3p8 Thyfical and Mifcellaneous 



of a Hawk, to the Body of a Lyon; the Head of Orus'\ who 

 is always reprefented young, to the Body of a Beetle ; and the 



KijiM/e^o/Head of the Hawk, to the Body of a Serpent. Now, accord- 

 ing to Torphyry \ ive are to underfland by this Mixture and 

 Combination of different Animals, the Extent of Gods Care 

 and Tro'vidence over all his Creatures, and as we are all bred 

 up and nourified together, under the fame divine Tower and 

 Trote&ion, great Tendernefs and Regard ought to be iliewn to 

 our Fellow Creatures. 



The Human Qf thefc compound fymbolical Reprefentations therefore, 



the^uZk's the Human Body' with the Hawks Head, was typical of the 

 firft, incorruptible, eternal Being. Torphyry'' fpeaks of an 

 Image of this Kind that was of a white Colour, whereby the 

 Moon was reprefented, as receiving her (pale) Light from the 



with thtt of Sun. When the Head of the Ibis was annexed, then it was 



' their Mercuribis , or Hermanubis , prefiding, according to 



Ktrcher, over the Element of Water '. The like Quality and 



Character might be alfo implyed, when they added the Head 



Md the Qf the Lyon ' " ; a Creature that was typical of the ]Siile\ In- 



Lyon. ■' . . - . 



undation. No one Figure certamly is more common than this ; 



imagines, quae quidem nihil aliud, quam multiplicem Dei virtutem diverfis animalium 

 proprietatibus adumbratam notat. Kirch. JEd. yEgypt. p. 214. Cur Genij transformati jam 

 in faciem hominis, modoin accipitrinam, Ibiacam, felinam, bovinam, caninam formam ex- 

 hibeantur ? Refpondeo, hoc eos fignificare voluifTe, diverfa officia, quibus omnia, quae in 

 mundo funt, adminirtrant , & partim infenfibiles, partim fenilbiles Genij funt ; per ilJos, 

 qui Humana facie pinguntur, infenfibiles Genios exhibent, foio intelledu & invifibili qua- 

 darn aififtentia omnia moderantes : per reiiqua vero fub formis animalium comparantes, 

 fenfibiles Deos indicant, qui fub formis animalium totum orbem circumeuntcs, telle Trif- 

 megiflo, humanum genus erudiunt. Sic Mercur'ium fub forma Canis, lub forma BovisO/iriw, 

 fub forma Felis Ifiaem : hinc transformatos iilos, ut plurimum, indumento tedos vidcmus, 

 reliquos vero infenfibiles nudo& fubtiii corpore, utpotefimplices, &abomni materiaecon- 

 tagione disjunftos. KirW;. Ob. Pamph. 497. ϊ " Per Scarabsum, quod ad mundi figuram 

 ejus accedat faetus procreatio, y£g^/>/i; mundum,ejufque converfiones ac motus fiderum cselo- 

 rumque indigitare folebant. Facie Humana, Orum ieu Solem, mundi mentem,intelle(ilu & 

 prudentia fingula mundi gubcrnantcm defignabant. Kirch. Prodr. Copt. p. 239. 2 Διο eir 

 TKV ^io-Troiiiw mtfifMCoy m-i ζ(ίον, ifji} όμοΐαί -ttou α,ήμίζαΜ Ssntia. 1^ ivSrpiirrou!, i^ m^ty ίξνίαν σωμάΐα ^ α,γ^ω'ταν, 

 Λ' ων tThhoZfftv, 07» ;(#7tt yva^MV θβων i^ ταΖτα άλλίΐλοίί MtvwvH, ^ ovrTfo^it ίμιψ i^ v^fa. isJ τωκ ^etar τα 

 Λ•}ζΐΛ, κκ hiuimf ^tiin ^ouhiijiui. PoTpb. apud Eufeb. Praep. Evang. p.y/. 3 To ίίυτ,ς^ν ιρΖί tUc 

 fft^iicxf Iv ΑτΓϊλλωκοί τ^ελί/ ((^θίΕρωτω' ίΐΐ Λ' τούτοι/ aifji^ohot Ίίξακοιαΐ^Βζατηί α,ν^ατοί, ζιζίννι χπξουιι/ίΐΌί- Ti/^Sm, 

 ΐ'ττ'ΐτοιτοτάμφ (ίκασμίνογ-, λοΛ/κβν Λ' τ? χ^^Λ το αγα,Κμ*. τϊί μιν λί-υκόττιπί, τι φωνζ',£ΐ(, τϋν nKmxy ττοζ^ς^σάηκ, 

 τί'6 «5 «κΗΐί ©ε^πύτ», 70 α,φ ίλίκ jsw^fS^j j^ τηιζΖμΛ λΛμζίναι, Porph. apud Eujeb. Prxp. Evang. p. 70. 

 Λ ο θίοί κι lupa}^» Ιγαν Yt^aKcf. owts» kiv o<afav>f, Λφθ«{7ϊί, dyivvunf, άμί(>ι( &C. Zoroafl. apud Eufeb. 

 Praep. Evang. 1. i. p. 27. y Ibidis Caput Humanae figuraz appofitum femper Mercuribin f. 

 Hermanubin, humidae fubftantioe Numen indicat. Kirch. Ohel PampHyl. p.348. y« Erat 

 autem Momphta nihil aliud, quam Numen quod humidae Naturje prsefidet, Genius Incre- 

 menti Nili &c. Pingebatur varijs modis, nunc fub forma hominis λίο»7ϊ^ΐ5κ, nunc fub fim- 

 plici cubantis Leonis figura. Kirch. JEd. JBgjpt. ClaiT. 7. p. ijj. Situ eft Ypfilomorpho, 

 i. e. in formam litcrae Y, ad influxus a fupremo Numine immiffi receptionem, & in infe- 

 riorem Mundum, difFufioncm indicandam. Id. Synt.7• p. 321. Momphta i. e. aquarum 

 Numen, quod componitur ex jlluii aqua & φ^ Deus, eundem eife puto cum eo, quem 

 Nephte Plutartb'ts vocat. Kirch. Ob. Pamph. p. 284. 



being 



