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chiefly ascribes his victories. In fighting the
enemies of Egypt, and in bringing them in
chains into the temples, the king has done an
act grateful to the gods, just as he has done an
act grateful to the gods in offering to them
incense, flowers, and the limbs of 'sacrificed ani-
mals. He therein gives proof of his piety and
is all the more deserving of the favors which the
construction of the temple is intended to secure.
The Egyptian temples are always dedicated to
three gods. It is what Champollion calls the
Triad. The first is the male principle, the sec-
ond the female principle, and the third the off-
ering of the other two. But these three deities
are blended into one. The father engenders
himself in the womb of the mother and thus
becomes at once his own father and his own son.
Thereby are expressed the uncreatedness and
the eternity of the Being who has had no begin-
ning and who shall have no end.
The worship consists of prayers, recited within
the temple in the name of the king, and above
all, of processions. In these processions, which
the king is supposed to head, are carried the
insignia of the gods, the coffers in which their
statues are enclosed, and also the sacred barks,
chiefly ascribes his victories. In fighting the
enemies of Egypt, and in bringing them in
chains into the temples, the king has done an
act grateful to the gods, just as he has done an
act grateful to the gods in offering to them
incense, flowers, and the limbs of 'sacrificed ani-
mals. He therein gives proof of his piety and
is all the more deserving of the favors which the
construction of the temple is intended to secure.
The Egyptian temples are always dedicated to
three gods. It is what Champollion calls the
Triad. The first is the male principle, the sec-
ond the female principle, and the third the off-
ering of the other two. But these three deities
are blended into one. The father engenders
himself in the womb of the mother and thus
becomes at once his own father and his own son.
Thereby are expressed the uncreatedness and
the eternity of the Being who has had no begin-
ning and who shall have no end.
The worship consists of prayers, recited within
the temple in the name of the king, and above
all, of processions. In these processions, which
the king is supposed to head, are carried the
insignia of the gods, the coffers in which their
statues are enclosed, and also the sacred barks,