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Chapter 15
andcouldreincarnateitandholdconversewithit.’Againtherewasthe’Khu’,the’spiritualintelligence’,orspirit.Ittooktheformof’ashining,luminous,intangibleshapeofthebody.’...Then,again,therewasthe’Sekhem’,or’power’ofaman,hisstrengthorvitalforcepersonified.Thesewerethe’Khaibit’,or’shadow’,the’Ren’,or’name’,the’Khat’,or’physicalbody’,and’Ab’,the’heart’,inwhichlifewasseated,wenttothefullmakingupofaman.
"Thusyouwillsee,thatifthisdivisionoffunctions,spiritualandbodily,etherealandcorporeal,idealandactual,beacceptedasexact,thereareallthepossibilitiesandcapabilitiesofcorporealtransference,guidedalwaysbyanunimprisonablewillorintelligence."AshepausedImurmuredthelinesfromShelley’s"PrometheusUnbound":
"’TheMagnusZoroaster...Methisownimagewalkinginthegarden.’"
Mr.Trelawnywasnotdispleased."Quiteso!"hesaid,inhisquietway."Shelleyhadabetterconceptionofancientbeliefsthananyofourpoets."Withavoicechangedagainheresumedhislecture,forsoitwastosomeofus:
"ThereisanotherbeliefoftheancientEgyptianwhichyoumustbearinmind;thatregardingtheushaptiufiguresofOsiris,whichwereplacedwiththedeadtoitsworkintheUnderWorld.