FLETfHEH] SEVENTEP^NTH RITUAL 353 



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Diagram of Time 



Hhi/fluiiic Ri'iidition 

 I 



Give heed, luy child, lift your eye.s. behold the one who is standing here. 



Behold, my child! waiting now to fit and set you here apart. 



Give heed, my child. Look! Sacred ointment now is here come to .you. 



II 



Give heed, my child, lift your eyes, behold the one who is flying here. 



Behold, my child! flying here to make a consecrated child. 



Give heed, my child. Look! Ointment flies to consecrate you. my cliild. 



Ill 



Give heed, my child, lift your eyes, behold the one who is touching liere, 



Behold, my child! touching here your head, as consecrating you. 



Give heed, my child. Look! Sacred ointment touches tiixm your head. 



IV 



Give heed, my child, lift your eyes, behold the one who now follows here. 

 Behold, my child! Now the paths it follows, paths where the gods descend. 

 Give lieeil , my child. Look ! Ointment down the four straight paths comes to you. 



V 



Give heed, my child, lift your eyes, behold the one who is spreading here. 



Behold, my child! Sacred ointment, spreading, consecrates you. 



Give heed, my child. Look! Sacred ointment over you spreads its power, 



VI 



Give heed, my child, lift your eyes, behold the one who has holy made. 



Behold, my child! Yon are set apart, and finished is the task. 



Give heed, my child. Look! Sacred ointment now has set you apart. 



Part III. Painting thk Child 



The red paint put on tlie child's head and face .sj'nibolized the 

 dawn, the rising sun. Tlie cok)r was spread over tlie entire face to 

 represent "the full radiance of the sun," "giving to the child its 

 vigor of life." 



The song and the rest of the songs of tliis ritual are in the same 

 rliythm as the ijreceding. 



SONG '■ 



Diagram of Timi- 



" Music on page 323. I> Music on pa^^e 227. 



22 ETH — PT 2 — 04 23 



