THE SYMBOLS OF COLORS.
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The god Tore, or Thru, the world yiersonified, is represented sitting in an ark floating on the greeii waters of cosmogony (Champ. Egypt. Panth.). The god Lunvs (the moon), whose flesh is green, is also represented sitting in a bark, or hari., floating in green waters. The god Lunus was, doubtless, a cosmographic divinity, since he appears with the emblems of Phtha, the sceptre of coordination in his hand. Tlie Hebrew name of the moon, tii*^ irhe, is formed of one of the roots of green, irr^ ire, which signifies to found, to regulate, instituere, conformare (Gesenius). The same root, n-ii ire, signifies, also, to instruct, and
We
have seen,
in the article Deic, that this the doctrine. Thoth, the godsacred 83'^mbol designated creator of men, founder of the social state, the god of science, of the sacred doctrine, and the hierogrammals, has his flesh painted green on two monuments copied in Thoth pours over Cham[)ollion's Egyptian Pantheon. the head of the neophyte the waters of purification, symbol of celestial dew. (See the representation of Egyptian baptism, at the commencement of this work.) the gods, hidij of heaven, as she is Nctj)he, mother of called in the legend of that divinity, is often represented in the midst of the tree Persea, pouring the divine beverage over souls; her jlrsh is green.
to siirinkie.
Finally, Neith with tlie lion's liead, called Pascht, represents the regenerating principle, under the emblem of vigilance and moral [)ower, the lion; she grasps, with both hands, the great serjtent A})op, enemy of the gods, and symbol of the wicked and imjiioiis. Tiie inscripFowrrtion accompanying this image oi' the divinity is :
ful Pascht, eye of the sun, sovereign ofjiower, directress (fall the gods, chastising the unclean. ThÂŤ;
sented
three diHerent forms under which she in
(jham[M>llioirs Pantheon,
all
is
re[)re-
show her with
green jlcsh. Pascht, protectress of warriors, represented, according to the French philohjgist, the wisdom thnt gives the victor ij
(Pantheon).
(jreeii
was the symbol of victory (Symbolic Colors,
p.
the Funereal Ritual, the serpent pierced by the swords of the gods appears in agree?!, enclosure. Neith is again manifested under the form of the; god
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