creation, and the growth of the trees and the thickets and the birth of life and the creation of man. Thus it was arranged in the darkness and in the night by the Heart of Heaven who is called Huracán. The first is called Caculhá Huracán. The second is Chipi-Caculhá. The third is Raxa-Caculhá. And these three are the Heart of Heaven. Then Tepeu and Gucumatz came together; then they conferred about life and light, what they would do so that there would be light and dawn, who it would be who would provide food and sustenance.

(2) "Let us go, let us go to search and see if our [tribal] symbols are in safety; if we can find what we must burn before them. For being as we are, there is no one who watches for us," said Balam-Quitzé, Balam-Acab, Mahucutah, and Iqui-Balam. And having heard of a city, they went there. Now then, the name of the place where Balam-Quitzé, Balam-Acab, Mahucutah, and IquiBalam and those of Tamub and Ilocab went was Tulán-Zuivá, Vucub-Pec, Vucub-Ziván. This was the name of the city where they went to receive their gods. So, then, all arrived at Tulán. It was impossible to count the men who arrived; there were very many and they walked in an orderly way. Then was the appearance of their gods; first those of Balam-Quitzé, Balam-Acab, Mahucutah, and Iqui-Balam who were filled with joy: "At last we have found that for which we searched!" they said.

(357) 583 To say by Horus: May Geb make an offering to Osiris N., O Osiris N., 583 Geb has given to thee thy two eyes that thou mayest be satisfied. Take in thee the two eyes of this Great One. 583 Geb has caused Horus to give them to thee that thou mayest be satisfied with them. 584 Isis and Nephthys have seen thee; they have found thee. 584 Horus has taken care of thee; Horus has caused Isis and Nephthys to protect thee. 584 They have given thee to Horus that he may be satisfied with thee. 585 It is pleasing to Horus (to be) with thee in thy name of "He of the horizon, whence R` goes forth," 585 in thine arms in thy name of "He from within the palace." 585 Thou hast closed thine arms about him, about him, 585 so that his bones stretch and he become proud. 586 O Osiris N., betake thyself to Horus, 586 approach thyself to him, do not go far from him. 587 Horus has come, he recognizes thee; 587 he has smitten (and) bound Set for thee, for thou art his ka. 587 Horus has made him afraid of thee, for thou art greater than he; 588 he swims under thee; he carries in thee one greater than he. 588 His followers have noticed thee how thy strength is greater 588 so that they dare not resist thee. than his, 589 Horus comes; he recognizes his father in thee, for thou art young in thy name of "He of the fresh water." 589 Horus has opened for thee thy mouth. 590 O Osiris N., be not in distress, groan not. 590 Geb has brought Horus to thee, that he may count for thee their hearts. 590 He has brought to thee all the gods together; there is not one among them who escapes him. 591 Horus has avenged thee; it was not long till he avenged thee. 591 Horus has snatched back his eye from Set; he has given it to thee. 591 This his eye, the sweet one, cause it to stay with thee, reclaim it for thyself. O may it be pleasing to thee. 592 Isis has taken care of thee. 592 The heart of Horus is glad because of thee in thy name of "He who is First of the Westerners." 592 It is Horus who will avenge what Set has done to thee.

(593) 1627 To say: Stand up, give thine arm to Horus; he causes thee to stand up. 1627 Geb has wiped thy mouth for thee. 1628 The Great Ennead avenged thee; 1628 they placed Set under thee, that he may serve under thee; 1628 they prevented his spittle from spilling on thee. 1629 Nut throws herself upon her son, who is in thee; she protects thee; 1629 she defends thee; she embraces thee; she raises thee up, 162 91 for thou art the greatest among her children. 1630 Two sisters, Isis and Nephthys, come to thee; 1630 they hasten to the place in which thou art. 1630 Thy sister Isis laid hold of thee, when she found thee 1630 complete and great, in thy name of "Great black." 1631 Encircle all things in thine arms, in thy name of "Circle which encircles the nb.wt"; 1631 thou art great, in thy name of "Great circle which sets." 1632 Horus has brought Set to thee; he has given him to thee; he bends (him) under thee; 1632 thy strength is greater than his. 1632 Horus has caused thee to encircle all the gods, in thine arms. 1633 Horus has loved his father, in thee; Horus has not suffered thee to go away; 1633 Horus has not gone away from thee; Horus has avenged his father, in thee. 1633 Thou livest as the coleoptera (lives); thou endures, in Mendes. 1634 Isis and Nephthys protected thee in Si�t, 1634 even their lord in thee, in thy name of "Lord of Si�t"; 1634 even their god in thee, in thy name of "Divine canal"; 1635 they adored thee, so that thou shalt not (again) withdraw from them. 1635 Isis comes to thee rejoicing for love of thee; 1636 thy semen goes into her, while it is pointed like Sothis. 1636 Horus the pointed has come forth from thee, in his name of "Horus who was in Sothis." 1637 Thou art pleased with him, in his name of "Spirit who was in the dndr.w-boat"; 1637 Horus has avenged thee, in his name of "Horus, the son, who avenges his father."

(32) The Primitive custom of worshiping the gods in the form of heaps of stones gave place to the practice of erecting phallic pillars, or cones, in their honor. These columns differed widely in size and appearance. Some were of gigantic proportions and were richly ornamented with inscriptions or likenesses of the gods and heroes; others--like the votive offerings of the Babylonians--were but a few inches high, without ornament, and merely bore a brief statement of the purpose for which they had been prepared or a hymn to the god of the temple in which they were placed. These small baked clay cones were identical in their symbolic meaning with the large hermæ set up by the roadside and in other public places. Later the upper end of the column was surmounted by a human head. Often two projections, or tenons, corresponding to shoulders were placed, one on either side, to support the wreaths of flowers adorning the columns. Offerings, usually of food, were placed near the hermæ. Occasionally these columns were used to uphold roofs and were numbered among the art objects ornamenting the villas of wealthy Romans.

(2) Among all the nations of antiquity, altars, mounds, and temples were dedicated to the worship of the orb of day. The ruins of these sacred places yet remain, notable among them being the pyramids of Yucatan and Egypt, the snake mounds of the American Indians, the Zikkurats of Babylon and Chaldea, the round towers of Ireland, and the massive rings of uncut stone in Britain and Normandy. The Tower of Babel, which, according to the Scriptures, was built so that man might reach up to God, was probably an astronomical observatory.

(42) Isis is shown with her son Horus in her arms. She is crowned with the lunar orb, ornamented with the horns of rams or bulls. Orus, or Horus as he is more generally known, was the son of Isis and Osiris. He was the god of time, hours, days, and this narrow span of life recognized as mortal existence. In all probability, the four sons of Horus represent the four kingdoms of Nature. It was Horus who finally avenged the murder of his father, Osiris, by slaying Typhon, the spirit of Evil.

(247) 257 To say: Thy son Horus has done (this) for thee. 257 The great tremble when they have seen the sword which is in thy hand, 257 as thou comest forth from the Dw-t. 258 Greetings to thee, wise one. 258 Geb has created thee; the Ennead have engendered thee. 258 Horus is satisfied with his father, (as) Atum is satisfied with his years. 258 The gods of the East and West are satisfied with the great (thing) which is come to pass in the embrace of the divine mother (Nut). 259 N., O. N., (thou) who hast seen; N., O. N., (thou) who hast regarded; 259 N, O (thou) who hast heard; N., O N., (thou) who hast been there; 260 N., O N., lift thee up upon thy side, (thou) doer of command; 260 (thou) who hatest sleep, (thou) who art made tired, stand up, (thou) who art in Ndi.t. 260 Thy fine bread is made (i.e. offered, cf. CT, I Spell 67, 286b) in Buto; take thy power in Heliopolis. 261 This Horus commanded to do (this) for his father. The lord of tempest prevented the saliva of Set, 261 when he (Set) should carry thee. It is he who will carry the one who is (again) complete.