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    Late Night Osiris Feast - get your appetites ready! (25 posts)
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    Part III - The Jubilant Rebirth of Osiris
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    Date: Oct 27, 2002 - 11:16

     

     
     

    Part III: The Jubilant Rebirth of Osiris (Wesir)


    So the statue of Osiris is brought fourth in grand procession throughout Abydos. Worshippers line his path, but can not see him-- He is concealed behind veils and covered in feathers.

    The Netjer's image is then brought out into the desert, to his tomb in Pokir. This year, the temple priests have agreed to also carry him aboard The Golden Phoenix, which shall represent his barque, and on to Thebes. A great midnight feast is held, which lasts throughout the night, representing The Night Vigil.. a most secretive part of the festival.

    It is with great joy that I witness the presence of so many beautiful ladies, all dressed in their finest, in celebration of Osiris! By aptly calling them sisters, Kismet has transformed her companions into the embodiment of the sisters, Aset and Nebet-Het!

    After the enemies of Osiris are slaughtered (all along the banks of the Nile), the crown of Justification is placed upon him, and Osiris is transfigured. Set, his enemy, is then held for trial before the Divine Tribunal.

    After stopping at Thebes for presentation to the female King Hatshepsut, the Golden Phoenix reverses direction, to return Osiris to his place in Abydos. As Re rises, the living Osiris is brought back into his temple to be crowned with justice-- Ma'at. The priests then take their leave of us, to carry out private purification rituals.

    The Phoenix then continues down the Nile, once again passing Giza, before turning starboard at the grand canal near Heliopolis, and on into the Red Sea. She sails back to the Great Green Sea, and north, to Athens....


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