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Index
  

 

 

-
-
-
-
-
GOD THE ALL EMBRACING ONE
-
-
-
G
=
7
-
3
GOD
26
17
9
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
A
=
1
-
3
ALL
25
7
7
E
=
5
-
9
EMBRACING
72
45
9
O
=
6
-
3
ONE
34
16
7
-
-
21
-
21
GOD THE ALL EMBRACING ONE
190
100
37
-
-
2+1
-
2+1
-
1+9+0
1+0+0
1+0
-
-
3
-
3
GOD THE ALL EMBRACING ONE
10
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1+0
-
-
-
-
3
-
3
GOD THE ALL EMBRACING ONE
1
1
1

 

 

-
-
-
-
-
GOD THE ALL EMBRACING ONE
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
G
=
7
-
3
GOD
26
17
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
A
=
1
-
3
ALL
25
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
-
9
EMBRACING
72
45
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
O
=
6
-
3
ONE
34
16
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
21
-
21
GOD THE ALL EMBRACING ONE
190
100
37
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
G
=
7
1
1
G
7
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
O
=
6
2
1
O
15
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
D
=
4
3
1
D
4
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
17
-
3
-
26
17
17
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T
=
2
4
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
H
=
8
5
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
E
=
5
6
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
-
15
-
3
-
33
15
15
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
A
=
1
7
1
A
1
1
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
L
=
3
8
1
L
12
3
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
L
=
3
9
1
L
12
3
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
3
-
25
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
10
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
M
=
4
11
1
M
13
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
B
=
2
12
1
B
2
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
R
=
9
13
1
R
18
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
A
=
1
14
1
A
1
1
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
C
=
3
15
1
C
3
3
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
I
=
9
16
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
N
=
5
17
1
N
14
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
G
=
6
18
1
G
7
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
-
45
-
9
-
72
45
45
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
O
=
6
19
1
O
15
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
N
=
5
20
1
N
14
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
21
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
-
16
-
3
-
34
16
16
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
GOD THE ALL EMBRACING ONE
-
-
-
-
2
4
9
8
25
12
14
8
18
G
=
7
-
3
GOD
26
17
9
-
-
-
-
-
2+5
1+2
1+4
-
1+8
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
-
2
4
9
8
7
3
5
8
9
A
=
1
-
3
ALL
25
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
-
9
EMBRACING
72
45
9
-
2
4
9
8
7
3
5
8
9
O
=
6
-
3
ONE
34
16
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
21
-
21
GOD THE ALL EMBRACING ONE
190
100
37
-
2
4
9
8
7
3
5
8
9
-
-
2+1
-
2+1
-
1+9+0
1+0+0
1+0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
3
GOD THE ALL EMBRACING ONE
10
1
1
-
2
4
9
8
7
3
5
8
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
1+0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
3
GOD THE ALL EMBRACING ONE
1
1
1
-
2
4
9
8
7
3
5
8
9

 

 

-
-
-
-
-
GOD THE ALL EMBRACING ONE
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
G
=
7
-
3
GOD
26
17
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
A
=
1
-
3
ALL
25
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
-
9
EMBRACING
72
45
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
O
=
6
-
3
ONE
34
16
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
21
-
21
GOD THE ALL EMBRACING ONE
190
100
37
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
G
=
7
1
1
G
7
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
O
=
6
2
1
O
15
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
D
=
4
3
1
D
4
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
T
=
2
4
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
H
=
8
5
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
E
=
5
6
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
A
=
1
7
1
A
1
1
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
L
=
3
8
1
L
12
3
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
L
=
3
9
1
L
12
3
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
10
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
M
=
4
11
1
M
13
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
B
=
2
12
1
B
2
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
R
=
9
13
1
R
18
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
A
=
1
14
1
A
1
1
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
C
=
3
15
1
C
3
3
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
I
=
9
16
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
N
=
5
17
1
N
14
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
G
=
6
18
1
G
7
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
O
=
6
19
1
O
15
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
N
=
5
20
1
N
14
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
21
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
-
16
-
3
-
34
16
16
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
GOD THE ALL EMBRACING ONE
-
-
-
-
2
4
9
8
25
12
14
8
18
G
=
7
-
3
GOD
26
17
9
-
-
-
-
-
2+5
1+2
1+4
-
1+8
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
-
2
4
9
8
7
3
5
8
9
A
=
1
-
3
ALL
25
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
-
9
EMBRACING
72
45
9
-
2
4
9
8
7
3
5
8
9
O
=
6
-
3
ONE
34
16
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
21
-
21
GOD THE ALL EMBRACING ONE
190
100
37
-
2
4
9
8
7
3
5
8
9
-
-
2+1
-
2+1
-
1+9+0
1+0+0
1+0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
3
GOD THE ALL EMBRACING ONE
10
1
1
-
2
4
9
8
7
3
5
8
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
1+0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
3
GOD THE ALL EMBRACING ONE
1
1
1
-
2
4
9
8
7
3
5
8
9

 

 

-
-
-
-
-
GOD THE ALL EMBRACING ONE
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
G
=
7
-
3
GOD
26
17
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
A
=
1
-
3
ALL
25
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
-
9
EMBRACING
72
45
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
O
=
6
-
3
ONE
34
16
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
21
-
21
GOD THE ALL EMBRACING ONE
190
100
37
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
=
1
7
1
A
1
1
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
A
=
1
14
1
A
1
1
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T
=
2
4
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
B
=
2
12
1
B
2
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
L
=
3
8
1
L
12
3
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
L
=
3
9
1
L
12
3
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
C
=
3
15
1
C
3
3
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
D
=
4
3
1
D
4
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
M
=
4
11
1
M
13
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
6
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
10
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
N
=
5
17
1
N
14
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
N
=
5
20
1
N
14
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
21
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
O
=
6
2
1
O
15
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
O
=
6
19
1
O
15
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
G
=
7
1
1
G
7
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
G
=
6
18
1
G
7
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
H
=
8
5
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
R
=
9
13
1
R
18
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
I
=
9
16
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
16
-
3
-
34
16
16
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
GOD THE ALL EMBRACING ONE
-
-
-
-
2
4
9
8
25
12
14
8
18
G
=
7
-
3
GOD
26
17
9
-
-
-
-
-
2+5
1+2
1+4
-
1+8
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
-
2
4
9
8
7
3
5
8
9
A
=
1
-
3
ALL
25
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
-
9
EMBRACING
72
45
9
-
2
4
9
8
7
3
5
8
9
O
=
6
-
3
ONE
34
16
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
21
-
21
GOD THE ALL EMBRACING ONE
190
100
37
-
2
4
9
8
7
3
5
8
9
-
-
2+1
-
2+1
-
1+9+0
1+0+0
1+0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
3
GOD THE ALL EMBRACING ONE
10
1
1
-
2
4
9
8
7
3
5
8
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
1+0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
3
GOD THE ALL EMBRACING ONE
1
1
1
-
2
4
9
8
7
3
5
8
9

 

 

THE DIVINE EYE

 

TWO EYES YOU ARE TWO EYES YOU BE I SEE YOU ARE TWO WISE FOR ME

2 WHYS U R 2 WHYS U B I C U R 2 WHYS 4 ME

2 YY U R 2 YY UB I C U R 2 YY 4 ME

 

ELECTRIC CIRCLE ELECTRIC

ET CIRCLE ELECTRIC CIRCLE ET

I SPY WITH MY LITTLE I SOMETHING BEGINNING WITH C

 

-
-
-
-
CIRCLE
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
C
3
3
3
-
-
-
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
1
R
18
9
9
-
-
-
1
C
3
3
3
-
-
-
1
L
12
3
3
-
-
-
1
E
5
5
5
C
=
3
6
CIRCLE
50
32
32
-
-
-
-
-
5+0
3+2
3+2
C
=
3
6
CIRCLE
5
5
5

 

 

R
=
9
-
ROUND
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
R
18
9
9
-
-
-
1
O
15
6
6
-
-
-
1
U
21
12
3
-
-
-
1
N
14
5
5
-
-
-
1
D
4
4
4
R
=
9
5
ROUND
72
36
27
-
-
-
-
-
7+2
3+6
2+7
R
=
9
5
ROUND
9
9
9

 

 

R
=
9
-
ROUND
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
R
18
9
9
-
-
-
2
O+U
36
9
9
-
-
-
2
N+D
18
9
9
R
=
9
5
ROUND
72
36
27
-
-
-
-
-
7+2
3+6
2+7
R
=
9
5
ROUND
9
9
9

 

 

R
=
9
-
ROUNDED
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
R
18
9
9
-
-
-
1
O
15
6
6
-
-
-
1
U
21
12
3
-
-
-
1
N
14
5
5
-
-
-
1
D
4
4
4
-
-
-
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
1
D
4
4
4
R
=
9
7
ROUNDED
81
45
45
-
-
-
-
-
8+1
4+5
4+5
R
=
9
7
ROUNDED
9
9
9

 

 

R
=
9
-
ROUNDED
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
R
18
9
9
-
-
-
2
O+U
36
9
9
-
-
-
2
N+D
18
9
9
-
-
-
1
E+D
5
5
5
R
=
9
7
ROUNDED
81
45
45
-
-
-
-
-
8+1
4+5
4+5
R
=
9
7
ROUNDED
9
9
9

 

 

-
-
-
-
CIRCLE
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
CIRCL
45
27
9
-
-
-
1
E
5
5
5
C
=
3
6
CIRCLE
50
32
32
-
-
-
-
-
5+0
3+2
3+2
C
=
3
6
CIRCLE
5
5
5

 

 

T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
C
=
3
-
5
CYCLE
48
21
3
O
=
6
-
2
OF
21
12
3
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
C
=
3
-
6
CIRCLE
50
32
5
-
-
16
-
19
First Total
185
95
23
-
-
1+6
-
1+9
Add to Reduce
1+8+5
9+5
2+3
-
-
7
-
10
Second Total
14
14
5
-
-
-
-
1+0
Reduce to Deduce
1+4
1+4
-
-
-
7
-
1
Essence of Number
5
5
5

 

 

T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
C
=
3
-
6
CIRCLE
50
32
5
O
=
6
-
2
OF
21
12
3
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
C
=
3
-
5
CYCLE
48
21
3
-
-
16
-
19
First Total
185
95
23
-
-
1+6
-
1+9
Add to Reduce
1+8+5
9+5
2+3
-
-
7
-
10
Second Total
14
14
5
-
-
-
-
1+0
Reduce to Deduce
1+4
1+4
-
-
-
7
-
1
Essence of Number
5
5
5

 

 

T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
C
=
3
-
6
CIRCLE
50
32
5
I
=
9
-
2
IS
28
10
1
P
=
7
-
7
PERFECT
73
37
1
I
=
9
-
2
IS
28
10
1
P
=
7
-
7
PERFECT
73
37
1
I
=
9
-
2
IS
28
10
1
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
C
=
3
-
6
CIRCLE
50
32
5
-
-
51
-
38
First Total
396
198
27
-
-
5+1
-
3+8
Add to Reduce
3+9+6
1+9+8
2+7
-
-
6
-
11
Second Total
18
18
9
-
-
-
-
1+1
Reduce to Deduce
1+8
1+8
-
-
-
6
-
2
Essence of Number
9
9
9

 

 

-
-
-
-
CIRCLING
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
C
3
3
3
-
-
-
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
1
R
18
9
9
-
-
-
1
C
3
3
3
-
-
-
1
L
12
3
3
-
-
-
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
1
N
14
5
5
-
-
-
1
G
7
7
7
C
=
3
6
CIRCLING
75
48
48
-
-
-
-
-
7+5
4+8
4+8
C
=
3
6
CIRCLING
12
12
12
-
-
-
-
-
1+2
1+2
1+2
C
=
3
6
CIRCLING
3
3
3

 

 

-
-
-
-
CIRCLING
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
C
3
3
3
-
-
-
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
1
R
18
9
9
-
-
-
1
C
3
3
3
-
-
-
1
L
12
3
3
-
-
-
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
2
N+G
21
12
3
C
=
3
8
CIRCLING
75
48
39
-
-
-
-
-
7+5
4+8
3+9
C
=
3
8
CIRCLING
12
12
12
-
-
-
-
-
1+2
1+2
1+2
C
=
3
8
CIRCLING
3
3
3

 

 

-
ILLUSION
-
-
-
1
I
9
9
9
1
L
12
3
3
1
L
12
3
3
1
U
21
3
3
1
S
19
10
1
1
I
9
9
9
1
O
15
6
6
1
N
14
11
2
8
ILLUSION
111
48
30
-
-
1+1+1
4+8
3+0
8
ILLUSION
3
12
3
-
-
-
1+2
-
8
ILLUSION
3
3
3

 

 

-
ILLUSION
-
-
-
1
I
9
9
9
1
L
12
3
3
1
L
12
3
3
1
U
21
3
3
1
S
19
10
1
1
I
9
9
9
2
O+N
29
11
2
8
ILLUSION
111
48
30
-
-
1+1+1
4+8
3+0
8
ILLUSION
3
12
3
-
-
-
1+2
-
8
ILLUSION
3
3
3

 

 

-
ILLUSION
-
-
-
1
I
9
9
9
1
L
12
3
3
1
L
12
3
3
1
U
21
3
3
1
I
9
9
9
2
S+O+N
48
21
3
8
ILLUSION
111
48
30
-
-
1+1+1
4+8
3+0
8
ILLUSION
3
12
3
-
-
-
1+2
-
8
ILLUSION
3
3
3

 

 

-
ILLUSION
-
-
-
1
I
9
9
9
1
L
12
3
3
1
L
12
3
3
1
U
21
3
3
1
S
19
10
1
1
I
9
9
9
1
O
15
6
6
1
N
14
11
2
8
ILLUSION
111
48
30
-
-
1+1+1
4+8
3+0
8
ILLUSION
3
12
3
-
-
-
1+2
-
8
ILLUSION
3
3
3

 

 

-
ILLUSION
-
-
-
1
S
19
10
1
1
L
12
3
3
1
L
12
3
3
1
U
21
3
3
1
N
14
11
2
1
O
15
6
6
1
I
9
9
9
1
I
9
9
9
8
ILLUSION
111
48
30
-
-
1+1+1
4+8
3+0
8
ILLUSION
3
12
3
-
-
-
1+2
-
8
ILLUSION
3
3
3

 

 

M
=
4
-
4
MAYA
40
13
4
T
=
2
-
2
SO
34
7
7
B
=
2
-
7
BECOMES
62
26
8
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
I
=
9
-
8
ILLUSION
111
39
3
-
-
19
-
22
First Total
280
100
28
-
-
1+9
-
2+2
Add to Reduce
2+8+0
1+0+0
2+8
-
-
10
-
4
Second Total
10
1
10
-
-
1+0
-
-
Reduce to Deduce
1+0
-
1+0
-
-
1
-
4
Essence of Number
1
1
1

 

 

T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
H
=
8
-
4
HOLY
60
24
6
M
=
4
-
5
MAGIC
33
24
6
T
=
2
-
4
THAT
49
13
4
I
=
9
-
2
IS
19
10
1
M
=
4
-
4
MAYA
40
13
4
-
-
29
-
22
First Total
234
99
27
-
-
2+9
-
2+2
Add to Reduce
2+3+4
9+9
2+7
-
-
11
-
4
Second Total
9
18
9
-
-
1+1
-
-
Reduce to Deduce
-
1+8
-
-
-
2
-
4
Essence of Number
9
9
9

 

 

MAYA YAMA LIFE DEATH THREADS LIFE I ME I LIFE THREADS DEATH LIFE YAMA MAYA

 

 

R
=
9
-
7
REALITY
90
36
9
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
R
=
9
-
4
REAL
36
18
9
I
=
9
-
8
ILLUSION
111
39
3
-
-
29
-
22
First Total
270
108
18
-
-
2+9
-
2+2
Add to Reduce
2+7+0
1+0+8
1+8
-
-
11
-
4
Second Total
9
9
9
-
-
1+1
-
-
Reduce to Deduce
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
4
Essence of Number
9
9
9

 

 

UNCONDITIONAL LIFE

MASTERING THE FORCES THAT SHAPE PERSONAL REALITY

Deepak Chopra 1991

A Mirage of Miracles

Page 89

"The Mask of Maya"

"...denoting the ability of gods to change form, to make worlds, to assume masks and disguises."

"Maya also means magic a show of illusions"

"Maya also denotes the delusion of thinking that you are seeing reality when in fact you are only seeing a layer of trick effects superimposed upon the real reality

True to its deceptive nature, Maya is full of paradoxes. First of all it is everywhere, even though it doesnt exist. It is / Page 90 / often compared with a desert mirage, yet unlike a mirage Maya does not merely float "out there" The Mysterious One is nowhere if not in each person. Finally Maya is not so omnipotent that we cannot control it - and that is the key point Maya is fearfull or diverting all powerful or completely impotent depending on your perspective."

"The fearfull illusion becomes a wonderful show if only you can manipulate it."

 

 

Daily Mail., Monday, October 12, 2015

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Compiled by Charles Legge

Page 49

QUESTION What Is the accepted chronology of the Sumerian list of kings?

SUMER, the ancient region of city states, occupied the area of southern Mesopotamia (modern Iraq). The Sumerian King List catalogues its rulers and those of its neighbours, and the length of their reigns.

In 1906, German-American scholar-Hermann Hilprecht examined a 4,000year-old cuneiform tablet that had been excavated at the site of the ancient city of Nippur — the first fragment of the list. Since his discovery, 18 further examples of the list have been found, most dating from the second half of the Isin dynasty (about 2017-1794 BC). However, no two are identical.

Among extant examples of the Sumerian King List, the Weld-Blundell Prism in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, is the most complete. It lists rulers from the antediluvian dynasties to Suen-magir, the 14th ruler of the Isin dynasty (about 1763-1753 BC).

It has four sides with two columns on each side. It probably once bild a wooden spindle going through its centre so it could be rotated and read on all four sides.

The value of the King List was originally thought to be its potential to check the validity of Biblical Chronology, but the list starts in a remote mythical past when kingship 'descended from heaven' and the rulers in the earliest dynasties are represented as having fantastically long reigns. So its earliest eight named kings are said to have ruled for a total of 241,200 years, from when 'the kingship was lowered from heaven' to the time when 'the Flood' swept over the land once more.

Some of these rulers such as Etana, Lugal-banda and Gilgamesh are mythical or legendary figures known also from Sumerian and Babylonian literary compositions. As the King List reaches historical rulers, whose reigns are attested by their royal inscriptions, the length of each reign becomes more realistic.

Scholars have observed a strong political bias to these lists with particular dynasties promoted or truncated according to which city or dynasty held the reins of political power at the time.

The influence of the King List wasn't restricted to politics in ancient Mesopotamia. Its style, structure and data exerted a widespread and enduring impact on several Mesopotamian literary compositions, including the Curse Of Agade, the Lamentation Over The Destruction Of Sumer And Ur and the Sumerian Flood Story, as well as later chronologies such as the Rulers Of Lagash and the Assyrian King List.
P Smalling, Worcester.

 

 

THE WORD FIRST USED FOR MAN IS LULLU"

"THE WORD FIRST USED FOR MAN IS 33333"

"THE WORD FIRST USED FOR MAN IS LULLU"

 

ENUMA ELISH - Babylonian Creation Myth - The continued story www.stenudd.com/myth/enumaelish/enumaelish-

The word used for man is lullu, meaning a first, primitive man. The same word is used about the savage Enkidu in the Gilgamesh epic. Since Qingu is found ...

I hereby name it Babylon, home of the great gods.

The word used in the text is written phonetically, ba-ab-i-li, contrary to tradition, maybe to allow for the etymological explanation of the name as the ‘gate of the gods’.
Then he decides to create man, to serve the gods with offerings, so that they can be at leisure. The word used for man is lullu , meaning a first, primitive man. The same word is used about the savage Enkidu in the Gilgamesh epic. Since Qingu is found guilty of the war between the gods, his blood is used to create mankind. Here, it is unclear if Marduk or Ea creates mankind. Later in the text, Ea is specified as the creator of man. Finally, the gods praise Marduk, and give him fifty names that represent different aspects of his powers and sovereignty.
The text ends with instructions on how it should be passed on from generation to generation, and the command to worship Marduk, king of the gods.

 

ENUMA ELISH
The Babylonian Creation Myth

"The word used for man is lullu"

LULLU 33333 LULLU

"The word used for man is lullu"

 

-
-
-
-
-
LULLU
-
-
-
L
3
L
-
1
L
12
3
3
U
3
U
-
1
U
21
3
3
L
3
L
-
1
L
12
3
3
L
3
L
-
1
L
12
3
3
U
3
U
-
1
U
21
3
3
-
15
-
-
6
LULLU
78
15
15
-
1+5
-
-
-
-
7+8
1+5
1+5
-
6
-
-
6
LULLU
15
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
1+5
-
-
-
6
-
-
6
LULLU
6
6
6

 

 

-
5
L
U
L
L
U
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
3
3
3
3
+
=
15
1+5
=
6
=
6
=
6
-
-
12
21
12
12
21
+
=
78
7+8
=
15
1+5
6
=
6
-
5
L
U
L
L
U
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
3
3
3
3
+
=
15
1+5
=
6
=
6
=
6
-
-
12
21
12
12
21
+
=
78
7+8
=
15
1+5
6
=
6
-
5
L
U
L
L
U
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
12
21
12
12
21
+
=
78
7+8
=
15
1+5
6
=
6
-
-
3
3
3
3
3
+
=
15
1+5
=
6
=
6
=
6
-
5
L
U
L
L
U
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
--
-
-
--
-
-
1
ONE
1
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
--
-
-
--
-
-
2
TWO
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
3
3
3
3
-
-
3
occurs
x
5
=
15
1+5
6
4
-
-
--
-
-
--
-
-
4
FOUR
4
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
--
-
-
--
-
-
5
FIVE
5
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
--
-
-
--
-
-
6
SIX
6
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
--
-
-
--
-
-
7
SEVEN
7
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
-
--
-
-
--
-
-
8
EIGHT
8
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
--
-
-
--
-
-
9
NINE
9
-
-
-
-
-
42
5
L
U
L
L
U
-
-
3
-
-
5
-
15
-
6
4+2
-
3
3
3
3
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1+5
-
-
6
5
L
U
L
L
U
-
-
3
-
-
5
-
6
-
6
-
-
3
3
3
3
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
5
L
U
L
L
U
-
-
3
-
-
5
-
6
-
6

 

 

5
L
U
L
L
U
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
3
3
3
3
+
=
15
1+5
=
6
=
6
=
6
-
12
21
12
12
21
+
=
78
7+8
=
15
1+5
6
=
6
5
L
U
L
L
U
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
3
3
3
3
+
=
15
1+5
=
6
=
6
=
6
-
12
21
12
12
21
+
=
78
7+8
=
15
1+5
6
=
6
5
L
U
L
L
U
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
12
21
12
12
21
+
=
78
7+8
=
15
1+5
6
=
6
-
3
3
3
3
3
+
=
15
1+5
=
6
=
6
=
6
5
L
U
L
L
U
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
3
3
3
3
-
-
3
occurs
x
5
=
15
1+5
6
5
L
U
L
L
U
-
-
3
-
-
5
-
15
-
6
-
3
3
3
3
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1+5
-
-
5
L
U
L
L
U
-
-
3
-
-
5
-
6
-
6
-
3
3
3
3
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
L
U
L
L
U
-
-
3
-
-
5
-
6
-
6

 

ENUMA ELISH - Babylonian Creation Myth - The continued story www.stenudd.com/myth/enumaelish/enumaelish-
The word used for man is lullu, meaning a first, primitive man.The same word is used about the savage Enkidu in the Gilgamesh epic ...

 

-
-
-
-
-
LULLU
-
-
-
L
3
L
-
1
L
12
3
3
U
3
U
-
1
U
21
3
3
L
3
L
-
1
L
12
3
3
L
3
L
-
1
L
12
3
3
U
3
U
-
1
U
21
3
3
-
15
-
-
6
LULLU
78
15
15
-
1+5
-
-
-
-
7+8
1+5
1+5
-
6
-
-
6
LULLU
15
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
1+5
-
-
-
6
-
-
6
LULLU
6
6
6

 

 

B
=
2
-
-
BABYLONIA
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
B+A
3
3
3
-
-
-
-
2
B+Y
27
9
9
-
-
-
-
1
L
12
3
3
-
-
-
-
4
O+N+I+A
39
21
3
B
=
2
Q
9
BABYLONIA
81
36
18
-
-
-
-
-
-
8+1
2+3
1+8
B
=
2
Q
9
BABYLONIA
9
9
9

 

THE

LULLABY

 

-
LULLABY
-
-
-
1
L
12
3
3
1
U
21
3
3
1
L
12
3
3
1
L
12
3
3
1
A+B
3
3
3
1
Y
25
7
7
7
LULLABY
85
22
22
-
-
8+5
2+2
2+2
7
LULLABY
13
4
4
-
-
1+3
-
-
7
LULLABY
4
4
4

 

 

T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
L
=
3
-
4
LULL
57
12
3
B
=
2
-
6
BEFORE
51
33
6
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
S
=
1
-
5
STORM
85
22
4
-
-
10
-
21
First Total
259
97
25
-
-
1+0
-
2+1
Add to Reduce
2+5+9
9+7
2+5
-
-
1
-
3
Second Total
16
16
7
-
-
-
-
-
Reduce to Deduce
1+6
1+6
-
-
-
1
-
3
Essence of Number
7
7
7

 

 

1
I
9
9
9
3
THE
33
15
6
8
ILLUSION
111
39
3
4
THAT
49
13
4
2
IS
28
19
1
2
ME
18
9
9
20
First Total
248
104
32
2+0
Add to Reduce
2+4+8
1+0+4
3+2
2
Second Total
14
5
5
9
Reduce to Deduce
1+4
-
-
2
Essence of Number
5
5
5

 

 

1
-
R
=
9
6
RE ATUM
78
24
6
-
1
2
-
S
=
1
3
SHU
48
12
3
-
2
3
-
T
=
2
6
TEFNUT
86
23
5
-
3
4
-
G
=
7
3
GEB
14
14
5
-
4
5
-
N
=
5
3
NUT
55
10
1
-
5
6
-
O
=
6
6
OSIRIS
89
35
8
-
6
7
-
I
=
9
4
ISIS
56
20
2
-
7
8
-
S
=
1
3
SET
44
8
8
-
8
9
-
N
=
5
8
NEPHTHYS
115
43
7
-
9
45
-
-
-
45
42
First Total
585
189
45
-
45
4+5
-
-
-
4+5
4+2
Add to Reduce
5+8+5
1+8+9
4+5
-
4+5
9
-
-
-
9
6
Second Total
18
18
9
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
Reduce to Deduce
1+8
1+8
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
9
6
Essence of Number
9
9
9
-
9

 

THE

LIVING GODS ENERGIES GODS LIVING

DIVINE THOUGHT THOUGHT DIVINE

THE

CREATORS

R LIGHT PERFECT CREATORS I ME I ME I CREATORS PERFECT LIGHT R

 

 

3
THE
33
15
6
5
ENNEA
39
21
3
8
Add to Reduce
72
36
9
-
Reduce to Deduce
7+2
3+6
-
8
Essence of Number
9
9
9

 

 

-
-
-
-
9
-
9
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
4
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
2
-
1
-
-
-
-
1
1
1
-
-
-
-
1
A
T
U
M
R
A
-
A
R
M
U
T
A
1
20
21
13
18
1
-
1
18
13
21
20
1
1
2
3
4
9
1
-
1
9
4
3
2
1
A
T
U
M
R
A
-
A
R
M
U
T
A
1
2
3
4
9
1
-
1
9
4
3
2
1
A
T
U
M
R
A
-
A
R
M
U
T
A

 

 

GODS AND SPACEMEN IN THE ANCIENT EAST

W. Raymond Drake 1968

Page 126

"Sculptures at Karnak and Thebes depict sun disks surrounded by serpents or 'spirits', winged disks made of wood covered with shining gold were placed over the doors of temples as potent symbols. A similar disk with wings among the Assyrians and in Iran represented the great Ahura-Mazda; the Cherubim which expelled Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden were probably flying-disks not Angels. On the other side of the world the emblem of the Inca was a great golden disk, symbol of world-wide sun­worship.
An intriguing symbol of the Egyptian legends was the Divine Eye. Atum, the Creator, sent his Eye to rescue his son, Shu, God of the Air, and Tefnut, his sister-wife; when mankind plotted against Ra he hurled his Divine Eye against his enemies; on one occasion the Eye wandered away and Ra was obliged to send his magician, Thoth, to bring it back; another legend describes how
the Eye fled from Egypt to Nubia and was brought back by Anhur meaning 'sky-bearer'. The Goddess, Hathor, sometimes identified with the star, Sept, Sothis or Sirius, but more often associated with Venus-Aphrodite, at the command of Ra took the form of the Divine Eye and waged war upon mankind; she slew so many men that Ra feared all humanity would perish, so he poured seven thousand jars of beer upon the fields; Hathor paused to admire her beautiful reflection in the beer then quenched her thirs,t, became drunk and abandoned. the slaughter. The Eye of Horus caused immense devastation among the forces of Set, who at one time gained possession of it, but Horus soon regained the Eye again. The Eye 'became identified with the -Uraeus, viper symbol of the divine serpent, the talisman on the forehead of Kings.172
Egyptologists find themselves still puzzled by the significance of
the Divine Eye; some identify the Eye of Ra as the Sun and the Eye of Horus as the morning-star, Venus, others argue the Eyes refer to the Moon. Students of UFOS at once recognise the Eye as a Flying Saucer, a Spaceship which would surely appear to the unsophisticated Egyptians like the Eye of a God in the sky. Hindu, Japanese, Greek and Celtic mythologies all tell of celestial battles waged by Divine Beings in solar disks or 'Eyes', which associate with the Egyptian legends describing the War in / Page 127 / Heaven. The 'Uraeus' or 'divine serpent' recalls the 'fiery serpents' of Israel, the 'feathered serpents' of Mexico and the. 'fire-breathing dragons' of China, possibly symbolism for Spaceships.
The most fascinating God of Old Egypt was surely Thoth 173 who despite his bird's head to our scientific twentieth-century must seem the most human. Thoth, identified with Hermes, Messenger of the Gods (called by the Greeks 'Hermes Trismegistus' - 'three times very great' and identified with the planet Mercury) said to be the son of Ra, was believed to be the Divine Intelligence, who created the Universe by the sound of his voice alone. This profound conception coincides with the Hindu tradition of Brahma uttering the sacred sound AUM, and with the Jewish teachings of God pronouncing the Word; this most ancient thought summarises our own ultra-modern science, which asserts that the whole universe and its myriad dimensions of matter is a manifesta­tion of infinite vibrations. Thoth was the God of earth, sea and sky, inventor of all the arts and sciences, Lord of magic, patron of literature, scribe of the Gods, inventor of hieroglyphics, Author of Magical Books, founder of geometry, astronomy, medicine, music and mathematics, Master of occult Mysteries, recorder of history, Clerk to the Judges of the dead. Occult traditions teach that Thoth was an Atlantean, who aided in the building of the Great Pyramid in which he secreted tablets of wisdom and magical weapons. He is said to have fashioned and serviced the 'Eye of Horus'; he was Lord of the Moon. Was he an Extra-terrestrial who had landed there?
Sanchoniathon, the Phoenician historian, wrote: 174
'The God, Taautus, (Thoth) contrived also for Cronus, the ensign of his royal power having four eyes in the parts before and in the parts behind, two of them closing as in sleep and upon the shoulders four wings, two in the act. of flying and two reposing as at rest. And this symbol was that Cronus, whilst he .slept, was watching and reposed while he was awake. And in like manner with respect to his wings, that while he rested, he was flying yet rested while he flew! But to the other Gods there were two wings only to each upon his shoulders to intimate that they flew under the control of Cronus, he had also two wings upon his head; the one for the most governing part the mind, and one for the sense.' "

 

 

-
22
R
A
-
O
S
I
R
I
S
-
I
S
I
S
-
N
E
P
H
T
Y
S
S
E
T
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
1
9
-
9
1
-
9
1
9
1
-
5
-
-
8
-
-
1
1
-
-
+
=
61
6+1
=
7
-
7
-
7
-
-
-
-
-
15
19
9
-
9
19
-
9
19
9
19
-
14
-
-
8
-
-
19
19
-
-
+
=
187
1+8+7
=
16
1+6
7
-
7
-
22
R
A
-
O
S
I
R
I
S
-
I
S
I
S
-
N
E
P
H
T
Y
S
S
E
T
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
1
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
7
-
2
7
-
-
5
2
+
=
47
4+7
=
11
1+1
2
-
2
-
-
18
1
-
-
-
-
18
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
16
-
20
25
-
-
5
20
+
=
128
1+2+8
=
11
1+1
2
-
2
-
22
R
A
-
O
S
I
R
I
S
-
I
S
I
S
-
N
E
P
H
T
Y
S
S
E
T
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
18
1
-
15
19
9
18
9
19
-
9
19
9
19
-
14
5
16
8
20
25
19
19
5
20
+
=
315
3+1+5
=
9
-
9
-
9
-
-
9
1
-
6
1
9
9
9
1
-
9
1
9
1
-
5
5
7
8
2
7
1
1
5
2
+
=
108
1+0+8
=
9
-
9
-
9
-
22
R
A
-
O
S
I
R
I
S
-
I
S
I
S
-
N
E
P
H
T
Y
S
S
E
T
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
1
-
-
-
1
-
-
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
1
occurs
x
7
=
7
-
7
``-
``-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
2
occurs
x
2
=
4
-
4
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
THREE
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
FOUR
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
5
occurs
x
3
=
15
1+5
6
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
occurs
x
1
=
6
-
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
occurs
x
2
=
14
1+4
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
occurs
x
1
=
8
-
8
-
-
9
-
-
-
-
9
9
9
-
-
9
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
occurs
x
6
=
54
5+4
9
7
22
R
A
-
O
S
I
R
I
S
-
I
S
I
S
-
N
E
P
H
T
Y
S
S
E
T
-
-
38
-
-
22
-
108
-
45
-
2+2
9
-
-
-
-
9
9
9
-
-
9
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3+8
-
-
2+2
-
1+0+8
-
4+5
7
4
R
A
-
O
S
I
R
I
S
-
I
S
I
S
-
N
E
P
H
T
Y
S
S
E
T
-
-
11
-
-
4
-
9
-
9
-
-
9
1
-
6
1
9
9
9
1
-
9
1
9
1
-
5
5
7
8
2
7
1
1
5
2
-
-
1+1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
4
R
A
-
O
S
I
R
I
S
-
I
S
I
S
-
N
E
P
H
T
Y
S
S
E
T
-
-
2
-
-
4
-
9
-
9

 

 

22
R
A
-
O
S
I
R
I
S
-
I
S
I
S
-
N
E
P
H
T
Y
S
S
E
T
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
1
9
-
9
1
-
9
1
9
1
-
5
-
-
8
-
-
1
1
-
-
+
=
61
6+1
=
7
-
7
-
7
-
-
-
-
15
19
9
-
9
19
-
9
19
9
19
-
14
-
-
8
-
-
19
19
-
-
+
=
187
1+8+7
=
16
1+6
7
-
7
22
R
A
-
O
S
I
R
I
S
-
I
S
I
S
-
N
E
P
H
T
Y
S
S
E
T
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
1
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
7
-
2
7
-
-
5
2
+
=
47
4+7
=
11
1+1
2
-
2
-
18
1
-
-
-
-
18
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
16
-
20
25
-
-
5
20
+
=
128
1+2+8
=
11
1+1
2
-
2
22
R
A
-
O
S
I
R
I
S
-
I
S
I
S
-
N
E
P
H
T
Y
S
S
E
T
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
18
1
-
15
19
9
18
9
19
-
9
19
9
19
-
14
5
16
8
20
25
19
19
5
20
+
=
315
3+1+5
=
9
-
9
-
9
-
9
1
-
6
1
9
9
9
1
-
9
1
9
1
-
5
5
7
8
2
7
1
1
5
2
+
=
108
1+0+8
=
9
-
9
-
9
22
R
A
-
O
S
I
R
I
S
-
I
S
I
S
-
N
E
P
H
T
Y
S
S
E
T
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
1
-
-
-
1
-
-
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
1
occurs
x
7
=
7
-
7
``-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
2
occurs
x
2
=
4
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
5
-
-
-
-
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SOPHIA: GODDESS OF WISDOM

Caitlin Matthews 1991

3

THE SAVIOUR GODDESS

Isis: Come thou to me quickly,

Since I desire to see thy face after not having seen thy face. . .

My heart is hot at thy wrongful separation;

I yearn for thy love toward me.

Come! Be not alone! Be not far off!

Nephthys: Draw nigh, so please you, to us;

We miss life through lack of thee

The Lamentations of Is is and Nephthys

The Mysteries

The return of the Goddess in our time acts as a corrective to our long absence from her presence. In the last thirty years there have been innumerable feminist histories of the Goddess that attempt to acquaint our society with what it has lost, to reconnect us to the Goddess by ties of learned familiarity. We all need a continuum, something which connects us with our mother country and which will accompany us into the uncertainty of the future because, for most of us, the Goddess remains a lost country.
The tradition of a Saviour Goddess - one who is attuned to our condition, who reaches out to us and bears us up - is absent from our society. The Saviour as a male Messiah, Prophet and Spiritual Teacher has intervened. But our ancestors certainly recognized and were initiated into the mysteries of the Saviour Goddess. The body of wisdom associated with each deity was guarded and administered by local shrines, temples and confederations dedicated to the Goddess of the locality. The Mystery Religions gave direct initiation into the myth of their presiding deities, so that each individual knew what it was like to mourn for Osiris, search for Kore, descend to the Underworld and be reborn. Sometimes these cults attracted a good deal of attention from further afield, such as the Eleusinian and Isiac mysteries, and though the former remained localized to Greece, the cult of Isis spread throughout the Roman Empire after the fashion of a religion, providing one / Page 59 / model for the state religion that was to follow. The mystery initiations of these cults were prefigurings of the sacraments which replaced them.
Many scholars have mooted that each or any of the Goddesses in this chapter may have furnished models for Sophia. As we trace the myth of the Goddess through her salvific guises, we are aware of a cohesive set of metaphors which suggest a family likeness, as though a great mirror has shattered, prismatically retaining the original image. Indeed, the way in which Wisdom appears in the Bible is by means of 'reflective mythology' - not the representation of an actual myth but by a theological appropriation of mythic language and patterns which have been repackaged from the pagan models.
With the Goddesses Demeter and Isis, the myth of the Goddess takes on a greater urgency which resonates to our contemporary spiritual response to the Divine Feminine: we find a common theme of loss and finding, of seeking for pieces of the shattered mirror of the beloved. Only when the divine daughter or husband is found and reconstituted can earth function again. Kore and Osiris are lost and found again: but they cannot be reconstituted entirely as they were. So it is with our own search for the Goddess. In the period of loss, exile or death, something transformative has happened. As we see below, Kore and Osiris, like Ishtar, descend to the underworld and become way-showers for all who go beyond death to spiritual rebirth. In the story of Psyche, this search is personally exemplified by a woman who becomes a Goddess, but only after total loss and dereliction. In Psyche, the portrait of Sophia becomes clearer. In each of these saving stories, it is the urgency of love, the enduring patience of the seeker, which restores the lost beloved. These are the prime qualities of Sophia which remind us always, though we do not see her face clearly because she is veiled or disguised, that the Goddess accompanies us wherever we go.
Demeter amd Kore
Demeter and her daughter Kore represent a primal tradition of the Saviour Goddess which survived the demise of the Eleusinian Mysteries, established in their honour. Elements of the story were incorporated by the Hellenic dynasties of Egypt into the myth of Isis and Osiris, as well as permeating the Neo-Platonic and / Page 60 / Hermetic traditions who revered Kore as the ultimate initiator or Virgin of Light.
The names Demeter and Kore are not personal names at all, but titles. They mean Mother and Daughter or Girl, respectively. The names of deities are usually veiled and given only in the heart of the initiation into the mystery, which in the case of the Eleusinian Mysteries was a personal enactment of the phases of the following story.
Demeter's daughter Kore was gathering flowers when she was abducted by Pluto to Hades. Only Hecate heard the girl at first but soon Kore's lamentations filled the mountains and seas, and Demeter understood that Kore was lost. Searching everywhere for her daughter, Demeter at last sat exhausted by the Maiden's Well at Eleusis looking like a crone. The daughters of Metaneira took her home to be nurse to their baby brother Demophobn. Unsmiling and refusing sweet wine to slake her thirst, Demeter was roused from her sorrow by Iambe (or Baubo).l
In his commentary upon this episode, Arnobius relates: 'Baubo
. . . received Ceres, wearied with complicated evils, as her guest, and endeavoured to soothe her sorrows. . . she entreated her to pay attention to the refreshment of her body, and placed before her (the kykeon) to assuage the vehemence of her thirst. . .'2 Being unable to divert Demeter, Baubo then uncovered her vagina: 'upon which the goddess fixed her eyes, and was delighted with the novel method of mitigating the anguish of sorrow; and afterwards, becoming cheerful through laughter, she assuaged the ardour of her thirst with the (kykeon) which she had before despised.'3
This episode is crucial to an understanding of the Eleusinian mysteries, for Demeter cannot be heartened by any act of kindness. Baubo, in the earthing role of the Black Goddess, reminds Demeter of the origin of life by revealing her vulva in the manner of a Sheila na Gig. She reminds Demeter of the Black Goddess's role as life-bringer and of the delights of sexuality: the reversal of death and decay. Demeter is able to accept the refreshing drink and the Eleusinian mysteries are established.
Demeter nursed the child Demophobn and, in an attempt to give the child immortality, she held him in the fire each evening, burn­ing away his mortality. However, Metaneira interrupted this ritual, believing her child to be endangered. Demeter thereupon resumed her Goddessly stature and rebuked her hostess. So the Eleusinian Mysteries were thereafter established to appease Demeter, who ini­tiated her hosts into the mysteries of the earth and agriculture.

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In the meantime, the earth's seasons had ceased and in mourn­ing for Kore, Demeter 'caused a most dreadful and cruel year for mankind', so that no seed grew. All the gods implored Demeter to relent and Zeus instructed Pluto to let Kore go. Demeter and Kore were restored to one another but, because Kore had eaten pomegranate seeds in Hades, she was obliged to remain a third part of the year in that place. Thereafterwards, Hecate became Kore's companion.
Another tradition survives of Demeter's wanderings in Arkadia, and this gives us Demeter Erinyes, Black or Angry Demeter. The story tells how Demeter was raped, while hiding in the form of a mare, by Poseidon, in the form of a stallion. Grieved both at this event and by the loss of Persephone to Hades, she put on black and retired to a cave in Phygalia. The earth was stricken with famine. Eventually the Gods sent the Fates to ask her to relent, which she finally did. She gave birth subsequently to a son, Arion, and to an unnamed daughter called, merely, Despoina (the Mistress). The Phygalians honoured the cave of Black Demeter with a mare-headed statue, which held a dolphin in one hand and a dove in the other. 4
Despoina was worshipped as the Mistress of the Underworld among the Orphites, understanding her to be the subterranean Persephone, while Kore was seen as the trancendent maiden of the mysteries. This two-fold Persephone gives us a Black Goddess and her Sophianic counterpart.
The three Goddesses of the Eleusinian mysteries, Kore, Demeter and Hecate, comprehend the realms of heaven, earth and the underworld between them. They may also be associated with the three phases of the moon, as Proclus remarks of Diana in his commentary on the Timaeus: 'She presides over the whole of generation into natural existence, leads forth into light all natural reasons, and extends a prolific power from on high even to the subterranean realms.'5 This is the nature of the Goddess of All, whose wisdom encompasses every realm; those Goddesses whose realm of operation is restricted to one region of existence seldom accord with the Goddess of Wisdom, who incorporates all within her.
The later Orphic traditions which incorporated the traditions associated with Demeter and Kore, utilized the Eleusinian mys­teries to great effect. Proclus tells of the inner mysteries: 'Persephone abides on high in those dwellings of the Mother which she prepared for her in inaccessible places, exempt from the sensible / P62 / world. But she likewise dwells beneath with Pluto, administering terrestial concerns, governing the recesses of the earth, and supplying life to the extremities of the Kosmos.'6
This precisely corresponds with the unfolding pattern of Sophia who is both transcendent and manifest, withdrawn and always among us. It also leads us to consider the manner in which the Orphic mysteries developed the ancient idea of the Goddess weaving the web of life. Using the deities' Roman names, it tells of a tradition whereby Ceres, fearful that harm might come to Proserpine, secretes her daughter in a house in Sicily, while she herself withdraws to the temple of Cybele. In order to draw Proserpine forth, Jupiter sends Venus to beguile her, along with Diana and Minerva, the Virgin Goddesses, to set her suspicions to rest.
'The three goddesses arriving find Proserpine at work on a scarf for her mother, in which she had embroidered the primitive chaos, and the formation of the world.'? Thomas Taylor defines the three Goddesses thus: Venus represents Desire, Minerva Reason, and Diana is Nature. They led her out where she could be abducted and the story falls out as above. This image of betrayal may seem a contradictory one, but here the three Goddesses are responsible for the experiential descent of Persephone.
Demeter's loss of Kore is akin to the earth losing the World­Soul. Hence, Demeter's journey and Kore's finding remain two powerful paradigms for spiritual experience. We note that when Kore returns to the realms of earth once more 'Hekate becomes thereafter the constant attendant of Persephone . . . Until the Soul falls into matter, she has no Fate, or Karma.'8 It is thus that the Black Goddess is received into Saviour Goddess within this mythos, and seen to be part of the salvific process. For the Orphics, Persephone remained the inimitable Goddess of Nature, weaving the web of the world. She is distracted from her Mother's task and enters the realm of experience. In this she is like both Pandora and Eve. The mystery narrative of Psyche and Cupid (Eros) similarly tells of the way in which Psyche, another clear paradigm of the soul, fell into experience. As we will see in Chapters 8 and 12, the Fall - so often seen as a terrible fate ­has its meaning reversed. Is this the way Sophia intends us to understand our lives - not as the terrible exile we have been led to believe, but as a wonderful adventure?
The mystery of the Virgin Mother lies in her fiat , her acceptance of life's experiences. She assents, not personally or preferentially, / Page 63 / but unreservedly, for all creation. It is so that she is remade and renewed, becoming inviolate because she has so willingly given herself. It is this experience that links Inanna, Kore, Mary and Sophia who each descend into life and become of one nature with it. The descent of the World-Soul, of the Goddess, was a familiar theme throughout the ancient world. We note that the emphasis is no longer upon the marriage of the Goddess to the creation. The physical union of lover and beloved is not forgotten, but the metaphor is now one of the body seeking its soul. The foundation myth of the soul's search for her beloved is told about Psyche, whose name means, simply, 'soul'.


Psyche and Cupid


The story of Psyche and Cupid appears in Lucius Apuleius's The Golden Ass. Psyche was the youngest daughter of a king and was so beautiful that people likened her to the Goddess Venus. At this piece of hubris, Venus herself intervened, and sent Cupid to make Psyche fall in love with an outcast. Since Psyche's great beauty was so awesome, no suitor appeared to court her and her father sent to Apollo's oracle to learn her fate. The oracle darkly bade Psyche to prepare for her marriage: she should be left on a barren rock where a monstrous bridegroom, not of mortal kind, would claim her. Left alone, Psyche found nearby a house prepared for her, where she was invisibly tended. Her invisible husband visited her bed and bade her not to listen for the mourning voices of her family who assumed her death. He warned her particularly against her sisters who would, he said, demand to know what Psyche's husband looked like.
But Psyche was visited by her sisters who were exceedingly jealous of her good fortune. The pregnant Psyche listened to her sisters' surmise that her husband was a monster and that she must find out what he looked like and then slay him. Psyche prepared a knife and hid a lamp in her bedroom. She kindled the lamp that evening: 'At once the secret was revealed. There lay the gentlest and sweetest of all wild creatures, Cupid himself, the beautiful love-god, and at sight of him the flame of the lamp spurted joyfully up and the knife turned its edge for shame.'9 She accidentally pricked her finger on one of his arrows and so fell in love with Love. Cupid awoke and told how he had disobeyed his own mother because he had been wounded with one of his own / Page 63 / arrows. Because she had refused to heed his advice about her sisters, he left her alone. Psyche cast herself on the mercy of her two sisters who, hearing that Cupid was now unattached, went to the forlorn rock and independently fell to their deaths.
Neither Ceres nor Juno, to whom Psyche prayed for help, were inclined to aid her since Venus had sent a proclamation asking for the return of Psyche as her runaway slave-girl. Venus captured Psyche and set her four tasks. She was to separate a sack of mixed seeds into piles, and was helped by a company of ants. She was told to go and fetch a hank of golden fleece from a herd of wild sheep. In despair, she intended to drown herself but was prevented by a reed which told her to wait until the afternoon. Venus then demanded a cup of icy water from the waters of the Styx. It was guarded by dragons, but an eagle helped her. Venus then ordered her to Hades to request from Persephone a little of her beauty for Venus' own use. Psyche was about to spring from a high tower when the tower itself counselled her.
Psyche was told not to open Persephone's box, which of course she did. She immediately fell into a Stygian sleep, but Cupid him­self roused her and, begging Jupiter for help, secured immortality for Psyche and her child.10
The outcast whom Psyche married was, of course, Love. Love is the unknown and unimaginable quality until it is personally experienced. For virgins it is another country. Psyche was too immature to insist on the evidence of her own senses and could be swayed by her sisters into believing that her love was nothing more than a monster. The experience of Sophia is like this, for the face of the Divine Mistress is veiled, sometimes imagined to be a terrible Medusa who will devour or petrify.
Psyche and Cupid together depict the dual role of Sophia. Cupid
or Eros is pure love which cannot be seen but only apprehended. Psyche is subject to the tests of love, which she seeks by dogged patience. Like the manifest Sophia, she must go in suffering and sorrow about the world, seeking to bring about the perfect conditions by which she will know her love once more.
It is a story in which the soul seeks for union with Deity. But Eros is like the God of the New Testament, dwelling in inaccessible light, 'whom no man has seen and whom no man is able to see.'l1 Love can only be experienced personally, never vicariously.
Psyche, like Pandora and Eve, shows us the pagan myth of the falling feminine. The Fall, so often considered to be a terrible thing, is a fall into experience; like the falling of the epileptic to earth, it / Page 65 / may also have its other face, for then we fall into the embrace of our dreams and fears and know them for what they are face to face. The Senoi Indians, experts in dream-leading, tell us not to be afraid of dreams of falling because: 'the falling spirits love you. They are attracting you to their land, and you have but to relax and remain asleep in order to come to grips with them. When you meet them, you may be frightened of their terrific power, but go on. When you think you are dying in a dream, you are only receiving the powers of the other world, your own spiritual power which has been turned against you, and which now wishes to become one with you if you will accept it.'12
The Lord of the Underworld, Ereshkigal and Venus are all teachers in these salvific pagan stories; they show that the fearful face of the Black Goddess is really the veiled Sophia. The rebirth of the mystery initiation brings us into contact with our own power, which we have failed to take in our own time. Part of the reason for this is that we live in the shadow of the Judaeo-Christian Fall, for which Woman bears the blame. The experience of Psyche and Kore shows the vulnerable face of Sophia, who is not afraid to fall, to learn by seeming mistakes. They show that the descent into death is the only possible pathway to ascent or spiritual rebirth. This is why Hecate as Black Goddess stands with her torch to guide Persephone as Sophia and all other souls who pass that underworld way thereafter.
The Lady who passed the torch of this mystery knowledge into mystical Christianity was Isis.

Isis

The connections between Isis and Sophia are very significant and show us Sophia's strongest links to the ancient Goddess tradition. Isis is a Saviour Goddess par excellence, one who combines the elements of the Black Goddess and the Hellenic philosophies which went to create the definitive Sophia.
Isis was a potent Goddess as early as the 3rd millennium BC. She was the sister-wife of Osiris, with whom she mated in the womb of their mother, Nuit, the sky goddess. Theirs was an eternal balanced partnership and may stand as a model for tb.e ideal Sophianic relationship to the Divine Masculine. Isis was primarily the Lady of the House of Life, the possessor of the ankh, which was the symbol of both divine authority and also the key to / Page 65 / the house of life itself. Her name in Egyptian was really Auset (Isis is a Hellenicized version), which means throne. The hieroglyph which represents Isis is the throne, and this image shows her as literally the power of the earth, of which the royal seat is but a representation. Pharoahs were established on the throne of Isis. The dead went into the Otherworld, their sarcophagi guarded by Isis with her wings outstretched. Was it a memory of this image that caused the writer of the Pentateuch to write: 'The eternal God is thy refuge and underneath are the everlasting arms'?13
The cult of Isis was wide-ranging and deeply-rooted in the Classical world. She epitomized the Great Mother, as well as taking on the attributes of lesser goddess-forms and subsuming them into her cult. In her aretalogy or self-praise, Isis utters as comprehensive a list of her abilities as any which appear in the mouth of Wisdom within the Bible:

I gave and ordained laws for men, which no one is able to change. . .
I am she that is called goddess by women. . .
I divided the earth from the heaven.
I showed the paths of the stars.
I ordered the course of the sun and the moon.
I devised business in the sea.
I made strong the right.
I brought together women and men.
I appointed to women to bring their infants to birth in the tenth month.
I ordained that parents should be loved by children.
I laid punishment upon those disposed without natural affection toward their parents.
I made with my brother Osiris an end to the eating of men.
I revealed mysteries unto men.
I taught men to honour images of the gods. . .
I made the right to be stronger than gold and silver.
I ordained that the true should be thought good. . .
I am the Queen of rivers and winds and sea.
No one is held in honour without my knowing it.
I am the Queen of war.
I am the Queen of the thunderbolt.
I stir up the sea and I calm it.
I am in the rays of the sun. . .
I set free those in bonds. . .
I overcome Fate.14

This comprehensive list enumerates the pagan virtues as under­stood in the ancient world. Isis shows herself in the likeness of Maat, or Demeter Thesmophorus, as well as an upholder of justice, a law-giver and creator, as well as one who reforms the nature of spirituality and even fate, heimarmene, which was most feared by the ancients for its capricious convolutions. Significantly, another aretalogy says of her: 'thou didst make the power of women equal to that of men. '15
The turning point in Isis' career happened when Alexander the Great conquered Egypt. The Ptolemaic dynasty, founded by Ptolemy C a Macedonian, brought a Greek influence to bear upon Egypt. The Ptolemaic dynasty immediately assimilated itself to Egyptian modes of kingship, but the assimilation of Egyptian and Greek religious traditions was more difficult. The Greeks were keen to understand the universal language of symbolic correspondence between their own deities and those of the Egyptians. Ptolemy I appointed two priests to modify the disparate polytheisms into a coherent order: Manetho, an Egyptian, and Timotheus, a Greek. The long history of Egyptian tradition had, over the centuries, accommodated itself to some strange inconsistencies which these two ironed out, incorporating Greek concepts and deistic analogies which made the Egyptian worship more ecumenical.16
Plutarch took up the Egyptian Isis and Hellenicized her in his study Isis and Osiris. The Greek-Egyptian experience is truly a catalyst in this study of Wisdom, for the strong character of Isis the Goddess became the Sophianic touchstone of both Herme­ticism and Gnosticism, as well as a major influence within Neo­Pythagorean philosophy.
The myth of Isis is typified chiefly by her long search for the body of her husband/brother, Osiris, who is riven in pieces by Set, his opponent. Isis' long task is the reassembling of Osiris' body and the magical conception of her child, Horus, through whom the teachings of the gods will be vindicated. Plutarch speaks of this esoteric wisdom: 'The Egyptians place sphinxes before their shrines to indicate that their religious teaching has in it an enigmatical sort of wisdom.' In Sais, the statue of Athena, whom they believe to be Isis, bore the inscription: 'I am all that has been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has yet uncovered.' The statue of Neith at Sals betokens the nature of Isis, whose mantle she is - the mysteries of the Goddess are eternal and ever-renewing. It is not given to any mortal to view / Page 68 / these mysteries in their totality, save only in part and by the light of their own understanding.
The Goddess Neith, once venerated as the Creating Mother who wove the loom of the sky with her shuttle, was associated with another creating God, Khnum, who made the gods on his potter's wheel. 17 This association of a veiled goddess with an artificer god prefigures the Gnostic Sophia and her son the Demiurge.
In the Hermetica Horus asked his mother: 'How did Earth attain to the happy lot of receiving the efflux of God?' And Isis answered: 'Mighty Horus, do not ask me to describe to you the origin of the stock whence you are sprung; for it is not permitted to inquire into the birth of gods. This only I may tell you, that God who rules alone, the fabricator of the universe, bestowed on the earth for a little time your great father Osiris and the great goddess Isis, that they might give the world the help it so much needed.'18 Here, we see the hermetic concept of Godhead of artificer; exactly the same term is used to describe Lady Wisdom in Proverbs 8:
As for the robes, those of Isis are variegated in their colours; for her power is concerned with matter which becomes everything and receives everything, light and darknefs, day and night, fire and water, life and death, beginning and end.19
Isis was the great saving Goddess under whose many-coloured cloak were subsumed the attributes and abilities of myriad lesser deities. Plutarch comments: 'There are those who declare that Isis is none other than the Moon; for this reason it is said that the statues of Isis that bear horns are imitations of the crescent moon, and in her dark garments are shown the concealments and the obscuration in which she in her yearning pursues the Sun (Osiris).'20
The black Isis is none other than the Black Goddess, Isis in her role as estoeric instructor as well as in her sorrowful mantle of mourning. Generally, the Black Goddess aspect of Isis is polarized upon Nephthys, her sister, who was originally Mistress of Heaven and the Underworld, but these roles became later split in Isis as Queen of Heaven.21
Isis was the skilful avoid er of the net in which Set attempted to trap her. The net was seen as the symbol of the Adversary of Wisdom, for it was believed to exist in the Underworld where the dead had to learn its every part: the poles, ropes, weights and hooks whose names they had to learn in order to become 'true / Page 69 / fishers'. In other words, the initiate was supposed to learn about the net of life not solely in order to avoid being caught in its toils, but also to learn how to fish for real nourishment.
With the onset of Christianity as the Roman state religion in the 4th century AD, the cult of Isis declined only in name, for the potency of her ritual worship flowed into the cult of the Blessed Virgin Mary to whom the same qualities, divine works of mercy and love, are attributed. Like the fertile waters of the Nile which brought life to Egyptian people then as now, the Goddess Herself returns to enliven Her people. Now that we are experiencing a reappraisal and reverence for the Goddess, it is only right that we should approach Her once again, in whatever form She appears to us.
The statues of Isis suckling Horus formed the early iconic model for all subsequent Madonna and Child states of Christian tradi­tion. The Roman emperors, prior to Christianizing Constantine, venerated Isis, as is shown in a mural at Philae where Augustus is shown offering Isis myrrh, while Tiberius offers milk and incense, as well as animals sacred to Isis. Without any reservation one can transpose this nativity to that stable frequented by three kings!22
As Isis is the sister-spouse of Osiris, so the Gospel of Philip observes: 'Mary is the name of his (Jesus') sister, and his mother, and it is the name of his partner.'23 Mary inherits the role of Nympha Dei (bride of God) from Isis, along with numerous other titles, the most important correlation being: 'Throne of the King' as Mary is called in the Eastern Orthodox Akathist Hymn.24
Isis is opposed to Set and all his works, in much the same way that Mary is opposed to the serpent of Satan. 'The adversary who spies on us lies in wait for us like a fisherman.'25 Statues of Isis show her crowned with the moon and with a crocodile under her feet - the infamous Set thrown down - this image is translated in its entirety in the Book of Revelations where Mary is similarly depicted, only as the Maiden crowned with the Sun and with the Moon under her feet, trampling on the serpent representing Lucifer. Mary's veil of sunlight is the true doxa or glory of Sophia.
The Beatus Apocalypse of Ferdinand I of Spain (see page 70) shows the Woman Clothed with the Sun, the Christianized Isis. Mary appears as Lower Sophia, totally black and with her eagle's wings ready to lift her to safety; one of the heads of the seven­headed dragon about to devour her has a net-like flood to entrap her

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The identification between Set and Typhon was readily made in Hellenic Egypt.26 It is surprising that Nephthys, the sister of lsis and her mirror-image, should not have partaken of Set's nature, for she is Set's wife. She remains on lsis' side, as Black Goddess to her Sophia throughout her battle with Set, just as Ge Melantho does with Hera in her battle against Zeus.
The House of the Net was the title of the god Thoth's temple. The term 'net' was used in a symbolic sense to denote that which shuts humankind 'into the limitations of the conventional life of the world' and which keeps us from memory of our true selves.27 Here the veil of Sophia keeps the unprepared from experiencing initiations which will overturn their world. This veil is usually seen as an entrapping net, as when Tiamat was trapped in a net by Marduk.28 So Zeus sought his mother Rhea in marriage until she assumed serpent form, but he bound her in 'the Noose of Hercules' and united with her. In contradistinction to the entrapping net is the protective veil of Isis, the veil of Neith.
In the Panathenaea the famous Peplum, Veil, Web, or Robe of Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom, was borne aloft like the sail of a galley; but this was the symbol only of the Mysteries. Mystically it signified the Veil of the Universe, studded with stars, the many-coloured Veil of Nature, the famous Veil or Robe of Isis, that no "mortal" or "dead man" has raised, for that veil was the spiritual nature of man himself, and to raise it he had to transcend the limits of individuality, break the bonds of death, and so become consciously immortal. 29
That same veil was inherited by Isis from her mother, Nuit, the Sky Goddess, whose body arches over the heavens with a veil of stars. The veil of sunlight which Mary wears in Revela­tions is truly the doxa of Sophia, the glory which was once that of Isis.
The Peplos was one of the names of heaven, according to the hymns of Orpheus.30 It was said to have been woven by Persephone, when her mother left her in a cave to learn the arts of embroidery and weaving. Persephone was seen as presiding over creation, and her web is the weave of heaven itself. This continual reference to the garment or veil of Wisdom reminds us that Sophia is found everywhere, under the forms of nature or else hidden in the symbols and images which speak to the heart. This is the veil which cannot be rent assunder by rape, only by personal understanding.

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Isis was a way-shower through the mysteries of spirituality. As Isis Pelagia, Queen of the Sea, the famous Pharos of Alexandria, the lighthouse which is one of the Seven Wonders of the World, was dedicated to her. It is indeed like a pharos that she appeared across the sea to Lucius Apuleius.
Lucius Apuleius (c. AD 120-180) was an initiate of the mysteries of Isis about which he wrote in his allegorical story The Golden Ass. In this, Lucius tells how he was accidentally transformed into an ass by his girl-friend, the servant of a Thessalian witch. The antidote to this unfortunate condition was the eating of roses. However, the assinine Lucius was taken away before he was able to be transformed and spent a year in ass-shape. After thrilling and frightening adventures, he was condemned to become the object of an obscene spectacle: with a condemned female criminal he was fated to mate with her publically in the arena. He made his escape and found himself by the sea. A full moon rose over the waves and he purified himself seven times in the sea and addressed Isis, imploring her to help him.
She appeared crowned with the headdress of the moon and two vipers, with corn-stalks woven in her hair. Her multi-coloured robe was woven with flowers and fruit, and her black mantle embroidered with stars and the moon. She carried a sistrum in her hand and addressed Lucius: 'I am Nature, the universal Mother, mistress of all the elements, primordial child of time, sovereign of all things spiritual, queen of the dead, queen also of the immortals, the single manifestation of all gods and goddesses that are.'31
The next day turned out to be the Navigium Isidis, the annual dedication and launching of a ship to Isis. During the ceremonial procession, Lucius was instructed to go forward and eat of the rose-garland which the high priest bore. lsis said: 'Only remember, and keep these words of mine locked tight in your heart, that from now onwards until the very last day of your life you are dedicated
to my service. It is only right that you should devote your whole life to the Goddess who makes you a man again.'32
Lucius was duly transformed and received the three rites of ini­tiation, which brought him fully into the worship of Isis and Osiris. He upheld the reticence of the initiate in his reported initiations, and spoke in veiled language of his revelation of Isis: 'I approached the very gates of earth and set one foot on Persephone's threshold, yet was permitted to return, rapt through all the elements. At midnight I saw the sun shining as if it were noon: I entered / Page 74 / the presence of the gods of the underworld and the gods of the upper-world, stood near and worshipped them.'33
This allegory of Lucius' transformation is a mystery story. Its inclusion of the labours of Psyche reinforces the nature of initiation. Lucius intended to be transformed briefly into an owl, the bird of wisdom, but instead, due to his irregular life, became transformed into an ass, the beast of foolishness. Like Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream, he underwent mockery and degradation; he was brought into close relations with the fairest women who, in his human condition, he would have longed to embrace. He was cast in the part of Typhon, the Ass, to experience to the full his disordered lusts. Isis taught him wisdom and continence, and finally showed herself his Saviour Goddess.
What then is the task of Isis? Plutarch tells us '(Typhon or Set) tears to pieces and scatters to the winds the sacred writings, which the Goddess collects and puts together and gives into the keeping of those that are initiated into the holy rites.'34 Isis is, then, the re-assembler of lost knowledge. To us also is entrusted the sacred task of re-assembling the scattered wisdom of the Goddess into a body of knowledge. This image is a compelling one for contemporary women who have no Goddess heritage to draw upon. Let them look to Isis and know her as queen of their search, who will take off her crown, wrap her hair in a scarf and go out looking with them.
If we leave Isis here, it is not farewell. We will meet her again, in other guises and in other centuries, coming over the seas of time in visionary splendour as brilliant as ever Lucius saw. Sophia now stands at the point of embarkation, leaving behind her self-evident salvific status to go into strange countries. She goes as a traveller, as a pilgrim Goddess, wearing a cloak which will not draw attention to herself, in the mode of all women travelling alone. During this exile, Sophia will emerge from each culture and country until a cumulative image of Divine Wisdom arrives back on the shores of consciousness as Isis returning with much baggage besides.

 

 

THE SEVENTH SCROLL
Wilber Smith 1995

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"The seventh scroll,' she whispered, and steeled herself to touch it. It was nearly four thousand years old, written by a genius out of time with history, a man who had been dust for all these millennia, but whom she had come to know and respect as she did her own husband. His words were eternal, and they spoke to her clearly from beyond the grave, from the fields of paradise, from the presence of f the great trinity, Osiris and Isis and Horus, in whom he had believed so devoutly. As devoutly as she believed in another more recent Trinity.

 

 

A

HISTORY OF GOD

Karen Armstrong

The God of the Mystics

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"(The Book of Creation). There is no attempt to describe the creative process realistically; the account is unashamedly symbolic and shows God creating the world by means of language as though he were writing a book. But language has been entirely transformed and the message of creation is no longer clear. Each letter of the Hebrew alphabet is given a numerical value; by combining the letters with the sacred numbers, rearranging them in endless configurations, the mystic weaned his mind away from the normal connotations of words."  

 

 

THERE IS NO ATTEMPT MADE TO DESCRIBE THE CREATIVE PROCESS REALISTICALLY

THE ACCOUNT IS SYMBOLIC AND SHOWS GOD CREATING THE WORLD BY MEANS OF LANGUAGE

AS THOUGH WRITING A BOOK BUT LANGUAGE ENTIRELY TRANSFORMED

THE MESSAGE OF CREATION IS CLEAR EACH LETTER OF THE ALPHABET IS GIVEN A NUMERICAL

VALUE BY COMBINING THE LETTERS WITH THE SACRED NUMBERS

REARRANGING THEM IN ENDLESS CONFIGURATIONS

THE MYSTIC WEANED THE MIND AWAY FROM THE NORMAL CONNOTATIONS OF WORDS

 

 

3
GOD
26
17
8
4
WITHIN
83
38
2
2
US
40
13
4
9
First Total
149
68
14
-
Add to Reduce
1+4+9
6+8
1+4
9
Second Total
14
14
5
-
Reduce to Deduce
1+4
1+4
-
9
Essence of Number
5
5
5

 

 

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
-
-
-
-
9
GOD WITHIN US
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
G
=
7
-
1
G
7
7
7
-
-
-
-
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-
-
7
-
-
O
=
6
-
1
O
15
6
6
-
-
-
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6
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D
=
4
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1
D
4
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
W
=
5
-
1
W
23
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
I
=
9
-
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
T
=
2
-
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
H
=
8
-
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
I
=
9
-
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
N
=
5
-
1
N
14
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
U
=
3
-
1
U
21
3
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
=
1
-
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
59
-
11
GOD WITHIN US
149
68
59
-
1
2
3
4
10
6
7
8
18
-
-
5+9
-
1+1
-
1+4+9
5+9
1+4
-
-
-
-
-
1+0
-
-
-
1+8
-
14
-
2
GOD WITHIN US
14
14
5
-
1
2
3
4
1
6
7
8
9
-
-
1+4
-
-
-
1+4
1+4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
2
GOD WITHIN US
5
5
5
-
1
2
3
4
1
6
7
8
9

 

 

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
-
-
-
-
9
GOD WITHIN US
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
=
1
-
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T
=
2
-
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
U
=
3
-
1
U
21
3
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
D
=
4
-
1
D
4
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
W
=
5
-
1
W
23
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
N
=
5
-
1
N
14
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
O
=
6
-
1
O
15
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
G
=
7
-
1
G
7
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
H
=
8
-
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
I
=
9
-
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
I
=
9
-
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
59
-
11
GOD WITHIN US
149
68
59
-
1
2
3
4
10
6
7
8
18
-
-
5+9
-
1+1
-
1+4+9
5+9
1+4
-
-
-
-
-
1+0
-
-
-
1+8
-
14
-
2
GOD WITHIN US
14
14
5
-
1
2
3
4
1
6
7
8
9
-
-
1+4
-
-
-
1+4
1+4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
2
GOD WITHIN US
5
5
5
-
1
2
3
4
1
6
7
8
9

 

 

-
-
-
-
A
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
O
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
N
-
-
-
-
A
T
O
N
E
M
E
N
T
-
-
-
-
M
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
E
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
N
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T
-
-
-
-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GOD WITH US AND US WITH GOD

 

 

3
GOD
26
17
8
4
WITH
60
24
6
2
US
40
4
4
9
Add to Reduce
126
45
18
-
Reduce to Deduce
1+2+6
4+5
1+8
9
Essence of Number
9
9
9

 

 

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
-
-
-
-
-
GOD WITH US
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
G
=
7
-
1
G
7
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
O
=
6
-
1
O
15
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
D
=
4
-
1
D
4
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
W
=
5
-
1
W
23
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
I
=
9
-
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
T
=
2
-
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
H
=
8
-
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
U
=
3
-
1
U
21
3
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
=
1
-
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
18
-
9
GOD WITH US
126
45
18
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
-
-
1+8
-
-
-
1+2+6
4+5
1+8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
9
GOD WITH US
9
9
9
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

 

 

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
-
-
-
-
-
GOD WITH US
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
=
1
-
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T
=
2
-
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
U
=
3
-
1
U
21
3
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
D
=
4
-
1
D
4
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
W
=
5
-
1
W
23
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
O
=
6
-
1
O
15
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
G
=
7
-
1
G
7
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
H
=
8
-
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
I
=
9
-
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
18
-
9
GOD WITH US
126
45
18
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
-
-
1+8
-
-
-
1+2+6
4+5
1+8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
9
GOD WITH US
9
9
9
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

 

 

3
THE
-
-
-
6
FAMILY
-
-
-
-
A
1
1
1
-
T
20
2
2
-
L
12
3
3
-
M
13
4
4
-
E
5
5
5
-
F
6
6
6
-
Y
25
7
7
-
H
8
8
8
-
I
9
9
9
3
THE
-
-
-
-
FAMILY
-
-
-
9
Add to Reduce
99
45
45
-
Reduce to Deduce
9+9
4+5
4+5
9
Essence of Number
18
9
9

 

 

3
THE
33
15
6
6
FAMILY
66
30
3
9
First Total
99
45
45
-
Add to Reduce
9+9
4+5
4+5
9
Second Total
18
9
9
-
Reduce to Deduce
1+8
-
-
9
Essence of Number
9
9
9

 

 

3
THE
-
-
-
6
FAMILY
-
-
-
-
T
20
2
2
-
H
8
8
8
-
E
5
5
5
-
THE
-
-
-
-
F
6
6
6
-
A
1
1
1
-
M
13
4
4
-
I
9
9
9
-
L
12
3
3
-
Y
25
7
7
-
FAMILY
-
-
-
9
Add to Reduce
99
45
45
-
Reduce to Deduce
9+9
4+5
4+5
9
Essence of Number
18
9
9

 

 

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
-
-
-
-
-
THE
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
FAMILY
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T
=
2
-
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
H
=
8
-
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
E
=
5
-
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
F
=
6
-
1
F
6
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
A
=
1
-
1
A
1
1
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
M
=
4
-
1
M
13
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
I
=
9
-
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
L
=
3
-
1
L
12
3
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
Y
=
7
-
1
Y
25
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
FAMILY
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
-
-
-
-
-
THE
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
45
-
9
-
99
45
45
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
-
-
4+5
-
-
-
9+9
4+5
4+5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
9
-
18
9
9
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

 

 

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
-
-
-
-
-
THE
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
FAMILY
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
A
=
1
-
1
A
1
1
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T
=
2
-
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
L
=
3
-
1
L
12
3
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
M
=
4
-
1
M
13
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
-
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
F
=
6
-
1
F
6
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
Y
=
7
-
1
Y
25
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
H
=
8
-
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
I
=
9
-
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
FAMILY
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
-
-
-
-
-
THE
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
45
-
9
-
99
45
45
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
-
-
4+5
-
-
-
9+9
4+5
4+5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
9
-
18
9
9
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

 

 

3
THE
-
-
-
6
FAMILY
-
-
-
-
A
1
1
1
-
T
20
2
2
-
L
12
3
3
-
M
13
4
4
-
E
5
5
5
-
F
6
6
6
-
Y
25
7
7
-
H
8
8
8
-
I
9
9
9
3
THE
-
-
-
-
FAMILY
-
-
-
9
Add to Reduce
99
45
45
-
Reduce to Deduce
9+9
4+5
4+5
9
Essence of Number
18
9
9

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4
GODS
45
18
9
1
I
9
9
9
5
VOICE
54
27
9
10
Add to Reduce
108
54
27
1+0
Reduce to Deduce
1+0+8
5+4
2+7
1
Essence of Number
9
9
9

 

 

THE

PROPHET

Kahil Gibran

Page 82/83/84/85/86

"If these be vague words, then seek not to clear them.

Vague and nebulous is the beginning of all things, but not their end,

And I would have you remember me as a beginning.

Life, and all that lives, is conceived in the mist and not in the crystal.

And who knows but a crystal is mist in decay

This would I have you remember in remembering me:

That which seems most feeble and bewildered in you is the strongest and most determined.

Is it not your breath that has erected and hardened the structure of your bones?

And is it not a dream which none of you remember having dreamt, that builded your city and fashioned all there is in it?

Could you but see the tides of that breath you would cease to see all else,

And if you could hear the whispering of the dream you would hear no other sound.

But you do not see, nor do you here, and it is well.

The veil that clouds your eyes shall be lifted by the hands that wove it,

And the clay that fills your ears shall be pierced by those fingers that kneaded it.

And you shall see

And you shall hear.

Yet you shall not deplore having known blindness, nor regret having been deaf

For in that day you shall know the hidden purposes in all things,

And you shall bless darkness as you would bless light.

After saying these things he looked about him,

and he saw the pilot of his ship standing by the helm

and gazing now at the full sails and now at the distance.

And he said:

Patient, over patient, is the captain of my ship.

The wind blows, and restless are the sails;

Even the rudder begs direction;

Yet quietly my captain awaits my silence.

And these my mariners, who have heard the

choir of the greater sea, they too have heard me

patiently.

Now they shall wait no longer.

I am ready

The stream has reached the sea, and once more

THE GREAT MOTHER

holds her son against her breast.

Fare you well, people of Orphalese.

This day has ended.

It is closing upon us even as the water-lily upon its own tomorrow.

What was given us here we shall keep,

And if it suffices not, then again must we come together and together

stretch our hands unto the giver.

Forget not that I shall come back to you.

A little while, and my longing shall gather dust and foam for another body.

A little while, a moment of rest upon the wind, and another woman shall bear me.

Farewell to you and the youth I have spent with you.

It was but yesterday we met in a dream.

You have sung to me in my aloneness, and I of your longings have built a tower in the sky.

But now our sleep has fled and our dream is over, and it is no longer dawn.

The noontide is upon us and our half waking has turned to fuller day, and we must part.

If in the twilight of memory we should meet once more,

we shall speak again together and you shall sing to me a deeper song.

and if our hands should meet in another dream we shall build another tower in the sky.

So saying he made a signal to the seamen,

and straightaway they weighed anchor and cast the ship loose from its moorings, and they moved eastward.

And a cry came from the people as from a single heart,

and it rose into the dusk and was carried out over the sea like a great trumpeting.

Only Almitra was silent, gazing after the ship until it had vanished into the mist.

And when all the people were dispersed she still stood alone upon the sea-wall,

remembering in her heart his saying:

A little while, a moment of rest upon the wind, and another woman shall bear me.'

 

 

A LITTLE WHILE A MOMENT OF REST UPON THE WIND AND ANOTHER WOMAN SHALL BEAR ME

 

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
A
=
1
-
1
A
1
1
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
L
=
3
-
6
LITTLE
78
24
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
W
=
5
-
5
WHILE
57
30
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
A
=
1
-
1
A
1
1
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
M
=
4
-
6
MOMENT
80
26
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
O
=
6
-
2
OF
21
12
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
R
=
9
-
4
REST
62
17
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
U
=
3
-
4
UPON
66
21
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
W
=
5
-
4
WIND
50
23
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
A
=
1
-
3
AND
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
A
=
1
-
7
ANOTHER
81
36
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
W
=
5
-
5
WOMAN
66
21
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
=
1
-
5
SHALL
52
16
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
B
=
2
-
4
BEAR
26
17
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
M
=
4
-
2
ME
18
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
53
-
62
First Total
711
279
81
-
3
2
12
4
5
12
7
24
18
-
-
5+3
-
6+2
Add to Reduce
7+1+1
2+7+9
8+1
-
-
-
1+2
-
-
1+2
-
2+4
1+8
-
-
8
-
8
Second Total
9
18
9
-
3
2
3
4
5
3
7
6
9
-
-
-
-
1+3
Reduce to Deduce
-
1+8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
8
Essence of Number
9
9
9
-
3
2
3
4
5
3
7
6
9

 

 
 
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