similarly, toward its own (555) regions.* And you will see the gods staring
intently at you and rushing at you. So at once put your right finger on your
mouth and say:
"Silence! Silence! Silence! Symbol of the living, incorruptible god! (560) Guard
me, Silence, NECHTHEIR THANMELOY!" Then make a long hissing sound, next make
a popping sound, and say: "PROPROPHEGGE MORIOS PROPHYR PROPHEGGE NEMETHIRE ARPSENTEN
PTTETMI MEOY ENARTH PHYRKECHO PSYRIDARIO (565) TYRE PHILBA." Then you will see
the gods looking graciously upon you and no longer rushing at you, but rather
going about in their own order of affairs. So when you see that the world above
is clear (570) and circling, and that none of the gods or angels is threatening
you, expect to hear a great crash of thunder, so as to shock you. Then say again:
"Silence! Silence! (the prayer) I am a star, wandering about with you, and shining
forth out of (575) the deep, OXY** O XERTHEYTH." Immediately after you have
said these things the sun's disk will be expanded. And after you have said the
second prayer, where there is "Silence! Silence!" and the accompanying words,
make a hissing sound twice and a popping sound twice, and immediately you will
see (580) many five- pronged stars coming forth from the disk and filling all
the air. Then say again: "Silence! Silence!"
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* or, with slightly different punctuation: "For you will see it hanging like
a pipe from the sun's disk, toward the regions westward, boundless as an east
wind, if it be assigned to the regions of the East; but if the . other (viz.
the west wind) be assigned, similarly to its own (555) regions, you will see
the reverse of the sight."
** Perhaps OXY [omicron xi upsilon -- RE], "brightly."