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APIS, BULL OF THE WESTA symbol of the outgoing activity of the Divine Will on the buddhic plane. "In Memphis is kept the Apis, the 'Image of the soul of Osiris,' where his body also is said to lie." - PLUTARCH, Isis and Osiris, § 20. On the buddhic plane (Memphis) there appears the matrix of all forms in prototype, directing the outgoing energy of the Logos. "The identification of Apis with Osiris was easy enough, because one of the commonest names of Osiris was 'Bull of the West.'" - BUDGE. "In course of time the bull, like other animals, was regarded as a symbol, and Apis is hence identified with Osiris or the Sun." - Smith's Class. Dict., "Apis." |
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