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           Theenlargementofthisideacametoabeliefthatitwaspossibletotransmit,bymagicalformulae,thesoulandqualitiesofanylivingcreaturetoafiguremadeinitsimage.Thiswouldgiveaterribleextensionofpowertoonewhoheldthegiftofmagic.

           "Itisfromaunionofthesevariousbeliefs,andtheirnaturalcorollaries,thatIhavecometotheconclusionthatQueenTeraexpectedtobeabletoeffectherownresurrection,when,andwhere,andhow,shewould.Thatshemayhaveheldbeforeheradefinitetimeformakinghereffortisnotonlypossiblebutlikely.Ishallnotstopnowtoexplainit,butshallenteruponthesubjectlateron.WithasoulwiththeGods,aspiritwhichcouldwandertheearthatwill,andapowerofcorporealtransference,oranastralbody,thereneedbenoboundsorlimitstoherambition.Thebeliefisforceduponusthatforthesefortyorfiftycenturiesshelaydormantinhertomb—waiting.Waitingwiththat’patience’whichcouldruletheGodsoftheUnderWorld,forthat’love’whichcouldcommandthoseoftheUpperWorld.Whatshemayhavedreamtweknownot;butherdreammusthavebeenbrokenwhentheDutchexplorerenteredhersculpturedcavern,andhisfollowerviolatedthesacredprivacyofhertombbyhisrudeoutrageinthetheftofherhand.

           "Thattheft,withallthatfollowed,provedtousonething,however:thateachpartofherbody,thoughseparatedfromtherest,canbeacentralpointorrallyingplacefortheitemsorparticlesofherastralbody.