402 Vhjfical and Mifcelkmeous 



TheLotus. the Year. But the Lottcs^ is the mod common and fignifi- 

 cative among the Vegetable Symbols, being obferved to attend 

 the Motion of the Sun, to lye under Water in it's Abfence, 

 and to have the Flowers, Leaves, Fruity and Root of the fame 

 round Figure with that Luminary. Ofiris therefore was not 

 only fuppofed to be reprefented, in an extraordinary Manner, 

 by the Lottts, but to have his Throne » likewife placed upon 

 Flowers. -^ ByaFlowcr', (it is not material perhaps of which »S/?er/>j-) 

 the Power of the Deity was typified, as having thereby con- 

 ducted a Plant ( and therein emblematically any animal or 

 vegetable Produdlion ) from a Seed ( or fmall Beginning ) ^ q 

 TheAne- ^ perfect Flower (or State of Maturity.) However we read 

 th^t thQ Anemone \ in particular, was an Emblem of Sicknefs. 

 The Onion. Jhe Onion*" too, upon Account perhaps of the Root of it, (which 

 confifteth of many Coats, envelopping each other, like the Orbs 

 in the planetary Syftem,) was another of their Sacred Vegeta- 

 bles. The Priefts ^ would not eat it, becaufe, among other 

 Reafbns, it created Thirft, and, contrary to the Nature of other 

 Vegetables, grew and increafed when the Moon was in the Wain. 

 utenfiise^r. Among the great Variety of Utenfils, Inftruments, Mathe- 

 matical Figures &c. that we meet with upon their Obelisks 

 and other Pieces of Sacred Writing, we may give the firft Place 

 K.caiathus. ^^ ^^^ (Calathus) Basket. This is ufually placed upon the Head 

 of Serapis, who was the fame ^ with Ofiris, and denoted ^ the 

 various Gifts that were received from and conveyed back to 

 The Simla, ^.j^g Deity. The ( Situla) Bucket, which Ifis carrieth fometimes 

 in her Hand, might probably denote the Faecundity of the 

 Nile ; differing very little, in Shape, from the (Sttov/Sov) Cup of 



I *Js7a/ \v Ta tJ'tt.v Kfivitt 7ro>A,«, 7a Aiyj-niioi ;j^xe«7/ hciiiy' Herod. Eut. 5' P2. Est 3 ;^ » (l^a n 

 hantin ISii^f/M iij iyy'Kiosn, i-jnmtai iiv gpo')vhoy^ f^iyi^®" nA-ni f/^Kov. ibid. Ki/xAo7tpii y: rnVTO, ofS,Ttu -ni 



i^ myyitk. lamb, de Myft. Scifl./- cap. 2. 2 E^ ?-wtw zadt^fS^. H. ibid. 3 Floris Ipccies, 

 florem rerum protcftatur, quas hie Deus infeminat, progenerat, fovet, nutrit, maturacque. 

 M.ac. Sat. I. 1.17. 4 AvSm i ivs^Vo?, v'asov avSjpaVu (mfj-ohu. Horap. Hierogl. 1. 2. cap. 8. 

 4'« Porrum & cepe nefas violare & frangcie morfu. 

 O landas gences quibus hsec nafcuntur in hortis 

 Numina. Jtiv. Sat.ij. l.p. 



TtS'n^evcM m^uK'cv. Plut. de If. & Of. p. ^^^. 6 A,u?&) [Scffrt-y/f i^ O^teif) lioi Siuv vJifJUai Jhva.fiia{. 

 Flutarcb. de Ifid. & Of. p. ^76. 7 Serapidis vertex infignitus Calatho & altitudinem 

 fideris monftrat & potentiam capacitatis oftentat; quia in eum omnia terrena redeunr, dum 

 immifTo calore rapiuntur. Macrob. Sat. J. i. cap. 20. O <Pi yJ.M^®', o» SVi lols fxs7T«po/f ^e^h, ■} 

 Tay Ka^Tmy y.»7if}e.ffid{t 'iuf rtvaTje^H jtetTw -riv n ipaiif <a^vE,>ifiv Etifeb. Pra;p. Evang. p. 68. Calathus 

 aureus furgens in altum monftrat cEtherls fummam ; undcSoIis crediturefle fubftantia. Macr. 

 ut Supra. J^rfij capici infidet calathus cum manubrio, Ofiridis communis, ut amborum vis 

 frugifera & capacitas omnia in fublime trahentium declaretur. Pifwr. Tab. If. Exp. p.49« 



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