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 Baal. Several Deities made of the Sun - - - 299 



Heliopolis. On. Wine not used by the Priests of the Sun 300 

 Potipherah, a Priest of On, or Heliopolis ; his Name in Hie- 

 roglyphics answering to Heliodotus - - - 301 

 The Learning of the Priests of Heliopolis. Greeks studied 

 there. The Colleges and Learning transferred to Alex- 

 andria ; with its Objlisks . _ - - 302 

 The Phoenix. Story of its Death - - -303 

 Represented in the Sculptures. Emblem of a Traveller - 304 

 Phcenix and Star, in Attitude of Prayer. Name of Phoe- 

 nix. [Vide infra, voLii. p. 228.) Rising from its Ashes 305 

 Periodical Return of the Phcenix, probably the Sothic Period 307 

 See, Saturn, or Chronos. Differed from the Saturn of 

 Greece, whose Temple was not admitted within an Egyp- 

 tian City - - - - - - 308 



Early Offerings. Lawful in Egypt to sacrifice Animals - 309 

 Children of Seb and Netpe. The Five Days of the Epact - 310 

 The Goose the Emblem of Seb, who was called the Father 

 of the Gods. Netpe, or Rhea, his Wife, the Mother of 

 Osiris and Isis - - - - - 312 



The Sycamore Fig Tree sacred to her - - - 313 



Netpe bears some Analogy to Lucina. O.siRis, Judge of 

 the Dead - - - - - - 314- 



Souls of Men Emanations of the Divine Soul, Metempsy- 

 chosis - - - - - -316 



Numerous Characters of Osiris and Isis. Manifestation of 

 the Deity under a Human Form. Osiris not a Human 

 Being deified - - - - - -317 



Doctrine of Emanations. The Origin of Animal W^orship 

 supposed to be the Portion of the Divine Essence each 

 possessed - - - - - -318 



Osiris, Manifester of Good. Onuphis, or Ouon-nofre, called 



also " President of the West/' &c. - - - 320 



Other Titles. Supposed Figure of Osiris in the British 

 Museum - - - - - - 321 



Name of Osiris applied to Men and Women after Death. 



Osiris, why called a God of the Third Order - - 322 



(jods imparted Knowledge of various Kinds to Men. Osiris 



