The lost language of symbolism : an inquiry into the origin of certain letters, words, names, fairy-tales, folklore, and mythologies (1912)
Bayley, Harold · New York : Barnes & Noble · leaf 293
ay. ^ * The form of the ring, says an old writer, being circular, that is roundand without end, importeth thus much that their mutual love and heaftyaffection should roundly flow from the one to the other as in a Circle, andthat continually and for ever.—The Origins of Popular Superstitions^T,… … ST According to the authors of The Perfect JVay^ the wordsIs and IsH originally meant Light, and the name Isis, onceIsH-IsH, was Egyptian for Light-Light.^ Those who were P. III. ONE-EYE, TWO-EYES, THREE-EYES 279 initiated into the mysteries of Isis were known as Issa,^ andthe legendary Issedones,…
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