A comparison of Egyptian symbols with those of the Hebrews . n heume, an enclosing wall, because THE SYMBOLS OF COLORS. 71 evil and falsity bind man as in a strait place (consultArt. Ass). Black from white, in Hebrew nnir schher. black, signi-fies, in addition, the duwn and to seek. This word, theconnection of which with the name of white, ins tsher,appears evident, designates the expectation of the pro-fane, who seeks and sees shine the first light of black Osiris, who appears at the commencement ofthe Funereal Ritual, represents that state of the soulwhich, from the midst of darknes
A comparison of Egyptian symbols with those of the Hebrews . n heume, an enclosing wall, because THE SYMBOLS OF COLORS. 71 evil and falsity bind man as in a strait place (consultArt. Ass). Black from white, in Hebrew nnir schher. black, signi-fies, in addition, the duwn and to seek. This word, theconnection of which with the name of white, ins tsher,appears evident, designates the expectation of the pro-fane, who seeks and sees shine the first light of black Osiris, who appears at the commencement ofthe Funereal Ritual, represents that state of the soulwhich, from the midst of darkness surrounding the earth,passes into the world of light. The same indication belongs, in the judgment of thesoul, to the two children of Osiris, Anubis and Horus,who weigh the soul in the scales of Amenti. Anubis,the god of the dead and of embalming, is black, andHorus red and yellow (Description of Egypt). Thoth Psychopompe, conductor of souls to the pre-sence ot Osiris, has the head of the black Ibis. CHAPTER IV. ^APPLICATION TO THE STMBOI S OF THE The principle of Bible symbols is taught by the wordsof our Lord to the apostle Simon, who had just acknow-ledged him as the Christ, the Son of the living God : Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church(Matthew xvi. 18).1 Stone is the symbol of faith ; the foundation of theChristian faith is the recognition of Jesus as the Christ,the Son of the living God. Jesus gave to Simon the surname of Peter (stone)—(Mark iii. 16)—because the divine mission that apostlehad to perform represented, spiritually, what is materiallyrepresented by the corner-stone of an edifice. It cannot be necessary to say to Christians that theMessiah did not play on the word, but expressed, by asymbol, the functions that Peter would have to represent 1 The word pierre, in French, signifies both Peter (a proper name)and stone. This latter signification is the one intended to be given byPortal, as will be seen by the context.— Translator
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