AMEN-RA.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 11, 11 January 1913, Page 7

AMEN-RA.

HER INFLUENCE FELT. London, January 3. Tho evil eye of the mummy oi Priestess of Amen-Ra, which occupies a- place in the British Museum, is still potent. A party of society ladies visited the mummy yesterday, and one of them defied it by dancing in front of it and making gHmaces. On leaving the museum she met with an accident 'that prevented her from appearing at a coming-out party, and she was confined to her house for some time. Whether the mummy referred to has an evil eyo or not, it is a peculiar series of coincidences that of late several people have come under its influence, a contemporary alleges. A little while ago the London papers reported that a man who endeavoured to desicrate tho sarcophagus in which the shrivelled remains of the lady are laid was taken ill with fever almost immediately after, while other persons who have been to tho British Museum to see if they could offend the image in any way have been stricken with all sorts of ailments. So that it is evident that the ancient female is annoyed at latter day attentions. She has been a long time dead, and wants to remain dead. The next thing we shall hear will be that the apostles of reincarnation in England will be claiming that tho priestess is coming back to life. Amen-Ra was one of the Egyptian crowd of mixed gods and goddesses. Each Egyptian divinity was accompanied by companion gods. The principal cities and districts each had a family group, of gods, consisting of a parent deity, a wife, a sister, and a son. Thus, Utah, the principal god of tho city of Memphis, formed a triad with the goddess Sekhet and Bast. At Thebes the trial was Amen-Ra, Mut, .and Khons.