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He could not account for these strange thoughts that had been

excited within his mind, and the rest of the hours of work did

not show the usual amount accomplished.

At an early hour the next night, before Hermo had arrived for his

night's work, the Astrologer Priest sent for the Priestess. She

hastily responded to the summons feeling there was some very

important news to be received. As soon as she entered the Priest

said, "Most noble Priestess, I find by the calculations made,

that not before another month may our infant child, Sarthia, be

initiated, as a pupil, into the Temple of Isis. Two days before

the full Moon the spiritual rays will be most active and potent,

and being of so harmonious a nature we may hope for the most

satisfactory results. The task will be slow and require much

patience, my Priestess, for the hereditary tendencies of the

brain, that have so far influenced that soul's life and

experiences, will have to be polarized in other channels and

gradually awakened to consciousness. The life of the body it has

been animating in past years was not of such a nature as to

mature a healthy soul.