Show arsi ore 0 U ty U T ima images ageg upon tho talo walls and dimly dimi foll foil upon alpo top conff line of tup seven and thirby lords priests and ices who sea seated ad upon carven chairs chaira awaited my coming in ili silence before them from the soven sanctuaries wa set a throne around which stood tood the priests holding tho the sacred im agea and banners As AP I 1 camo anio into the dun and holy place tho the dl dignitaries B rose will and bowed before me speaking no fio word while my father led me to the stops steps of the throne and in a alow low voice bade mo stand before it and then lie he lords priests alq princes of the orders of the lanu lanis of khem nobles from tho upper and the lov or country he here gathered Kather cd in answer to my summons hoar hear in I 1 present unto yo with such scant formality GB an tho the occasion can call afford fold af the prince Har machio machia by right aud and true descent of blood tho the descendant and heir of allo ancient ancl onti pharaohs Phara Phar aolis of au our r most unhappy land priest is lie he of the cirelo circle of the mysteries of the divine isis master of f the alys mysteries teries hereditary prier t of the pyramids which adeby are by melfi mil ina instructed in the solemn rites of tile tho l 8 la Is thero there any among you aught to urge arpe against the true binef his hl blood I 1 re ho paused and my undo uncle sepa sapo rising from froin his choir chair wo we hava mada mudo examination wai nation of tho the records and there is rione none 0 he lo la of tile the royala laloli I 1 ills hs descent is true is As there any among you wenton my father who can call den deny that this royal U ni by sanctions 6 Js of tho very gods hath been gathered to isis beet been shown tile tho Y waa ay of tho the osiris boon been admitted to bo be tile tho hereditary high priest pf af the pyramids which aro arc by momel anil of tho temples 0 ol 01 1 tho pyramids then rose that old priest who had becu my guide in ili tho the sanctuary Q oi t the and made answer thero there is no none ne 0 aminem hat of my myown own know I 1 thebus the c thin thins things el s I 1 once nee moro more my iny father Is in there a any ny among yo you who ho hath aught to urge against this royal Hardi Hac machis achis in ili that by wickedness of heart or life by or br falsity it is not lit fit or meet that we should crown him lord of all the laja landal then rose an aged prince of hemn and made answer we have bavo inquired of aeao eso mutters thero there Is ig none 0 it is well paid eaid my father then lui ji ja wanti wanting jag in tho the prince Harma chip seed of anekt tho the or drian tot lot tho the bomin an atou a stand forth and tell 0 to o this company those things that camo came to puss pass when at iho hour of her death she bhe who was my wife prophesied over this prince being mica filled wit aith 11 the fhe spirit of tho the kathora Ha thora thors 1 herbon old ahoua acoba crept forward rom the shadow of tho th columns and rosily ea told those things that have been vari written tal yo to have heard 1 evid my iny father 11 do yo that tho the woman who was my iny wife imako with the divine divino holcepl voice alvedo they answered p then my undo sepa rose ana space royal Har machio thou hast bast hoard hearil benov now that wo we aro are gathered here to crown chec kingoff king of tho the upper mid and the lower lando landa thy holy father amenea hat renouncing g all his right on thy behalf tv uro 0 tire met indeed in such auch pomp and ceremony as I 1 Is s duo to t the lie occasion for that which wo we do 10 must be dune done in secret lest our lives and tho the cau cause so t that hat is more dear to us ur than life should pay tho the forfeit but yet with such dignity and observance of tile the ancient rites as our circumstances may inay command learn biow now how bow this ma malto ater langs aad if after learning thy in mind lid thereto then mount thy 0 pharaoh and swear the oath cathl I 1 long hath K mern beneath iho it int mulled tiled heel beel of the greek and tr 31 t tit nt iho shadow of tho the a spear pear r long loag hay it as tie the ancient anci ont pf af it its r rodn cods heon benn ans I 1 es I 1 rose and walking faintly avent him and passing out of tile tho dark of the shrines came once orica mai indro 6 into the pure light of tho the morn morning hie with thought find wonder onder Nv and then I 1 wont avent to ni my V own ond and slop fc nor did afi any dreams como to trouble mo me but do min man not even my father asked mo aught pf af what I 1 saw upon wat that dread night or oi sifter after what fashion I 1 had ha pain cuned with tile the God doas arter after sill all those these things which have boon been written for a space I 1 applied myself to the worship of tho the mother isis and to the further study of the o oaf di ward fornis forms of the iho mysteries whereto wh erato I 1 giov now hold tile the koy yore more over I 1 was wah instructed in matters politic for men of our following came secretly to see nf from froin till all qu quarter 1 r t I 1 3 0 ot f i egypt agypt ana roii d told the lao much of the hatred ol 01 tile people toward caleop cleopatra atra the and ol of other things at lust last tile tho hour drew nigh it ib was thred months and ton day f from rom the night bight when for aghilo I 1 loft the flesh flash tind and yet living with gitil our life way wa withered gathered to tile the breast of isis an on whish it was tl agreed rud that with duo tind mid customary formality R lal although though in ili utter titter secrecy I 1 should bo be called tb tho the throne of the upper and lower land so 60 it itcaina came to pass pasa that RK as t the he solemn time drew draw nigh great mn of the party of egypt gathered to the bambei of 0 thirty seven f from roni every bomp nud and faal great city of their nome dome coming together v this it in avei every y guise they calne som aoda na priests somo some fid ae pil pilgrims grinis to the shrine and some as Legry beggars 0 ars among phout was war TOV anelo bopa who though ho clad him belf its as a trav traveling oling doctor had iglich ado t koci keeli ills his loud auice from froin boti betraying ang him indeed I 1 myself know knew him hain thereby mooting meeting in r bira as in thought upon the babers of the canal calla that tu vas alok and that the great cape which after the fashion of such doctors doctora ho had thrown about his head half hid liia his lace inco A pest on jhc thc theo l decried when I 1 g greeted re aal him by his hie namo can not r c man cease to be himself eyen aen 11 for an hon houf ah didot ti thoi I 1 01 but linow know the pains that it has ats cost me die to 1 L le learn alra to pl play a y this part and abild now thou read oat est who I 1 am oven even in ili the dark daric I 1 and aid then still talking in ill bia loud voice ho be told we mo how he had traveled travel od hither 01 foot tho the bolter better p 0 o escape the spies who ply to and fro upon tho the river but ho he said lic he jhc ald return by tho the water or talo tako P an 11 othet guiso for bince ho he had bad come os as v ho he had been forced to play a doctors V part knowing bul little oj oi tho arts of medicine le ine and as fi greatly greata y feared I 1 many there were vere between on oil and Abou this aho taho had suffered there irom ili ancient egypt P au tin unskillful skillful or physic lau wea li liable a to very heavy penalties ed j and hu ho laughed laugh va led loudly and embraced me f forgetting his part for ho he vw aari rari too whole at heart to bo be tin an actor and other athali himself and would have entered about afis A with mo ino holding my iny hand had I 1 not him for his folly at lon length M th all vere gathered it was night when the gat gates c of tho temple were vere shu shut t non one 6 were left within thein sal savo re only the thirty my iny elithor fa thor the il jr I 1 g it priest that aged pries who had led jett we mo to tho the barino of lais ISIS tho oldwife od wife according to ancient custom was to prepare mo me for tile the anoint ing and boma live five other priests sevearn to by that oath which none mt may break they gathered in the second hall of achu gr great cat templo temple but I 1 remained alone clad in wy my white ahito robe in ili tile passage abere vy hero aro arc the names of six and seventy ancient kingra Kin grf who were before tile the day of the divine yet i thero I 1 rested in ili dar darkness liness till at length th my fat father lier nihat game came bearing a limp laupp and bowing low me inc let led meby me by tile the hand fraind forth into tbt g great ecat hall here hare and thai 0 liblit avem vem act arili i adored but what chiy faid I 1 could not ull nn herstam ter stam behold I 1 fecho lark dark cloud ce cimo 4 1 1 docu und and rented on oil tho the altar tile serpent of fire stretcher itself toward tile giop niop and with its forhy tongue touched mo die on tile the forehead for chead aud and wits was rono goric from froin within tile tho cloud a voice and low lev and iia clear shoko in ili heavenly accents at dopart yo ministers leave me ino with my 8 servant I 1 whom I 1 have summoned 11 then liko like arrows rushing f from roin a 0 bow bov tho be flame clad spirits leaped from the ground ond and sped away 0 O ITar machis said the voice bo be iio not t afraid I 1 am site sho whom thou dost linow know IL us 15 isis of tile tho egyptian else I 1 fau sariva not nob thou to ican it la Is boyone thy strength for I 1 am ain all things till ill lo lifa 10 i ia my spirit all nature is my ral raiment ment jam I 1 ain tho the laughter of tho child I 1 nin am tile tho maiden 1 6 loye lova I 1 run nm tho the mothers kiss hiss I 1 am alp tho the child aud and servant atit of tha invisible that illa is god that is ia luw law that la ia fate though maseli I 1 bo be not god and fato fate and law when blow and nd oceans roar upon tile the face of earth thod then tearosa Te nearest arost my iny voice when thou ganest on to tho starry fema firmament trient thou seest ni my y cou countenance rite nance when thu the a spring blooms blooma out ili flowers that is my s anuff F for r I 1 ani am natures na turoa self and ill all her shapes are shapes of sio jc I 1 breathe in all that bmat lies I 1 wax and wano iu the chanceful moon I 1 grow grov and kalhor in tile the tides I 1 rise ride belth the suns I 1 flan with tho the light ninfi and thunder in the nothing is ia to too id great for tho the measure of my majesty nothing Is ia so GO small that I 1 can not find a home thol aftin F am in thoo thee and thou art in ili me ine 0 Ha that which bade thee be ika do mo also be I 1 bowed my bp loaa A j could not for I 1 was lva fear sm 1 f fabii faithfully alth fully hogt thou served ale mat iny servant went bb an t the lie low swe aw ce efa t vole voice 0 greatly 1 hast bast thou longed to b bo 0 brought brough t face to face with me here in amenti and 4 catly liast thou dared to that for IV it Is small th ing to cadt 0 P the tabernacle of the flesh and before tho abo appointed time if only for an hour put on oil the raiment of tile spirit and grent greatly ly 0 my iny vant davd I 1 wo too des desired I 1 alred to loo look ou on tabo here where I 1 am for the gods lovo love who love them but with a wilier and deeper lovo and under tinder ODO who is as ao fal fai f from r 0 nf all 1 leas je as I 1 ain roin t ohp 6 mortal I 1 urn am a god of gods thera therefore 1 I havo caused bilco to bo brought whery Har machia and thoro foro I 1 speak to thee thea my servart wd and bid thee commune co with mo me now fadd to faco as thou commune that bight upon taio tho tomilu howera of Abou this for I 1 avna arm therb with thee as I 1 was in ton houi aud cthel worlds it was 1 I 0 W who uld laid tho the lotus in thy hand riving giving thee the sign which thou seek for thou art of tho kingly blood of I 1 hose who served me from ago to ago age L and if thou dost not fail thou sit upon tipon hugly id ugly throne and ana ancient wor in its parity and sweep my temples from their acl but if thou dost fall then shall Is isis is become but q oi memory 11 E 11 i inEy agypt pt the paused and gathering i up my ml strength tit at length I 1 saoko aloud afo u d tell me 0 holy X 1 bald shall I 1 then fail ask asir arc not answered tho the voice f that which it 18 16 not lawful lat iu that I 1 should an awer thee P Pr chanc T I 1 can call read that abich ahall befall thee aliee percha perchance ii e it doth nol noi please tile me no fo to read what can it il the divine that hath au all time where iri to avalt tho 0 to be angor to look upon tile blossom that tha is apt t pt blown but which ayi lying ag a seed sochin 1 ii the bosom of the earth behall bac om in its Hs seasonal fcc abon know do nv nat chupo tile te flit urn tho abe future I 1 ic to tj aioo nd not to Q sip for it ilia Is born of oc lm law and OI 01 tho artilo ordained of tho the invisible yet yeh itri t ihor ji 0 f tree reo lo io let therein and thou win ii n 0 thou fall according to th thy strength ind tho the measure measure of thy hearts purity thine 0 bo PO the burden I 1 0 as thina in t tny d kv vent oil t shall be alio glory or the shame minute little do I 1 reek reck of tho issue I 1 who am but tho minister Mi nistor of what 13 written now hear nit me always will ibe I 1 bo kith ilice my servacia t for my lovo love once riven can never chevor beu bo taken ikea away t though by qin ain it rimy seem lost lont to thee Reli remember lember then thy if thou dost triumph great shall bo be 4 it thou fall heavy indeed shall bp thy punishment i both in ili tile tho flesh and in tho land aba t thou amenti yo L tills ilits for 11 hy comfort c oin y shame and agony shall ahal aoi bo be eternal eterno no for however deep tho fall from froia righteousness if but repentance holds tho heart faoro isn is a patha ath 6 stogy aud a path whereby riy ay bo be climbed wn agao let it not bo be thy lot to fo follow it f I 1 and now 1 b because thom mhd d haac loy d 1 I nie my servant and wandering vand bring thi through tho mazo maze of fable wherein sherbin men i lose laso themselves upon tho the a earth a rth t mistaking stalking the substance for the I 1 spirit and nd the ilie altar for tho the god bast yot gras grasped cd arlov of tho the many ganv faced tind and because lovo iov 0 ala taco i and look on to tho day thu por perchance c liance chance shall como alien thou halt dwell blessed in hi my light and in ili tifa the doin delv N of ray my holy haly tasks because of this I 1 isay ady it shall bo be given to theo thee 0 to look upon tho bauo of isis evon eyes of tha BIOS Mea senor engo r and not dio dic ti alie i a death nol jB eU till sweet voice ceased alib dark cloud 11 upon the altar chaug champod chau pod ed lt at grevy walto it ib shone and seemed tit at length didko tako illo tho abapo of vi roman golban oldon sti snakes alcos ci coopt ept f from aront ita fis heart onea finore bhore all and LI t like a lilii g diadem twined twine allf insl about tho cloudy brows rows 1 now NONY denly tile tho vapory vapors burst and mellea mel leQ atna vw I 1 vay oyes I 1 saw t t glory at tho fi ury thought of W faints bufa what I 1 saw itic not ot lawful to utter for though 1 havo been badden adden to writa what I 1 havo have written of this thia m matter atte that accord in thero on have I 1 been warned warn ed aleven ay orew I 1 ipa fj at tor theao many years eisaw 1 saw alad and LIA I 1 saw can not be imagined inca f for aia gloria and alera alejo 4 are shapes s which aid aia beyond tho reach olt oteana anns imagination I 1 then with t ho to memory mem oryO of f that stamped for f oil over evev on my iny heart my ino mo and I 1 bauh down before the glory and as I 1 fell it ib seemed that tho the great preat hall burst open and cru crumbled ip into to flakes of fara 1 round abound me then anoro was abound a sound 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