her resurrection to be after a long time
and in a more northern land, under the constellation whose seven stars
had ruled her birth. To this end, her hand was to be in the
air--'unwrapped'--and in it the Jewel of Seven Stars, so that wherever
there was air she might move even as her Ka could move! This, after
thinking it over, Mr. Trelawny and I agreed meant that her body could
become astral at command, and so move, particle by particle, and become
whole again when and where required. Then there was a piece of writing
in which allusion was made to a chest or casket in which were contained
all the Gods, and Will, and Sleep, the two latter being personified by
symbols. The box was mentioned as with seven sides. It was not much of
a surprise to us when, underneath the feet of the mummy, we found the
seven-sided casket, which you have also seen in Mr. Trelawny's room.
On the underneath part of the wrapping--linen of the left foot was
painted, in the same vermilion colour as that used in the Stele, the
hieroglyphic symbol for much water, and underneath the right foot the
symbol of the earth. We made out the symbolism to be that her body,
immortal and transferable at will, ruled both the land and water, air
and fire--the latter being exemplified by the light of the Jewel Stone,
and further by the flint and iron which lay outside the mummy wrappings.

"As we lifted the casket from the sarcophagus, we noticed on its sides
the strange protuberances which you have already seen; but we were
unable at the time to account for them. There were a few amulets in
the sarcophagus, but none of any special worth or significance. We
took it that if there were such, they were within the wrappings; or
more probably in the strange casket underneath the mummy's feet. This,
however, we could not open. There were signs of there being a cover;
certainly the upper portion and the lower were each in one piece. The
fine line, a little way from the top, appeared to be where the cover
was fixed; but it was made with such exquisite fineness and finish that
the joining could hardly be seen. Certainly the top could not be moved.
We took it, that it was in some way fastened from within. I tell you
all this in order that you may understand things with which you may be
in contact later. You must suspend your judgment entirely. Such
strange things have happened regarding this mummy and all around it,
that there is a necessity for new belief somewhe