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Hieroglyphics of Horapollo, tr. Alexander Turner Cory, [1840], at sacred-texts.com


LV. HOW A MYSTIC MAN.

When they would symbolise a mystic man, and one initiated, they delineate a GRASSHOPPER; for he does not utter sounds through his mouth, but chirping by means of his spine, sings a sweet melody.


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