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Chapter 6 -The 4th utterance  
     
1.
 When, then, thy Soul shall be restored, say:
  
2.
 Draw nigh, O Lord!
  
3.
 Upon this utterance His Rays shall be turned on thee, and thou shalt be in midst of them.
  
4.
 When, then, thou hast done this, thou shalt behold a God, in flower of age, of fairest beauty, [and] with Locks of Flame, in a white Tunic and a scarlet Mantle, wearing a Crown of Fire.
 
5.
 Straightway salute Him with the Salutation of the Fire:  
6.
 Hail Lord! O Thou of mighty Power;
 
7.
 O King of mighty Sway; Greatest of Gods; O Sun;  
8.
 Thou Lord of Heaven and Earth; O God of Gods!  
9.
 Strong is Thy Breath; strong is Thy Might!  
10.
 O Lord, if it seem good to Thee, make Thou announcement of me unto God Mosthigh, who hath begotten and created Thee !
  
11.
 For that a man - N.N., son of N.N. (fem.), born of the mortal womb of N.N. (fem.), and of spermatic ichor, yea, of this [ichor], which at Thy Hands to-day hath undergone the transmutation of re-birth -, one, from so many tens of thousands, transformed to immortality in this same hour, by God's good-pleasure, of God transcendent Good-,
 
12.
 [a man, I say,] presumes to worship Thee, and supplicates with whatsoever power a mortal hath.  
13.
 Upon this utterance He shall come to the Pole, and thou shalt see Him moving round as on a path.
  
14.
 Then gaze intently, and send forth a prolonged "bellowing," like to a horn-note, expelling the whole breath, with pressure on the ribs, and kiss the amulets, and say first to that upon the right:
  
15.
 Protect me! †!  
16.
 When thou hast uttered this. thou shalt behold the Doors thrown open, and, issuing from the Depth, Seven Virgins, in byssus-robes, with serpent-faces. and golden sceptres in their hands.
 
17.
 These are they who are the so-called Heaven's Fortunes (Tychai).  
18.
 When thou dost see these things, make salutation thus:
  
19.
 Hail Heaven's Seven Fortunes, Virgins august and good, ye sacred ones who live and eat with †!
 
20.
 Ye holiest Protectors of the Four Supports!  
21.
 Hail thou, the First, †!
  
22.
 Hail thou, the Second, †!
  
23.
 Hail thou, the Third, †!
  
24.
 Hail thou, the Fourth, †!
  
25.
 Hail thou, the Fifth, †!
  
26.
 Hail thou, the Sixth, †!
  
27.
 Hail thou, the Seventh, †!  
28.
 There come forth others, too
 
29.
 - Seven Gods, with faces of black bulls, in linen loincloths, with seven golden fillets on their heads.  
30.
 These are the so-called Heaven's Pole-lords.  
31.
 And in like fashion unto each of them thou must make salutation with his special name.
  

 
 
 

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