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66 Homage to thee, Ea ! Supreme Power, the parent who destroys his 
children, the only one who names* the earth by his intelligence, his 
form is that of Tonen. 
67 Homage to thee, Ea ! Supreme Power, he who sets up the ■urshi'f 
themselves upon their foundations, no one sees their mysteries, his 
form is that of the urshi. 
68 Homage to thee, Ea ! Supreme Power, the vessel of heaven, the door 
of the empyrean, J he who makes the mummy come forth, his form is 
that of Besi. 
69 Homage to thee, Ea ! Surpeme Power, the monkey the 
being in his nature, his form is that of the Ape of the empyrean. 
70 Homage to thee, Ea ! Supreme Power, he who opens the earth, and 
who shows the interior of it, the speaking spirit who names his 
members, his form is that of Smato.§ 
71 Homage to thee, Ea ! Supreme Power, he who is armed with teeth, 
who consumes his enemies, the flame that lights the wick, his form is 
that of Nehi.|| 
72 Homage to thee, Ea ! Supreme Power, the walker, the moving 
luminary, who makes darkness come after his light, his form is that 
of the Walker. 
73 Homage to thee, Ea ! Supreme Power, the master of souls who is in 
his obelisk, the chief of the confined gods, his form is that of the 
master of souls. 
74 Homage to thee, Ea! Supreme Power, the double luminary, the 
double obelisk,** the great god who raises his two eyes, his form is 
that of the double luminary. ft 
75 Homage to thee, Ea ; Supreme Power, the master of the light, 
who reveals hidden things, the spirit who speaks to the gods in their 
spheres, his form is that of the Master of the Light. 
* Creates, fashions. + The genii of the watches of the night. 
+ Again a Christian parallel, “ I am the door of the sheep ” (John x. 9). 
§ He who opens the earth. 
|] He who is armed with teeth. 
The act iv ? spirit which superintends all things in space. 
** The obelisk wag specially devoted to Ea, as the pyramid appears to 
have been to Turn. There are no pyramids to the east of the Nile, and 
no obelisks t° the west of the same river. Pierret, in his Diet, de 
1' Archeologie Egyptienne, has shown that the obelisk was honoured with 
divine honours, but it is more than doubtful if, as is often asserted, it was 
ever regarded as a phallic emblem. The illustrations given by Inman in 
his Christian and Pagan Symbolism, are misleading, as they represent 
the obelisk with a conical apex and a curved outline, &c. 
ft Or the sun and moon combined (?), 
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