(20) In the mysterious Sephirothic Tree of the Jews, these two pillars symbolize Mercy and Severity. Standing before the gate of King Solomon's Temple, these columns had the same symbolic import as the obelisks before the sanctuaries of Egypt. When interpreted Qabbalistically, the names of the two pillars mean "In strength shall

(70) Three vertical columns support the universal system as typified by the Sephirothic Tree. The central pillar has its foundation in Kether, the Eternal One. It passes downward through the hypothetical Sephira, Daath, and then through Tiphereth and Jesod, with its lower end resting upon the firm foundation of Malchuth, the last of the globes. The true import of the central pillar is equilibrium. It demonstrates how the Deity always manifests by emanating poles of expression from the midst of Itself but remaining free from the illusion of polarity. If the numbers of the four Sephiroth connected by this column be added together (1 +6 +9 + 10), the sum is 26, the number of Jehovah. (See chapter on Pythagorean Mathematics.)

(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.

(674) 1994 To say: I have come to thee, I am thy son; I have come to thee, I am Horus; 1994 I give to thee thy mdw-staff before the spirits and thy nb.tsceptre before the imperishable stars. 1995 [I have found thee assembled], [thy (lit. his) face] like (that of) a jackal, thy (lit. his) seat like (that of) b.wt; 1995 she refreshes thy heart in thy body, in the house of her (lit. thy) father Anubis. 1996 Be pure and sit at the head of those greater than thou. 1996 Thou art seated on thy firm throne, on the throne of the First of the Westerners; 1996 thy tis.w, they are young. 1997. mnt.t salutes thee, like Isis; Hn.t acclaims thee like Nephthys. 1998 Thou standest at the head of the n.wt, of the double palace, like Min; 1998 thou standest at the head of Egyptians (km.tiw), like api; 1998 thou standest at Pdw-s, like Seker. 1999 Thou standest before the Rd-wr-lake. 1999 Thou hast thy 'b-sceptre, thy wire, thy fingernails; which are at hand (lit. "at thy fingers"); 1999 those who are before Thot are slain with the knife, coming from Set. 1999 Thou givest thine arm to the dead, to the spirits, who will take thine arm to the First of the Westerners.

(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.

(666) 1931-1(Nt. J�quier, XXIX 761). To say: O N. [pass?] the great lake (?), even this, to the spirits, 1931-2 (Nt. 762). this water (n) to the dead. 1931-3 (Nt. 762). Guard thyself against these its people, whose house (home) is that bush, 1931a (Nt. 762). the heavenly (?) d.t, in its name of "Dt.t," 1931b (Nt. 762). where they take not thy hand to that house (home) of the bush. 1932 (Nt. 763). He, he is a pyramid, he protects; 1932 + 1 (Nt. 763). he is the east, he is thy protector, he protects; a father, thy east, he is the Easterner. 1933a (Nt. 763). Go to D.w-'ib, brother of Seker, whom he loves; 1933b (Nt. 764). he will make a way for thee with them, 1933b + 1 (Nt. 764). where thou mayest eat bread with them, 1933b + 2 (Nt. 764). where thou mayest row the wd with them, 1933b + 3 (Nt. 764). where the sky trembles for thee, the earth quakes for thee, 1933b + 4 (Nt. 764-765). and the imperishable stars come to thee. 1934a (Nt. 763). And so, behold, he seized thy hand (at) the Nb-k.wfeast, at (in) the Marsh of Reeds (or, at inundation time?), 1934b (Nt. 765). (while thou) sittest upon thy firm throne, 1934c (Nt. 765). and judgest with the Two Enneads.

(22) [paragraph continues] My House be established. "In the splendor of mental and spiritual illumination, the High Priest stood between the pillars as a mute witness to the perfect virtue of equilibrium--that hypothetical point equidistant from all extremes. He thus personified the divine nature of man in the midst of his compound constitution--the mysterious Pythagorean Monad in the presence of the Duad. On one side towered the stupendous column of the intellect; on the other, the brazen pillar of the flesh. Midway between these two stands the glorified wise man, but he cannot reach this high estate without first suffering upon the cross made by joining these pillars together. The early Jews occasionally represented the two pillars, Jachin and Boaz, as the legs of Jehovah, thereby signifying to the modern philosopher that Wisdom and Love, in their most exalted sense, support the whole order of creation--both mundane and supermundane.

(355) 572 The double doors of heaven open. 572 O N., 572 thy head is joined for thee to thy bones; thy bones are joined for thee to thy head. 572 The double doors of heaven are open for thee; the great bolts are drawn back for thee; 572 a brick is drawn out of the great tomb for thee. 573 Thy face is that of a jackal; thy tail is that of a lion; 573 thou sittest upon this thy throne; thou commandest the spirits. 573 Thou comest to me, thou comest to me, thou comest indeed to me, 573 like (to) Horus after he had avenged his father, Osiris. 574 I am thine Anubis-priest. 574 Thou puttest thy hand on the land; thy warrior-arm is over the great region, 574 wherein thou goest (or, passest through) among the spirits. 574 Rise, lift up thyself like Osiris.

(532) 1255 To say: O Mooring-post of the morning-boat of its lord; 1255 O Mooring-post of the morning-boat of him who is in it, 1255 Isis comes, Nephthys comes, one of them on the right, one of them on the left, 1255 one of them as a .t-bird, one of them (Nephthys) as a kite. 1256 They found Osiris, 1256 after his brother Set had felled him to the earth in Ndi.t, 1256 when Osiris (N.) said, "come to me," hence comes his name as "Seker." 1257 They prevent thee from rotting, in accordance with this thy name of "Anubis"; 1257 they prevent thy putrefaction from flowing to the ground, 1257 in accordance with this thy name of "jackal of the South"; 1257 they prevent the smell of thy corpse from being bad, in accordance with this thy name of "r-h.ti." 1258 They prevent Horus of the East from rotting; they prevent Horus, lord of men, from rotting; 125 8 they prevent Horus of the D.t from rotting; they prevent Horus, lord of the Two Lands from rotting. 1258 And Set will not ever free himself from carrying thee, Osiris N. 1259 Wake up for Horus; stand up against Set; 1259 raise thyself up, Osiris N., son of Geb, his first (-born), 1259 before whom the Two Enneads tremble. 1260 The keeper (min.w) stands up before thee, so that (the feast) of the New Moon may be celebrated for thee; thou appearest for (the feast of) the month; 1260 thou advancest to the sea (of N.); thou traversest to the Great Green; 1261 for thou art "he who stands without being tired" in Abydos; 1261 thou art spiritualized on the horizon; thou endurest in Dd.t (Mendes); 1261 thine arm is taken by the Souls of Heliopolis; thine arm is seized by R`. 1262 Thy head, N., is raised up by the Two Enneads; 1262 they have put thee, Osiris N., as chief of the double 'itr.t-palace of the Souls of Heliopolis. 1262 Thou livest, thou livest, raise thyself up.

(553) 1353 To say: Geb has raised thee up; this thy spirit has been guarded for thee. 1353 Thy mns-jar remains; thy mns-jar is caused to remain. 1353 Thou art more exalted than Shu and Tefnut in the house of tmw.t (the destroyer), N., 1354 for thou art verily a spirit who wast nursed by Nephthys with her left breast. 1354 Osiris has given to thee the spirits; take the eye of Horus to thee. 1355 These thy four ways which are before the grave of Horus 1355 are those whereon one goes (lit. goes a going) to the god as soon as the sun sets (or, as far as the setting of the sun). 1356 He takes hold of thine arm, after Seker, chief of Pdw-s purified thee, 1356 (and he conducted thee) to thy throne which is in b.w. 1357 Raise thyself up, spirit of N.; sit, eat thou; 1357 let thy ka be seated, that he may eat bread and beer with thee without ceasing for ever and ever. 1358 Thy going is as a representative of Osiris; 1358 thy feet hit thine arms; 1358 they bring thee to thy feasts, 1358 to thy white teeth, (to) thy fingernails, (to) the Dw.f-nome. 1359 Thou ferriest over as the great bull to the green fields, 1359 to the pure places of R`. 1360 Raise thyself up, spirit of N.; thy water belongs to thee, thine abundance belongs to thee; 1360 thine efflux belongs to thee, which issued from the secretion of Osiris. 1361 The double doors of heaven are open for thee; the double doors of b.w are undone for thee; 1361 the double doors of the tomb are open for thee; the double doors of Nut are unfastened for thee. 1362 "Greeting," says Isis; "ferry on in peace," says Nephthys, 1362 after she had seen thy father, Osiris, on the day of the mm.tfeast (or, of feasting him who is in need ?). 1362 Elevated is the ddb.t-chapel of the double 'itr.t-palace of the North, thy Grg.w-b. 1363 Raise thyself up; shake off thy dust; 1363 remove the dirt which is on thy face; loose thy bandages. 1363 They are indeed not bandages; they are the locks of Nephthys. 13 64 Travel over the southern regions; travel over the northern regions; 1364 be seated on thy firm throne. 1364 Anubis, who is chief of the s-ntr, commands that thy spirit be behind thee, that thy might be in thy body, 1364 that thou remain Chief of the mighty ones (or, spirits). 1365 Thou purifiest thyself with these thy four nm.t-jars, 1365 (with) the spn.t and `t-jar, which come from the s-ntr for thee, that thou mayest become divine. 1365 The sky weeps for thee; the earth trembles for thee; 1366 the mnt.t-woman laments for thee; the great min.t mourns for thee; 1366 the feet agitate for thee; the hands wave for thee, 1366 when thou ascendest to heaven as a star, as the morning star. 1367 N. is come to thee, his father; he is come to thee, Geb; 1367 he is united with your dead, O gods. 1367 Let him sit on the great throne, on the lap of his father Mnti'irti; 1368 let him purify his mouth with incense and natron; let him purify his nails upper and lower. 1368 Let one do for him what was done for his father, Osiris, on the day of assembling the bones, 1368 of making firm (or, adjusting) the sandals, of crossing the feet (i.e. when ferrying over). 1369 To thee come the wise and the understanding; 1369 to thee comes the southern 'itr.t-palace, 1369 to thee comes the northern 'itr.t-palace, with a salutation, 1369 (thou) who endurest eternally at the head of the mighty ones. 31. TEXTS OF MISCELLANEOUS CONTENTS,

(619) 1747 To say: Raise thyself up, N.; raise thyself up, great nw; 1747 raise thyself up from (lit. on) thy left side, place thyself on thy right side. 1748 Wash thy hands with this fresh water which I have given thee, my (lit. thy) father Osiris. 1748 I have tilled the barley; I have reaped the spelt, 1748 with which I made (an offering) for thy feasts, which the First of the Westerners offered for thee. 1749 Thy face is like that of a jackal; thy heart is like that of, b.t, thy seat is like that of a broad-hall. 1749 A stairway to heaven is built (for thee), that thou mayest ascend. 1750 Thou judgest between the two great gods, 1750 who support the Two Enneads. 1750 Isis weeps for thee; Nephthys calls thee; 1751 as for 'Imt.t she sits at the feet of thy throne. 1751 Thou seizest thy two oars 1751 of which one is of pine, the other of id; 1752 thou ferriest over the lake of thy house, the sea; 1752 and thou avengest thyself against him who did this against thee. 1752 O, Ho, may the great lake protect thee!

(612) 1730 Further, to say: Let this thy going, king N., be like the going of Horus to his father, Osiris, 1730 that he may be a spiritualized one thereby, that he may be a soul thereby, that he may be an honoured one thereby, that he may be a mighty one thereby. 1731 Thy spirit is behind thee -------------------------- 1731 ---------------- king N. 1732 Collect thy bones; take to thee thy limbs; 1732 shake off this earth (dust of the earth) from thy flesh; 1733 take to thee these thy four nm.t-jars [filled at the divine-lake in Ntr.w], 1733 (and) [the wind of the great Isis, together with (which) the great Isis dried (him)] like Horus. 1734 Raise thyself towards the eye of R`; and according to this thy name so will the gods do 1734 to Horus of the D.t, even to Horus-kn, 1734 to Horus ------------------------------------ 1734 ------------------------------------ 1735 Raise thyself up, be seated on thy firm throne; 1735 thy finger-nails scratch the castle (-door?). 1735 Thou travellest over the regions of Horus; thou travellest over the regions of Set. 1735 -------------------------------------