Lives of Alcyone

Chart XLVI a
Agade (Birth of Orion) 1521 B.C.
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"Not yet," it said, "Can you have your desire. Once before your Master
called you, and you would not come. There will come a time when He will ask you again; work now that you may be ready to
answer then, so that through you the world may be blessed."
Orion was tremendously impressed, and resolved that, though he might not enter the temple service, he would at least devote the
greater part of his time each day to the study of philosophical truths.
In a way his life was eventful, yet it developed self-control and self-reliance, for it was on the whole a distinctly good life, though
lived amidst much of corruption and temptation. He had reached the age of thirty-one when the city of Agade was destroyed by
an incursion of warlike barbarians from the interior, probably Scythians, and he was killed in the general massacre of the inhabitants.
The priests of the temple of Athene were warned through the sybils of the impending catastrophe, and Mercury and Venus
were ordered to send their sons (with their wives and families) to a city twenty miles away in order that they might escape it. But
they were not allowed to tell the ordinary members of their flock; of course they might have saved themselves, but they preferred
to stand with their countrymen to the last. The priests of the temple of Tammuz had been privy to the barbarian invasion, which
was secretly invited by the Hittites in the hope that it might enable them successfully to revolt against the Greeks; but when the
attack came, the savage instincts of the robber hordes were too strong for them, and they slaughtered and plundered both races
indiscriminately.
Orion's mother contrived to fly from the barbarians, and hid herself in a cave for a while, but unfortunately the roof of the cave collapsed
and crushed her, so that she died with great suffering. The High Priest Mercury was killed with the rest, but his power was
sufficient to enable him to take the body of a young fisherman who had been drawned in the effort to escape, and in that body he
made his way by degrees to India, staying for some time in Persia en route, working there as a goldsmith, and taking a prominent
part in the founding of the modern form of Zoroastrianism, as has already been described. In India he joined in the physical body
his Master, who had already reincarnated there. There also he found his cousin Brihat, who had already reincarnated there. There
also he found his cousin brihat, who had departeed from agade long before in search of Dhruva's physical abiding-place-an event
which happened in this wise.
Naga the daughter of Dhruva was a girl of transendental beauty, and two brothers Jupiter and Lyra simultaneously fell in love with
her. Though she felt most kindly towards them both, she preferred Jupiter, the elder, and they became man and wife. In a year's
time a son was born to theml-Brihat, a handsome boy; but soon after his birth Jupiter died suddenly, in order that he might reincanate
over in India. Before he left Naga, he called to his bedside his brother Lyra, and solemnly commended her to his care, telling
him to marry her as soon after his own death as custom permitted. Though Naga understood and willingly offered the sacrifice asked
from her, she suffered much from the parting; but Lyra was assiduous and loving, and presently there came other children to
occupy her attention. They saw a great deal of their grandfather Dhruva, and all of them loved and admired him; but Brihat was
drawn to him in an especial manner. He attached himself to his personal service even at quite an early age, and would not leave
him for any consideration. When Dhruva died, Brihat was inconsolable, and felt that he himself would die too unless he could find
him again. He told his mother quite frankly that this was the case, and represented to her that as he had already resolved to devote
to a celibate life, she might just as well allow him to depart at once for the mysterious and far-away country of which Dhruva had
often spoken so lingingly as his home. This was an additional trial for Naga, but she faced it bravely, and persuaded Lyra that it
was best to let the young man have his way. So he departed for India, and his place at Agade knew him no more.
Selene was also killed in that massacre at the age of twenty-seven and took birth next near Benares in the year 593 B.C. as Chatta
Manavaka, but lived only for thirteen years, so that he was ready to return with the rest of out characters to the next life in
Greece.
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Crux -Hermin
Yajna -(1)Ajax Fort -Dactyl
Aletheia -Pisces
Taurus -Priam
-(2)Mona Arcor -Pepin
Juno -Ara
Holly -Kamu
Neptune -Alex Gaspar -Fabius
Mercury -Hestia Kos -Rector
Athena -Koli
Fides -Apollo
Naiad