A new system, or, An analysis of ancient mythology : wherein an attempt is made to divest tradition of fable, and to reduce the truth to its original purity ... . autiful attire. The Egyptians thought thisa very proper pidure of the foul of man, and of the immor-tality, to which it afpired. But they made it more parti-cularly an emblem of Oflris; who having been confined inan arkj or coffin, and in a ftate of death, at laft quitted hisprifon, and enjoyed a * renewal of life. This circumftanceof the fecond birth is continually dcfcribed under the cha-radier of Pfuche. And as the whole was owing
A new system, or, An analysis of ancient mythology : wherein an attempt is made to divest tradition of fable, and to reduce the truth to its original purity ... . autiful attire. The Egyptians thought thisa very proper pidure of the foul of man, and of the immor-tality, to which it afpired. But they made it more parti-cularly an emblem of Oflris; who having been confined inan arkj or coffin, and in a ftate of death, at laft quitted hisprifon, and enjoyed a * renewal of life. This circumftanceof the fecond birth is continually dcfcribed under the cha-radier of Pfuche. And as the whole was owing to divinelove, of which Eros was an emblem, we find this perfonoften introduced as a concomitant of Pfuche. They aregenerally defcribed as accidentally meeting, and enjoying apleafing interview; which is attended with embraces andfalutes; and every mark of reconciliation, and favour. From this union of divine love, and the foul, the an-cients dated the inftitution of marriage. And as the re- * ^vx^-) , ^wvC^iov ttt/ivov. Hefych. * Oai^tJiS avciQwa-iiyXai. TruKiyyinaicc. Pkitarch. IHs et Ofiris. P. 364. newal eLn/rrni/ty JiJ (-iHi/fi/itti ..
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