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two names — the «great» name and the «little» name, or the «true» name and the «good»
name; the latter was that made public, but the «true» name was most carefully concealed.
A good illustration of the power possible to the wielder of the name is found in the legend
of the manner in which Isis succeeded in procuring his secret name from Ra.

Isis, weary of the world of mortals, determined to enter that of the Gods, and to this
end made up her mind to worm his secret name from the almighty Ra. This name was
known to no mortal, and no even to any God but himself. By this name Ra grown old, and,
like many others venerable persona, he often permitted the saliva to flow from the corners
of his mouth. Some of his fell to the earth, and Isis, mixing it with the soil, kneaded it into
the shape of a serpent, and cunningly laid it in the path traversed by the great god every
day. Bursting upon the world in his effulgence, and attended by the entire pantheon, he
was astounded when the serpent, rising from its coil, stung him. He cried aloud with pain,
and, in answer to the agitated questions of his inferior divinities, was silent. The poison
swiftly overcame him, and a great ague seized him. He called all the gods come that their
healing words might make him well, and with them came Isis, who cunningly inquired
what ailed him. He related the incident of the serpent to her, and added that he was suf-
fering the greatest agony. «Then», said Isis, «tell me thy name, Divine Father, for the
man shall live who is called by his name». Ra attempted a compromise by stating that he
was «Khepera» in the morning, «Ra» at noon, and «Atem» in the evening; but the poison
worked more fearfully within him than before, and he could no longer walk. Isis conjured
him to tell her his name in order that he might live; so, hid-ing himself from all the other
gods, he acquainted her with his hidden title. When it was revealed Isis immediately ban-
ished the poison from his veins, and he became whole again. The speech of Ra, «I consent
that Isis shall search into me and that my name shall pass from my breast into hears»,
would seem to show that not only was the power of the god inextricably bound up with
his real name, but that it was suppose to be lodged in an almost physical sense, some-
where in his breast, whence it could be extricated and transferred with all its supernatural
powers to the breast of another. What Isis was able to do was aspired to by every Egyptian
magician, who left no stone unturned to accomplish this end. Because the man who knows
the most great name of God can, by the mere utterance of it, kill the living, raise the dead,
and perform most marvelous miracles».
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«Одно из самых удивительных явлений в магии (волшебстве) Египта отно-
сится к, так называемому, понятию сакрального имени (точнее, власти над чело-
веком, которую даёт знание сакрального или истинного имени этого человека)
или, по другому, понятие «власти имени». Древние верили, что существует непо-
средственная связь между человеком и его сакральным (истинным) именем, в то,
что, фактически, магическое воздействие на конкретного человека может быть
произведено через посредство его сакрального имени так же, как и через его во-
лосы или ногти (генетический код). Среди древних кельтов существовало поверие,
что сакральное имя имеет прямую связь не только с самим человеком, но является
и частью его души.

95 «The Myth of Ancient Egypt» by Lewis Spence. George G. Harrap&CO.LTD. London 1915.

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