Lives of Alcyone

Chart XLIV a
Crete 2821 B.C.
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thereforee, adopted a hostile attitude. Presently a rebellion arose in the country, and a usurper seized upon the throne. The younger
brother took his side, while Orion, who had espoused the cause of the rightful king Sigma, was driven into exile with him. For
four years they took refuge with a tribe of negroid race who lived in enormous caves. It was reported that a giant race existed in
the recesses of these caves, and Orion promoted an expedition in search of these people, but did not find them. In the course of
his exploration he aquired a number of fine diamonds, which he offered to his King, together with an idea which their discovery
had suggested to him. In that kingdom the most valuable of the crown jewels was a remarkable diamond-hilted sword, supposed
to be of great age, and to possess magical qualities. The legend was that whoever held this sword by its right the ruler of the country.
The work on the hilt of this sword was wonderfully fine, and the most valuable part of its decoration was a huge diamond.
The finest specimen in Orion's treasure trove was quite equal to it, or if anything rather larger, so the idea had occurred to Orion
that it might be possible to prepare a duplicate of the diamond sword, and he thought that if his King suddenly reappeared among
his partisans in apparantly miraculous possession of what could hardly fail to be taken for the sacred relic, their faith in its mystical
porperties would so assure them of victory as to make them practically invincible. The king's imagination was fired, but he doubted
whether it was right or wise to make a duplication of the sacred sword. Orion then suggested another plan. He offered to make
his way back in disguise to their capital, manage somehow to steal the sacred sword and bring it to the king. The king accepted
his offer, but he found the matter far from easy, and had to arrange an elaborate plot. He was successful, and fled one night with
the sword in his possession, but its absence was discovered sooner than he had calculated. A pursuit was undertaken, and he and
his servant Gamma were overtaken and captured. The captors then encamped for the night, and before morning the resourceful
servant had contrived to free both himself and his master, had murdered the guard and stolen the sword from the officer in charge.
the usurper endeavoured to conceal the fact that the sword was lost, but it became known in spite of his efforts,and the superstition
of the people made them fee that his cause was already lost and his sceptre departed from him. So when the true king appeared
with a strong but determined army of followers the resistance offered was only half-hearted, and the usurper fled in dismay.
Orion was then placed by the king in a position of honour which he retained until he was killed at the age of forty-eight in a battle
with a neighbouring tribe.
Sigma
Orion -Kappa
Scorpio
Gamma
In 2695 Vega was born in a sort of Bedouin tribe, but at ten years old she was captured and carried off into Egypt as a slave. The
person to whom she was assigned was Auriga, who was very good to her and took her as a personal attendant. A son of the house
fell in love with her, and affairs presently came to a crisis. The mistress of the house discovered it, and turned out Vega and
her little baby. The young man was sent away to reside at a distance for a time and forget his infatuation, but Vega contrived to
follow him and presently there were two more babies. Then the young man was recalled to his home, forgiven, and married to a
person of his own rank. Vega and her three babies being left behind in the country, where she worked for some years as servant.
eventually, as the children began to grow up, she felt that she must have some education for them, and she consequently presented
herself at the town house where there was naturally a great disturbance. Auriga , though very angry, felt that it was right to do something
for the children and offered to take charge of them if the mother would let them go, and never see them again. This decision
caused her great suffering, but I the end for the sake of the children she yielded, and went away never to return. Her mother
who had been captured along with her and had all this time been acting as housekeeper to Auriga went away with Vega, and they
lived together for the rest of this life, which ended at the age of fifty.
Vega ,Auriga
Proteus and Concord appeared as husband and wife in Arabia, about the year 2500.
Proteus -Concord
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Apollo -Vajra
Athena -Jason
Rosa -Koli
Trefoil -Flos
Diana -Rector
Jupiter -Viraj Holly -Fabius
Sif -Obra
Joan -Upaka