31 The hierophant himself appeared, and said, All hail! triumphant Logos, hail! The conqueror of carnal love stands on the heights.
32 And then he placed in Jesus’ hands a scroll on which was written LOVE DIVINE.
33 Together they passed from the grotto of the beautiful, and in the banquet hall a feast was served, and Jesus was the honored guest.
CHAPTER 54.
Jesus becomes a private pupil of the hierophant and is taught the mysteries of Egypt. In passing the seventh test, he works in the Chamber of the Dead.
The senior course of study now was opened up and Jesus entered and became a pupil of the hierophant.
2 He learned the secrets of the mystic lore of Egypt land; the mysteries of life and death and of the worlds beyond the circle of the sun.
3 When he had finished all the studies of the senior course, he went into the Chamber of the Dead, that he might learn the ancient methods of preserving from decay the bodies of the dead; and here he wrought.
4 And carriers brought the body of a widow’s only son to be embalmed; the weeping mother followed close; her grief was great.
5 And Jesus said, Good woman, dry your tears; you follow but an empty house; your son is in it not.