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-tne woman; and Osiris is read on the Egyptianmonuments He-ski,-the seed.The " Delficatlon of Nimrod.The mythical story in Egypt of the deification ofNimrod by Semiramis is to the effect that Isis, who wasa great enchantress and had much knowledge of "magicalceremonies:;' instructed HOTUS and a number ofhis "followers to perform a series of operations inconnection with the burial of his father, which had theeffect of raising Osiris from the dead,, and of establishinghim as king in Amenti, i.e., the " Hidden Place," orthe other world (Fourth Sallier Papyrus in the BritishMuseum.-Although Horns was the son of Osiris, hewas merely another form of Osiris himself, being anew incarnation of that god).Thus, by following Satan's lie, that the dead are notdead, Semiramis and her deluded followers causedothers to believe that Nimrod was not now dead, butthat he had been resurrected, .and had become a godand should be reverenced as such. But it is evidentthat if this advanced form of idolatsy was to becomeestablished, it was indispensable that it should be inauguratedin secret, and be operated with extremecaution ; for the terror of execution, lately inflicted onone so mighty as Nimrod, was too real to be ignored.This, then,, was the beginning d that iniquitous systemof "Mystery" which has been so far-reaching in itsdesolating effects, and which the Lord used as a typeof that still greater ",desolating abomination," themystic "Babylon the Great" of the Gospel Age.The very n'ature of the "hlysteries" gave great.facilities for imposing on the senses of those who werebeing "initiated." It is well known that magical artswere invented by the Chaldeans. Epiphanius, after