(2) And there are those who fashion ears and eyes of costly material, and consecrate them, dedicating them in the temples to the gods - by this plainly indicating that God sees and hears all things. Besides, the lion is with them the symbol of strength and prowess, as the ox clearly is of the earth itself, and husbandry and food, and the horse of fortitude and confidence; while, on the other hand, the sphinx, of strength combined with intelligence - as it had a body entirely that of a lion, and the face of a man. Similarly to these, to indicate intelligence, and memory, and power, and art, a man is sculptured in the temples. And in what is called among them the Komasiae of the gods, they carry about golden images - two dogs, one hawk, and one ibis; and the four figures of the images they call four letters. For the dogs are symbols of the two hemispheres, which, as it were, go round and keep watch; the hawk, of the sun, for it is fiery and destructive (so they attribute pestilential diseases to the sun); the ibis, of the moon, likening the shady parts to that which is dark in plumage, and the luminous to the light. And some will have it that by the dogs are meant the tropics, which guard and watch the sun's passage to the south and north. The hawk signifies the equinoctial line, which is high and parched with heat, as the ibis the ecliptic. For the ibis seems, above other animals, to have furnished to the Egyptians the first rudiments of the invention of number and measure, as the oblique line did of circles.

(601) 1660 To say: O Great Ennead, who are in Heliopolis, make N. endure; 1660 make this pyramid of N. endure, and this his temple, for ever and ever, 1660 as the name of Atum, chief of the Great Ennead, endures. 1661 As the name of Shu, lord of the upper mn.t in Heliopolis, endures, 1661 so may the name of N. endure, 1661 so may this his pyramid endure, and this his temple, likewise, for ever and ever. 1662 As the name of Tefnut, lady of the lower mn.t in Heliopolis, is established, 1662 so may the name of N. be established, 1662 so may this pyramid be established, likewise, for ever and ever. 1663 As the name of Geb, even the soul of the earth, endures, 1663 so may the name of N. endure, 1663 so may this pyramid of N. endure, 1663 so may this his temple endure, likewise, even for ever and ever. 1664 As the name of Nut, in the encircled mansion in Heliopolis, endures, 1664 so may the name of N. endure, 1664 so may this his pyramid endure, 1664 so may this his temple endure, likewise, for ever and ever. 1665 As the name of Osiris, in Abydos, endures, 1665 so may the name of N. endure, 1665 so may this pyramid of N. endure, 1665 so may this his temple endure, likewise, even for ever and ever. 1666 As the name of Osiris, as First of the Westerners, endures, 1666 so may the name of N. endure, 1666 so may this pyramid of N. endure, 1666 so may this his temple endure, likewise, for ever and ever. 1667 As the name of Set, in Ombos, endures, 1667 so may the name of N. endure, 1667 so may this pyramid of N. endure, 1667 so may this his temple endure, likewise, for ever and ever. 1668 As the name of Horus endures, in Buto, 1668 so may the name of N. endure, 1668 so may this pyramid of N. endure, 1668 so may this his temple endure, likewise, for ever and ever. 1669 As the name of R`, on the horizon, endures, 1669 so may the name of N. endure, 1669 so may this pyramid of N. endure, 1669 so may this his temple endure, likewise, for ever and ever. 1670 As the name of Mnti-'irti, of Letopolis, is established, 1670 so may the name of N. endure, 1670 so may this his pyramid endure, 1670 so may this temple of N. endure, likewise, for ever and ever. 1671 As the name of Wd.t, in Buto, endures, 1671 so may the name of N. endure, 1671 so may this pyramid of N. endure, 1671 so may this his temple endure, likewise, for ever and ever. 42. TEXTS OF MISCELLANEOUS CONTENTS,

(2) In ancient Egypt dwelt the great Adepts and Masters who have never been surpassed, and who seldom have been equaled, during the centuries that have taken their processional flight since the days of the Great Hermes. In Egypt was located the Great Lodge of Lodges of the Mystics. At the doors of her Temples entered the Neophytes who afterward, as Hierophants, Adepts, and Masters, traveled to the four corners of the earth, carrying with them the precious knowledge which they were ready, anxious, and willing to pass on to those who were ready to receive the same. All students of the Occult recognize the debt that they owe to these venerable Masters of that ancient land.