Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-24

| SS/crsSsSsssss.ggl lEAd my father had spoken, l l YEHHkT[[sifyyNEzI> inasmuch as there was 1 | ssz4sl \lA an occasion for me to pass | aW & N Gs down the river to Annu el Ix8.N94sAY Ra. Now, this is the Heli- | g AlA W&D opolis of the Greeks, i / | co N whither I should go in the | SS>><hnn1>N company of some priests of | - Ptah at Memfi who had come
 - hither to Abouthis to lay the body of one of their great men in the tomb | that had been prepared near the resting place of the blessed Osiris. So I made ready, and the same evening, having re- | ceived letters and embraced my father ;s1d | those about the Temple who were dear to l me- passed down to the banks of Sihor, | and we sailed with the south wind. As the | pilot stood upon the prov and with rod in his hand badc the sailor men loosen the 1 stakes WhereWith the vessel was moored to the banks, the old wife, Atoua, hobbled up, hsr basket of simples In her hand, and calling 1 out her farewell. threw a sandal after mo for | good chance, which sandal kept for many | years. And so we sailed, and for six days | passed down the wonderful river making | fast each night at some convenient spot. | But when l lost sight of the familiar 1 things that had seen day by day since l had eyes to see, and found myself alone among strange faces, felt sore at heart, and would have wept had I not been ashamed. And of all the wonderful things | I saw I will not write here, for, though they were new to ne, have they not been known to men since such time as the gods rule in | Egypt? But the priests who were with mo showed me no little honor, and expounded to me vhaf were the things saw. And on the morning of the seventh day we came to 1TemA the city of the White Wall. Here for thrCGl days 1 rested from my journey and was cateI .ained of the priests of the wonderful Temple of Ptah the Creator, and shown the beauties of the great and mar vicious city. Also was led in secret by the High Priest and two others into the holy presence of the god Apis, the Ptah who deiGns to dwell among men in the form of a bull. The god was black, and on his fore 1 head there was white square and on his
 back was a white, mark shaped like an
 eagle, and beneath his tongue was the like ness of 8 scarabnus, and ln hls tail were | double hairs, and between his horns was a
 plate of pure gold I entered the place of
 the god and Worshipcd while the High
 Priest and those with him stood aside and
 earnestly watched. And when had wor-
 shipel, saying the words which had been
 told unto mo, tho god knelt, and lay ! down before me. And then the High
 Priest and those with him, who, as I heard
 in aftertime, were great men of Upper
 Egypt, approached wondering, and, saying
 TO WOrd made oheiSance to me because of the omen. And many other things saw
 in Ncmf that too long to write of
 here
 On tho fourth day came some priests of
 Annu to lead me unto Sepa my uncle, the
 High Priest of Annu. So, having bid fare
 well to those of Mcnti, we crossed the rlver ) and rode on asses two parts of a days jour ney through many villages, which we found , in great poverty because of the oppression of the tax gatherers. Also, as we went, for the first time saw the great pyramids } that arc beyond the image of the god Ho- } relnku (the SphinX), and the temples of the
 Divine Mother Isis, Queen of Memnonia, and the god Osris, Lord of Rosatou, of which Temples, together with the Temple of the worship of the Divine Menka-ra, I, Harmacnis, am by right divine the Hered-
 itary High Priest. I saw them and mar , Velcd at their greatness and at the white
 carven limestone and red granite of Syene 7 that flashed in the sums rays back to
 Heaven. But at this time knew naught ) of the treasure that was hid in Her, which is the third among the Pyramids-would | had never known of it!
 , And so at last we came within sight of Annu, which after Memti hath been seen ; is no large town, but stands on raised ground, before which are lakes fed by a
 canal Behind tie town is the great temenos Gnclosure) of the Temple of the , ! God Ra. i-~~
 At the pylon we dismounted, and beneath
 the portico were we met by a man not great of growth. but of noble aspect, having his ' ! head shaven, and with dark eyes that twinIzled like the further stars.
 } ''HOld!" he cried, ill q large voice that tit- , ted his weak body but i'll. ''Hold I am Sepa, who opens the mouth oi the gods p
 And I,' I said, 'am Harmachs, son of
 Amcnemhat, Hereditary High Priest and
 Ruler of the Holy City Abouthis; and bear letters to thce o SeEa n'
 "Enter,'' he said. ''Enter!" scanning me
 all the while with his twinkling eyes. "En-
 ter. my sonr' And he took me and led me
 10 q chamber in the inner hall close to
 the door; and then, having glanced at the
 letters l brought, he of sudden fell upon
 my neck and embraced me.
 w WelcOmCr' he erred; 'welcome, son ot
 my own sister and hope of Khem! Not in
 vain have l prayed the gods that might
 live to look upon thy face and impart to thee
 the wisdom that, perchance, alone have
 mastered of those who are left alive ill
 Egypt. Few there are whom it is lawful
 that ] should teach. But thine is the great
 destiny, and thine shall be the ears to hear
 the les sons of the gods"
 And once more he embraced me and bade
 me go and hathe and eat, saying that on the
 morrow he would speak with me further.
 And of truth he dld, and at such length
 that i will forbear to set down all he said
 both then and afterward, for if did SC . there would ba no papyrus left in Egypt a when the task was ended. Therefore, hay = ing much to tell, and perchance but little t time to tell 1t, will pass over the events o1 V the years that followed.
 For this was the manner of my life 8 rose early, i attended the worship of the | Temple, and 1 gave my days to study. Q learned of the rites of religion and their sig r nticance, and of the beginning of the god: Q and the beginning of the Upper World. 8 learned of the mystery of the movements Il of the stars and of how the earth rolls or n among them. Twas instructed in that an o cient knowledge which is called magic, an6 1t in the way of Interpretation of dreams, anl y of the drawing nigh to God, was taugh
 the language Of symbols and the outer an6 il inner secrets thereof Ibecame acquaintes
 with the internal laws of good and evil, ant I with the mystery of that trust which i! n held of man; also l learned the secrets O if the pyramds-which 1 would that hat