Al-Kidr: Travels to the Four Directions
From the Secret Saying (Book III. 3 v. 1-12)
(1) Now it came to pass that Al-Kidr accompanied King Osiris, wandering the earth together, traveling to the distant corners, where the winds do arise, and assisting the children of Noah to create civilizations. Together, they built pyramids, taught astrology, science and the arts, and initiated the peoples into the secret mysteries.
(2) And in the land across the waters the King became known by many names. To the Maya he was called Kulkan. To still others he was called Quetzalcoatl.
(3) And Set and his companions left Egypt and scoured the earth in search of the King and Al-Kidr.
(4) And Set came to be known by many names. And when he discovered that the King and Al-Kidr had made a home in the land across the divide he came to be known as Tezcatlipoca.
(5) And Set-Tezcatlipoca’s heart darkened against his brother. And he built a beautiful chest, made of the finest woods and jewels, and tricked his brother into lying down within it, wherein he did murder him.
(6) And the brothers of Al-Kidr, feigning friendship and claiming their mother was ill, lured him onto a boat, where they bound him fast and sailed for Egypt.
(8) While on the voyage they overcame him Al-Kidr and ripped out his eyes. Binding Al-Kidr to the mast, they mocked him as they sailed, “So this is the King’s favorite, the darling of our mother?”
(9) And they set his eyes in a bowl of wine, to be presented as a gift to Prince Set.
(10) Nearing land an eagle spotted their ship and, turning clockwise in circles, descended slowly down, until sat next to the bowl. Swallowing the eyes, to the curse of the brothers, it flew off with a screech.
(11) Fearing to kill their own flesh and blood, their twin, they took Al-Kidr deep into the desert and deposited him, blind and alone, in the midst of the dunes. “If he perishes, it is by his own fate” they reasoned.
(12) And Set-Tezcatlipoca cut King Osiris-Queztalcoatl into 14 pieces, hiding his body throughout the earth.
(1) Now it came to pass that Al-Kidr accompanied King Osiris, wandering the earth together, traveling to the distant corners, where the winds do arise, and assisting the children of Noah to create civilizations. Together, they built pyramids, taught astrology, science and the arts, and initiated the peoples into the secret mysteries.
(2) And in the land across the waters the King became known by many names. To the Maya he was called Kulkan. To still others he was called Quetzalcoatl.
(3) And Set and his companions left Egypt and scoured the earth in search of the King and Al-Kidr.
(4) And Set came to be known by many names. And when he discovered that the King and Al-Kidr had made a home in the land across the divide he came to be known as Tezcatlipoca.
(5) And Set-Tezcatlipoca’s heart darkened against his brother. And he built a beautiful chest, made of the finest woods and jewels, and tricked his brother into lying down within it, wherein he did murder him.
(6) And the brothers of Al-Kidr, feigning friendship and claiming their mother was ill, lured him onto a boat, where they bound him fast and sailed for Egypt.
(8) While on the voyage they overcame him Al-Kidr and ripped out his eyes. Binding Al-Kidr to the mast, they mocked him as they sailed, “So this is the King’s favorite, the darling of our mother?”
(9) And they set his eyes in a bowl of wine, to be presented as a gift to Prince Set.
(10) Nearing land an eagle spotted their ship and, turning clockwise in circles, descended slowly down, until sat next to the bowl. Swallowing the eyes, to the curse of the brothers, it flew off with a screech.
(11) Fearing to kill their own flesh and blood, their twin, they took Al-Kidr deep into the desert and deposited him, blind and alone, in the midst of the dunes. “If he perishes, it is by his own fate” they reasoned.
(12) And Set-Tezcatlipoca cut King Osiris-Queztalcoatl into 14 pieces, hiding his body throughout the earth.
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