^p8 Thyfical and Mijcellaneous 



of a Hawk, to the Body ot a Lyon; the Head of Orm", who 

 is always reprefentcd yoiin^, to the Body of a Beetle; and the 

 T/fcfRM/owo/jjt^^d of the Hawk, to tho Body of a Serpent. Now, accord- 

 ing to Torphyr)! \ we are to- miderjland by this Mixture and 

 Comhhiat'ion of d'lfjereni Animals, the Extent of Gods Care 

 and Trovidence over nil bis Creatures, and as 7ve are all bred 

 up a7id nourip.)ed together, under the fame divine Tower and 

 TroteClion, great Tendernefs and Regard ought to be Ihewn to 

 our Fellow Creatures. 

 n<' Human Of thefc compound fynibolical Reprefentations therefore, 

 f/u. Hawks the Human Body ^ with the Hawks Head, was typical ot the 

 firlt, incorruptible, eternal Being. Torph/ry^ 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 

 n./7/i thMt of Sun. When the Head of the Ibis was annexed, then it was 

 tlieir Mercurtbts , or Herrnanubis , prefiding, according to 

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

 Charader might be alio implyed, when they added the Head 

 of the Lyon'"; a Creature that was typical of the Nile\ In- 

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



the Ibis, 



and the 



Lyon. 



im.ii,;iiH's, qiix qiiiilcm nlliil aliud, t.]uain multipliccm Dei virtutcin diverfis animaliiim 

 nroprict.it ilius adiimlnatam notat. Khch. yEd. /Egypt, p. 214. Cur Gcnij transforinati jam 

 in f.iciciii luimiiiis, niodo in accipiiriiiam, Ibiacam, fclinani, bovinani, caninain formam ex* 



im.i 



in 



hihraiittir ? Rclpondco, hoc cn^ liv^iiilicarc voluill'c, divcrla oHki.i, (.jiiilnis omnia, qiui: in 

 miindo fiint, adminillrant , iS: partim inlcnliUilcs, partim Icniibilcs (knij ilint ; per illos, 

 qui lumiaiia facie pingiiiiuii-, inlciifibiles Cenios cxiiibenc, lolo intelleiitii & invifibili qua- 

 dam afnUont la omnia moderantcs : per veliqua vcro iub tormi;. aiiimalium comparantcs, 

 leiifibilcs Dcos indicant, qui tub formis aninuilium totum orbeiii circumeuntcs, telle TV//- 

 tiiri^ilf", Iium.inum genus eruJiunr. Sic yJ/jimiuw Iub tormaCanis, Iub lurma BovisO/ir/M, 

 lui) forma Felis Iftdi-m: hinc transfornutob illos, uc plurimum, indumcnto tcelos vidcmus, 

 leliquos vero inlenlibiles iHuJo is: liibiili corpore, utpotelimplices, is: abomni materi.\;con- 

 taj^ionc disjundos. Kirt/;. t)b. Fampli. 497. i " Pei" Scarab.vum, quod ad mundi hguram 

 eius acccdat fa;tus procfcatio, Ai.gjptij mundum, ejulque convcrlioiics ac motus liderum ca;Io- 

 riimque ind!;.;itarc lolebant. Facie liumana, Oram leu Solem, mundi mcntcm,intellcdu & 

 prudcntia liiii:;ula mundi gubernantcm deligiiabant. /\.';)t7;. Prodr. Copt. p. 239. 2 ^lo'iu 



Sj{«t, BK ii-iu T/Kof 3f<(« |3i)t/AiWiai». i'o)/)/;. apud /{k/c^. Pr.vp. Evang. p.f7. 3 To ^ c^'^Tteyl' ^( riif 

 ffiAwiir U A7TO>*.a>vof '^^1 ^.^^ispwTOi" Jf/ </V TouTou cCfxCchov JtfotxosrfiiTaTinf ttv^-v^of, i^iCtvii p^rifouuivof TvpZrit, 

 J-a-TOTOTa'//!)! $'uctajMvort hcvuov JV th X£f^ ■" *J«^^^. Tiif lAr MVKoTn-nK, li fuv^tSK, 7»r nhiiyxr mi(f.i)t<mn(, 

 T»;J JffKXfiu cit«Jn''^> ■" "* '"^'^ ifKV77^i3^. It) ■mcZfMt. Mf^Chtiv, I'orph. a[iud Eiifcb. Pr.\;p. Evang. p. 70. 

 4 O Siof In x•^^l'lV (p^an- iSfetxof. ouvx kiv o'Sifi-nf, cuf^a^vif, ti}ivvim(, a/xtfue &C. Zoroaft. apud J'.ufel/. 

 Pr.rp. Evang. 1. I. p. 27. f iinj/r Caput liuman.v Hgurx appolitum temper AitjrttWW/i f. 

 Hcrm.inubiu, liumidx fublbntix Numen indicat. Kirch. Ohd. Pamphyl. p. 348. j« Erat 

 autem Mompht.t nihil aliud, quam Numen quod humid.x; Natur.v pr.vfidct. Genius Incre- 

 mcntiNili &c. Pingcbatur varijs modis, nunc tub torma hominisA»orTOj[«f^, nunc Iub tim- 

 plici cubantis Lconis tigura. Kirch. JEd. JEgypt. ClalV. 7. p. lyj. Situ ell Yplllomorpho, 

 i. c. in formam litcr.x Y, ad influxus a tuprcmo Numinc immidi reccptioncm, & in infe- 

 riorcm Mundum, diftulionem indicandam. Id. Synt.7. p. 321. Momphta i. c. aquarum 

 Nunicn, quod componitur ex xx.iu\ aqua & <l''t" Dcus, cundcm elk puto cum eo, quem 

 Weplitc rint'itchns vocat. Kirch. Ob. Pamph. p. 284. 



being 



