Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . e tablets of Isis,which were her mysteries engraved on silver, and fol-lowing these were the people in the order of their sev-eral stations in public or private life, dressed in whitelinen or cotton. The newly initiated walked in themidst of these, distinguished only by his head veil beinglonger than that of the others, reaching to
Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . e tablets of Isis,which were her mysteries engraved on silver, and fol-lowing these were the people in the order of their sev-eral stations in public or private life, dressed in whitelinen or cotton. The newly initiated walked in themidst of these, distinguished only by his head veil beinglonger than that of the others, reaching to the feet. The houses along the route were decorated withbanners and flowers as on festal days, and perfumeswere showered over the passing multitude by wealthyresidents. Music both vocal and instrumental, anddancing by professional experts accompanied themto the end, where a general shout proclaimed tliearrival. The ceremonies were continued in the temple byelevating the novitiate to a throne, and investinghim with a white linen suit in place of the holidaygarb jnst discarded, when he was declared a memberof the order. The closing scenes consisted of feasts, which werekept up during three days, in which the newly ad-mitted brother occupied the seat of
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