The Rosicrucian Quest Part 2

After his cryptic discovery in Greece, C.R.C. continued his journey in Egypt, where he met a group of monks who showed him an ancient papyrus. This, they told him, was part of a "Book of Sarah" concerning the Biblical matriarch's sojourn in Egypt three thousand years earlier.

C.R.C. was fascinated by the story, and wrote in his diary : Hæc theophania Sarae fidem ſuam in coniugio divino repræſentat. Depingitur aſpiciens aſteres Orionis ſignificans aſcendendum. (This theophany of Sarah depicts her belief in the Divine Marriage. She is shown facing the stars of Orion, symbolizing ascension.)

We can now display and translate the fragments of papyrus scroll that so interested him.

Sarai was conveyed to (or procured for) the house of the king, for she was beautiful and there was no husband who claimed her. She was with her brother Abram, but he was in fact her husband, and fearing violence he concealed this from them, lest they kill him in order to possess her. Thus Sarai went under the king's roof, but Abram they did not trouble, instead rewarding him.

Now the king saw Sarai and desired her greatly. He had her veiled in fine veils and brought unto him, but she resisted him. He made her to uncover her nakedness, and his eyes were fixed upon her, her skin shining like the moon, but still she would not lie with him.

Now this continued each night, and Sarai beseeched [Asherah daily to be returned to her husband.] - bracketed text translated from the beginning of the next page]

But Asherah appeared to her, saying : I have brought thee hither so that thou mayest learn the mysteries of Egypt. Therefore be not distressed, but say unto the king : Send unto me scribes that I may learn from them the ways of this land.

So Sarai said unto the king : An thou dost desire my happiness, being a kind lord, send unto me thy scribes so that they may teach me. Grant me to know thy ways as thou hast known my nakedness.

And he sent her scribes, and Sarai learned of them their writing, and the mysteries of stars and of forms, for to bring that knowledge back with her to Canaan....