Initiation into the Ancient Secret Society of Egyptian Priests

to all the measures and calculations which would henceforth be necessary for him. As a token, he received a staff entwined with a serpent, and Hepe In 18th-century accounts of "Egyptian" mysteries, such as the Crata Repoa, "Hepe" was often cited as a sacred word signifying "peace" or "protection." was his word; during this, he was told of the fall of the human race 24). His sign consisted of the hands folded in the likeness of a cross and pressed to the chest 25). Their duty consisted in the washing of the pillars.

24. Clement of Alexandria, in his Exhortation original: "Клим. Алекс. въ упѣщан." refers to the Protrepticus (Exhortation to the Greeks) by Clement of Alexandria (c. 150–215 AD), an early Christian theologian who wrote extensively on pagan mysteries., says something similar about this.

25. Certain depictions of this are also found in the works of Mr. Norden original: "г. Нордена." This refers to Frederik Ludvig Norden (1708–1742), a Danish explorer whose detailed drawings of Egyptian monuments were highly influential in Europe..