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Book I Chapter 49 · I.49.44.35–I.49.44.36
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p. 127244.35
Ἐθαύμασα οὖν καὶ τοὺς τῶν ψυχῶν λόγους. Πρόσεχε, τέκνον Ὧρε, κρυπτῆς γὰρ ἐπακούεις θεωρίας, ἧς ὁ μὲν προπάτωρ Καμῆφις ἔτυχεν ἐπακούσας παρὰ Ἑρμοῦ τοῦ πάντων ἔργων ὑπομνηματογράφου, ⟨ἐγὼ δὲ⟩ παρὰ τοῦ πάντων προγενεστέρου Καμήφεως, ὁπότ᾽ ἐμὲ καὶ τῷ τελείῳ μέλανι ἐτίμησε· νῦν δὲ αὐτὸς σὺ παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ.
44.36
Ὅτε γάρ, ὦ θαυμαστὲ παῖ μεγαλόδοξε, ἔμελλον ἐγκατακλείεσθαι τοῖς σώμασιν, αἱ μέν γε αὐτῶν αὐτὸ μόνον ὠδύροντο καὶ ἐστέναζον, καθ᾽ ὅνπερ τρόπον τῶν γεγονότων θηρίων τὰ ἐλεύθερα δουλοῦσθαι πονηρῶν μελήσει τῆς συνήθους τε καὶ φίλης ἀποσπώμενα ἐρημίας μάχεσθαι καὶ στασιάζειν καὶ οὐχ ὁμονοεῖν πρὸς τοὺς κρατήσαντας αὐτῶν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐὰν τύχῃ περιγενόμενα θανάτῳ παραδώσουσι τοὺς αὐτοῖς ἐπιβαλόντας·
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 49
p. 127344.35 · The transmission of a secret teaching
I marveled, then, also at the words of the souls. Attend, my child Horus, for you are hearing a secret teaching. The forefather Kamēphis received it from Hermes, the recorder of all deeds, ⟨and I⟩ from Kamēphis, who came before them all, when he also honored me with the perfect black ink. Now you yourself receive it from me.1546
44.36 · The souls resist like captive wild creatures
For when they were about to be shut within bodies, my wondrous child of great renown, some of them did nothing but lament and groan. They were like free wild creatures, whom wicked people will take care to enslave: torn from their familiar and beloved solitude, they fight, rebel, and refuse agreement with their captors; and if they happen to gain the upper hand, they will even put to death those who laid hands upon them.1547
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