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222 Mr. Maitland. But it will be erroneous to look open the incarnation of Buddha or this nativity of Osiris and Isis in the same light as that of Christ. Every Buddha is also a Christ: but every Christ is not a Buddha. Every man may become a Christ and identify himself with Christ, but it is not open to every man to develope into a Buddha. Every true Kabalist knows that Christ is the son of man, and not Ennoia, the primitive man; or to express the same thing in Buddhist phraseology, Christ is a Bodhi Satwa and not a Buddha. It must be remembered that by the term Christ I do not refer to any particular individual, but to the spiritual entity with reference to which the Bible account has its philosophical importance. The germ of a Bodhi Satwa is in every man, but not the germ of a Buddha; hence when a Buddha is evolved by humanity in the course of its progress, his appearance will become a matter of historical importance. The appearance of Osiris was placed on the same footing, and was looked upon in the same light by Egyptian initiates. Osiris is not the Logos, but is something higher than the Logos. The Logos itself has a soul and a spirit as everything else has which is manifested; and there is nothing unreasonable in supposing that Osiris or Buddha may represent the soul of the Logos. The Sphinx cannot and dare not say anything more on the subject. The reader may find a very interesting and instructive commentary on the foregoing statements in the second volume of "Isis Unveiled."

We will now proceed with the account of Isis. The reign of order and justice commenced with the appearance of Isis and Osiris; who, amongst other things, taught mankind the secrets of the occult science and the sacred mysteries of initiation. After finishing their work on earth the divine couple were recalled by "the inhabitants of heaven."

After having thus traced the descent of spirit into matter and indicated the provision made by God for securing salvation to mankind, Isis proceeds to give replies to certain questions put to her by Horus. The first question relates to