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 Circumcision of great Antiquity in Egypt. Obligatory for 



the Initiated - - - - - 317 



Omens. Much regarded. Mysteries - - 319 



Few entrusted with those holy Secrets. Many Rites bor- 

 rowed by the Greeks from Egypt. Thesmophoria. - 320 

 Mode of celebrating these last - - - 321 



Eleusinean Mysteries. Their Importance - - 323 



Admitted first only to the Lesser Mysteries. And a Year 

 after to the Greater, having sacrificed a Sow to Ceres. 

 The Ceremony of Initiation _ - - _ 325 



Their Ordeal. Frightful Appearances during Part of the 



Ceremony. Their Lives sometimes in Danger - - 327 

 Scruples of the Egyptians in admitting Foreigners to their 

 Mysteries. Obstacles thrown in the way of Pythagoras. 

 Garments of the Initiated at Eleusis - - 328 



The chief Officers at the Initiation - _ _ 329 



The different Days of the Ceremony - - - 331 



The Ninth and last Day. Dresses of the Statues. 

 Of Osiris, white. Of Isis, of many Colours. Her 

 Feather Dress - . - _ . 333 



The Sacred Covering. Decking the Tomb of Osii'is with 



Flowers, also of Individuals - _ _ 334, 



Convocation of the Priests at the Capital. Pri- 

 vate Fasts and Pennance. Some Fasts of Ten Days 

 displeasing to the Votaries of Isis in Italy - - 335 



Other Fetes. Some of a wanton Character. As on the 

 Way from Alexandria to Canopus. Great Procession 

 mentioned by Athenaeus - - _ _ 336 



Early Offerings. Peculiar Oblations to some Gods - 337 



Some common to all Sacrifices. Incense. A complete 

 Offering and single Gifts. Ingredients of the Incense 

 Kuphi - - ... -338 



Resinous Substances found in the Tombs - . 339 



Pastiles of Incense .burnt in a Censer ; thrown into it. 



Victims .... . _ 340 



Red Oxen for Sacrifice. Red-haired Men said to have 

 been sacrificed - - - - - 341 



