ation with the circle or disk and the swastika. Through its name
se, the goose-symbol likewise expressed the same meaning as the egg and
the first syllable of seta=hidden; perhaps also ne-se-r=flame, the synonym
of khebs=luminary or star (Brugsch). Through its name ak, the goose symbol
became the synonym of all ak or ka words. Finally, through its name apt,
it became related to the whole series of anagrams of ptah and the synonym
of the pair of horns which express ap in hieratic script.

The association of the syllable ap with the bull=uau and ka, is proven by
the name Apis given to the living, sacred bull, under which form the
supreme divinity was worshipped from earliest times, at or before the
building of the pyramids at Memphis. The explanation that, just as sacred
bull was merely a living rebus expressing by the sound of its names, the
words "the one, the double, the middle of the central two-fold one," or
"divine twain," fully explains why, in time, the bull itself came to be
chosen, revered and worshipped as the living image of the "hidden god."

The marks of the sacred calf Apis, described by Herodotus, appear to
become intelligible, when translated as follows and then analyzed: "It is
black (khem or kam) and has a square (ptah) spot of white (hetet) on the
forehead (tehen). On the back (of the head) (makha or at) the figure of an
eagle=vulture (seta). In the tail (peh?) double (ka) hairs (anem). On the
tongue (nes) a beetle (kheper)."

Feeling convinced that Egyptologists could find further phonetic elements
and hidden meaning in the above material, it is with diffidence that I
point out some of the meaning I am able to discern with the simple aid of
"First steps in Egyptian." Besides being the image of Amen-Ra Polaris, the
one and divine twain, the black (khem) skin (annu) of the sacred bull
appears to contain an allusion to Egypt, known as "khem" and its central
capital Annu, besides that to the nocturnal heaven and its shining city.
The square ptah of white=hetet (_cf._ hetet, and chut=light) appears to
symbolize the quadriform plan of the celestial and terrestrial kingdom and
its position on the head (tep) between the two horns (ap) gains in
significance when it is realized that, in astronomical texts, the square
(designated above as hetet=white) is as frequently pictured between a pair
of horns as the pillar=tet, that both square and pillar appear thus to
have expressed the same sound=tet, which signifies