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| | Internet Book of Shadows: Egyptian Metaphysics (Michael Poe) |
 | | Assuming for a moment that Major Arcana card number 0, which is the fool and generally interpreted as the initiate starting out on his journey, it would follow that, given the sequence of illustrations on the temple's walls, that indeed the) card would be the initiate of Serapis. |
 | | Khnemu is the god of the Nile, and since in the major arcana, water in the cards represents the flow of consciousness, it follows that the flow starts from Khnemu, the Nile (at least for Egyptians it would). |
 | | Note that many of the arcana of the Temple of Serapis are common motifs, and as such, can be found in clay, stone, papyrus, etc.; but never has been found in a group, incomplete set or not. |
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