[399]. Cited by Cumont: “Textes et Monuments,” p. 208.
[400]. Having expanded himself threefold, he departed from the sun.
[401]. Now these differences in the seasons refer to the Sun, which seems at the winter solstice an infant, such as the Egyptians on a certain day bring out of their sanctuaries; at the vernal equinox it is represented as a youth. Later, at the summer solstice, its age is represented by a full growth of beard, while at the last, the god is represented by the gradually diminishing form of an old man.
[402]. Ibid.
[403]. Taurus and Scorpio are the equinoctial signs for the period from 4300 to 2150 B.C. These signs, long since superseded, were retained even in the Christian era.
[404]. Under some circumstances, it is also sun and moon.
[405]. In order to characterize the individual and the all-soul, the personal and the super-personal, Atman, a verse of the Shvetâshvatara-Upanishad (Deussen) makes use of the following comparison:
“Zwei schön beflügelte verbundne Freunde
Umarmen einen und denselben Baum;
Einer von ihnen speist die süsse Beere,