a messenger announced to the Astrologer Pr

the Priestess entered, Hermo arose, and was about to withdraw, when the Prie

to be entirely blotted out. Is there any aspect showing that memory will return, and if not, at what time do the planets indicate a commencement of the training of

iestess here? Make note, and see at what time the planets point favorabl

Sarthia?" inqu

ll become all that we wish and desire of her, and instead of having but one Vestal we shall have tw

r his promised service

suddenly he turned to Hermo and said, "Hermo, I shall place Sarthia under your

o seriously thinking. Strange thoughts came into his mind, "why should Sarthia not c

ad been excited within his mind, and the rest of the h

hat not before another month may our infant child, Sarthia, be initiated, as a pupil, into the Temple of Isis. Two days before the full Moon the spiritual rays will be most active and potent, and being of so harmonious a nature we may hope for the most satisfactory results. The task will be slow and require much patie

tured soul. Do I make myself plain to you? In my young pupil, Hermo, we will have a most valuable assistant in our work with Sarthia, for I have discovered that the divine relation of brother and sister exists between them. They are blest with being t

love of brother of sister, and sister of brother, which can only

soul of Sarthia. Nothing lies in Sarthia's path that portends serious evil for many years to come. Therefore, my good Prieste

nceal her emotions of joy and rapture until she was safe in her own apartmen

the window, apparently much absorbed in studying the heavens. Scarcely did she notice the presence of the Priestess until she knelt beside her and said, "What thoughts are being born in my Sarthia's mind as she views the migh

ody was still very weak and feeble, the mind wa

lights in the heavens? They do seem to speak, but I can not understa

ess was her external bearing. Seldom any manifestation of an unusual emotion, was permitted to find an outward expression either in manner or speech. She had attained

rogress of the soul are eternal, that we may know and read their language while in these bodies if we try; then as we draw nearer and nearer to them, as our souls grow

as a perceptible light of intel

willing to find a response there. The mere words availed nothing to her, onl

ng quietly about the room, gave a few directions and c

not in sleep and rest, but actively and earnestly engaged in sile