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RITUAL.

I therefore, by virtue of authority in me vested, have the pleasure and honor to place upon your brow the Crown of Egypt; to. place within your hand the Scepter of the Pharaohs, and to invest you; for;the time being, with the, illimitable power and authority of the Throne of the great Rameses.

Action suited to the words; candidate is seated on throne and invested.

Heru-Set—Egyptian Ta-Nefer, Prophet of Horus, instruct the King in the secrets of the Mysteries.

Ta-Nefer rises,, makes obeisance, and says:

Ta-Nafer—O King, live forever! The jewel of our Order is an ancient Egyptian cartouche, which expresses in ancient, hieroglyphic form the great motto of the Order, namely:

"LET US BE SWIFT TO BATTLE WITH AND' OVERCOME EVIL IN THE WORLD; THAT, WHEN VICTORIOUS, WE MAY RECEIVE THE REWARDS OF IMMORTAL LIFE -CONSEQUENT THERETO."

Egyptian Heru-Set, present the cartouche to the Pharaoh;

Ancient Egyptian Apron

This .is taught by. the. hieroglyphs. Thus, in Jthe figure of the. Man in the sitting ' posture, Vthe