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Underground Rivers - University of New Mexico

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Chapter 32 -- To Cross the Styx<br />

The Egyptian god <strong>of</strong> death, Osiris, was <strong>of</strong>ten symbolized by<br />

a boat.<br />

Akin to the entombment <strong>of</strong> pharaohs and their retinues in<br />

elaborate barks for passage across the great divide, Norse<br />

tribes laid their leaders, along with grave <strong>of</strong>ferings in<br />

accordance with earthly status, in a boat to bear them to<br />

Valhalla, Land <strong>of</strong> the Heroes.<br />

Isle <strong>of</strong> the Dead (1880) by Arnold Böcklin.<br />

Judeo-Christian tradition speaks <strong>of</strong> reaching the<br />

promised land by crossing the River Jordan.<br />

Isaiah 43.2 declares,<br />

When thou passest through the waters, I will<br />

be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall<br />

not overflow thee.<br />

DRAFT 1122//66//22001122<br />

Deep river my home is over<br />

Jordan Deep river, Lord, I<br />

want to cross over into campground<br />

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