New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-06

,s,ic art and the actual human fashions Of the
Euphrates Valley The use Of the NUMBER seven
Is also suggestive. Not only are there Se'e"
houses OF Osiris. but there are seven COWS III Tie
underworld which the dead person must h'o"'
There are seven genii who are the arms Vi INV
balance on the Judgment day Of Na'i' WIZ
cut off the heads. cut the neck and commit o'he'
atrocities which make them Ike the seven great
aor,o,s of cba,doean legend and there are seven
Golden ar glorious ones Amset. Hap!. Tiaumau-
tef Kebhsennouf, Maatef keroeKi ha'""'"
,anmerti the guardians OF the sarcophagus o'
Osi-is The plan Of tho Chaldaean underworld
was manifestly that OF a labyrinth vaguely anu
unconscously copied by the GrecKs III '''e',
legend Of Crete and more accurately imi'a'eu
by Dante where he says
We came unto a noble castles foot. ,r.
Seven times encompassed with ioIv """''
Defended round by fair rivuiet
TIL we nassed over even as firm ground:
through portals seven entered with these
W. came into a meadow Of fresh verdure
Tie same fancy is apparent in the Es!p'i'"
Book Of the Dead one reads there oil '"e "'u"e''
dwelling, Of the flower within the hi1deh u"e''-
ing. Of the Opening OF the sacred 1oaus W 'e
newly disemboded soul. Of the r"dus '"'''
the sky. Of the highway OF the damned u INV
mystery Of Tua:. oi the regions o' 81"
land ~ shades 81 the mystery Of Aker. another
..gi,, n th,. game land of the valley of mys-
tory of him VINO enters Tuat and goes through
all its gates just as one might UNI" HIS
u,oy tbrourh = maze contrived By a landscape
gardener. and finally of the soul passing through
ran,,arts winnings. and lobbies. i take NY
way toward the sacred gates. says 'n' IL"
Osiris. in chapter seven;y-hve. II go throush
the pure dwellings Of those VINO are 'e""'"''
Trad :, the rod house Of Remsen: at the goa
house Of the god Achsesei' 20 ''''u'"
rannsr,s winnings and lobbies Of the dweli'hs
Ma. through which went Tho'n ""' So
Learning, ito appease my opponent to move To-
ward Pu. to 60 TO Tepu In lact ''' ""' -,
s,,,rassed all other ancient races In the inihio.1
variations which they gave to some very s''"p''
ideas The Assyrans Chaldaeans ana "reehS
a,.,a, =, c,earness I'm their notions OF the world
q, departed spirits. The mere love OF narrative
,,,e,ccd f. hiring this about. But the whole 90
iect Of the Egyptian seems to have p'eh HyS''''
.,,io, lie was oppressed by the thought u the
,,,e,,,i mower Of his enemies IN this world ana
,ho rcx, f. iniure him; and n hoped 10 baiiie
than bv \ vast array 81 names which he knew
.rd ~ houses and gates and places when ne
Gould o, ,hrouah under the scmblance u Os'rls.
rba, all should he vague was agreeabl" To- ma
fears. He had been taught 10 think In pi''' 'u'"'
~ ono gate Of Amentl Uhe underworld in gen
ora. h.,; ne knew tina: Amenti had really many
ea,os He was aware that there were d'uD'e
gates al the horizon and here MS iinag.na non
ran I'm a groove with that OF other races. Inc
Aztecs gave to the dead person passports TOT "'S
safety and shouted in his deaf ears. WIN th'se
Won Will pas between the tao mountains ''d'
s,uiie one against the other" THIS j. IN" great
gate which opens every morning ioi me sun H.
c,rding 10 the notions ~ the Goa Coast h'k'''
il is the ancient Greeks gate al h"u'S' '"e
ancient Jews gate 81 Sheol tn" kaTrns sAS
that IN the west there are two massive f'''''
Of rock which open ana shut continually anu "
il between them that the sun dsapp'hfs eN"''
evening TINS appears also 10 be The h"Iueh I'D
The Eddie poem. "Th Lay = swpday ana Men
Glad which describes the long-delayed return
~ swindav 10 HE VII Mcnglad. tie hn~ been
lion, q prisoner by the giants u winter. so tAtt
ne is plainly Sun hero. and he comes BACK 3"
his home unrecognizable because % his tags. lie
hats before the fairy wall and magic gate ana
gets rough answers from the surly waIl'''
Manywise The glass; walls cannot Do 'lm''''
and the gates. ever clashing with no'st H"'
thunder are watched oy two HOUNDS, one ''
which wakes while the other sleeps. h'tl'"n'
when he rode away on Odin's steei 70 bI'"s
hack Raider. had 70 be wary and quick In order
10 pass the gate that opened Into the realm "'
uel , similar gate which opens ana closes
with sound like thunder Is described o}
Plato in the Vision Of Er. son Of Armenius. Tho
Egyptian also knew thai these gates 81 IN"
horizon had q warder But the nearest h" came
10 those strange guardian Of the sun nj It's ris-
ing and setting. the scorpion men - cha.daean
tn. -, no underworld
he called the gate Of the scorpion. lie knew. too.
=, fou- gates I'm The iron wall Of heaven. tho
gates - the winds There was An opener Tor
these gates Of the sky The righteous soul
deemed itself happy when II was tne keeper 90
the canal gates I'm Amenti. t. reach the horizon
the soul must pass through the gate set. the
one where the god Shu like another Atlas. iftcd
IN the sky Now /. could only tell whether
Shu was stationed at the eastern or western
verge Of the world 1t might be- possible to out
line the realm Of the dead. 4 natural suppoHl-
ton would be that ne stands either Al the south
or the west for In the next sentence h'rth
gate is mentioned through which one must pass
10 reach the eastern horizon THIS nortn gate -
also apparently the entrance from the held "i
Alarm IN the mysterious region ~ Tuat. II oc-
curred 10 one Of the later contributors 10 the
Book Of the Dead that the remarks concerning
the gates were in state OF great confusion
Chapter cxlvi was devoted to the names ana
description Of tho gates Of the domain OF os'r's
in the Field Of Aarru. The vignettes OF the gale
Ways with the figures OF the guardian deities are
all that could be desired But the actual t"pog-
raphy Of Aarru Is left vague and inc"mpre-
hensbe There are fifteen gates. ana III ORDER
to pass them the soul must know IN each case
the name Of the keeper Of the gate as wei as
that Of the gate itself In another chapter the
soul is obliged to give the mystical names of the
panels Of a gate, and ""ea of the bolt ana inc
threshold 1t IL such details as this that render
almost certain the African origin Of this Egyp-
tian sacred book. 1t II true that 50 far as the
worship OF animals IL concerned. the Egyptian
religion IL as closely related to the culture ot