And, as it turned, I clearly saw the face of the Mother Isis that is graven on the one side, and signifies unending Birth, and the face of her holy sister, Nephthys, that is graven on the other, and signifies the ending of all birth in Death.
[*] A musical instrument peculiarly sacred to Isis of which the shape and rods had a mystic significance .-- Editor.
Slowly it turned and swung as though some mystic dancer trod the air above me, and shook it in her hand.

But at length the light went out, and the rattling ceased.
Then of a sudden the end of the chamber became luminous, and in that white light I beheld picture after picture.

I saw the ancient Nile rolling through deserts to the sea.

There were no men upon its banks, nor any signs of man, nor any temples to the Gods.

Only wild birds moved on Sihor's lonely face, and monstrous brutes plunged and wallowed in his waters.