Within the Temple of Isis | Page 8

as I recall that one second of bliss. But, alas! she fell
back into her former lifeless state and lingers so until I am in doubt if
after all it were not some illusion connected with the wonderful Magic
of that night."
"Nay," said the Hierophant, "I can assure you that what you

experienced was real and that if this matter reaches a successful issue
you will henceforward find in Nu-nah all that your soul desires, that
ever will her eager spirit lead yours in the pursuit of knowledge and the
highest wisdom."
Then the Hierophant turning, mentally addressed Sarthia, the unseen
witness of the interview, "Am I not right in making this pledge for you
to Rathunor? Think you we have also fulfilled our promise that
Rathunor shall love you?"
But her heart was too full to reply. He then directed her attention to her
location and surroundings and for the first time she became aware with
amazement, almost terror, that she was within "THE SACRED
ADYTUM--THE HOLY OF HOLIES," while the Hierophant and
Rathunor were within an adjoining court and private apartment of the
High Priest.
"My child," said the Hierophant in reply to her speechless inquiry as to
the meaning of this wonder, "there are no barriers to the disembodied
soul. This place, so religiously guarded, so inaccessible to the ordinary
mortal, is open to any soul having passed a certain grade of initiation
into the divine mysteries of Nature and attained unto that purity of heart
whereby man may see his God.
"To-morrow night, on the occasion of the new Moon, will be
consecrated within this Holy Chamber, the union of your soul with that
of Rathunor's and here also will be consummated that mystic transfer
between your soul and that of Nu-nah's.
"And now, I leave you here while I accompany Rathunor. As you
gradually lapse into the sweet silence of this Holy place, observe the
meaning of some of the stupendous mysteries of Nature revealed here
openly to the one having eyes to see and possessing the gift of
understanding."
Her first sensation on being left alone was, that she was floating like
the vapor of a breath upon the swaying wreaths of burning incense, and
as she reclines thus in blissful repose there dawned upon her vision a

view of the vast Temple in its absolute entirety. It assumed the strange
outline of a gigantic human body, all its intricacies becoming orderly
correspondencies of the human organism in its multitudinous
ramifications. Then all the vast ceremonial of this body passed in
review before her mind, each rite symbolic of some function, physical,
mental and spiritual, and she marveled at the adaptability of the parts to
each other and then to the grand whole.
But, above all, was she impressed by the depth in depths of meaning of
this Sacred Adytum in its symbolic relation to the whole structure.
However, ere she could tarry to reflect, the nature of the vision changed
as if her eye had been turned suddenly from the lense of a Microscope
to that of an immense Telescope. Before her view stretched the starry
Zodiac, in outline, the same as its prototype, the human body--the
Grand Temple. The Sun and its solar system corresponding to various
vital functions in the human organism, but the crowning wonder of all
came as she comprehended the relation which our planet, mother Earth,
bore to the Grand Man of the skies, and her soul was overwhelmed as
all the implications of this relation rushed in upon her being.
CHAPTER V.
THE TRANSFER.
According to the calculations made by the chief Astrologer Priest it
was just at midnight that the conjunction of the luminaries took place in
the Zodiacal sign belonging to the Moon. This union of the luminous
orbs of the day and night is powerfully magical in its results.
The vibrations, set in motion by this mighty union of the positive and
negative forces of Nature, react, not only upon the waters and the Earth,
but the human family. Not only does the mighty ocean obey this
wonderful influence in the ebb and flow of its tides, but the Earth, as
she rotates upon her axis, obeys this mighty power and manifests in her
depths and heights in her serpentine movement about the Sun.
Nature's laws are very exact and man, to become the Arbiter of his own
destiny, must blend his energies in harmony with those of Nature.

Agreeable to appointment and the arrangements to be made it was
necessary for the Hierophant and the Holy men of the Temple to
assemble at an early hour, although the Transfer was not to take place
until midnight.
Much preparation was necessary as a most momentous ceremony was
to be performed this night; one that rarely ever