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"Know you that this body was Nu-nah's and this soul that of

Sarthia's?"

It was here that only by a mighty effort of his will was he able

to keep in abeyance the emotions of his heart, but the superior

and God-like power of an invisible Presence sustained him. The

Princess took no heed of his silence and continued her

revelations.

"Do you know that on the night of the full Moon, the solemn and

sacred Rites performed over the unconscious bodies of Sarthia and

Nu-nah in the Sacred Sanctuary of the Temple of Isis, our souls

were transferred by the magical power of the High Priest and the

invisible assistants? Nu-nah's soul was polarized in Sarthia's

physical temple and that of Sarthia's in this of mine. Both were

prostrated, even to dissolution by the malefic influence of

planetary arcs, and this method was resorted to, that both our

lives might be spared to round out our necessary physical

existence while yet in these bodies, and also for your sake was

this undertaken by our Holy Father that you might have that love

which you so much craved and the longings of your soul might be

satisfied with the knowledge it thirsted for. This will explain

to you the great change observed at times in your Nu-nah, and the

unnatural, dreamy moods that possessed me sometimes.