Note 569 — Chapter X · THE SYSTEM OF THE PISTIS SOPHIA AND ITS RELATED TEXTS[459]
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No doubt in the Greek original the actual seal was here figured. For examples, see the Bruce Papyrus, passim. The idea is typically Egyptian. As M. Maspero says in his essay on “La Table d’Offrandes,” R.H.R. t. xxxv. No. 3 (1897), p. 325: no spell was in the view of the ancient Egyptians efficacious unless accompanied by a talisman or amulet which acted as a material support to it, as the body to the soul.