If thou wilt carry out this thy last desire, understand, royal Harmachis, that now this very night thou must die for a while in the flesh, what time thy soul shall look on spiritual things.

And if thou diest and any evil shall be found within thy heart, when thou comest at last into that awful presence, woe unto thee, Harmachis, for the breath of life shall no more enter in at the gateway of thy mouth, thy body shall utterly perish, and what shall befall thy other parts, if I know, I may not say.[*] Art thou prepared to be taken to the breast of Her who Was and Is and Shall Be, and in all things to do Her holy will; for Her, while she shall so command, to put away the thought of earthly woman; and to labour always for Her glory till at the end thy life is gathered to Her eternal life ?" [*] According to the Egyptian religion the being Man is composed of four parts: the body, the double or astral shape (_ka_), the soul (_bi_), and the spark of life sprung from the Godhead (_khou_) .-- Editor.
"I am," I answered; "lead on." "It is well," said the priest.

"Noble Amenemhat, we go hence alone." "Farewell, my son," said my father; "be firm and triumph over things spiritual as thou shalt triumph over things earthly.

He who would truly rule the world must first be lifted up above the world.

He must be at one with God, for thus only shall he learn the secrets of the Divine.
But beware! The Gods demand much of those who dare to enter the circle of their Divinity.