the hymns and invocations:
"One, great, powerful, mighty god," accompanied by a whole series of
secondary meaning and symbolism. In pl. V, 9, the boat containing the bull
or cow, is accompanied by stars which reproduce Ursa Major exactly, minus
one star, the head of the animal occupying the centre of the four stars
forming the inverted square of "the dipper." In this case the boat seems
to express its name makhen, incorporating ak, the name for the sacred
centre of the sky, which is repeated in the name ka=bull, whose image,
like that of the boat, conveys the allusion to ua=one, by their respective
double names, aua and uaa.

What appears to me to contain the most convincing proof of the identity of
Amen-Ra with Polaris is 11, pl. V, which shows us a boat in which lies a
mummy, above which is a row of seven stars under an oval, containing two
eyes. The oval ring is evidently the image of Amen-Ra, who united in his
person the dual principles of nature symbolized by sun and moon=his "two
eyes." The symbolism of the boat and mummy has already been sufficiently
discussed to enable the reader to discern its association with the idea of
oneness, of stability and centrality. Further light is thrown upon the
connection of the two eyes with the sacred centre by pl. V, 14, from the
Book of the Dead, where the chosen place of sepulchre for the dead person,
mentioned in the text, is the temple pyramid, the apex of which is
rendered prominent by being painted black and suggestively occupies a
central position between two eyes. After the periods of Greek rule in
Egypt, the point of the pyramid must have been associated with the Greek
words, akra=hill-top and aku=point, which recurs in the Latin name acacia,
by which the thorny tree, originally found in Egypt, is still known. It
can readily be seen how this tree would have been chosen as a symbol of
the ak=middle and it is possible that its name may originally have been
that also given to the olive tree=bak. The inscription on the famous
obelisks erected by queen Hat-shepsut contains a special mention of the
point of the obelisk, as being made of precious material: "two great
obelisks of hard granite of the south, the point of each is of electrum,
the tribute of the best quality of all countries" (Flinders Petrie,
History of Egypt, Vol. II, p. 86).

The many variants of the constellation or star termed "the divine
triangle" or "the triangle of the god" next claim attention. An extreme