An Exposition of the Mysteries; Or, Religious Dogmas and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, Pythagoreans, and Druidsauthor, 1835 - 403 pages |
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... Osiris , or the Sun : the one on the right is called Jachin , and designates Isis , the sym- bol , both of the earth and its productions , and of the Moon . The Arch , supported by the two pillars , is a representation of the semicircle ...
... Osiris , or the Sun : the one on the right is called Jachin , and designates Isis , the sym- bol , both of the earth and its productions , and of the Moon . The Arch , supported by the two pillars , is a representation of the semicircle ...
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... Osiris , the sun , 13. Resurrection of 15 • 98005 40 52 P. · - 48 61 Dionysius , Bacchus Dædalus Dog - days , why so called Egyptian Mysteries E. F. Funeral symbols and ceremonies G. Genealogy of the Gods 90 Phenix , origin of the fable ...
... Osiris , the sun , 13. Resurrection of 15 • 98005 40 52 P. · - 48 61 Dionysius , Bacchus Dædalus Dog - days , why so called Egyptian Mysteries E. F. Funeral symbols and ceremonies G. Genealogy of the Gods 90 Phenix , origin of the fable ...
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... - star , completely identifies it with Anubis the dog - star . * See Plutarch de Isid . and Osiris .; also M. De Mallet's description of Egypt . The advice given to the ancient Egyptians by this star THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS .
... - star , completely identifies it with Anubis the dog - star . * See Plutarch de Isid . and Osiris .; also M. De Mallet's description of Egypt . The advice given to the ancient Egyptians by this star THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS .
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... Osiris . The year relates to three principal objects . To the course of the sun ; the order of the feasts of each season , and to the works in com- mon to be done . Let us begin with the symbols of the sun . That luminary , as it was ...
... Osiris . The year relates to three principal objects . To the course of the sun ; the order of the feasts of each season , and to the works in com- mon to be done . Let us begin with the symbols of the sun . That luminary , as it was ...
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... Osiris on a throne , with or without a scepter . The Egyptians every where saw , and especially in the place of ... Osiris , the mederator of the year , for a man . Osiris , from the letter or symbolical personage he was before ...
... Osiris on a throne , with or without a scepter . The Egyptians every where saw , and especially in the place of ... Osiris , the mederator of the year , for a man . Osiris , from the letter or symbolical personage he was before ...
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Page 341 - And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them : And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them : and they perished from among the congregation.
Page 41 - I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
Page 312 - Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; And be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors ; And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, The Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; Even lift them up, ye everlasting doors ; And the King of glory shall come in.
Page 331 - There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
Page 314 - NOW when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.
Page 312 - Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor swom deceitfully.
Page 327 - Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
Page 208 - Enter ye in at the straight gate ; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat : because, straight is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Page 312 - The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Page 326 - And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.