Identifier: opencourt_apr1906caru (find matches)
Title: The Open court
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Carus, Paul, 1852-1919 Open Court Publishing company, Chicago
Subjects: Religion Religion and science
Publisher: Chicago : The Open Court Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Morris Library, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Digitizing Sponsor: CARLI: Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois

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roubled spirit, and he beheld thesun rise in its usual glory. When it was high in the dome of thesky he walked toward the palace of Pharaoh. Traversing the wind-ing walks, unutterable dismay filled his mind. He dreaded to ap-proach the monarch with such an unheard-of message. When hecame to the marble, steps his courage failed and he turned away.He did not go to his own palace, but returned to the library in thetemple. He was almost in collapse. He made every effort to calmhis mind which was racing at terrific speed. Finally, order came out of mental chaos. He came to a deci-sion. This was to order the priests of the sun. from Memphis,Abydos and Heliopolis to come to Thebes, for counsel. He dis-patched messengers and in due time they came. Trouble and carestood on their brows. They also had noticed the shifting of thesuns rays in their sanctuaries. Not one could offer a suggestionas to the cause. They had not told the king. Pinotem, priest of Memphis, first advised that they visit the
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THE WANING OF THE LIGHT OF EGYPT. 239 monarch in a body and inform him of the departure of the hghtof Egypt. They agreed and told all to Pharaoh. He was filled withimutterable fear. It seemed to him that either the solid earth wasunstable, or the sun, and, in either case, his throne. The hundredsof costly temples of the sun were becoming useless for their intendedpurposes. The king of Egypt was thrown into mental chaos. Hedismissed his priests with commands to assemble again on the thirdday. Every nation of antiquity from Gaul to India had esoteric mys-teries, secret societies, whose members were received by solemnrites of initiation. The chief, or grand lodge of Egypt (also thechief one in the world) was due to meet in the great Labyrinth atArsinoe, on the day of the first full moon after the summer solstice.On the third day the four priests came to counsel with their mon-arch. The approaching Grand Lodge was mentioned of which theking was grand master and must preside, while Mesocha

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