Scarabs: The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc.Myer, Isaac
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Scarabs: The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc.
Myer, Isaac
Egypt -- Religion; Scarabaeus; Symbolism
Egyptians. The Ancient, highly civilized, 69 _et seq._, Introd. vii.
race of the Ancient, was Caucasian, Introd. vii.
Ancient, thought as to the spiritual-world and its inhabitants,
elevated, Introd. xii.
signets, 15, 16, 38 _et seq._
used symbols, having an occult meaning, to designate their deities, 4.
Emanation or Creation of all things, 100 _et seq._
Emery. Use of, 31.
Engraving of precious stones. Antiquity of the art of, 30 _et seq._, 33.
Engraving. Method of engraving in ancient times, 31.
on scarabs, 20, 21, 22, 48, 51, 52.
Enamels on scarabs, 19.
Enoch. Book of, cited, 30.
Entomology of the scarabæidæ, 4 _et seq._
Ephod. Engraved stones in the Hebrew High Priest's, 37.
Erpā. The, of the gods, 147.
Etruscan glyptography has not a transitional period, 140.
Etruscan scarabs, 134 _et seq._
divisions of, according to subjects engraved thereon, 141.
form of, 135, 136.
usually of a conventional form, 134, 135, 136.
manufacture of, 136, 137.
material of, 135.
time of manufacture and use of, 142.
where found, 134 _et seq._, 138.
method of wearing, 139.
worn as amulets and for ornament, 139.
those having a white opaqueness have been burned, 139.
subjects engraved on, 137, 138, 140, 141.
Etruscans at first purchased the scarabs from Phœnicians, 140.
borrowed the form of the scarab but did not care for the cult, 139.
Eternal life of the soul of man, Introd. vi., vii., ix., x., xi.,
xii., xiii. See, the Second Death.
Eternity. Lords of, 148.
Eternity of the soul of the good, 96. See, Introduction.
Ethiopians. Religious feeling for the scarabæus among the, 12, 13.
Evil One, is Apap, 86.
Evolution in the Egyptian philosophy, 99 _et seq._, 104 _et seq._
Ezekiel's. The prophet, description of the working and engraving of,
precious stones, 35.
Face. Broad, The god of the, 150.
Felspar. The XXVIIth chapter of the Book of the Dead, incised on
green, 151.
Forgery of scarabs, 123 _et seq._
Future rewards or punishments to the soul, Introd. vi., vii., x., xi.
See, Annihilation, Wicked, Heaven, Psychostasia, Second Death.
Genius. The, the Ka, 118, 148, 152, 153. See, Ka.
Geographers, 73.
Ghost. See, Ka, Khu, Eidolon.
Gnostic amulets with the scarabæus portrayed on them, 143.
God, 109, 110, 110, Introd. xii. _et seq._
God and His universe, 95 _et seq._
Gnostic amulets, 143.
Good. The soul of the, is eternal, 96.
Grammarians, 73.
Grave. Glorification in the deep, 153.
Great Sphinx. The, a philosophical abstraction, 68. See, Sphinx.
Greek authors, statements of as to Ancient Egyptian abstract thought, 74.
Greek authors, cannot be depended upon. _Ibid._
Greek and other writers, who mention the scarabæus, Introd. xviii., xix.
Greek scarabs, 142.
made in the Egyptian style, a manufactory for such was at Naukratis, 27.
Greeks called the scarabæus the _Helio-cantharus_, 7.
Hard stones. Egyptian method of cutting, 32. See, Engraving, also Scarabs.
Hapi, 108.
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