Anfata. 



Ohfervations in Egypt. 405- 



Perfeftion throughout the Univerfe. A Serpent, furroundingT^- Serpent 

 a Globe, carried along with it the fame Meaning '. When^/^Giobf, 

 the Circle hath within it a Serpent, either lying in a ftraight/;'.^"'^"^ ' 

 Line, or forming the Figure of a Crofs, by the expanding of 

 it's Wings, then it is fuppofed to be the Symbol of an A^atho- 

 dcemon % otherwife exprelTed by the Greek [ © ] Theta. The ue s^ad 

 Hieralpha \\^ likewife, which is frequently held in the Hands ^'^' 

 of their Deities and Gentj, might carry along with it the like 

 Signification. Of the lame Kind alfo was the [$J Crux Anfata ^, neCmx 

 which confifted of a Crofs, or fometimes of the Letter T only, 

 fixed to a Circle. Now as the Crofs ^ denoted the four Ele- 

 ments of the World, the Circle will be fymbolical of the In- 

 fluence, which the Sun may be fuppofed to have over them : 

 or, as Ktrcher ^ explains it, by the Circle is to be underftood 



principio& fine: Serpens oftendit vcrbum ejus quod mundum anlmat Scfacundat; ejus ala 

 Spiritum Dei, qui mundum motu vivificar. Fragm. Sanchun. de Religione Phcen'tctim. ibid. 

 Per Globum, infinitum, sternum, immenfum ; per Alas, motum quo omnia penetrat; per 

 Serpentcra, vitam omnium : per Sccptrum rediilineum, omnia in illo, curvum, redtum, 

 magnum, parvum &c. unum effe: per tres nodos, unitatem, aequalitatemj & connexionem; 

 item principiura, medium & finem omnium innuebant. Kirch. OEdip. /£^j/)f. CJaf./. cap.i. 

 p. 96. Globus alatus, Serpentibus circundatus dum pingebatur, fymbolum erat anima: feu 

 ipiritus mundi. Abeneph. Lib. de Religione JEg^ptiorum z^ad Kirch. OEdip. Aigjpt. CJaf. 7. 

 cap. 4. p. TI7- I Per figuram fphaer^, virtutem igneam in lolc eluccfccntcm, & per figu- 

 ram Alpidis fphxram circumdantem, vitam & motum & faecunditatcm mundi dcfignabant. 

 y^bencph. apud Kirch. Ob. Pampli. p. 420. 2 E77 f/si/ oJ fnyjiilioi ^ •} auT«! hvoitt(7lv lua^oy ■^^d.^ovja 

 •afeijip« laiiiMv a,i£fHJ% ;^ Trufaniv y^afiastsm, i^ (tteVof TETa.wsVov o^iv hfdKofMfipov j^ ««? t^ mv ^/mc^ as li Tmf 

 r/Zv ©IiTa" 7tv fAv yjjKMv, Kaqxov fMvuovTis' tvv Si (Jiaav "ipv mvinVKh nra, ArA©ON AAIMONA mfjituvofTir. 

 Philo Bibl. apud Eufeb. Prxp. Evang. 3 Hoc iMvi^afxiJioy ^, ex A & A compofitum, in nullo 

 non obelifco frequentiffimum) Mgyptiacarum vocum jiXrA-OOC !\ejUton quibus bonum 

 Genium Delts, Nili kn Aigjpu fignant, index; cum praeter didlarum vocum capitales liceras, 

 ejus quoque /Egjptl portionis figuram quam A pafUm vocant, clare di<Sum (Myo^aiJiiMv expri- 

 mat. Kirch. Prodr. Copt. p. 231. 4 Figuram Crucis, in cujus capite Circulus in modum 

 Unix, accepit Mefr^ a Cljamo, & Cham a Noe & Noe ab Hanttch, ( ipfe Idris,) Hanttch a 

 Seth, Scth ab y^dimo, Adam ab Angela fuo Rauel. Cham vero ope ejus fecit mirabilia magna 

 6c ab eo accepit Hermes, & pofuit eum inter literas avium; eft autcm hie character fignum 

 procefius motufque Spiritus mundi: (f. divince mentis in rerum omnium produdtionc motus 

 & diftufionis. Kirch, p. 369.) & fuit magicum figillum & fecretum in telefmatis eorum, & 

 annulus contra d.cmones& malignas poteftates. Abeneph. apud Kirch. Obel. Pamph. p, 440. 

 y Phtlofophi & Medici JEgyptij, partittm Indiaedr" Graeciae, indicaturl quatuor Elementa, Quadra- 

 turn fub figura Crucis pingebant. Cabala Saraccnica apud Kirch. Obel. Pamph. p. 372. OuToit 

 iiay.iv iiiayvvs flAaTai') i^ fMi emeiCas dh^/xivQ;', iJ.«<fi vmaas iCim nycu safp», k»^a. •^ttap.a vo'mns, tw 

 (ii-TVi liv tsfrnvi]/ Stov Jiya.fj.iv i^i^a.^ h <tu m.yv. Jujlin. Mart. Apolog. Per Circulum denotabant, 

 divinx mentis diffufionem in mundum fidereum & per Crucem, difFufionem in Elementa. 

 Jrf. p. 370. 6 Sicut nomen Dei mn* juxta Rab. //^i/^^rfc/c/;, Deura generantem fignificat, 

 {ic & hoc (^^'f") non apud Coptitas tantum ; fed apud .^gyptios antiques quoque Emepht, feu 

 cum afpiratione Hemepht, feu j^exti^'f' quod nos ex Copto interpretamur (in Phtha), quail 

 diceres, Deum omnia peragentem in P/;r/;<j filio, quem produxitj vel, ut cum /4W^/if/;o lo- 

 quar, Emepht nimirum producentemex ovo Phtha, hoc eft, intelligentiam ad exemplar fuum 

 l^eon generantem fapientiam, omnia cum veritate artificiofe difponentem, nempe Taau- 

 tum; quem proinde appofite per hos Charafteres feu fcoi-ox^/y/^tTtt (g), $ reprsfentabant: 

 per Circulum primum mundi genitorem, ^ternamque confervatorem, divinitatemque ejus 

 ubique dififufam, per ^ vero fapientiam mundum gubernantem intelligences. Kirch. Prod, 

 Cop. p.idp. 



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