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(2) “ I am the fish of the great Horus (as ''Makara ''is the “ crocodile,” the vehicle of Varuna). I am merged in Sekten.” | (2) “ I am the fish of the great Horus (as ''Makara ''is the “ crocodile,” the vehicle of Varuna). I am merged in Sekten.” | ||
This last sentence gives the corroboration of, and repeats the doctrine of, esoteric Buddhism, for it alludes directly to the fifth principle (Manas), or the most spiritual part of its essence rather, which merges into, is absorbed by, and made one with Atma-Buddhi after the death of man. For Se-khen is the residence or ''loka ''of the god Khem (Horus-Osiris, or Father and Son), hence the “ Devachan ” of Atma-Buddhi. In the Ritual of the Dead the defunct is shown entering into Sekhem with Horus-Thot and “ emerging from it as pure spirit ” (lxiv., 29). Thus the defunct says (v. 130) : “ I see the forms of (myself, as various) men transforming eternally . . . I know this (chapter). He who knows it . . . takes all kinds of living forms.” . . . And in verse 35, addressing in magic formula that which is called, in Egyptian esotericism, the “ ancestral heart,” or the re-incarnating principle, the permanent Ego, the defunct says : — | This last sentence gives the corroboration of, and repeats the doctrine of, esoteric Buddhism, for it alludes directly to the fifth principle (Manas), or the most spiritual part of its essence rather, which merges into, is absorbed by, and made one with Atma-Buddhi after the death of man. For Se-khen is the residence or ''loka ''of the god Khem (Horus-Osiris, or Father and Son), hence the “ Devachan ” of Atma-Buddhi. In the Ritual of the Dead the defunct is shown entering into Sekhem with Horus-Thot and “ emerging from it as pure spirit ” (lxiv., 29). Thus the defunct says (v. 130) : “ I see the forms of (myself, as various) men transforming eternally . . . I know this (chapter). He who knows it . . . takes all kinds of living forms.” . . . And in verse 35, addressing in magic formula that which is called, in Egyptian esotericism, the “ ancestral heart,” or the re-incarnating principle, the permanent {{Style S-Small capitals|Ego}}, the defunct says : — | ||
“ Oh my heart, my ancestral heart necessary for my transformations, . . . . . . do not separate thyself from me before the guardian of the Scales. Thou art my personality within my breast, divine companion ''watching over my fleshes ''(bodies). . . . . . .” | “ Oh my heart, my ancestral heart necessary for my transformations, . . . . . . do not separate thyself from me before the guardian of the Scales. Thou art my personality within my breast, divine companion ''watching over my fleshes ''(bodies). . . . . . .” | ||